“A WORKING PLAN FOR FOREST LANDS IN 
CENTRAL ALABAMA. 
INTRODUCTION. 
SITUATION OF THE TRACTS. 
The working plan here presented was made by the Forest Service 
for two tracts of longleaf pine land in Alabama, both owned by the 
same lumber company. One tract is situated in the northwestern 
part of Coosa County, the other occupies the western end of Bibb 
County and portions of the adjacent counties of Tuscaloosa, Hale, and 
Perry. 
The tracts are 60 miles distant from each other, and differ in geo- 
logical formation, in topography, and in soil. The two forests, in 
consequence, present different silvical problems. 
DESIRE OF THE OWNERS. 
The lumber company desires to obtain a second crop of timber 
from its lands if it can do so within a reasonable length of time. At 
the present rate of cutting, the company will have worked over both 
its tracts in about twenty-five years. If it can count on haying a 
second crop averaging 3,000 feet to the acre ready for the ax by the 
time it has finished marketing the present crop, the company is willing 
to modify its present logging methods to the extent of cutting toa 
diameter limit and avoiding injury to young growth. It is unwilling 
to incur expense in protecting its lands against fire, however, either 
for the purpose of improving the second crop or for that of hastening 
the production of a third. 
PURPOSE OF THE WORKING PLAN. 
The purpose of the accompanying working plan is to define for each 
tract a system of management which shall carry out to the best advan- 
tage the wishes of the owners in respect to the production of a second 
crop, and to discuss the advisability and possibility of producing a 
third. 
