Lost in the Forest: How the Forest Service's Misdirection, Mismanagement, and Mischief Squanders Your Tax Dollars

Taxpayers for Common Sense documents hundreds of millions of dollars in logging and road subsidies for the timber industry while American taxpayers are stuck with a road maintenance backlog that has ballooned to more than $100 million in each of 16 states.

Table of Contents
Executive Summary Bush Administration Policies
Road Maintenance Backlog Recommendations
Taxpayer Subsidies for Road Construction Appendix
Timber Sale Giveaways End Notes
Irresponsible Accounting Charts
Additional Resources

Printable Report (pdf format)

Press Release

Acknowledgements


©Taxpayers for Common Sense 2002. Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) is a non-partisan voice for American taxpayers. TCS is dedicated to cutting wasteful spending and subsidies in order to achieve a responsible and efficient government that lives within its means.