Periodic Timber Sale Accomplishment Reports (PTSAR)
The Periodic Timber Sale Accomplishment Reports (PTSAR) were developed to enable the Forest Service to track its progress in timber sale volume accomplishments in various categories. Regional reports include a one-page summary for each national forest, plus a one-page regional summary. Service-wide reports include a one-page summary for each region, plus a one-page national service-wide summary.…
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Salvaging success
When a tornado swept through the Sabine National Forest in March 2025, it left behind a trail of broken trees, downed limbs and hundreds of acres of damaged timber. But in just 28 days, the Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, turned destruction into opportunity by mobilizing resources, assessing the damage and awarding two salvage stewardship sales to help…
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Going digital
An area treated using digital marking. Fewer trees, farther apart helps promote a healthy forest by reducing the amount of fuel for a potential wildfire. (Image courtesy of The Nature Conservancy)
With a paint can in hand, a forester walks step by step through the dense Arizona ponderosa pine…
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Forest Products Measurement - Volume Estimation
*Return to Measurements Web PageThe National Volume Estimator Library (NVEL) is a collection of the standing tree volume estimators used by the Forest Service. The NVEL contains the research publications, descriptions of the implementation process, and the computer source code. The Forest Products Measurement staff maintains the collection and makes the information available to all interested…
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Scaling up mass timber: Closing gaps, fueling innovation
Mass timber is transforming how America builds—but supply hasn’t kept pace with demand. A gap in domestic manufacturing has slowed widespread adoption, leaving many developers with few options beyond overseas suppliers or traditional steel and concrete.Through strategic support from the USDA Forest Service Wood Innovations Program, the Forest Service is helping close that gap—boosting U.S.…
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National Active Forest Management Strategy
The National Active Forest Management Strategy fulfills direction from Executive Order 14225, Secretarial Memo 1078-006, and the Forest Service Associate Chief ’s letter on implementation of Secretarial Memo 1078-006. The strategy describes priority actions that the agency can take to support active forest management under four main subject areas: capacity building and streamlining implementation; environmental compliance; shared stewardship, partnerships, contracting, and markets; and salvage and reforestation.