land, and wishes to keep it, should be helped to practice 

 forestry. 



The six million acres of forest land not classified are 

 mainly in private ownership. A large portion of this land 

 is owned by investment type owners such as insurance 

 companies, banks, individuals, estates, and hunting clubs. 



THE SUPPLY OF SAWTIMBER 



The supply of sawtimber was inventoried during the 

 spring of 1945, in 21 counties, which are believed to repre- 

 sent the general range of conditions throughout North 

 Carolina. 



Table 3d 



COUNTY STATISTICS: FOREST LAND OWNERSHIP 



(ACRES) 



MOUNTAINS 



Forest Area Public Forest Commercial National Farm Other 



County (Acres) Reserve Forest Area Forest Woodland 



Alleghany 51,814 4,228 2 47,586 34,946 12,640 



Ashe 91,276 1,138 2 90,138 327 71,287 18,254 



Avery 103,226 1,233 2 101,993 22,134 46,862 32,997 



Buncombe 273,284 1,652 2 271,941 30,941 108,892 131,779 



Burke 240,289 243 2 240,046 46,915 85,993 107,138 



Caldwell 220,559 220,559 49,142 109,051 62,366 



Cherokee 236,000 236,000 60,022 91,563 84,345 



Clay 111,567 111,567 52,073 29,729 29,765 



Graham 172,900 3,800 s 169,100 57,672 27,171 84,257 



Haywood 250,300 59,889* 190,411 63,291 53,156 73,964 



Henderson 145,466 145,466 18,635 53,212 73,619 



Jackson 253,252 528 2 252,724 18,659 84,238 149,827 



McDowell 227,153 885 2 226,268 58,929 46,077 121,262 



Macon 269,235 269,235 144,309 60,447 64,479 



Madison 174,800 174,800 46,189 88,630 39,981 



Mitchell 91,400 563 2 90,837 15,122 34,982 40,733 



Swain 310,800 168,961* 141,839 5,616 59,647 76,576 



Transylvania 206,904 206,904 81,626 35,904 89,374 



Watauga 100,352 980 2 99,372 393 63,870 35,109 



Wilkes 328,079 4,699* 323,380 197,229 126,151 



Yancey 140,000 1,178* 138,822 31,849 71,757 35,216 



Regional Totals 3,998,656 249,977 3,748,679 803,824 1,454,733 1,490,122 



1 N. C. State Parks. Park and 651 acres in the Blue Ridge Parkway. Does not include 44,400 



2 Blue Ridge Parkway. acres being acquired for National Park Service. 



3 Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest. Nantahala National Forest. * Wilkes : includes 100 acres in N. C. State Park and 4,599 acres in 



* Haywood : includes 59,535 acres in the Great Smoky Mountain Na- Blue Ridge Parkway. 



tional Park and 354 acres in the Blue Ridge Parkway. * Yancey: includes 800 acres in N. C. State Park and 378 acres in 



* Swain: includes 168,310 acres in Great Smoky Mountain National Blue Ridge Parkway. 



Table 4 

 STATE SUMMARY OF FOREST OWNERSHIP 



Region 



Gross 

 Forest 

 Area 



Public 1 Commercial National Other 2 



Reserve Forest Area Forests Federal 



State 3 

 Farm Municipal 



Woodland County 



Industrial 



Other 



North 

 Coastal 

 Plain 4,140,752 



South 

 Coastal 

 Plain 5,607,685 



4,140,752 96,898 



1,629,005 



869,558 



500 



5,607,185 28,989 



2,249,707 



370,074 



Piedmont 



5,050,152 



10,410 



5,039,742 



36,055 





3,759,932 





95,755 





Mountains 



3,998,656 



249,977 



3,748,679 



803,829 





1,454,733 





208,504 





State Total 



18,797,245 



260,887 



18,536,358 



965,766 



396,594 



9,093,377 



270,557 



1,543,911 



6,266,153 



1 Includes state parks 10,910 acres 



2 Soil Conservation Service 12,276 acres 



Farm Security Administration 13,730 acres 



Fish and Wildlife Service 58,500 acres 



Indian Service 48,088 acres 



Navy Department 90,000 acres 



War Department 125,000 acres 



Tennessee Valley Authority (includes 44,000 being 



purchased for National Park Service) 49,000 acres 



3 State Forest 40,000 acres 



Game Refuges & Farms 80,645 acres 



Forest School 81,590 acrea 



Other Colleges — -Agr. Exp. Stations 2,300 acres 



Prison Farms 6,226 acres 



Hospitals 3,700 acres. 



County and Municipal 56,096 acres. 



(12) 



