Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-16 | Page 6 | National Forest Policy to Promote Planting

National Forest Policy to Promote Planting NEW YORK. April In Legislation for a national forest policy In order to promote reforestation, which Is. regarded re-garded as essential for the paper industry., in-dustry., whs recommended today to tho annual convention of the American Ameri-can Taper and Pulp association by Its committee on forest conservation. General recommendations for a national na-tional forest policy, to be eoordainat-ed eoordainat-ed with stale legislation, Include: . Permanent annual appropriation of a million dollars to be applied only, where the state cooperate; annual ap-j propriatlon of JpOO.OOO for forest sur- veys and land classification; per- manent annual appropriation of 51,-J 000,000 to acquire land suitable for timber prrowing; and permanent an-j nual appropriation of one million dol - j lars for forest planting operations In' national forests. I Other recommendations Including-adding Including-adding to federal forest holdings until un-til their total Is two hundred million acres; a permanent appropriation! for forest research and investigation and extension of the farm loan act to1 Include loans for not more than fifty! years for the employment of meas-l nrcs designed to promote timber! growing. j