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JOURNAIv OF FORESTRY 



land, incapable of producing forests of commercial value. Over half 

 of the area of the province is unsuitable either for forestry or agri- 

 culture. About 145,000 square miles of this lie above merchantable 

 timber line and 55,000 below timber line, with soil either too rocky or 

 wet or the forest so completely destroyed by fire that there is no hope 

 for the natural re-establishment of forest conditions for centuries to 

 come. 



The coast forests of the province comprise only 23,447 square miles 

 of the forest land area, 11,362 square miles of which is merchantable 

 timber with an average stand of about 30,000 board feet per acre ; 

 while the interior forests comprise 125,897 square miles, 40,649 of 

 which is merchantable forest with an average stand of about 5,000 

 board feet per acre. The total stand of timber is estimated at about 

 230 billion feet in the coast and 137 billion in the interior region. The 

 forest land area comprises 36.5 per cent of the coast region, 43.4 per 

 cent of the interior region, and 42.2 per cent of the entire province. 



The timber of the province is practically all softwood, containing the 

 following estimated amounts and per cents : 



Coast. 



Species. 



Western red cedar 



Douglas fir 



Spruce (all species) . . . 



Western hemlock 



White fir (balsam).... 



Lodgepole pine 



Western yellow pine... 



Yellow cypress 



Western larch 



Western white pine.... 

 Cottonwood 



Total saw material. . 



Piling, poles, pulpwood, 



etc 



Total forest resources 



Million 

 board feet. 



59.949 

 63.4' O 

 i-j , r6; 



51.94^ 



IQ, IIS 



4.056 



i,()S? 

 - I'l 



_M 4,300 



1^.465 



Per 



cent. 



28. 

 .-Q.6 



24.2 



8.9 



1.9 



Million 

 board feet. 



18,019 

 12,019 

 58,899 

 12,164 

 13.838 



",793 

 4,208 



Per 

 cent. 



13-2 

 9.2 



43-1 

 8.9 



10.2 

 8.6 

 3-1 



Million 

 board feet. 



Per 

 cent. 



229,765 



77.968 



75.973 

 73,064 

 64,112 



32,953 

 ii,85i 

 4,208 

 4.056 

 3.152 

 2,700 

 788 



350.835 



T5.455 

 366 . 300 



22.2 



21.7 



20.8 



18.3 



9.4 



3-4 



1.2 



1. 1 



.9 



.8 



.2 



The report analyzes in detail the timber and forest conditions, physical 

 features, and land classification separately, by regions, districts, and 

 drainage basins. There are separate silvicultural descriptions of all the 

 important species, including character of occurrence, stand per acre, 

 silvical characteristics, and utilization, together with notes on insects 

 attacking British Columbia trees. 



