The Forest Products Industry Research Program monitors industry operations in Montana and Idaho, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, and well as Pacific Coast states of Alaska, California, Oregon, and Washington. Research focuses on the forest products industry's size, diversity, and economic impacts providing quantitative evaluations of timber sources and use as raw material, mill production and sales, utilization of mill residues, as well as associated employment and payrolls, and the industry's role in regional, state, and local economies.