An Assessment of the 



Forest and Range Land Situation 



in the United States 



Prepared by the Forest Service, 



U.S. Department of Agriculture, for submission to Congress 

 as required by the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 

 Resources Planning Act as amended by the National Forest 

 Management Act of 1 976 



Forest 



Resource 



Report 



No. 22 

 October 1981 



For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 



