NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORY: BEECH FOREST (VICTORIA) MILTARY SHEET AREA—WESTERN HALF

SUMMARY The purposes, objectives, and prescriptions for a proposed National Forest Inventory of Australia prepared by an interstate conference are outlined. Production of a forest map and the volume inventory of an area in Victoria on these prescriptions are discussed. The forest map, on 1 mile to 1 in. military map basis, shows forest types, stand size, height and density classes interpreted from air photos. The volume inventory was carried out by a stratified random procedure, using 1-ac. rectangular plots as units. The project proved that the prescriptions for the proposed National Forest Inventory are practicable, and that a descriptive and statistical statement of the forest resources of a comparatively large and valuable area for which there is little information can be made available to a forest service, for planning at the resources level, in a relatively short time by a small but properly managed sample.