A National Forestry Research Program PDF Download

Excerpt from A National Forestry Research Program The colleges and universities have gradually strengthened their for estry research programs in recent years, particularly the institutions with agricultural experiment stations and forestry schools. This re search is supported mostly by State and other non-federal funds. Some Federal support to forestry research, however, is derived from Department of Agriculture grant funds made available to the States through cooperative programs administered through the Cooperative State Research Service. 13the Forest Service also provides cooperative financing of selected projects at universities to stimulate additional research on projects of joint interest. In the colleges and universities lie substantial Opportunities for future expanded forestry research. Their research potential has as yet barely been realized and they could and should be doing more. The national program recognizes the importance of institutional research. It proposes as a part of the Federal program a strengthening of cc operative research at the colleges and universities. The coordination of research has also been carefully considered as a necessary part of the national program. Coordination 1s achieved in a number of ways. The Department of Agriculture maintains a uniform project system under which all project proposals by research agencies of the Department are reviewed and coordinated. Tech nical advisory committees composed of university, industry, and F cd eral scientists meet regularly to discuss research plans and projects underway. Formally constituted regional research committees plan and do joint research on problems of interest to several States. Special panels of industry representatives are organized periodically to review and coordinate research in a special problem field such as seasoning of wood or glues and gluing: Other committees are fre quently formed to coordinate research on special problems such as pole blight disease research or brush control studies. This t pe of coordinating machinery has been effective m the past. It shou d con tinne as an essential part of future expanded programs of the indus tries, colleges and universities, and the Department of Agriculture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.