Forest Inventory and Analysis National Program

Program Features

Forest Resources of the United States
- a General Technical Report in support of the Resources Planning Act Assessment

Every five years, FIA produces The Forest Resources of the United States, a report presenting the information on the status, condition, and trends in the Nation's forests. These reports, mandated by the Agriculture Research, Extension and Education Reform Act of 1998 (Farm Bill), include "an analysis of present and anticipated uses, demand for, and supply of the renewable resources, with consideration of the international resource situation, and an emphasis of pertinent supply, demand and price relationships trends."

The Forest Resources of the United States provides the authoritative data used to estimate some of the analyses included in the Resources Planning Act (RPA) Assessment, a congressionally mandated national report that examines U.S. forest and rangeland conditions and trends on all ownerships, and projects the conditions of renewable resources 50 years into the future. Information about the RPA Assessment, including current and previous decadal assessments, mid-cycle updates, supporting publications, data, and webinar recordings are available on the RPA website.

United States Forests at a Glance This interactive tool pulls together multiple dashboards, storymaps, and other previously published content into one integrated solution for viewing the Forest Resources of the United States. Content within the tool describes Area, Volume, Disturbance, Ownership, and Forest Use. Forest Resources of the United States, 2017 2017 RPA Resource Tables

Previous Forest Resources Reports/Tables

Forest Resources of the United States, 2012 Forest Resources of the United States, 2007 Forest Resources of the United States, 2002 Forest Resources of the United States, 1997 Forest Resources of the United States, 1992 Forest Resources of the United States, 1987

Related Documents Archive

1975 Nations Resource Assessment FRR-21 1963 Timber Trends Report No17 1946 Gaging the Timber Resource of the U.S. 1932 Forest Situation in the U.S. 1909 Timber Supply of the U.S. 1885 U.S. Report 1870 Forest Report with Map

Contacts

For questions about FIA's Forest Resources publication or tables, please contact Sonja Oswalt.

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