| Table 4–Summary of National Forest System 1996 accomplishments compared to long-term program trends | |||||||||
| Percent of change comparisons | |||||||||
| Resource | 2005 RPA | 1995 Actual to | 1996 Actual to | ||||||
| area | Activity | Units 1/ | 1996 Actual | projections 2/ | 1995 Actual | 1996 Actual | 2000 RPA | ||
| Final output 3/ | |||||||||
| Timber | Sales offering | B board ft | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 100 | 89 | ||
| Recreation | Visitor use | MM RVD's | 341.2 | NA | 345.1 | 101 | NA | ||
| MM Visits | 859.3 | 814.6 | 829.8 | 97 | 105 | ||||
| Range | Permitted grazing | MM AUM's | 9.2 | 7.9 | 9.3 | 101 | 116 | ||
| Minerals | Bonded non-energy operations 4/ | Operations processed | 1,744.0 | NA | 5,331.0 | 306 | NA | ||
| Energy operations 4/ | Operations processed | 493.0 | NA | 991.0 | 201 | NA | |||
| Wildlife & fish | User-days of recreation | MM AD's 5/ | 86.1 | 132.4 | 50.1 | 58 | 65 | ||
| Intermediate output 6/ | |||||||||
| Timber | Reforestation 7/ | M acres | 357.5 | 362.0 | 387.0 | 108 | 99 | ||
| Timber stand improvement 7/ | M acres | 258.8 | 267.0 | 273.3 | 106 | 97 | |||
| Wildlife & fish | Habitat restored/enhanced | M acres | 166.6 | NA | 196.8 | 8/ | 118 | NA | |
| Habitat improvement | Structures | 5,689.3 | NA | 9,267.0 | 8/ | 163 | NA | ||
| Habitat restored/enhanced | Miles | 1,881.5 | NA | 1,493.0 | 8/ | 79 | NA | ||
| Wilderness | Management | MM acres | 34.7 | NA | 34.6 | 100 | NA | ||
| Soil & water | Resource improvement | M acres | 25.4 | NA | 35.5 | 8/ | 140 | NA | |
| Soil inventory | M acres | 7,099.3 | NA | 9,826.0 | 8/ | 138 | NA | ||
| Range | Forage improvements | M acres | 41.7 | NA | 27.0 | 8/ | 65 | NA | |
| Forage improvements | Structures | 2,144.5 | NA | 1,603.2 | 8/ | 75 | NA | ||
| Trails | Construction/ | ||||||||
| reconstruction | Miles | 1,695.8 | NA | 2,139.4 | 126 | NA | |||
| Roads | Construction/ | ||||||||
| reconstruction 9/ | Miles | 3,316.3 | 3,165.0 | 2,867.3 | 86 | 105 | |||
| Fire | Fuels management 10/ | M acres | 765.3 | 342.0 | 742.6 | 97 | 224 | ||
| Lands | Purchase and donation | M acres | 56.3 | NA | 186.0 | 330 | NA | ||
| 1/ | B = billion, MM = million, M = thousand, RVD's = recreation visitor-days, AUM's = animal unit months, AD's = activity days. | ||||||||
| 2/ | Information derived from Draft1995 RPA Program. Numbers shown represent total costs, which include appropriated and other financing (challenge cost share, volunteers, new sources). | ||||||||
| 3/ | Final output = forest and rangeland goods and services purchased or consumed by the private sector or individual consumers. | ||||||||
| 4/ | In 1996 the unit of measure changed from 'plans' to 'operations'. Accomplishments are comparable between 1995 and 1996. | ||||||||
| 5/ | AD's are included in RVD's. | ||||||||
| 6/ | Intermediate output = work performed by the Forest Service that contributes to the production of final outputs. | ||||||||
| 7/ | Includes acres from carryover funds, and does not include accomplishments from contributed funds. | ||||||||
| 8/ | Accomplished with appropriated funds. | ||||||||
| 9/ | Includes appropriated and purchaser roads. | ||||||||
| 10/ | Includes accomplishments from appropriated funds and brush disposal funds. |