Several submissions suggest more timber should be made available to companies or individuals who employ more people per unit of wood harvested. Another suggests the allowable annual cut for high output/low employment mills should be reduced and made available to manufacturers of value-added products.
Several respondents suggest the salvage of diseased trees be included as part of the allowable annual cut.
One forest licensee suggests a partitioned cut to include the utilization of decadent hemlock and unallocated deciduous species, currently considered problem forest types.
A respondent promotes the consideration of he impact of global warming when determining the allowable annual cut.