Glenn Pollock asked: > > From: Glenn Pollock <[log in to unmask]> > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Lost money > > Date: March 21, 2000 9:49 PM > > > > Does any one know how much money was lost by the USDA Forest Service > > through the sale of timber on National Forest for a period of one year. > > > > Glenn Pollock <[log in to unmask]> > > I checked with a couple of people and so far I have this response from Steve Holmer of American Lands Jane Clark >> The General Accounting Office has produced two analysis showing that from 1992-94 and again from 95-97 the timber program lost on average $330 million per year. So that is most conservative estimate. Conservationists including The Wilderness Society and the John Muir Project have produced estimates ranging from $457 million to $1.1 billion lost per year depending on what costs and expenses are included. << - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask]