Data summary of the Southern Region's report of the 1991 Timber Sale Program Information Reporting System

6 Pages·1992·0.32 MB·English

by  United States. Forest Service. Southern Region

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Data Summary of the
Southern Region's
Report of tfie 1991
Ximber
Sale
Program
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Informalioil^
Reporting
System
UnitedStates ForestryReportRS-FR24
Departmentof March1992
Agriculture
ForestService
INTRODUCTION
TheForestTimberSaleProgramInformationReport-
ingSystem (TSPIRS) is anannual reportof the costs,
revenues, resource outputs and local community ef-
fectsofthenationalforests'timbersaleprogram.This
reportoftimbersaleactivitiesisasummaryofthefiscal
year1991 accomplishmentsoftheNationalForestsin
theSouthemRegion. CopiesofthefullTSPIRSreport
areavailabletothepublic.Sendrequeststotheaddress
below.
BACKGROUND
Basedonthepublicconcemoverthebenefitsandcosts
oftimbersales.CongressdirectedtheForestService to
developa systemthatwould showall timber-related
benefitsandcosts.Inresponse,TSPIRSwasdevisedto
improve the way information is developed and dis-
played.Thisreportingsystemwasdevelopedjointlyby
theGeneral AccountingOffice (GAO) and the Forest
Service.AfterGAOandindependentauditreview,the
financial report was revised for fiscal year 1991. The
fiscalyearbeganonOctober1,1990andendedSeptem-
ber30,1991.
Thissummaryissupportedbytechnicaldocumentson
filein theSouthemRegion.Forinformationcontact:
USDAForestService
SouthemRegion-TimberStaff
1720PeachtreeRoad,N.W.
GA
Atlanta, 30367-9102
Table 1 is similar to a corporate profit-and-loss Table2displaysthevalueofthetimbersaleprogramin
statement. It displays the revenues, controllable termsoflocal employmentopp>ortunitiescreated and
expenses and the Congressional entitlement to incomeproduced.Thistablealsodisplaystimber-relat-
States (25-percent fund) for the fiscal year 1991 edprogramaccomplishments.
timbermanagementprogramintheSouthernRe- —
gion. The figures were developed in accordance Table2. EMPLOYMENT,INCOME AND
with GenerallyAcceptedAccountingPrinciples (rev. PROGRAMLEVEL ACCOUNT
1991).
L EMPLOYMENTANDINCOME
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TABLE1. REVENUESAND EXPENSES TotalEmployment (numberofjobs) 9,557
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Allsales
L REVENUES h\cometoCommunities $224,836,000
TimberSales $71,285,000
PurchaserRoadCredit 4,886,000 FedfricomeTaxGenerated $33,724,000
AssociatedCharges 1,718,000
TInOteTrAesLt&REPVenEalNtUieEsS $77,95421,,000000 n. TIMBER-RELATEDPROGRAM
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
n. EXPENSES
DIRECTEXPENSES Volume(millionsofboardfeet)
TimberSales $45,777,000 Offered 1,131
TimberProgram ...12,263,000 Sold 1,049
TOTALDIRECTEXPENSES $58,040,000 Harvested 1,030
INDIRECTEXPENSES Nonconvertibleproductssold $139,000
TimberSales $213,000 Christmastreessold(no.trees) 1,377
GeneralAdmin.-Program ...$8,221,000
TOTALINDIRECTEXPENSES $8,434,000 Regenerationtreatment(acres) 97^57
TOTALTIMBEREXPENSES $66,473,000 Acresharvested 137,121
Timberstandimprovement(acres) 59,645
TOTAL-NETREVENUE $11,467,000
(withoutpaymentstoStates) ForestTimberRoadProgram
Reconstruction(miles) 585
m. PAYMENTSTOSTATES $19,659,000 Construction(miles) 76
VOLUMEHARVESTED
IV. $1,029,941
(thousandboardfeet)
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QUICKFACTSFROMTSPmS
Table 3 displays an estimate of future benefits and
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costsassociatedwiththecurrentyear'sharvest.This
table also displays information on how the timber Thefiscalyear(FY)1991 timberprogramintheSouthern
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programeffectstheeconomic valuesofotherforest Regionincludesthesehighlights:
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resources.
'Morethanonebillionboardfeetoftimberwereharvest-
Futurebenefits and costscanbe separated into two jI edfromNationalForestSystemlandsin1991.
categories:thosethatarepricedorhaveanassociated
dollarvalueandthosethatareunpriced.Thepriced ' •Revenuesexceededoperatingexpensesby$11,214,000.
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benefitsandcostsnnayincluderesourcesthataresold 1
' 'Outofatotalrevenueofmoretiian$77million,$19,659,000
in the marketplace, such as timber, and nonmarket
were distributed to States for local road and school
resources, suchasdispersedrecreation,whichisas- programs.
signedamarketvalue. ;
TABLE —ECONOMICACCOUNT ' •About1.3billionboardfeetoftimberremainsuncut,but
3. isundercontract.Thistimber, soldforfutureharvest,is
valuedatabout$111,676,000.
BENEHTS
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A. Timber $163,489,000 •Theeconomicvitalityoflocalcummunitieswasstrength-
B. Recreation 862,000 enedbyabout10,000jobsandnearly$225millioninlocal
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Wildlife/Fisheries 13^60,000 income produced from timber sales in the Southern
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D. Grazing 4,000 Region.
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E. Soils 297,000
F. Water 382.000 I •Morethan $33million inFederalincometaxeswere
TOTALBENEHTS $178^94,000 5 generatedfromthetimberprogram.
n. NEGATIVEEFFECTS j •All national forests in the Southern Region showed a
A. Timber $0 i positivenetbenefitresultingfrom theFY 1991 timber
harvestingactivities.
B. Recreation 0
C. Wildlife/Fisheries 2,474,000 •About$87million(discountedpresentnetvalue)willbe
D. Grazing 0
createdfromtheharvest areafromfuturetimberrota-
E. Sons 129,000 tionsandfutureeffectsofallresources.
F. Water 7.000
TOTAL NEG. EFFECTS ($2,610,000) •InFY1991,76milesofnewroadswereconstructed.This
demonstratesthecontinuedreductioninroadconstruc-
ni. PRESENTVALUEOFCOSTS tion—from116milesinFY1990,170milesinFY1989,
A. Timber $60,962,000 and240milesinFY1988.
B. Recreation 285,000
C. Wildlife/Fisheries 3,926,000 i- 'For the fourth straight year, the—acreage harvested
D. Grazing 86,000 I throughclearcuttinghasdeclined fromabout95,000
E. Soils 14,000 [| acresin1988,to62,000in1989,to40,000in1990, toan
F. Water 81,000 estimated37,000in 1991.
G. Roads 22^70.000
TOTAL PRESENTCOSTS
....(88,225,000)
USDApolicyprohibitsdiscriminationbecauseofrace,color,nationalorigin,sex,age,
religion,ordisablingcondltion.Anypersonwhobelievesheorshehasbeendiscriminated
IV. PRESENTNETVALUE $87,559,000 aAggariincuslttuirne,anWyasUhSiDnAg-troenl,aDteCd20a2ct5i0v.ityshouldimn^diatelycontacttheSecretaryof
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