The 2005 RPA timber assessment update
By: Richard W. Haynes ... [et al.].
Contributors: Haynes, Richard W.
Series: General technical report PNW -- GTR-699.; General technical report PNW -- 699.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Timber -- United States -- Forecasting.; Forests and forestry -- United States -- Forecasting.; Lumber trade -- United States -- Forecasting.
Description: This update reports changes in the Nation's timber resource since the Analysis of the Timber Situation in the United States was completed in 2003. Prospective trends in demands for and supplies of timber, and the factors that affect these trends are examined. These trends include changes in the U.S. economy, increased salvage of British Columbia beetle-killed timber, and a stronger U.S. dollar. Other prospective trends that might alter the future timber situation are discussed including changes in U.S. timberland area, reductions in southern pine plantation establishment, impacts of climate change on forest productivity, increased restoration thinning on Western public lands, and the impact of programs to increase carbon sequestration through afforestation. Various management implications such as the influence of prices on forest management, concerns about changes in forest area, the emerging open space issue, forests as a set of commons, seeking to find greater compatibility in forest management, and the stewardship agenda are discussed.
Notes: Title from cover.

"A technical document supporting the USDA Forest Service interim update of the 2000 RPA assessment."

"March 2007"--p.[4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-160).

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