Taking stock with the Resources Planning Act: The outlook for natural resources in the United States and the Rocky Mountain Region

Sylvia Kantor; Linda A. Joyce; Claire B. O’Dea; Matt C. Reeves; Travis Warziniack

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Taking stock with the Resources Planning Act: The outlook for natural resources in the United States and the Rocky Mountain Region

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Authors:

Sylvia Kantor, Linda A. Joyce, Claire B. O’Dea, Matt C. Reeves, Travis Warziniack

Year:

2024

Type:

Science Bulletins and Newsletters

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Science You Can Use Bulletin, Issue 67. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 13 p.

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Abstract

Every 10 years the Forest Service presents an assessment of the nation’s forests and rangelands. The 2020 Resources Planning Act Assessment (RPA Assessment) looks at historical data trends and projects the availability and condition of renewable resources across the nation’s forests and rangelands 50 years into the future. Mandated by the 1974 Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act, it is the sixth report in almost 50 years. Scientists from USDA Forest Service research stations, including the Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS), and numerous collaborators have been hard at work modeling and analyzing how climate, population growth, and socioeconomic change are likely to affect a spectrum of land uses and natural resources across private and public lands.

Keywords

2020 Resources Planning Act Assessment, RPA Assessment, climate, population growth, socioeconomic change, land uses, natural resources, private and public lands, planning

Citation

Kantor, Sylvia; Joyce, Linda A.; O’Dea, Claire B.; Reeves, Matt; Warziniack, Travis. 2024. Taking stock with the Resources Planning Act: The outlook for natural resources in the United States and the Rocky Mountain Region. Science You Can Use Bulletin, Issue 67. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 13 p.