Show i Buil Building ling Our T Third ir Forest Fores Future timber Umber supplies supplies' will depend on incentives which encourage use of the the i most advanced techniques of forest man manI man I Private industry is now n now taking the lead in creating such incentives for small privately owned timber the lands-the nations nation's Third F which rest which will be bea a avital vital supplement t to government and in industry owned lands r f Although the Third Forest program will be centered in the southern part of the US U.S. its objective of doubling timber tim tim- ber her growth on the million acres of I ownerships in that region by the end of the century national implications as as' as aswell well 1 Current projections indicate that by the year 2000 the southern states states' will have to produce more more than half the nations nation's lumber plywood and other wood products products pro products ducts in a volume twice as great as asIt asit asit it is today The programs program's objective can be accomplished accomplished ac ac accomplished said one one industry spokesman small financial fin by giving private owners the ancial and technical assistance they need to practice e forest management He added added ad ad- d ded d It takes time for trees to grow growt t to merchantable risks involved are great and few pe people of modest financial means means are willing to assume them Th That t is wh why p passage of forestry incentives legislation in imperative to the successful I implementation pl of the Third Forest Program Supplies of timber affect the cost of homes and the prices and availability of thousands of products that are part of our everyday lives The raw materials mater for these products will be he available only through range long yield sustained management of the nations nation's commercial forest lands lands vh whether they be government industry or individually owned Thanks to the foresight of the forest industry aided by appropriate legislation legisla legisla- tion the chances that we will continue to have the forest products we need are are getting better |