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late-successional reserves (30%) ; adaptive management areas (6%) ; 

 managed late-successional areas (1%) ; administratively withdrawn 

 areas (6%); ripariam reserves (11%); and matrix (16%). Operating 

 standards and guidelines are identified for each land allocation. 



With respect to timber management activities, thinning and 

 salvage activities are allowed in the reserves, however, 

 programmed timber harvest only occurs on land designated as 

 matrix or adaptive management areas, when harvest is in 

 con^jlicuice with standards and guidelines designed to achieve 

 conservation objectives. Approximately 19.5 million acres of the 

 Northwest Forest Plan are National Forest System lands, of which 

 22% is in matrix and adaptive management areas. 



The sustainedDle production of forest products is a key part of 

 the Northwest Forest Plan. Northwest Forest Plan estimated a 

 potential timber sale quantity (PSQ) just over one billion board 

 feet per year for the Forest Service and Bureau of Land 

 Management combined. The Forest Service's portion of this volume 

 is approximately 850 MMBF. As forest plans are revised and 

 on-the-ground analysis is completed the PSQ will be revised. 



In 1995 the Forest Service planned to offer 454 MMBF and exceeded 

 that volume by offering nearly 500 MMBF. A portion of the excess 

 volume came from Late Successional Reserves and Riparian Reserves 

 as a result of meeting ecosystem objectives through vegetation 

 management. In 1996, the Forest Service plans to offer 610 MMBF; 



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