14 STATUS OF FOEESTKY IK THE UNITED STATES. 



forest) problems; cooperation with other Departments of the National 

 Government, with States, and mth private owners; the dissemina- 

 tion of information, and various kinds of educational work. 



Cooperative work has been conducted with the War and Navy 

 Departments, the Light-House Board of the Department of Com- 

 merce and Labor, and the General Land Office, the Reclamation 

 Service, and the Office of Indian Affairs, in the Department of the 

 Interior. 



State cooperation. — The Forest Service cooperates with States in 

 making examinations of their forest conditions and outlining forest 

 pohcies necessary to protect and maintain the timber supply. Pre- 

 Hminar}^ examinations are often followed by more comprehensive 

 studies, which include, among other things, a detailed forest map 

 and an estimate of the timber, plans for systematic management of 

 the timberlands, and a general forest pohcy for the State. The cost 

 of such examinations is shared equally by the Forest Service and 

 the State. In addition, experiments in nursery practice and field 

 planting are conducted in cooperation with State educational insti- 

 tutions and State forest commissions. 



Private cooperation. — Private owners of timberland, large or small, 

 may secure the aid of the Service in the care of their timberlands and 

 in planting. Forest Service Circular 165 outlines the plan of cooper- 

 ation with owners of timberlands. Any owner who wishes to learn 

 whether forestry might be profitable to him may apply to the Service 

 for an examination by one of its experts. A preliminary examina- 

 tion is made on the ground and a report in all cases is submitted to 

 the owner. If the tract is large and the owner desires a working 

 plan afterwards, a party is sent to collect the necessary data. The 

 investigation is conducted from both the forester's and the lumber- 

 man's point of view. When the field data have been collected, a 

 working plan is made which takes into account the special needs or 

 purposes of the owner. The recommendations in the plan enable the 

 owner to derive from the forest the fullest and most permanent reve- 

 nue which is consistent with his special requirements. AppHcations 

 for assistance of this character have been received from the owners 

 of about 10,000,000 acres of forest. 



The Forest Service provides two forms of assistance to prospective 

 tree planters: (1) Advice for forest planting in all the principal 

 planting regions, which can usually be given free of cost by means of 

 pubhcations and an advisory letter, together with lists of dealers 

 who sell plant material of the species recommended; (2) examina- 

 tions of tracts in regions where a detailed study has not been made, 

 and which present problems of great economic importance and high 

 experimental or educational value. As a result of such examina- 

 tions, planting plans are usually prepared. 



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