Problems and Progress During Current Forest Service Planning

GAO reported on the U.S. Forest Service's evaluation of alternative harvest and timber management policies in terms of their potential for increased timber production in the Pacific Northwest and the effects that alternative timber harvesting policies might have on enhancing the nontimber uses of the national forests. Studies indicate that the continued use of the nondeclining even-flow timber harvesting policy would soon lead to a sizeable drop in available timber, especially in the Northwest.