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Tabia 1. Timber Supply In Southeast Alaska 



Harvest And Import By Source And Type of Timber 



Fiscal years 1980-1988' 



(Millions of Board Feet) 



Total Wood Supply 690.9 



520.2 



559.0 



5S5.9 



93.0 



527.4 



643.1 



759.3 



797.1 



< The Federal Fiscal Year extends from October 1 to September 30 of the following year. 



' The Forest Service requires the harvest and removal of utility volume which Is In addition to the 450 MMBF Allowable Sals Quantity 



(ASQ) calculated in the Tongass Land Managment Plan (TLMP). The 450 MMBF Allowable Sale Quantity is based on net sawlog volume, 



whereas, the timber supply of 4.5 billion board feet per decade specified In Section 705 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation 



Act (ANILCA) Is nonspecific. It is assumed the Section 70S provision* are net of utility volume since the Congressional Record on ANILCA 



references the ASQ calculations in TLMP. 



* Estimate. Sources were not found for certain years or ownerships and are not estimated (ne). Some of the private harvest reported in 



fiscal year* 1 962-86 for souttieost Alaska originated from soutftcentral Alaska, but data were not available to separate the two regions from 



the estimated total. 



' Compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Commerce reports pulpwood imports and wood chips imports 



in short tons. Cords or* converted to log scale at a ratio ct 2 cords per thousand board feet (MBF) . Wood chips are converted to log scale 



at a ratio of 2.7 short tons per MBF. 



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