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2000 RPA Assessment and 
Supporting Publications 


RPA Assessment



USDA Forest Service, 2000 RPA Assessment of Forest and Range Lands.  FS-687.  Washington, DC.  USDA, Forest Service.  78 p. (.pdf)

Errata Sheet for the 2000 RPA Assessment of Forest and Range Lands (as of 12 March 2002)  

RPA Assessment 
Supporting Publications

Alig, Ralph J.; Butler, Brett J. 2004.  Area Changes for forest cover types in the United States, 1952 to 1997, with projections to 2050.  Gen. Tech. Rep. Pnw-GTR-613.  Portland, OR:  U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station.  106 p.

Alig, Ralph J.; Plantinga, Andrew J.; Ahn, SoEun; Kline, Jeffrey D. 2003. Land use changes involving forestry in the United States: 1952 to 1997, with projections to 2050. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-587. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 92 p.

Brown, Thomas C. 1999. Past and future freshwater use in the United States: A technical document supporting the 2000 USDA Forest Service RPA Assessment. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-39. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 47 p.

Cordell, H. Ken, principal investigator. 1999. Outdoor Recreation in American Life: A National Assessment of Demand and Supply Trends. Champaign, IL: Sagamore Publishing. 449 p.(Abstract)

Cordell, H. Ken and Overdevest, Christine, principal authors.  2001.  Footprints on the Land.  An Assessment of Demographic trends and the Future of Natural Lands in the United States.  Champaign, IL:  Sagamore Publishing.  314 p.

Dwyer, John F.; Novak, David J.; Noble, Mary Heather; Sisinni, Susan M.  2000.  Connecting people with ecosystems in the 21st century:  an assessment of our nation's urban forests.  Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-490.  Portland, OR:  U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 483 p.  To order a printed copy, call the Station at (503)808-2138 or email desmith@fs.fed.us.

Flather, Curtis H.; Brady, Stephen J.; Knowles, Michael S. 1999. Wildlife resource trends in the United States: A technical document supporting the 2000 RPA Assessment. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-33. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

Haynes, Richard  W. Tech. Coord. 2003.  An Analysis of the Timber Situation in the United States:  1952 to 2050 Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-560.  Portland, OR, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station.  254p.

Hof, J.;  Flather,Curtis; Baltic, Tony; and Davies, Stephen.1999.  National projections of forest and rangeland condition indicators:  A technical document supporting the 1999 USDA Forest Service, RPA Assessment.  Gen. Tec. Rep.  PNW-GTR--442.  Portland, OR:  USDA, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 57 p. (Abstract)

Johnson, Tony G., ed.  2000. United States timber industry--an assessment of timber product output and use, 1996. Gen Tech. Rep. SRS-45.  Asheville, NC:  USDA, Forest Service, Southern Research Station.  145p.

Joyce, Linda A.; Birdsey, Richard, technical editors. 2000.  The impact of climate change on America's Forests:  A technical document supporting the 2000 USDA Forest Service RPA Assessment.  Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-59.  Fort Collins, CO:  U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.  134 p. The document can be viewed in pdf format at: http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs/rmrs_gtr59.pdf
to order a printed copy, call 970-498-1394 or email rschneider@fs.fed.us.

Loftus, Andrew J; Flather, Curtis H. 2000.  Fish and other aquatic resource trends in the United States:  A technical document supporting the 2000 USDA Forest Service RPA Assessment.  Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-53.  Ft. Collins, CO:  U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 50p.

Mitchell, John E. 2000.  Rangeland resource trends in the United States:  A technical document supporting the 2000 USDA Forest Service RPA Assessment.  Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-68.  Fort Collins, CO:  U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.  84 p.

Mills, John R. and  Xiaoping Zhou.  Gen. Tech. Rep. GTR-568 02-294 (2003) Projecting national forest inventories for the 2000 RPA timber assessment 1.17 Mb) [Abstract] U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Station.  64 p.

Rudis, V.A. 1999.  Ecological subregion codes by county, coterminous United States.  Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-36.  Asheville, NC:  U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station.  95 p.

Schuster, Ervin G.; Krebs, Michael A. 2003. Forest Service programs, authorities, and relationships: A technical document supporting the 2000 USDA Forest Service RPA Assessment. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-112. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 88 p. .

Shields, D.J., S.A. Winter, G.S. Alward, and Kathy  L. Hartung. 1996. Energy and minerals industries in national, regional, and state economies. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-GTR-95.  82 p.  Madison, WI: USDA Forest Service Forest Products Lab. (Abstract)

Smith, W. Brad; Vissage, John S.; Darr, David R.; Sheffield, Raymond M.; 2001.  Forest resources of the United States, 1997.  Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-219, St. Paul, MN: USDA, Forest Service, North Central Research Station.  190p.

Smith, W. Brad; Vissage; John S.; Darr, David R.; Sheffield, Raymond M. 2002. Forest resources of the United States, 1997, METRIC UNITS.  Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-222. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station.  127 p.

Van Tassell, Larry W.; Bartlett, E. Tom; Mitchell, John E.  2001.  Projected use of grazed forages in the United States:  2000 to 2050:  A technical document supporting the 2000 USDA Forest Service RPA Assessment.  RMRS-GTR-82.  Fort Collins, CO:  USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 73p.

USDA Forest Service.  2001.  U.S. Forest Facts and Historical Trends.  Brochure.  FS-696.  Washington, DC.  USDA Forest Service.  20 p.

USDA Forest Service.  2001.  U.S. Forest Facts and Historical Trends Metric Units.  Brochure FS-696-M.  Washington, DC:  USDA, Forest Service.  20 p.

 

For further information, please contact Margaret Connelly (mconnelly@fs.fed.us).

Updated October 2004