FOREST RESOURCES OF EASTERN TEXAS. 



INTKODUCTION. 



During the past year the State Forester's office has been engaged in 

 studying the forest resources, the industries dependent upon the forest, 

 and the outputs of the forest products in forty of the eastern counties of 

 Texas. These counties, with an area of nearly 21,000,000 acres, and com- 

 monly known as the "East Texas Timber Belt/' contribute most of the 

 manufactured lumber, as well as the bulk of other forest products, which 

 in the aggregate place Texas among the leading States of the country 

 in annual timber production. A number of other adjacent counties, how- 

 ever, might properly be considered a part of the main timber belt of East 

 Texas. The county examinations were made in conjunction with the work 

 of forest fire prevention in East Texas. An effort was made to meet as 

 many operators and county officials as possible and secure information 

 from the most reliable sources in each county. Lack of time prevented 

 exhaustive and detailed studies of these counties, but the State Forester 

 plans to carry on complete studies of forest conditions, county by county, 

 as soon as funds are available for such work. 



Map 1. Counties Included in Study of Forest Resources of Eastern Texas. 



Area within : 1 Longleaf pine region. 2 Shortleaf pine region. 



3 Loblolly pine region. 4 Post oak area. 



