Commercial forest land, which increased about two percent 

 between 1937 and 1955, has continued to increase but at a faster 

 rate, having increased almost four percent between 1955 and 1963. 



Pine saw timber volume showed the greatest improvement. While 

 there had been almost no change in volume between 1937 and 1955 

 inventories, the present pine saw timber volume is 16 percent 

 greater than the volume shown for 1955. 



The picture for hardwood saw timber is not quite as good. In 

 contrast to the almost 20 percent increase in hardwood, saw timber 

 volume between 1937 and 1955, it increased only three percent from 

 1955 to 1963. Hardwood all timber volume has followed the same 

 pattern, increasing almost 26 percent between the first and second 

 inventories, but only six percent between the last two inventories, 



The actual volume of timber cut in 1962 for this area is not 

 known, but trends in timber cut based on successive inventories 

 indicate a 20 percent margin of cubic foot volume growth over cut. 

 Softwood growth exceeds timber cut by about 31 percent, and hard- 

 wood growth exceeds timber cut by only about 10 percent." 



In order to gain perspective it is useful to look at some of 

 the national forestry trends that have been deduced as an out- 

 growth of surveys and studies by the National Forest Service. Some 

 of their more important findings are shown in the following: 



1. Demands for timber products are projected to increase about 

 80 percent by the year 2000. 



2. Timber supply demand relationships in the United States have 

 generally improved over the past decade. 



3. Prospective timber growth and inventories in the U.S. - with 

 recent levels of forest management - appear sufficient to 

 meet projected demands for the next two or three decades, 

 but not in later years of this century. 



4. Declining quality of timber resources represents a major pro- 

 blem for wood using industries. 



5. The timber supply outlook is relatively favorable for the 

 pulp and paper industry, but not as encouraging for the lum- 

 ber and plywood industries. 



6. Projected timber demands to the year 2000 could be met with 

 more intensive forest management and utilization. 



7. Forest industries depend on farm and miscellaneous ownerships 

 for half of their saw material requirements. 



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