Questions and Answers 33 



OWNERSHIP OF COMMERCIAL FOREST LAND OF THE UNITED STATES, BY REGION 



Region 



State, Private 



Federally owned or managed county, ' * 



All ' " ; * and Indus- 



owner- National munici- trial and 



ships Total forest Other pal Total Farm other 



1,000 7,000 7,OOO 7,000 7,000 7,OOO 7,OOO 7,OOO 



acres 



acres acres 



acres 



acres 



acres acres acres 



New England 30, 851 



Middle Atlantic 41, 586 



Lake 50,345 



Central 44, 213 



Plains 3,326 



8 9 I 

 1,476 

 6,495 

 2,117 



822 

 1,265 



5.455 



L95I 



30 



69 666 29,294 6,477 22,817 



211 3,613 36,497 11,854 24,643 



,040 14,805 29,045 13,930 15,115 



166 326 41,770 25,789 15,981 



302 . 4 2, 990 2, 960 30 



North 170,321 11,311 9,523 1,788 19,414139,596 6l,oiO 78,586 



South Atlantic 42,923 3,485 2,775 7 J O 536 38,902 23,377 !5.5 2 5 



Southeast 89,390 5,909 3,802 2,107 I,2l6 82,265 33,134 49,131 



West Gulf 50,953 4,684 3,561 1,123 408 45.86i 12,549 33,312 



South 183, 266 14, 078 10, 138 3, 940 2, 160 167, 028 69, 060 97, 968 



Pacific Northwest: 



Douglas-fir subregion 26, 027 IO, 201 



Pine subregion 2O, 177 12, 8l I 



7,682 

 9.659 



2,519 



3. J 52 



2, 616 13,210 

 819 6, 547 



.383 



California 16,405 8,099 7,684 



North Rocky Mountain 29,066 2o, OI2 18,061 



South Rocky Mountain 15, 782 12,445 J O, 765 



415 

 L95I 

 I, 680 



23 



1,702 

 380 



8,283 

 7.352 

 2,957 



11,259 

 5,164 



Total 46,204 23,012 17,341 5,671 3,435 19,757 3,334 16,423 



1.309 6,974 

 2, 847 4, 505 

 1,498 1,459 



West io%457 63,568 53,851 9,717 5,540 38,349 8,988 29,361 



Allregions 461,044 88,957 73. 5 12 15.445 27,114344,973139,058 205,915 



1 Prepared by Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Includes land capable of pro- 

 ducing timber of commercial quantity and quality, and available now or prospectively for commercial 

 use. Status beginning of 1945. 



CHARACTER OF TIMBER CUTTING PRACTICES ON PRIVATE AND ON PUBLIC FOREST LANDS, 



UNITED STATES, 1945 



Percentage of operating acreage in properties or 

 working circles being cut under practices 

 that rate 



Ownership class 



Private. 

 Public.. 



Total. . . 



802062' 



Commercial High 

 area order 



Good Fair 



Poor 



Destruc- 

 tive 



Mil. acres Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent 

 345 I 7 28 56 J 8 



116 8 59 19 13 --1 



461 



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