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It appears important, therefore, to explore the
possibility of increasing the timber availability from public
lands, especially those controlled by the Forest Service.
The following specific questions might be raised:
1.
Forest Service officials have indicated that the
cut might be increased if it had greater assurance
of funds on a continuing basis for opening up new
areas and increasing thinning and salvage operations.
It has been suggested that revenue from timber
sales could be put into a trust fund earmarked
for this purpose. Consideration might also be
given to a supplemental for the current fiscal year
and an increase in the request for fiscal 1970.
2.
Can the rotation cycle be shortened by making
trees available for cutting at an earlier age?
Discount rates used in determining the optimum
economic age for cutting may need review, especially
in the light of the secular trend of interest rates.
3.
There may be some possibility of temporary
increases in allowable cut to meet surges in demand.
4.
It has also been contended that the procedures
under which bids for stumpage are now being advertised
and awarded tend to ratchet prices upward, thereby
leading to higher costs and higher prices for lumber
and plywood.
5.
The possibility of alleviating any transportation
bottlenecks that exist may also merit examination.
The National Forest Products Association, supported
by the NAHB and Retail Lumber Dealers, has prepared a
bill covering some of these points for consideration by Congress.
This increases the urgency of action by the Executive Branch.
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