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Interim Update of the 2000 RPA Assessment

RPA Assessment

USDA Forest Service. 2007. Interim Update of the 2000 Renewable Resource Planning Act Assessment. FS-874. Washington, DC. 114 p. (4.73 Mb, Low resolution pdf)(Overview)

High resolution pdf version of the Interim update of the 2000 RPA assessment (26.6 Mb)

RPA Assessment Supporting Publications

Forest Resource Statistics

Smith, W. Brad; Miles, Patrick D.; Vissage, John S.; Pugh, Scott A. 2004. Forest Resources of the United States, 2002 General Technical Report NC-241. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station.

USDA Forest Service. 2004. U.S. Forest Resource Facts and Historical Trends. FS-801. Washington, DC. 37 p.

USDA Forest Service. 2005. U.S. Forest Resource Facts and Historical Trends Metric Units. FS-801-M. Washington, DC. 37 p.

Land Use

Plantinga, Andrew J.; Alig, Ralph J.; Eichman, Henry; Lewis, David J. 2007. Linking land-use projections and forest fragmentation analysis. Res. Pap. PNW-RP-570. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Station. 41 p.

Outdoor Recreation

Cordell, H.K., Betz, C.J., Green, G.T., Mou, S., Leeworthy, V.R., Wiley, P.C., and et al. (2004). Outdoor recreation for 21st century America: a report to the nation: the national survey on recreation and the environment. State College, PA: Venture Publishing. 293 p.

Resource Interactions

Hof, John; Flather, Curtis; Baltic, Tony; King, Rudy 2006. Nonparametric projections of forest and rangeland condition indicators: A technical document supporting the 2005 USDA Forest Service RPA Assessment Update. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-166. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 39 p.

Timber

Haynes, Richard W.; Adams, Darius M.; Alig, Ralph J.; Ince, Peter J.; Mills, John R.; Zhou, Xiaoping. 2007. The 2005 RPA timber assessment update. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-699. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 212 p.

Ince, Peter; Schuler, Albert; Spelter, Henry; Luppold, William. 2007. Globalization and structural change in the U.S. forest sector: an evolving context for sustainable forest management. General Technical Report FPL-GTR-170. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 62 p.

Wildlife and Fish

Flather, Curtis H.; Knowles, Michael S.; McNees, Jason 2008. Geographic patterns of at-risk species: A technical document supporting the USDA Forest Service Interim Update of the 2000 RPA Assessment. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-211. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 21 p.

Other

USDA Forest Service. 2007. Assessment of the Status and Trends of Natural Resources From U.S. Forest and Range Lands 15 Key Findings. FS-875. Washington, D.C. 11 p.

Ellefson, Paul V.; Hibbard, Calder M.; Kilgore, Michael A.; Granskog, James E. 2005. Legal, Institutional, and Economic Indicators of Forest Conservation and Sustainable Management: Review of Information Available for the United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-82. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 221 p.

For further information, please contact Margaret Connelly (mconnelly@fs.fed.us).
Updated June 2008

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