Forest Service Reorganization and Forestry Programs: Hearings, Ninety-third Congress, First Session, on ...

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Page 278 - forest shall be established, except to improve and protect the forest within the boundaries, or for the purpose of securing favorable conditions of water flow, and to furnish a continuous supply of timber for the use and necessities of citizens of the United States.' "The committee is confident that the program authorized by HR
Page 276 - No national forest shall be established, except to improve and protect the forest within the boundaries, or for the purpose of securing favorable conditions of water flows, and to furnish a continuous supply of timber for the use and necessities of citizens of the United States * * *.
Page 376 - we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing. And what a wonderful method it can be for creating an illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralization.
Page 276 - In the administration of the national forests due consideration shall be given to the relative values of the various resources in particular areas. The establishment and maintenance of areas of wilderness are consistent with the purposes and provisions of this Act.
Page 276 - It is the policy of the Congress that the national forests are established and shall be administered for outdoor recreation, range, timber, watershed, and wildlife and fish purposes. The purposes of this Act are declared to be supplemental to, but not in derogation of, the purposes for which the national forests were established as set forth in the Act of June 4, 1897 (16 USC 475)
Page 310 - If there is any duty which more than another we owe to our children and our children's children to perform at once, it is to save the forests of this country, for they constitute the first and most important element in the conservation of the natural resources of the country,
Page 276 - The purposes of this Act are declared to be supplemental to, but not in derogation of, the purposes for which the national forests were established as set forth in the Act of June 4, 1897 (16 USC 475)
Page 145 - None of the funds made available under this ac-t shall be obligated or expended to change the boundaries of any region or abolish any region of the national forest system of the Forest Service.
Page 223 - None of the funds made available under this Act shall be obligated or expended to change the boundaries of any region, or abolish any region of the National Forest System of the Forest Service.
Page 295 - That it is the policy of the Congress that the national forests are established and shall he administered for outdoor recreation, range, timber, watershed, and wildlife and fish purposes.

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