Mr. Bryan, over here, could answer almost any question that I think you might put to him on the farm foresters. He is the entire Washington office staff on that subject, and I was tempted the other day, when Mr. Colgan was talking about the thousands of Federal employees, to ask our entire staff to stand up. Mr. Spillers, next to him, is in general charge of our cooperative forest management work. Mr. GRANGER. I think, Mr. Secretary, you wanted to get a detailed record of all the amendments and changes that will be made in the basic laws. Is that right? Mr. HEIMBURGER. Yes, and I have some material prepared, Mr. Chairman, that I think will be helpful fo the committee. The Forest Service has prepared some special tables at my request, and I think perhaps if the committee members looked at these tables first, while Dr. McArdle and I undertake to explain what they are, that it might be helpful as we go along. Mr. GRANGER. Without objection, the tables will be put into the record at this point. (The tables referred to are as follows:) Commercial forest area by type of growth 1 TABLE I.-Total land and forest area of the United States by States and ownership Total Saw timber Pole timber Saplings Poorly stocked cial 1 cial 2 cial 2 mercial 1 1 Land capable of producing timber of commercial quantity and quality, and available now or prospectively for commercial use. * Commercially valuable land in parks, preserves, etc., withdrawn from timber use, and land chiefly valuable for purposes other than timber production, remote and inaccessible alpine ranges, and other areas which appear to be permanently out of the commercial timber-producing class because of low productivity or extreme inaccessibility. Virginia. Washington. West Virginia Wisconsin. Wyoming.. Total. |