Forestry and permanent prosperity
By: R.F. Hammatt
Edition: Rev. Dec. 1939.
Series: Miscellaneous publication / United States Department of Agriculture -- no. 247; Miscellaneous publication (United States. Department of Agriculture) -- no. 247
Publisher: United States Department of Agriculture
Published: 1939
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 21
Subjects: Forests and forestry; Multiple use; Forest management
Description: This publication takes a look at forest management in term considering forests in terms of providing timber and wood products, recreational areas for human use, wildlife habitat, foraging area, and land cover to protect water supplies and erosion control.
Notes: Issued November 1936 ; Revised December 1939.

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Contribution from Forest Service.
Table of contents: title: Forest-land misuse. pp. 1.; title: Forestry in the United States; title: Forestry as an aid to economic recovery. pp .2.; title: Forestry helps to build permanent economic prosperity; title: The forest problem is a social one. pp. 4.; title: The national forests; title: Farm woodlands; title: Prairie States forestry project. pp. 5.; title: Integration of agriculture with forest resources. pp. 7.; title: Forest-land forage; title: National-forest ranges. pp. 9.; title: Acquisition of forest lands by public agencies. pp. 10.; title: A new type of forest community; title: Sustained-yield management and permanent communities. pp. 13.; title: Wildlife. pp. 14.; title: Recreation. pp. 16.; title: Multiple-purpose management. pp. 17.; title: Forest research. pp. 18.; title: Universal use of wood. pp. 20.; title: Forest problem is more than one of growing timber. pp. 21.