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kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 221.3"
title: "36"
number: "221.3"
heading: "Disposal of national forest timber according to management plans."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/221.3"
---

# §221.3. Disposal of national forest timber according to management plans.

- (a) Management plans for national forest timber resources shall be prepared and revised, as needed, for working circles or other practicable units of national forest. Such plans shall:
  - (1) Be designed to aid in providing a continuous supply of national forest timber for the use and necessities of the citizens of the United States.
  - (2) Be based on the principle of sustained yield, with due consideration to the condition of the area and the timber stands covered by the plan.
  - (3) Provide, so far as feasible, an even flow of national forest timber in order to facilitate the stabilization of communities and of opportunities for employment.
  - (4) Provide for coordination of timber production and harvesting with other uses of national forest land in accordance with the principles of multiple use management.
  - (5) Establish the allowable cutting rate which is the maximum amount of timber which may be cut from the national forest lands within the unit by years or other periods.
  - (6) Be approved by the Chief, Forest Service, unless authority for such approval shall be delegated to subordinates by the Chief.
- (b) When necessary to promote better utilization of national forest timber or to facilitate protection and management of the national forests, a management plan may include provisions for requirements of purchasers for processing the timber to at least a stated degree within the working circle, or within a stated area, and, when appropriate, by machinery of a stated type; and agreements for cutting in accordance with the plan may so require.

## Notes

### Amendments

[13 FR 7711, Dec. 14, 1948, as amended at 28 FR 723, Jan. 26, 1963; 34 FR 743, Jan. 17, 1969]

### Authority

Authority: 30 Stat. 34, 44 Stat. 242; 16 U.S.C. 475, 616.

### Amendments

[13 FR 7711, Dec. 14, 1948, as amended at 28 FR 723, Jan. 26, 1963; 34 FR 743, Jan. 17, 1969]