Water and the Forest Service

James Sedell; Maitland Sharpe; Daina Apple; Max Copenhagen; Mike Furniss

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Water and the Forest Service

Formally Refereed

Authors:

James Sedell, Maitland Sharpe, Daina Apple, Max Copenhagen, Mike Furniss

Year:

2000

Type:

Miscellaneous

Station:

Washington Office

Source:

FS Publication

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Abstract

Public concern about adequate supplies of clean water led to the establishment in 1891 of federally protected forest reserves. The Forest Service Natural Resources Agenda is refocusing the agency on its original purpose. This report focuses on the role of forests in water supply—including quantity, quality, timing of release, flood reductions and low flow augmentation, economic value of water from national forest lands, and economic benefits of tree cover for stormwater reduction in urban areas.

Citation

Sedell, James; Sharpe, Maitland; Apple, Daina Dravnieks; Copenhagen, Max; Furniss, Mike. 2000. Water and the Forest Service. FS-660. Washington, DC. USDA-Forest Service, Washington Office. 40p.