10 Year Report for the Northwest Forest Plan
Synthesis Report
The synthesis report addresses questions about the effectiveness of the Northwest Forest Plan (the Plan) using the status and trends results and new research. It focuses on the validity of the Plan assumptions, differences between what was expected in 1994 and what actually happened, the degree of certainty around these findings, and considerations for the future. The synthesis report is organized in two parts:
Part A – Introduction, context, synthesis and summary.
Part B - Socioeconomic implications, older forests, species conservation, the aquatic conservation strategy, and adaptive management and monitoring.
Northwest Forest Plan
The First Ten Years (1994-2003):
