The forest industry submission contends the estimate for unsalvaged losses should have been reduced over the 250-year period covered by the Forest Service analysis. As older stands are converted to regenerated healthy younger stands, unsalvaged losses should decline to about 80 000 cubic metres per year.
The Community Task Force states that at this time of better wood utilization (smaller top and butt sizes), it is not acceptable to simply acknowledge this level of unsalvaged losses as a plateau, without plans or attempts to reduce it.
