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The Mcintire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research Program: The Driving Force Of Sustainable Forestry, Steven H. Bullard
The Mcintire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research Program: The Driving Force Of Sustainable Forestry, Steven H. Bullard
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The McIntire-Stennis (M-S) Cooperative Forestry Research Program has provided fundamental support for creating and strengthening forestry research and graduate training efforts at colleges and universities across the nation for nearly 50 years. M-S funding has helped produce thousands of forestry scientists and other research professionals, and M-S–supported research has provided critical basic understanding and applied solutions to extend the benefits that flow from forests and related rangelands across the nation over time. The 1962 legislation that created the M-S program authorized funding of up to one-half of the funds appropriated for federal forestry research conducted directly by the USDA. Throughout …