200 



TIMBER RESOURCES FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE 



CLASS 1 



PROTECTED 



CLASS 2 



CLASS 3 



UNPROTECTED 



CLASS 4 



PRIVATE 



NATIONAL FOREST 



ALL OTHER FEDERAL 



OTHER PUBLIC 



400 



300 



200 



100 100 

 LAND AREA (MILLION ACRES) 



200 



includes Coastol Alaska 



Figure 74 



While a sustained nationwide effort is needed 

 to hold the gains made, a great opportunity ex- 

 ists, especially in the South, to reduce the large 

 number of man-caused fires, particularly those 

 started by incendiarists. In the West, better 



methods of hazard abatement and fuller applica- 

 tion of existing methods, or both, are needed to 

 prevent fires on cutover lands where high fire 

 hazard follows cutting. Indications are that ade- 

 quate fire laws and regulations will be enacted or 



