- BACKGROUND:
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 U.S. Forest Facts and Historical Trends
Basic overview, in 24 pages, of US forests.
- Report of the Forest Service.[A 13.1/3:]
Annual, overviews activities of the Forest Service for each year.
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American Forest and Paper Association
Primary trade association serving timber industry. A little data free, but most requires membership.
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Standard and Poor's Industry Surveys. [Ref HC 106.6 S74]
Classifies U.S. economy into 52 industries, with detailed essays on each.
Includes statistics on major companies in each industry. Includes index
by named company. See "Paper and Forest Products."
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Encyclopedia of American Industries. [Ref HC 102 E53 1988]
Two volume set includes several-page profiles of industries by 4-digit
SIC (hundreds of different industries); includes current industry snapshot
and overview, major players, and prospects. Includes index by named company. See the sections starting with SIC 2411 (logging).
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U.S. Industry and Trade Outlook. [Ref HC 101 U54]
Classifies U.S. economy into approximately 150 industries, with essays
and statistics on each industry. See the chapters on "wood products" and "paper and allied products."
- Forest Management Program Annual Report. [Govt Pub A
13.2: T 48/55]
This report used to provides an overview, with data, of the state of timber on national forest lands, but has recently been discontinued. Data comes for the Timber Sale Program Information Reporting System, designed to provide an annual report-- like a corporation's annual report- of the revenues and expenses associated with harvesting timber on public lands. GAO reported inaccuracies in the data.
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- Individual forest's Environmental Impact Statements and General Management Plans may be found in PEGASUS: do a keyword search, i.e., "okanogan national forest." Some forests have some data, information, and management reports about their forests and their timber harvesting online.
- USDA Forest Service
Includes:
- Forest Inventory and Analysis
Database Retrieval Systems
Database of detailed info about timber resources and activities, down for states, counties, or more specific areas. See specifically the Pacific Northwest Forest Inventory and Analysis.
- Forest Resources of the United States
Detailed periodic statistical publication (USFS, most recent data pub 2002) of the forest and timber resources on public and private lands in the U.S. See also:
- Production, Prices, Employment, and Trade in Northwest Forest Industries.
[Govt Pub A 13.66/13:]
On both microform and paper: quarterly, detailed statistics on NW forestry industry. This links to most current report.
Recent reports online: 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998.
- U.S.
Timber Production, Trade, Consumption, and Price Statistics, 1965-1999
Statistical compilation.
- Agricultural Statistics also at [Govt Pub A 1.47:]
Standard annual statistical publication from the USFS' parent agency includes chapter of forestry statistics.
- Public Land Statistics
[Gov't Pub I 53.1/2:]
BLM's compilation of public land statistics, includes data on forestry.
- Oregon Department of
Forestry
State of Oregon site, includes detailed Annual Timber Harvest Reports.
- Washington State Department of Natural
Resources
Note that their Office of Budgets and Economics includes Timber Harvest Reports, 1965-.
- Oregon
Forestry and Logging Survey (also at Govt Pub L 2.136:OR 3/L 82/998)
and Washington Forestry
and Logging Survey (also at Govt Pub L 2.136:W 27/L 82/998)
Brief surveys of forestry related employment and wages.
- Occupational Employment
and Wage Estimates
By nation, state, and metro area: employment and wages by occupation. For older data, inquire at Government Information Center.
- Oregon Department of Employment's
Research, Statistics, & Labor Market Information
Especially useful is the Occupation Explorer, which includes reports, by job type (i.e., all forestry workers, or a specific forestry job) with employment, wages, trends, etc.
- Washington State Department of Employment Security's Labor Market & Economic Analysis Branch
This site includes detailed wage and salary information by type of job and location. See especially Workforce Explorer, Forestry Industry Profile, Lumber and Wood Products Industry Profile, Occupational and Wage Estimates, and Occupational Projections.
- REIS: Regional Economic Information System
Local area economic data for states, counties, and
metropolitan areas nationwide.
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- Economic Census
Taken every five years. 1997 data on web; for older data, inquire at Government Information Center. See
- NAICS: Woord products Industry/Sawmills: 32
- SIC: Logging and Sawmills: 24
- Current Industrial
Reports
Recent reports on web; for older data, inquire at Government
Information Center. Use:
- Lumber Production and Mill Stocks
- Annual Survey of Manufacturers
Recent reports on web; for older data, inquire at Government Information Center. Use:
- NAICS: Logging:11; Sawmills: 32
- SIC: Logging and Sawmills: 24
- County Business Patterns
Recent reports on web; for older data, inquire at Government Information Center. Use:
- NAICS: Logging:11; Sawmills: 32
- SIC: Logging and Sawmills: 24
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- Lexis-Nexis Statistical
Index to published statistical material by governments, organizations, and private sources. Some items are full-text, others require library print copy. See librarian for assistance.
- FEDSTATS
Brings together access to statistics from over 70 federal agencies. Select A-Z for a list of topics, Select Programs for general categories such as agriculture, demographics, and labor. Select Agencies for a list of agencies with links to their websites and specific statistical
compilations.
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Congressional Research
Service Reports
Reports on environmental and resource policy issues before Congress.
- Lexis-Nexis Congressional
Legislative and regulatory information from the United States Government. The Laws and Regulations sections will find the current, in-force policies. Other publications,
such as Congressional Reports, and testimony during Congressional hearings
and floor debate, provide intent, background and discussion of policy
issues.
- Use and between search terms unless you want to search
a phrase.
- Use ! for alternate word endings: forest! retrieves forest,
forests, forestry, etc.
- Congressional Quarterly Almanac [Reference JK 8 C71]
Summary of year's actions on Capital Hill, indexed by subject.
- Social Sciences in Forestry bibliography
The U. of Minnesota indexes articles and reports related to social sciences-- such as economics and public policy-- in forestry. Free.
- Worldwide Political Science and Government Abstracts. .
Indexes articles and books in policy and politics.
- PEGASUS
The UCSB Library owns everything published by the Forest Service that
we can get our hands on; check titles in PEGASUS. Publications may also be identified
using keyword searches, with words such as:
- oregon forest statistics
- forest policy and northwest
- old growth forest? (forest? retrieves forest, forests,
forestry, etc.)
- (volume or yield or growth) and douglas fir: (words in parentheses)
are searched as a set. This search above will retrieve the results of
the following 3 searches:
- volume and douglas fir
- yield and douglas fir
- growth and douglas fir
- environmental adj economics, adj retrieves records with the 2
words adjacent to each other
- ECONLIT. .
Use to search, comprehensively, for economic articles and books. See also the EconLit guide. Please click on Logout before exiting EconLit: only four people can use this database at a time.
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Academic ASAP .
Articles from magazines and journals on all topics.
- BSP (Business Source Premier) and ABI/Inform. .
Articles in business and trade magazines and journals: forest products industry, economics, business and labor aspects, etc.
- NewsBank Full-Text Newspapers.
Index and text of newspapers around the country.
- Worldwide Political
Science and Government Abstracts. .
Indexes articles and books in policy and politics fields.
- Agricola
This database indexes materials about forestry and forestry policy.
- Lexis-Nexis Academic .
Choose the News section to search and retrieve articles from thousands of newspapers worldwide, including local and regional papers from the Pacific Northwest.
- Social Sciences in Forestry bibliography
The U. of Minnesota indexes articles and reports related to social sciences-- such as economics and public policy-- in forestry. Free.
- InfoSurf
Links to U.S. Federal Government Sites
- State and Local
Government on the Net from Piper Resources
- Economics
on InfoSurf
- Political
Science on InfoSurf
- Environmental
Studies on InfoSurf
- Endangered
Species Reference Guide
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