Resource and Market Projections for Forest Policy Development: Twenty-five Years of Experience with the US RPA Timber Assessment

Figure 1-1. Post-World War II US assessment history. 1973)weremotivatedbytheemergingconflictsinthepost-WorldWar II period between rapidly increasing softwood harvests and declining timber growth. These are called the Outlook Studies. The last six studies (1980, 1985, 1989, 1993, 2000, 2005) have been conducted to meet the requirements of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act (RPA) of 1974. These are called the RPA Timber Assessments. 6 The Challenge of Developing Models ...