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Forest Service intensive management is provided through two major sources: 

 appropriated taxpayer dollars and timber sale revenues. 



Since many of our members are dependent upon Forest Service and BLM 

 intensive management contracts, our association has been monitoring the 

 types and amounts of contracts offered by both agencies. The number and 

 quantity sizes of the contracts have been shrinl<ing during the last several 

 years. At our association's annual conference, the Forest Service provided 

 our members with an overview of projected Region 6's intensive 

 management activities for the next five years. The first chart compares the 

 harvest, reforestation and KV cash trends for the region. 



KV ACRE/CASH TREND 



COMPARES KV HEF/HABV VOUKV CASH 



IMOUUMX or uxa 



FTaCAtnAA 



■ approp acres Bkv acres ^harvest level IEkv cash 



Since the chart is reproduced in black and white, the "approp acres" 

 accomplishments is the small bar while the "KV acres" is the large bar. The 

 chart is very illuminating. First, the number of acres reforested is projected 

 to decline as the han/est level declines. (I might note that this chart under- 

 projects the steep decline in the timber sale level so that the number of acres 

 to be actually reforested will likely be less than predicted). Second, most 

 reforestation activity is paid through the KV fund. Third, the KV cash 

 balance projects a steep decline from over $260 million in FY 1989 to a 

 projected $105 million in FY '95. Generally, the Forest Service is projecting 

 a need to reforest approximately 100,000 acres annually. 



The next chart shows the projected thinning stand improvement (TSI) acres 

 trend with a slightly increasing TSI appropriated acres and a slightly 

 decreasing level of TSI KV acres. Generally, the Forest Service is projecting 

 a need to thin approximately 1 50,000 acres annually. 



