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Show PART VI FRAMEWORK PLAN AND ALTERNATIVES Grazing Development Forage on range and forest land will be increased 1.3 million animal unit months of grazing. In spite of unsuitable lands being retired to other uses, overuse and abuse being curtailed, and demands of grazing land for other uses, total production will increase 20 percent. The pro- gram for obtaining the increased production includes management practices, land treatment, and installation of structures. Sheep grazing in sage and oak brush areas. Good management improves rangeland. Timber Production In order to meet projected needs by 2020 the output of timber prod- ucts must be increased to over seven times the 1965 production. The pro- grams to be instituted to obtain such production are: (l) h2 marketing and utilization studies, (2) 852,000 acres of thinning and pruning, (3) tree planting and seeding ^25,000 acres, (k) timber inventory of S.h mil- lion acres, and (5) protection from wildfire, insects, and disease. TTie need for an intensified timber management program will become more imper- ative when the full extent of current reductions in commercial forest acreage is known. 65 |