VOLUME OF STANDING TIMBER 



41 



Eastern and Western Forests. The region west of the Great Plains 

 contains 79% of all the remaining saw timber far removed from the 

 great consuming markets of the nation. The three Pacific Coast 



Douglas F 



200 400 600 800 IOOO I20O 1400 



Billion feet, board measure 



Tupelo 



Yellow 

 Poplar 



Cotton wood - 

 Aspen 



All Other---- 



100 



200 3OO 400 



Billion feet, board measure 



soo 



FIG. 24. Saw-timber stand of the United States by important woods. 



States alone contain 62% of all the saw timber. About 90% of the 

 softwood saw timber is in the West and only 10% in the East. 



The entire eastern forests contain only 21% of the standing saw 

 timber. Lumbering and clearing for agricultural purposes have re- 



