Most of chapter 2 has been abstracted from the following 
reports: ‘‘Changes in Forest Resources and Industries in the 
South’’ by Robert S. Maxwell; ‘‘Impacts of State Programs 
on Forest Resources and Industries in the South’’ by John 
C. Barber; *‘Impacts of the National Forests on the Forest 
Resources of the South’’ by A. P. Mustian and Sharon 
Young; ‘“‘Impacts of Forest Industries on Forest Resources 
in the South’? by Robert M. Nonnemacher; *‘Impact of For- 
estry Associations on Forest Productivity in the South’’ by 
J. Walter Myers, Jr.; “‘Impacts of Research on Forest Re- 
sources and Industries in the South’’ by H.R. Josephson; 
‘‘Growth of Southern Higher Education Forestry Programs 
and Their Impact on the South’s Timber Resources and 
Industries’’ by John Gray; *‘Taxes and the Southern Forest”’ 
by William C. Siegel and Clifford A. Hickman; ‘‘Southern 
Timber Prices: A Historical Perspective’’ by J. Michael 
Vasievich; and ‘*Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Market 
Responses to Timber Scarcity Problems”’ by Frederick W. 
Cubbage and Richard W. Haynes. 
From the above titles, all but the Siegel report are being 
published separately as appendices to this study. Copies are 
available from USDA Forest Service, Information and Pub- 
lications Services, T-10210, 415 Postal Service Building, 
701 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70113. 
The Lessons of the Past 
Former Secretary of Defense Robert A. Lovett once ob- 
served, ‘‘Good judgement is usually the result of experience. 
And experience is frequently the result of bad judgement.”’ 
Hopefully, society can learn from past experiences. That 
hope is of great importance in forestry because decisions 
have impacts on people’s lives over long periods of time. 
The decisions and actions taken a generation or more ago 
have shaped the forest of today. In the same way, current 
decisions and actions will have important consequences de- 
cades from now. Historical study can provide insights on the 
policies and programs that have been effective in the past. 
Surely decisions made with such knowledge will be wiser 
and the needs of future generations better served. 
