Several alternatives exist for the chief forester to adjust the short-term allowable annual cut as part of a strategy to achieve the long-term timber supply level:
• the allowable annual cut could be maintained at the present level
• small increases could be implemented now, with larger increases in the future
• a consistent level of increase could occur over the next 50 years
• a very large increase could be made now, with no future increases
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The chief forester must decide what the short-term allowable annual cut should be as part of the strategy to phase in the long-term adjustment. |
