1. SUMMARY 



■. i^^Ar fnr the people in the basin than the 

 Personal per capxta income ^^ \owe ^^^ ^^^ J ? ^^^^ .^e National 



National average. ^;;^^X.7^n^sinl^^^^^ on forestry and mining, 



average. Much of the basin \ ^"^° , ^ supplies and metal ores are 



Under the present situation, both ^^™b^^ ^^^P' ^^duce. Some positive 



being depleted and are becoming more e.s.veto^pr^ ^^ ^^^^^^^ P^^ ^^^^ 



action will be -^^"-^^/^'^^ ?i,7:/an expanding population. Forestry 

 standard of living for the e^^^^^^S ^/^^-^ basic income in the basin 

 and mining account for 60 percent or ui ^2 percent. About 



while agriculture and ^^^ted industries accounts for P^^^ __ 

 2 percent of the ^asin' s basic income cmes from n ^^^^. P ^^^^ 

 pating in outdoor recreation ^nd ^eUted activi y ^^^^ employed 

 21.1 percent of all persons ejloyed - the^a^s^in ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ 

 by either Federal StaJ:e or local g ^ ^^ ^^^.^ ^^^^^ 



employment brings in outside '"oney and is con ..^^i^^red as deri- 

 while local g7"--3 ^^^grernien" empTo^^^^^^ (State and Federal) is 

 2li:\Tf;rr.el^ of^tar:m"loy.ent/while derivative (local) govern- 

 ment employment IS about 8.2 percent of total employment. 



- r --^'^ ^-^o^EKs \:v^ -t"p:puiation-^;^^"e:f :; 



related derivative employment ^nd .Pr°je^" Pj^ives to that increase in 

 ards of living. The two -^^ Uk^^^^^^ of Uv\ng for the larger popula- 

 basic employment are lowered f ^ndards ot iivi g ^^^^ 



tion or a stagnation and decUnias^^^^^pp^^^^^^^^ ^^ 3 'persistent 

 that there is a need to increase oasic / ; ' j^ forest products, 

 .eeUne in the ^-^^„^ ="Pl;rr"\s\"e\" d e e^t "tht forestry' s^a.y 



:;i^nrrall.a\""lLs^e\s?.err »: Xaf ".r.o^.„e pun ohjecuves 

 and their solutions are summarized in table 1. 



T he Forestry Scene 

 Ev 



Even though forest vegetation covers about three-,uarter. of the area 

 fnLcrV^cU-s-rfta-orint-'rrserLr^^^s "aL «rii c^ntrnne to 

 decrease under existing levels of management. 



1/ For definition, see footnote on page 11. 



