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Changes in the Timber Industry Employment 



The changes with California's timber industry are summarized in the figure below. In 

 the 1970s, jobs in the sawmills constituted the largest fraction of all timber jobs in Northern 

 California. In the nud 1980s jobs in the wood remanufacturing sector surpassed sawmills as 

 the major employer. Wood remanufacturing includes diverse products such as specially cut 

 and sanded lumber, doors, windows, finger-jointed molding, crates and boxes. I think the 

 fundamental difference between the two types of employment is that capital investment in 

 sawmills decreased the need for labor but actually increased the need for labor in the diverse 

 remanufacturing sector by creating even more added value in the wood products. 

 RgureOne 



Timber Jobs in Northern California 



30,000 T 



Logging 



Sawmilling 



Remanufactimng 



i — I — I 1— I 1 — I — I 1 — I — I 1 — I- 



77 79 81 83 85 87 89 



Source: California Economic Development Dqwrtment. 1977-1990. The workers are 

 categorized by SIC numbers (241,242, and 243-249). The counties covered are all those north 

 of Los Angeles county. 



Headwaters Forest Act Testimony, William Stewart, October 13,1993 



