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CED-76-123 1 (1976-06-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaama0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SC~gt-76 72 0COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 JUN 1 51 976 B-125053 The Honorable Herman E. Talmadge Chairman, Committee on Agriculture and Forestry United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Your letter of May 26, 1976, confirmed an earlier informal request that our Office review the[back-up data supporting the National Forest Products Association's, discussion paper of May 10, 1976, in opposition to S. 3091--the proposed National Forest Management Act of 1976--as reported out of your Committee and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Insofar as time permitted, we were to analyze the Association's documented data and inform you of the results within 4 weeks. It was agreed that the analysis would address the Association's con- tentions that: (1) Timber supply from national forests lands will decrease by 20 percent over the next decade. (2) The ability to meet housing goals will be de- creased by approximately 200,000 homes each year. (3) The non-declining sustained timber yield policy will result in the waste of an estimated 180 billion board feet of timber worth more than $9 billion in terms of 1976 dollars. (4) The decline in timber supply will increase wood product prices enough to add $1,200 to $1,400 to the cost of an average new home. (5) Many regional economies would be adversely affected by irregular or reduced national forest harvest levels. On May 14, 1976, we asked representatives of the Associa- tion to provide us with back-up documentation supporting its May 10 discussion paper, especially the contentions listed above. We were told that some of the statements in the paper had been made on the basis of the Association's experience, CED-76-123