Feds Hike Timber Supply

The softwood plywood industrY welcomes new steps bY the federal government to improve timber suPply, "but remains gravely concerned by preservationist efforts to keep fed' eral timber ofi the market." warns Bronson J. Lewis, vp, American PIYwood Assn.

He was comrnenting on a JulY 7 announcement by Treasury Secretary George Shultz that the federal govern' ment will make available an addition' al half billion board feet of timber for softwood lumber and plywood manufacturing.

Secretary Shultz said that 300 mil' lion bf. actual increase in federal timber "will be cut and delivered in the next 90 days." In addition, tlle government plans to reduce exports oI domestic logs from the western U.S. this year by 200 million board feet.

The National Forest Products Asso' ciation stated that the decision "shows a clear administration understanding that timber supply is at the root of the wood product Prrcesupply difficulties." order is received manufacturing begins. Our QUICK LAM Quality Control Team inspecls every phase of the laminating process, We guarantee that each beam is of the highest quality and manufactured in accordance with U.S. Commercial Standard 253-63.

Lewis said that while another half billion board feet of timber will help, "it's only the beginning of a solu' tion."

"Right now four times this much federal timber is being held o{f the market as a direct consequence of liti' gation, administrative decision and hesitancy imposed by preservationist pressures against timber harvest,t' he added.

Lewis noted that the Sierra Club "is now seeking further injunctions in federal 'court which would deny the American consumer as much as two billion more feet of commercial timber needed to supply."

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