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vate hands was eetimated at 248,100.000 M.B.M. which 

 includes 101.9 billion feet of redwood. 



Ownership of Timberland 



Of the timbered area within the state, 7.786,306 

 acres (19IO) are under federal control as National For- 

 ests, and 12, 574-, 531 acres are owned by private inter- 

 ests. The state has no forests under its own jurisdic- 

 tion. Thus, it can be seen that 60^ of the timbered 

 lands within the state, or about 70?^ of the volume of 

 timber, is owned by private individuals. 



Forest Types 



The forests can be grouped into five general classes, 

 namely, redwood, oak, chaparral, a combination of pine 

 and fir, and the alpine forest. Requiring the damp air 

 of the ocean and considerable rainfall, the redwood focr- 

 ests are confined to a narrow belt along the coast frona 

 Monterey County northward to the Oregon state boundary 

 line. Fires do little damage to the standing timber 

 here as the moisture conditions are usually sufficient 

 to reduce fires to the minirnxm. After logging has taken 

 place and the amount of Inflammable debris is greatly 

 increased, fires are more common. Still, they are not 

 of sufficient moment as to present any difficult problem 

 of control. 



