2000 RPA Assessment of Forest and Range Lands

Abstract

This 2000 Renewable Resources Planning Act (RPA) Assessment is the fourth prepared in response to the mandate in the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, P.L. 93-378, 88 Stat. 475, as amended (RPA). The 2000 RPA Assessment consists of this summary report and supporting documents.1 The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service has been carrying out resource analysis in the United States for over a century. Congressional interest was first expressed in the Appropriations Act of August 15, 1876, which provided $2,000 for the employment of an expert to study and report on forest conditions. Between that time and 1974, Forest Service analysts prepared a number of assessments of the forest resourcesituation intermittently in response to emerging issues and perceived needs for up-to-date resource information. The 1974 RPA legislation established a periodic reporting requirement and broadened the resource coverage from timber alone to all renewable resources from U.S. forests and rangelands. Renewable resources in this assessment include outdoor recreation, fish and wildlife, wilderness, timber, water, range, and minerals.

Citation

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 2001. 2000 RPA Assessment of Forest and Range Lands. FS-687. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 78p.