A NATIONAL PLAN FOR AMERICAN FOKESTET 



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Table 16 shows by regional groups of forest States the significant 

 figures useful in considering the size of the forest problem and the 

 financial capacity of the State. The regional ratings, which are 

 entirely relative, are also shown. 



TABLE 16. Relative financial capacity of State groups to manage forest lands 



Region 



Wealth in relation to private 

 forest land 



Total 

 wealth 

 (1922) 



Area 

 private 

 forest 

 land i 



Wealth per 

 acre 



Actual Rating 



Population in relation to area 



Total 

 popula- 

 tion, 

 1930 



Total 

 area 



Population per 

 square mile 



Actual Rating 



New England 



Middle Atlantic 



Lake 



Central 



South 



Pacific Coast 



North Rocky Mountain. 

 South Rocky Mountain- 

 Total and average. 



Million 



dollars 



24, 414 



82, 280 



27,819 



67, 344 



47, 895 



23, 574 



3,777 



7,907 



Million 



acres 



19.6 



15.5 



34.8 



31.3 



129.4 



27.9 



5.9 



5.1 



Dollars 



1,246 



5,308 



799 



2,152 



370 



845 



640 



1,550 



Thous- 

 ands 



8,166 

 28, 131 

 11, 026 

 30, 577 

 28,541 



8,194 

 983 



3,412 



1,000 

 sq. mile 

 61.9 

 111.9 

 263.8 

 363.0 

 760.5 

 318.1 

 229.5 

 706.4 



Num- 

 ber 

 132 

 251 

 42 

 84 

 38 

 26 

 4 

 5 



285, 010 



2 269. 5 



1,020 



119,030 



2 2, 815. 1 



Region 



Private forest per 

 capita 



Area Rating 



Net retail sales to 

 United States 

 average net 3 



Ratio Rating 



Average 



of all 



ratings 



New England 



Middle Atlantic 



Lake 



Central 



South 



Pacific Coast 



North Rocky Mountain. 

 South Rocky Mountain. 



Acres 

 2.40 

 .55 

 3.16 

 1.02 

 4.53 

 3.40 

 6.00 

 1.49 



Percent 

 108 

 111 

 106 

 90 

 61 

 127 

 100 

 101 



1 Commercial, other than farm woodlands. 



2 Exclusive of Kansas, Nebraska, and the District of Columbia, 

 s Editor and Publisher, Nov. 28, 1931. 



Relative ratings of wealth per acre and private forest land per capita 

 agree in detail, and the relationships are particularly significant. The 

 average ratings in the last column have been used in estimating rela- 

 tive present ability of State groups to acquire and manage State 

 forests. 



DISTRIBUTION 



Leaving aside the relatively inconsiderable ownership of forest 

 lands by the smaller political subdivisions, the bulk of the future 

 publicly owned forests will be divided between the States and the 

 Federal Government. The proportion can be approximated by 

 answering the questions. How much will the several States be able 

 to own and manage? and How much, therefore, will the Federal 

 Government have to own and manage? 



