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This is a revision to SERA TR-056-05-02-02a, Scoping/Screening Level Risk Assessment on Fluazifop-P-butyl, dated March 28, 2014. The report has been modified for compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. The compliance report is attached to the PDF version of this risk assessment

Future of America’s Forests and Rangelands: Forest Service 2010 Resources Planning Act Assessment

The 2010 Resources Planning Act (RPA) Assessment summarizes findings about the status, trends, and projected future of forests, rangelands, wildlife and fish, biodiversity, water, outdoor recreation, wilderness, and urban forests, as well as the effects of climate change upon these resources. The outlook for U.S. resources is largely influenced by a set of scenarios that have varying assumptions about global population and economic growth, global wood energy consumption, U.S. population and economic growth, land use change, and global climate change from 2010 to 2060. Four key themes from the findings are (1) land development will continue to threaten the integrity of natural ecosystems, (2) climate change will alter natural ecosystems and affect their ability to provide goods and services, (3) competition for goods and services from natural ecosystems will increase, and (4) geographic variation in resource responses to drivers of change will require regional and local strategies to address resource management issues. The results from this report will be useful to resource managers and policymakers as they develop strategies to sustain natural resources

Timber Management Plan Conference

Presentations/Topics include: Basic Data Needed for Timber Management Plans -- Crop Security -- Use of Aerial Photographs in Management Planning -- Inventories for Timber Management Plans -- The Prediction of Growth by Stand Projection Methods -- Policies and Legal Limitations Affecting National Forest Timber Management Activities -- The Value and Use of Timber Management Plans as a Public Relation Tool -- Criticism of "Timber Management Plans on the National Forests" -- Methods of Management and Methods of Regulation of Cut in the National Forests of the North Pacific Region -- Methods Now Used in Calculating Growth Mortality and Yield --- Transportation Planning for Management Plans

RPA - The Nation's Renewable Resources - An Assessment, 1975

Excerpt from the Preface: …this study provides an analysis of the present situation and the outlook for (1) outdoor recreation and wilderness, (2) wildlife and fish, (3) forest-range grazing, (4) timber, and (5) water. It includes statistical data on the ownership and condition of the Nation's 1.6 billion acres of forest and range lands and associated inland waters; recent changes in forest and range resources; trends in the consumption and prices of major products; the prospective demand, supply, price outlook to 2020; and opportunities for increasing supplies of products and improving productivity. Data are also presented on international trade in forest and range products and the forest resources of important trading countries. The last section of the study discusses the kinds of data and scientific information needed to provide an adequate quantitative basis for future assessments of this kind and for the determination of the sizes and combinations of programs that would most effectively and efficiently meet the Nation's future demands for forest, range and inland water products

Future of America’s Forest and Rangelands: Forest Service 2020 Resources Planning Act Assessment

The 2020 Resources Planning Act (RPA) Assessment summarizes findings about the status, trends, and projected future of the Nation’s forests and rangelands and the renewable resources that they provide. The 2020 RPA Assessment specifically focuses on the effects of both socioeconomic and climatic change on the U.S. land base, disturbance, forests, forest product markets, rangelands, water, biodiversity, and outdoor recreation. Differing assumptions about population and economic growth, land use change, and global climate change from 2020 to 2070 largely influence the outlook for U.S. renewable resources. Many of the key themes from the 2010 RPA Assessment cycle remain relevant, although new data and technologies allow for deeper and wider investigation. Land development will continue to threaten the integrity of forest and rangeland ecosystems. In addition, the combination and interaction of socioeconomic change, climate change, and the associated shifts in disturbances will strain natural resources and lead to increasing management and resource allocation challenges. At the same time, land management and adoption of conservation measures can reduce pressure on natural resources. The RPA Assessment findings and associated data can be useful to resource managers and policymakers as they develop strategies to sustain natural resources

The Forest Products Laboratory: A Brief Account of Its Work and Aims

Excerpt from the report: The Forest Products Laboratory is a unit of the research organization of the Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture. It is a scientific and technical research institution concerned wholly with the investigation of wood and wood products and their adaptation to diversified fields of use. It was the first and for several years the only institution in the world conducting general research on wood and its utilization; other Nations have since followed the lead of the United States in developing laboratories along similar lines

Highlights in the History of Forest Conservation

The following pages give, in chronological order, positive actions as well as reverses which significantly influenced the movement of forest conservation and wise management for the general public welfare in the United States of America. Particular emphasis is given to the major role of the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, which, together with its predecessor agencies, the Bureau of Forestry and the Division of Forestry, has led this movement for the past century

Final Environmental Impact Statement for Management of the High Uinta Wilderness

The Final Environmental Impact Statement analyzes four alternatives to amend the Ashley and Wasatch-Cache National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan) to include Desired Future Condition for mapped Condition Classes with accompanying indicators and standards for the High Uintas Wilderness. The No Action Alternative is analyzed in depth also. Significant issues considered include effects of human overuse on ecosystem components, the extent visitor experience is impacted by rules and regulations, the extent visitor solitude is impacted by other users, structures, and resource impacts, the extent trails meet wilderness objectives, the threat of human and animal waste to water quality, the threat of non-native plant species on the ecosystem, effects on threatened endangered and sensitive species, effects on air quality, the extent fire plays a natural role in the ecosystem, effects on archeological and historic sites, effect on Research Natural Areas, and the effects of stocking fish on aquatic natural processes