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That said… it’d be great if our Chief, Secretary of Agriculture, members of Congress, and President all shared a common (and evolving) understanding of multiple use.
That is: the National Forest System holds greater value than just timber supply.
We knew that in the 1960s & codified it in law.
That is: the National Forest System holds greater value than just timber supply.
We knew that in the 1960s & codified it in law.
![MULTIPLE-USE SUSTAINED-YIELD ACT OF 1960 1
(Public Law 86-517; Approved June 12, 1960)
AN ACT To authorize and direct that the national forests be managed under principles of multiple use and to produce a sustained yield of products and services, and for other purposes
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That [16 U.S.C.
528] it is the policy of the Congress that the national forests are established and shall be administered for outdoor recreation, range, timber, watershed, and wildlife and fish purposes. The purposes of this Act are declared to be supplemental to, but not in derogation of, the purposes for which the national forests were established as set forth in the Act of June 4, 1897 (16 U.S.C. 475). Nothing herein shall be construed as affecting the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the several States with respect to wildlife and fish on the national forests. Nothing herein shall be construed so as to affect the use of administration of the mineral resources of national forest lands or to affect the use or administration of Federal lands not within national forests.
SEC. 2. [16 U.S.C. 529] The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to develop and administer the renewable surface resources of the national forests for multiple use and sustained yield of the several products and services obtained therefrom. In the administration of the national forests due consideration shall be given to the relative values of the various resources in particular areas. The establishment and maintenance of areas of wilderness are consistent with the purposes and provisions of this Act.
SEC. 3. 116 U.S.C. 530J In the effectuation of this Act the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to cooperate with interested State and local governmental agencies and others in the development and management of the national forests.
SEC. 4. [16 U.S.C. 531] As used in this Act, the following
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July 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
That said… it’d be great if our Chief, Secretary of Agriculture, members of Congress, and President all shared a common (and evolving) understanding of multiple use.
That is: the National Forest System holds greater value than just timber supply.
We knew that in the 1960s & codified it in law.
That is: the National Forest System holds greater value than just timber supply.
We knew that in the 1960s & codified it in law.