Abstract
This publication provides forest resource statistics contributing to the 2020 Resources Planning Act (RPA) Assessment to provide current information on the Nation's forests. Resource tables present estimates of forest area, volume, mortality, growth, removals, and timber-product output in various ways within the context of changes since 1953. Additional analyses look at the resource from an ecological, health, and productivity perspective. Downloadable tables should be available via the Research Data Archive in the future, but for now users may query Forest Inventory and Analysis data using the online
EVALIDator tool, selecting the radio button labeled "Use RPA definition of forestland" on the second page of the query tool. Further information on the
RPA definition of forestland can be found on the Forest Inventory and Analysis website.
Titles contained within Forest Resources of the United States, 2017: a technical document supporting the Forest Service 2020 RPA Assessment
Keywords
Resources Planning Act Assessment,
inventory,
forest statistics,
area,
volume,
productivity
Citation
Oswalt, Sonja N.; Smith, W. Brad; Miles, Patrick D.; Pugh, Scott A., coords. 2019. Forest Resources of the United States, 2017: a technical document supporting the Forest Service 2020 RPA Assessment. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-97. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington Office. 223 p. https://doi.org/10.2737/WO-GTR-97
