Book excerpt: Excerpt from 1980-1990 National Program of Research for Forests and Associated Rangelands This report does not reflect the total research effort that is needed on problems related to forests and associated rangelands. Only research conducted by the usda and land-grant Universities and State Col leges is listed. Various other State and Federal agencies and private organizations conduct forest and associated rangeland research. How much is not precisely known, but the total may equal the research described in this report. 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.