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Sierra Club Bulletin. 



designated by the Forest Service to handle all moneys received 

 from timber sales, permits for stock grazing, and for special 

 uses of various resources in the National Forests. This will 

 mean that all the receipts of the Forest Service in the future 

 will be deposited to the credit of the treasurer of the United 

 States and made available for circulation in the part of the 

 country from which it is derived, instead of being forwarded to 

 the treasurer at Washington. 



local wants, the States having National Forests now receive, 

 under the new Agricultural Appropriation Bill, 25 per cent of the 

 gross proceeds derived from the sale of National Forest re- 

 sources. This amount, according to law, goes to offset any losses 

 to the States through withdrawal of forest areas from taxation, 

 and is devoted to public roads and schools. 



Several years ago complaints were made that the withdrawal 

 of timberlands for forest purposes reduced the taxable areas 

 of the States in which withdrawals were made. The Forest 

 Service, quick to see the justice of these complaints, recom- 

 mended at first that 10 per cent, and later that 25 per cent, of the 

 gross proceeds from the National Forests should be paid to the 

 States. As a result, the States are assured of school and road 

 funds, doubtless more certainly than they otherwise could have 

 been, since the permanence of the forest resources is now secured 

 by conservative management. Had the forests never been estab- 

 lished, their resources would undoubtedly have been exhausted 

 by hasty and improvident methods of exploitation, leaving the 

 land wasted and unproductive. 



The amounts to go to each State or Territory from the re- 

 ceipts of the fiscal year which ended June 30, 1908, are: Alaska, 

 $2,684.78; Arizona, $42,610.44; Arkansas, $313.68; California, $52,- 

 43778; Colorado, $50,955-67; Idaho, $56,307.84; Kansas, $643.55; 

 Montana, $75,807.41; Nebraska, $2,349.77; Nevada, $4,577.95; 

 New Mexico, $25,464.12; Oklahoma, $554.48; Oregon, $32,313.52; 

 South Dakota, $8,456.60; Utah, $32,151.02 (including Uinta Indian 

 refund of $5,348.07); Washington, $18,032.79; and Wyoming, 

 $41,402.38. 



State Revenue from 

 National Forests 

 Increased. 



In addition to the benefits secured by 

 fire protection and by regulations which 

 control the use of timberland and range 

 so as to insure permanent supplies for 



