Contents i Preface 



1 Introduction 



1 Highlights 



- The Political and Social Environment for Management of Renewable 

 Resources Is Changing 



- The Character of the Forest and Rangeland Estate Is Changing 



- The Demand-Supply Outlook for Renewable Resources Is Changing 



5 Synthesis of Findings 



Significant Implications of the 



- Assessment for Resource Situations and Trends 



- Potentially Acceptable Resource Situations 



- Potentially Deteriorating Resource Situations 



- Potentially Serious Resource Situations. 



10 The Resource Base 



- Size and Ownership 



- Trends in the Resource Base 



- Issue Highlight— Long-term Trends in the Condition of U.S. 

 Renewable Resources 



- Issue Highlight — Analysis of Status and Trends in Biological Diversity 

 Projected Trends in Areas 



- Productivity of Forest and Rangelands and Water for Increases in 

 Renewable Resources 



- Issue Highlight — Global Change 



22 Basic Assumptions about Future Determinants of Demand and Supply 



- Population 



- Economic Activity and Income 



- Technological and Institutional Change 



- Issue Highlight — State and Local Regulation of Private Lands 



- Energy Costs 



- Capital Availability 



- Issue Highlight — International Dimensions of U.S. Forestry 



28 Timber Demand-Supply— The Outlook 



- Outlook Overview 



- Trends in Timber Use and Projected Demands 



- The Timber Resource 



- Projected Trends in Timber Supplies 



- Issue Highlight— The Outlook for Softwood Timber Supplies 



- Issue Highlight — ^The Future of Wastepaper Recycling 



- Issue highlight — Private Forestry Investment 



- Timber Demand-Supply Comparisons 



