The goal of this exercise is to give you experience making suggestions to an author.
The Exercise
For Exercise 14.2, you are to prepare review comments for a writer. Remember to follow all the instructions presented in this chapter for reviewing other people's writing.
Direct your comments to the author of the memo, Ann Martin, who is a hired consultant for the U.S. Forest Service. Martin's job is to monitor the administration and supervision of various National Forests, reporting any problems she finds to Fred Johnson, U.S. Forest Service Chief Administrator. The following memo summarizes some of the problems she discovered at Deep Valley National Forest.
The audience for Martin's memo will include not only Johnson, but also Andrew Smith, Deep Valley National Forest Supervisor, as well as other Deep Valley administrators.
The Memo
| FROM: | Ann Martin, U.S. Forest Service Consultant |
| TO: | Fred Johnson, Chief Administrator, U.S. Forest Service |
| DATE: | March 27, 20XX |
| RE: | Deep Valley National Forest problems |
As you know, the U.S. Forest Service is responsible for the administration of National Forests. Among many tasks, the main responsibility is to oversee timber harvesting in the forests. Andrew Smith, the Deep Valley National Forest supervisor, along with other administrators, sets the level of timber that local logging companies are allowed to remove from the forest each year. They need to allow enough cut to supply the demand of the economy and also restrict it enough to allow for forest rejuvenation.
Unfortunately, the levels being set and the rates at which timber is being removed from Deep Valley National Forest are too high. When these levels of cut are met, the forest is put beyond capable regeneration. The logging companies are clearing large areas of forest and this makes re growth nearly impossible. If this clearcutting continues and the forest cannot regenerate desirable timber, this will put the logging companies out of business and also affect the economy of local cities.
I propose to research the extent to which the timber harvesting is causing problems for regrowth. I will try to provide a solution that will benefit both the logging companies and resident wildlife and in turn prevent any complications for Forest Service employees. The implementation of a new logging plan is crucial to the future of all related to Deep Valley National Forest.