Interim Update of the 2000 Renewable Resources Planning Act Assessment

Abstract

This report updates the 2000 Renewable Resources Planning Act (RPA) Assessment (USDA Forest Service 2001) that was 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. The RPA Assessment Update consists of this summary report and supporting documents. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service has been carrying out resource analysis in the United States for more than 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 conditions. Between that time and 1974, Forest Service analysts prepared a number of assessments of the forest resource situation 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 RPA Assessment Update include outdoor recreation, fish and wildlife, wilderness, timber, water, range, and minerals.

Citation

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 2007. Interim Update of the 2000 Renewable Resources Planning Act Assessment. FS-874. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 123p.