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Yearbook^ of Agriculture 1949 



OWNERSHIP OF SAW TIMBER ON COMMERCIAL FOREST LAND OF THE 

 UNITED STATES BY REGION * 



Region 



New England . . 

 Middle Atlantic. 



Lake 



Central 



Plains . . . 



South Atlantic. 



Southeast 



West Gulf. . . 



Private 



State, 



Federally owned or managed county, 

 ' ' and 

 All National munic- 



ownerships Total forests Other ipal 



Total 



Indus- 

 trial 

 and 

 Farm other 



Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million 



bd.jt. 



I ft. bd.jt. bd.jt. bd.jt. bd.jt. bd.ft. bd.ft. 



North 220,429 9,746 8,087 1,659 10,617200,066 76,369 123,697 



South 337.987 18,111 13,827 4,284 2,660317,216134,310 182,906 



Pacific Northwest: 



Douglas-fir subregion . . 

 Pine subregion 



504,931 265,641208,384 57,257 35.354203,936 8,099 195,837 

 125,963 92,860 70,177 22,683 3.856 29,247 2,601 26,646 



Total 630, 894 358, 501 278, 561 79, 940 39, 210 233, 183 10, 700 222, 483 



California 



North Rocky Mountain. . . 

 South Rocky Mountain . . 



227,565 104,192 99,770 



127,229 80,541 73,641 



56,868 51,183 44,531 



4,422 157 123,216 15,348 107,868 



6,900 10,828 35,860 5,424 30,436 

 6,652 954 4,731 2, 180 2,551 



West 1,042,556 594,417496,503 97,914 5 I . I 49 396,990 33.652 363,338 



All regions. 1, 600, 972 622, 274 518, 417 103, 857 64, 426 914, 272 244, 331 669, 941 



1 Prepared by Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture. Status beginning of 1945. Includes 

 trees large enough for sawlogs in accordance with the practice of the region regardless of the actual use. 

 Volumes are on lumber-tally basis. This volume occurs on land capable of producing timber of commercial 

 quantity and quality and available now or prospectively for commercial use. 



Minimum sizes of saw-timber trees: 



New England, Middle Atlantic: 9 inches D. B. H. for softwoods and II inches for hardwoods. 



Lake, Plains: 9 inches D. B. H. 



Central: IO inches D. B. H. 



South Atlantic, Southeast, West Gulf: 9 inches D. B. H. for pine and cypress and 13 inches for hard- 

 woods. 



Pacific Northwest (Douglas-fir subregion): 15 inches D. B. H. 



Pacific Northwest (pine subregion): II inches D. B. H. 



California: All except redwood type, II inches D. B. H.; redwood type, 23 inches D. B. H. 



North Rocky Mountain: II inches D. B. H. for pine, cedar, and hardwood; 13 inches D. B. H. for 

 other species. 



South Rocky Mountain: II inches D. B. H. 



