[MPWG] Nontimber forest products in the United States

[Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov]

Alexander, Susan J.; Oswalt, Sonja N.; Emery, Marla R. 2011. Nontimber 
forest
products in the United States: Montreal Process indicators as measures of 
current
conditions and sustainability. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-851. Portland, OR:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research
Station. 36 p.

ABSTRACT
The United States, in partnership with 11 other countries, participates in 
the
Montreal Process. Each country assesses national progress toward the 
sustainable
management of forest resources by using a set of criteria and indicators 
agreed on
by all member countries. Several indicators focus on nontimber forest 
products
(NTFPs). In the United States, permit and contract data from the U.S. 
Forest
Service and the Bureau of Land Management, in addition to several other 
data
sources, were used as a benchmark to assess harvest, value, employment, 
exports
and imports, per capita consumption, and subsistence uses for many NTFPs. 
The
retail value of commercial harvests of NTFPs from U.S. forest lands is 
estimated at
$1.4 billion annually. Nontimber forest products in the United States are 
important
to many people throughout the country for personal, cultural, and 
commercial uses,
providing food security, beauty, connection to culture and tradition, and 
income.

http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/pnw_gtr851.pdf


Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
Botanist, Division of Scientific Authority-US Fish & Wildlife Service
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