§ 1602.
Renewable Resource Program; preparation by Secretary and transmittal to President; purpose and development of program; time of preparation, updating and contents
(1)
an inventory of specific needs and opportunities for both public and private program investments. The inventory shall differentiate between activities which are of a capital nature and those which are of an operational nature;
(2)
specific identification of Program outputs, results anticipated, and benefits associated with investments in such a manner that the anticipated costs can be directly compared with the total related benefits and direct and indirect returns to the Federal Government;
(3)
a discussion of priorities for accomplishment of inventoried Program opportunities, with specified costs, outputs, results, and benefits;
(4)
a detailed study of personnel requirements as needed to implement and monitor existing and ongoing programs; and
(5)
Program recommendations which—
(A)
evaluate objectives for the major Forest Service programs in order that multiple-use and sustained-yield relationships among and within the renewable resources can be determined;
(B)
explain the opportunities for owners of forests and rangeland to participate in programs to improve and enhance the condition of the land and the renewable resource products therefrom;
(C)
recognize the fundamental need to protect and, where appropriate, improve the quality of soil, water, and air resources;
(D)
state national goals that recognize the interrelationships between and interdependence within the renewable resources;
(E)
evaluate the impact of the export and import of raw logs upon domestic timber supplies and prices; and
(F)
account for the effects of global climate change on forest and rangeland conditions, including potential effects on the geographic ranges of species, and on forest and rangeland products.
([Pub. L. 93–378, § 4], formerly § 3, Aug. 17, 1974, [88 Stat. 477], renumbered § 4 and amended [Pub. L. 94–588], §§ 2, 5, Oct. 22, 1976, [90 Stat. 2949], 2951; [Pub. L. 101–624, title XXIV, § 2408(b)], Nov. 28, 1990, [104 Stat. 4061]; [Pub. L. 115–141, div. O, title II, § 208(b)(2)], Mar. 23, 2018, [132 Stat. 1066].)