"Tomorrow the Nation's 



need for timber 



will be strikingly greater 



than today 



or at any time in the past. 



We have the potential 



to meet that need 



if we fully apply 



our forestry knowledge 



and skills promptly, with 



vigor and determination. 



To meet 



future timber demands . . . 



will require 



not only early action 



but an intensity 



of forestry practices 



that will startle many of us. 



There are no grounds 



for complacency. 



What we do 



in the next 10 or 20 years 



will determine 



whether we shall grow 



enough timber to enable 



our children and their 



children to enjoy the 



timber abundance 



that we ourselves know." 



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Richard E. McArdle, Chief, Forest Service, 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture 



From foreword to "Timber Resources for America's Future' 

 USOA Forest Resource Report No. 14-^January 1958 



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