Forest Products
Forest products modernization is a strategic effort designed to better align our culture, policies, and procedures with current and future forest restoration needs to increase the pace and scale of restoration, improve forest conditions, and improve efficiency of forest product delivery.
The National Forests were originally envisioned as working forests with multiple objectives: to improve and protect the forest, to secure favorable watershed conditions, and to furnish a continuous supply of timber for the use of citizens of the United States. Forest management objectives have evolved and are broadly captured in the USDA Forest Service Strategic Plan FY 2015-2020 goals to sustain our Nation’s Forests and Grasslands and deliver benefits to the public. More specifically, timber sales and other removals of forest products support agency strategic objectives to foster resilient, adaptive ecosystems to mitigate climate change, mitigate wildfire risk, and strengthen communities.
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Contracts and Permits
The Forest Service sells timber and special forest products on a variety of contract and permit forms based on the complexity and/or value of the sale.
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Forest Products Measurement
Timber cruising, scaling, volume estimation, and geospatial information supporting the Forest Service’s Forest Product Sales program.
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Special Forest Products
Products or natural resources from the National Forests that are not the traditional timber and fiber products.
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Tree Marking Paint
Timber cruising, scaling, volume estimation, and geospatial information supporting the Forest Service’s Forest Product Sales program.
