This series is the result of work done by the Division of Forestry as part of a nationwide project by the American Forestry Association. In 1946 the Division of Forestry, in cooperation with the American Forestry Association, began an appraisal of Ala.'s forest resources to determine the effect heavy wartime cutting had on the forests. The division employees compiled data and conducted a field survey in eighteen representative sample counties to produce an initial state report. They then began an intensive survey of each county but abandoned it after only two counties, Autauga and Tallapoosa, were surveyed because other matters arose. This series includes questionnaires sent to companies and individuals soliciting their opinions on emerging trends (controlled burning, restocking practices and possible government intervention in forestry); summaries of responses to the queries; correspondence requesting opinions on restocking practices; and maps of the counties surveyed. Data sheets record who owned the timberland in Ala. immediately after World War II, as well as the amount of acreage owned. Tally sheets, computation sheets and final summary tabulations show the findings on each of the sample counties surveyed.
