Unloading Logs in Mill Pond at Big Lumber Mill. 



Practically all of the lodgepole pine is in Federal ownership and 74 per cent of 

 the spruce and 66 per cent of the Douglas fir. One-half of the larch and yellow pine 

 is in private hands. 



Large Area in Forests. 



The total productive commercial timbered area is 13,374,000 acres, half of which 

 is covered with mature timber and half with young growth. In addition to the 

 productive commercial timber land there are 3,577,000 acres of protection forest, 

 important for preventing erosion and in furnishing water supply. Practically all 

 of this protection forest is owned by the federal government. 



The current annual growth for all species on the productive timber land for 

 the whole state is estimated at 790,000,000 feet. It is expected that as soon as the 

 cut-over areas can be put in better growing condition and the losses in the forests 

 minimized by improved service, a possible annual cut could be maintained at 

 900,000,000 feet permanently. It is probable that this amount can be increased to 

 1,250,000,000 feet when the present over-mature stands have been logged. As the 

 forest products consumed for all purposes in the state amounts to about 800,000,000 

 feet, it would indicate that the state will have sufficient timber to supply the 

 present annual consumption indefinitely and a considerable surplus to dispose of 

 elsewhere. 



The total lumber production from June 30, 1917 to June 30, 1918 was as follows: 



United States Forest Service 82,771,000 feet 



Indian Reservations 17,000,000 feet 



State and Private 250,000,000 feet 



Total 349.771,000 feet 



