year 2000 to meet national demands is 105.4 billion board feet. The 

 National Forest goal is that portion of the national need which the 

 National Forests could reasonably be expected to produce under inten- 

 sified management. 



The objective is to reach this goal by (a) intensifying the manage- 

 ment of existing stands, including measures to assure stand im- 

 provement and regeneration; (b) growing more and better trees and 

 high-quality sawtimber on the lands that are not producing their 

 full capacity today; (c) reducing losses from disease, insects, and fire; 

 and (d) improving utilization. The 10-year program steps to further 

 items (c) and (d) are covered later under the heading Protection. 



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By the year 2000 the annual harvest of sawtimber will reach 21.1 billion board feet. 



The program proposals for the 10-year period are : 



1. Harvesting will be increased toward the goal of full sus- 

 tained-yield cut on all working circles so that annual cut will 

 reach 13 billion board feet by 1972. 



2. Harvesting will be developed in a manner that will, to the 

 extent possible, (a) accelerate cutting of stagnant stands, release 

 advance reproduction by removing overstory of old growth, and 

 increase the salvage of dead, dying, and diseased trees; and (b) 

 encourage reasonable distribution of sales among small, medium, 

 and larger operators. 



>">. Higher standards of regeneration, hazard reduction, sal- 

 vage, and erosion control will be developed and applied on sale 

 areas. 



4. Higher standards of sale preparation and sale administra- 

 tion to coordinate timber harvest activities with recreation uses, 



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