McIntire–Stennis Act of 1962

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The McIntire–Stennis Act of 1962 funds forestry research at state agricultural experiment stations and forestry programs at land‑grant colleges. It supports work on reforestation, forest management, watershed protection, outdoor recreation, wildlife habitats, and wood use. Many projects are done in collaboration with laboratories of the U.S. Forest Service. Funding is given with a fixed base plus a share of the remainder: each state gets $10,000, then 40% of the rest is allocated by the state's share of total commercial forest land, another 40% by the value of the timber cut annually, and 20% by how much the state spends on forestry research.