NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

DEFINITIONS OF TERMS USED IN THIS REPORT

NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM --- The National Forests, National Forest Purchase Units, National Grasslands, and other lands administered by the Forest Service. Includes National Forest lands withdrawn for use of other Federal agencies where the National Forest reservation has not been revoked.

National Forests --- Areas formally designated or proclaimed as National Forests.

Purchase Units --- Portions of approved National Forest acquisition areas established by the Secretary of Agriculture, with the concurrence of the National Forest Reservation Commission, located outside designated or proclaimed National Forest boundaries.

National Grasslands --- Lands designated "National Grasslands" by the Secretary of Agriculture and permanently held by the Department of Agriculture under Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act. The acreage shown for the National Grasslands are the areas of such lands administered by the indicated unit headquarters or Regions.

Land utilization projects --- Land administered by the Forest Service for programs of land utilization and adjustment under Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act.

Research and experimental areas --- Areas outside of the National Forests and Grasslands which have been reserved and dedicated to forest or range research and experimentation.

Other areas --- Lands administered by the Forest Service that are not included in the above groups.

OTHER LANDS WITHIN UNIT BOUNDARIES --- Lands within the unit boundaries in private, state, county, and municipal ownership, and Federal lands over which the Forest service has no jurisdiction. Areas of such lands which have been offered to the United States and have been approved for acquisition and subsequent Forest Service administration, but to which title had not yet been accepted by the United States as of the report date, as separated in tabulations.

National Game Refuges and National Monuments --- Definitions for these areas precede the table for each category.

National Recreation Area --- An extensive multiple-use area designated by Congress for the purpose of assuring and implementing area administration that is directed primarily to the protection and management of public outdoor recreation opportunities. The tabulation in this report includes only those National Recreation Areas managed entirely or in part by the Forest Service.

National Forest Wilderness --- An area within a National Forest which has been designated by Congress
as a unit of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Except as otherwise specifically authorized
by the Wilderness Act of September 3, 1964, there will be no roads, no use of motor vehicles,
motorized equipment or motorboats, no landing of aircraft, no other form of mechanical transport, and
no structure or installation in any Wilderness. New Wildernesses can be established or existing
Wildernesses can be modified only by act of Congress on recommendation by the President.

National Forest Primitive Area --- An area within a National Forest classified by the Chief, Forest Service, and administered in the same manner as a wilderness with the same restrictions on its use until, under the Wilderness Act, the Secretary of Agruculture presents recommendations to the President and to Congress as to its suitability or non-suitability for wilderness and Congress has acted on these recommendations.

IN PROCESS OF ACQUISITION --- The period after initiation of acquisition action but before case is consummated. For the purposes of this report, action is considered initiated in an exchange case when the transaction is approved by the National Forest Reservation Commission or the authorized Forest Service approval authority. Purchasee cases are considered initiated when options are accepted on behalf of the United States. Condem nation cases are considered initiated when proceedings are filed in Federal District Court.

ABBREVIATIONS: NF - National Forest; PU Purchase Unit; NG - National Grassland; LU - Land utilization project;, ER, and EA - Experimental forest, range, and area.