Title: An assessment of the forest and range land situation in the United States /
Abstract: 2Section 9 of this Act authorized and directed the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with States, private owners, and other agencies ". . . in making and keeping current a comprehensive survey of the present and prospective requirements from timber and other forest products in the United States, and potential productivity of forested land therein and of such other facts as may be necessary in the determination of ways and means to balance the timber budget of the United States."3 Congressional interest in an assessment of the range situation was first expressed in 1934.This resulted in the preparation of the first range assessment -U.S.Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.The western range.A report to the Senate.S. Doc.No. 199, 74th Cong