At the bureau's request, a group of overseas scholars and experts from the ROC's Council of Agriculture and other agencies examined the state of Taiwan's forests resources and drew up a plan that would preserve the island's forest reserves forever while still allowing for a rational harvesting of 1.5 million cubic meters of timber a year.
林務局在六十七年邀集台灣省林業試驗所、山地農牧局、農業發展委員會（農委會前身）的專家和外國學者，為台灣森林把脈，訂出每年一百五十萬立方公尺的砍伐數量，以保台灣林木的永蓄利用。並決定未來將十年檢定一次，視實地調查的林況，再做合理改變。