The Western Center sponsored an effort to assess the resources,

 needs, and goals of families on small farms. The States of Oregon,

 Hawaii, Montana, Colorado, and New Mexico are participating in

 surveys to determine needs by type of small farms and the implica-

 tions of these needs for educational or research strategies to

 better address the small farm problems.

 U.S. Forest Service

 With increasing pressures for reduced timber harvesting on

multiple-use public forest lands, there is a need for increased

timber production from the 300 million acres of forests controlled

by small-scale non-industrial private owners. The Forest Service

research and educational activities are increasingly geared to
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raising the productivity of these small woodlot owners.

 Plans for implementation of the Renewable Resources Extension Act

 (P.L. 95-306), to be conducted jointly with the Cooperative Extension

 Services, call for increased research and educational programs for

 the small woodlot owner in managing these resources more efficiently.

 Other Small Farm Activities

 There are many other organizations and agencies conducting various

types of projects and programs for small-scale farmers in addition to

those of the USDA/land-grant system. A few examples are cited here to

indicate the wide variety of these activities.

California's Small Farm Viability Project

 This project, which was jointly sponsored by four State departments,

sought to determine what the State could and should do to make the