1989 Resources Planning Act Assessment Cycle
1989 Resources Planning Act Assessment
The Forest Service increased its analysis capabilities in all resource areas for the 1989 Resources Planning Act Assessment. A specialist for each resource area produced a technical document that provided supporting information and analysis to the assessment summary document. A series of documents held detailed supporting technical information. Seven documents reported on the findings in each resource area—wildlife and fish, range forage, outdoor recreation and wilderness, water, timber, minerals, and land base. Five additional documents covered resource interactions, global climate change, programs and responsibilities of the Forest Service, evolving uses of the Nation's resources, and basic assumptions.
- Linda A. Joyce. 1989. An analysis of the range forage situation in the United States: 1989-2040
- Tony Baltic, John Hof. 1988. Documentation of the National Forest System resource interactions model
- Richard Haynes. 1990. An analysis of the timber situation in the United States: 1989-2040
- H. Ken Cordell, John C. Bergstrom. 1989. Theory and Techniques for Assessing the Demand and Supply of Outdoor Recreation in the United States
- John Fedkiw. 1989. The evolving use and management of the Nation's forests, grasslands, croplands, and related resources
- Curtis H. Flather, Thomas W. Hoekstra. 1989. An analysis of the wildlife and fish situation in the United States: 1989-2040
- Richard W. Guldin. 1989. An analysis of the water situation in the United States: 1989-2040
- John Hof, Tony Baltic. 1988. Forest and rangeland resource interactions: A supporting technical document for the 1989 RPA Assessment
- Karen Waddell, Daniel D. Oswald, Douglas S. Powell. 1989. Forest statistics of the United States, 1987.
- USDA Forest Service. 1989. An analysis of the land base situation in the United States: 1989-2040
- USDA Forest Service. 1989. An analysis of the minerals situation in the United States: 1989-2040
- USDA Forest Service. 1989. Basic Assumptions: A technical document supporting the 1989 USDA Forest Service RPA Assessment
- USDA Forest Service. 1989. A description of Forest Service programs and responsibilities
- Linda A. Joyce, Michael A. Fosberg, Joan M. Comanor. 1990. Climate change and America's forests.
Update to the 1989 Assessment
The Forest Service published an update to the 1989 Assessment in 1993. Although the update included new information on supply and demand trends, it mainly focused on domestic and international resource issues. Based on 1989 Assessment findings, the update identified resource issues that had the potential to impact resource availability and use. The agency commissioned studies to further research a subset of those issues; the results of this research are the basis of the update. A technical document supports each issue analysis. Issues studied included biological diversity, recycling, threatened and endangered species, customer diversity and the demand for recreation, forest productivity and climate change, private forest investment, and water quality.
- David N. Wear. 1993. Private forest investment and softwood production in the U.S. South
- Stephen J. Brady, Curtis H. Flather. 1994. Changes in wetlands on nonfederal rural land of the conterminous United States from 1982 to 1987
- David J. Brooks. 1993. U.S. forests in global context
- Thomas C. Brown, Dan Binkley. 1994. Effect of management on water quality in North American forests
- H. Ken Cordell, Donald B. K. English, Sharon A. Randall. 1993. Effects of subdivision and access restrictions on private land recreation opportunities
- John F. Dwyer. 1994. Customer diversity and the future demand for outdoor recreation
- Donald B. K. English, Carter Betz, J. Mark Young, John C. Bergstrom, H. Ken Cordell. 1993. Regional demand and supply projections for outdoor recreation
- Curtis H. Flather, Linda A. Joyce, Carol A. Bloomgarden. 1994. Species endangerment patterns in the United States
- John L. Greene, William C. Siegel. 1994. The status and impact of state and local regulation on private timber supply
- Robert G. Haight. 1993. Technology change and the economics of silvicultural investment
- Richard Haynes, Darius M. Adams, John Mills. 1995. The 1993 RPA timber assessment update
- Peter J. Ince. 1994. Recycling and the long-range timber outlook
- Linda A. Joyce. 1995. Productivity of America's forests and climate change
- Linda Langner, Curtis H. Flather. 1994. Biological diversity: Status and trends in the United States
- Douglas W. MacCleery. 1992. American forests: A history of resiliency and recovery
- Douglas S. Powell, Joanne L. Faulkner, David R. Darr, Zhiliang Zhu, Douglas W. MacCleery. 1993. Forest resources of the United States, 1992
- W. Brad Smith, Joanne L. Faulkner, Douglas S. Powell. 1994. Forest statistics of the United States, 1992 metric units.