Urban Design Discussion

Urbanization is not a problem unless it cannot be stopped.  Once done it might achieve a purpose greater than the destruction of the wild.   Read on….

The Resource Planning Act Assessment issued every decade by the U.S. Forest Service finds the primary cause for the loss of natural forests and rangelands is residential and commercial sprawl, along with other land use changes.  Additional threat factors include climate change, wildfires, insect infestations, bacteria, and fungi.

These trends in the structure of nation’s renewable resources are project to 2060.  Current land use policies supporting the population and economic are threats that shrink the resource base connected to rural areas.

The Resource Planning Act Assessment is required to be completed every ten years pursuant to the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act, a 1974 law (Pub. L. 93-378). The latest RPA Assessment draft is available for public comment through Sept. 30.

The draft report can be accessed at: http://www.fs.fed.us/research/rpa/2010rpa/2010_RPA_Assessment_Public_Comment.shtml

Public comments on the draft 2010 RPA Assessment can be filed at: http://www.fs.fed.us/research/rpa.

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