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Sustainability

Following the completion of the Statewide Strategy for Restoring Arizona’s Forests by the Governor Forest Health Council, a request was expressed by the collaborative group for a validation of the ecological sustainability of industry supported restoration, and a quantification of the amount of wood potentially available to industry as a result of implementing landscape scale restoration.

The U.S. Forest Service funded the Analysis of Small-Diameter Wood Supply in Northern Arizona to be conducted by Northern Arizona University ForestERA and to be guided by stakeholders and communities involvement. The process involved a scientific determination of roundwood and biomass potential availability as a result of implementation of collaboratively guided restoration.

The study area included 2.4 million acres of ponderosa pine ecosystem along the Mogollon Rim, with the exception of the White Mountain Apache tribal forest.

The results of the analysis quantified the amount of material potentially available to industry according to 2 scenarios.

Consensus Scenario:

• 1 million acres treated

• 850 million cubic feet of round wood

• 27 million green tons of round wood

• 8 million green tons of crown biomass

Majority Scenario:

• 1.6 million acres treated

• 1 billion cubic feet of round wood

• 32 million green tons of round wood

• 9.5 million green tons of crown biomass

The results were calculated at a discrete moment in time (February 2008) and do not include projections of increase as a result of annual growth.

Based on the results of the study, the wood supply agreed upon by the collaborative group alleviates any concern of ecological sustainability of industry supported restoration.