Over time, Congress would strengthen the sustainable and multi-purpose revenue mandate of the BLM and USFS through the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the National Forest Management Act, which impose additional planning requirements to balance different land uses. Today, multiple use and sustainable yield remain the primary management principle that guides land use decision-making on BLM and USFS lands. The United States Forest Service (USFS) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are managed to provide and maintain resources to a wide range of users, from ranchers to loggers to hobbyists. Under the Forest Service Organic Law of 1897, the primary purpose of national forests was to produce timber, protect forests and maintain water flows. Among other things, cattle grazing was a secondary objective. In the 1950s, there were conflicts between different groups of users of national forests. Congress responded by formally implementing a multi-purpose mandate. The Sustained Performance for Multiple Use Act (MUSY) was enacted in 1960. The law defines multiple use as «the management of all the various renewable surface resources of national forests so that they are used in the combination that best meets the needs of the American population» and sustainable yield as «the achievement and maintenance of periodic annual or regular production at a high level of the various renewable resources of the national forests without compromising the productivity of the country.» MUSY has also redefined the main objectives of the national forest as «outdoor recreation, range, woodland, watershed, fauna and flora and fish». The Multiple Use – Sustained Yield Act of 1960 (or MUSYA) (Public Law 86-517) is a federal law passed by the United States Congress on June 12, 1960. This Act empowers and mandates the Minister of Agriculture to develop and manage renewable resources such as timber, grazing, water, recreation and wildlife in national forests for the multiple use and sustainable yield of products and services. MUSYA defines the terms «multiple use» and «sustainable yield» as follows: This is the first law to include the five main uses of national forests equally in one law, without the use being superior to the other. [1] The 1960 Act was amended by the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act, 1996.

[5] [6] This article on forestry is a heel. You can help Wikipedia by extending it. By the 1950s, national forests no longer had enough resources to meet the growing needs of a growing population and economy. The U.S. Forest Service had worked in major agencies since gifford Pinchot was chief forester. Now, for the first time, the agency had a specific congressional directive that stated that timber sales should not be the limiting factor in all cases. [2] Keynote: Multiple Uses, Multiple Values, Multiple Perturbations: Sustaining Ecosystem Services from Public Lands Mark Brunson, Professor, Environment and Society, Utah State University, Logan, Utah. Benjamin Cate, Environmental Coordinator, High Desert Partnership, Burns, Oregon. Harney County includes the high-elevation, desert-like sagebrush steppe in southeastern Oregon. .