improve." (Keegan 1998) Lumber production 

 was up 6% for the first quarter of this year 

 compared to the first quarter of 1997; produc- 

 tion employment is also up by 1.5% for the 

 same period (Keegan 1998). DNRC feels that 

 stumpage prices and demand would probably 

 not increase until next year's building season 

 because of the high production levels, current 

 lumber and log supplies in the market, and 

 current economic problems in Asia. If the U.S. 

 economy weakens, leading to a reduction in 

 housing starts, stumpage prices and demand 

 could soften further. 



Based on a past study. The Role of the Wood 

 Products Industry in the Economy of Flathead 

 County. Montana. An Estimate of the Effects 

 on Total Employment Using Input-Out Analy- 

 sis. 20 to 35% of the economy of Flathead 

 County can be attributed to the wood-product 

 industry. This estimate of the economic effect 

 of the wood products industry was deter- 

 mined primarily with the use of the computer 

 program Micro Implan, an economic-impact 

 model based on county-level economic data 

 (Beckley, 1994). 



PAST HARVESTS FROM THE BEAVER LAKE PROJECT AREA 



TABLE 111-16 - HISTORICAL HARVEST VOLUME (MBF), TOTAL VALUE IN NOMINAL, 1997 

 DOLLARS AND ACRES BY GRANT, TOTAL AND PERCENTAGES 



Table 111-16 is a review of past harvest activities 

 in the Beaver Lake Project area. These esti- 

 mates of past activities are taken from the 

 section record cards located in Missoula. The 

 volume is only for products that were entered 

 into the section record cards as board feet. The 

 value includes all products that were recorded. 

 DNRC manages forested trust lands based on 

 timber management opportunities, as dictated 

 by stand conditions and other related factors. 

 DNRC does not select harvest sites based on 

 grant. The abbreviations used for grants are as 

 follows: 



S.N.S 



S.M. 



RB. 



A.C.B. 



C.S. 



- Montana State University- 

 Billings and Western Montana 

 College of the University of 

 Montana 



- Montana Tech of the University 

 of Montana 



- Public Building 



- Montana State University 



- Common School 



Total value for each grant will be displayed as 

 both a nominal value and as a real value in 

 1997 dollars. The nominal rate is the rate of 



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