Report of the President's Advisory Panel on Timber and the Environment, Volume 48U.S. Government Printing Office, 1973 - 541 pages |
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... major ownership classes , 1970 . 4-1 Sources of harvest for softwood sawtimber and plywood , 1970-2020 . 6-1 Softwood sawtimber harvest , by major source , late 1970's , under two alternative harvest programs for national forests 7-1 ...
... major ownership classes , 1970 . 4-1 Sources of harvest for softwood sawtimber and plywood , 1970-2020 . 6-1 Softwood sawtimber harvest , by major source , late 1970's , under two alternative harvest programs for national forests 7-1 ...
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... Major Recommendations ' TABLE 1-2 . - Area and Volume Statistics by Ownership. The Advisory Panel on Timber and the En- vironment recommends to the President that : 1. The President issue a statement or proclama- tion to the Nation ...
... Major Recommendations ' TABLE 1-2 . - Area and Volume Statistics by Ownership. The Advisory Panel on Timber and the En- vironment recommends to the President that : 1. The President issue a statement or proclama- tion to the Nation ...
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... major degree for the knowledge such groups can contribute and also as a means of mak- ing the projections more widely known and more effectively used . 8. The annual harvest on lands available for commercial timber production on western ...
... major degree for the knowledge such groups can contribute and also as a means of mak- ing the projections more widely known and more effectively used . 8. The annual harvest on lands available for commercial timber production on western ...
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... major portion of it would have to come from the national forests as these contained 51 percent of the Na- tion's softwood inventory . Moreover , the fact that production and use of alternative building mate- rials would impose greater ...
... major portion of it would have to come from the national forests as these contained 51 percent of the Na- tion's softwood inventory . Moreover , the fact that production and use of alternative building mate- rials would impose greater ...
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... major outputs are : Wood for construction and paper products , a site for various forms of recreation , and water . The major con- sumable product is wood , just as farms produce consumable crops and livestock . Unlike substitute ...
... major outputs are : Wood for construction and paper products , a site for various forms of recreation , and water . The major con- sumable product is wood , just as farms produce consumable crops and livestock . Unlike substitute ...
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Page 79 - The management of all the various renewable surface resources of the national forests so that they are utilized in the combination that will best meet the needs of the American people; making the most judicious use of the land for some or all of these resources or related services over areas large enough to provide sufficient latitude for periodic adjustments in use to conform to changing needs and conditions; that some land will be used for less than all of the resources...
Page 79 - Use" means the management of all the various renewable surface resources of the National Forests so that they are utilized in the combination that will best meet the needs of the American people; making the most judicious use of the land for some or all of these resources or related services over areas large enough to provide sufficient latitude for periodic adjustments in use to conform to changing needs and conditions...
Page 44 - A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.
Page 79 - No public forest reservation shall be established, except to improve and protect the forest within the reservation, or for the purpose of securing favorable conditions of water flows, and to furnish a continuous supply of timber for the use and necessities of citizens of the United States...
Page 79 - Sustained yield of the several products and services" means the achievement and maintenance in perpetuity of a high-level annual or regular periodic output of the various renewable resources of the national forests without impairment of the productivity of the land.
Page 44 - ... generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprint of man's work substantially unnoticeable; (2) has outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation...
Page 159 - That it is the policy of the Congress that the national forests are established and shall be administered for outdoor recreation, range, timber, watershed, and wildlife and fish purposes.
Page 159 - ... harmonious and coordinated management of the various resources, each with the other, without impairment of the productivity of the land, with consideration being given to the relative values of the various resources, and not necessarily the combination of uses that will give the greatest dollar return or the greatest unit output.
Page 159 - Be designed to aid in providing a continuous supply of national forest timber for the use and necessities of the citizens of the United States.
Page 183 - Forest land: Land at least 10 percent occupied by forest trees of any size or formerly having had such tree cover and not currently developed for nonforest use.