National Forest Resources of Utah \\ 



Next in quantity is western yellow pine, totaling 1,272 million 



board feet. This species is limited almost entirely to southern Utah, 



being found extensiyely on the Powell, Dixie, and La 



"irSi ^ st ~ Sal National Forests. Another important body is 

 Characteristic 1 of found on tne eastern tip of the Ashley National Forest 

 Southern Utah, in the Uinta Mountains. This wood is of excellent 

 quality, the better grades ranking well up to white 

 pine. It is soft, straight grained, easily worked, and has a yellowish 

 'tint. It is the common '"pine" lumber found in the lumber yards, 

 although at present most of the supply of western yellow pine in the 

 yards comes from Oregon. Because it grows at low eleyations it is 

 easily logged and many small mills throughout southern Utah are 

 cutting this timber for local consumption. Practically half of the 

 Utah cut of lumber is western yellow pine. The regions in which it 

 grows are far from railroads, however, and as yet the demand for it 

 is only local. 



Nearly as great as the supply of western yellow pine is that of 



lodgepole pine, stands of which total approximately 1,123 million 



board feet. Practically all of it is found in the 



Lodgepole Pine, Uinta Mountains, where it forms the most extensive 

 Characteristic of bodies of timber in the State. The trees are tall and 

 tains mt Occupies slender and do not attain a very great diameter. 

 Third Place. ' The wood is moderately strong. Because of the 

 form and size of the trees and the character of the 

 wood, lodgepole pine is exceptionally valuable as railroad ties, and 

 the smaller trees make excellent mine props. Some of this timber 

 is accessible, as it may be driven down such streams as the Bear 

 Eiver and some of the forks of the Green River to points on the 

 Union Pacific Railroad in Wyoming. The remainder must remain 

 inaccessible until other methods of transportation or new markets 

 are developed. 



Fourth in order, Douglas fir timber amounts to 405 million board 

 feet, decidedly less than any of the other three species. It is, how- 

 ever, far more widely distributed than any of the 



Douglas Fir is ther evergreens in the State, and is found in small 

 Distributed. 1 ** quantities almost everywhere. In the more accessi- 

 ble forests bordering on the Salt Lake, Utah, Sanpete, 

 and Sevier Valleys, it has been heavily cut, as it grows fairly low in 

 the mountains. In a certain measure its accessibility accounts for 

 its scarcity, although even originally it was rarely found in extensive 

 pure stands (fig. 9). 



The remaining species are of secondary commercial value and are 

 not included in Figure 8. Alpine fir, generally known as white balsam, 

 is the most widespread of these and totals 160 million board feet. 

 This is one of the least valuable of evergreen trees, as the lumber is 

 brittle and of rather poor quality. Nevertheless, it has many uses. 

 Alpine fir is widely distributed at moderately high elevations, and 

 is found especially in combination with Engelmann spruce. 



Other miscellaneous timber trees aggregate 813 million board feet. 



Aspen is the most important of these. Not only is about 500 million 



board feet of it included in tHe miscellaneous saw 



Alpine Fir, As- timber, but there is also a considerable amount of 

 Specie^MakeUp cordwood — about 3 million cords. At present aspen 

 the Remainder, has very little value, but it makes excellent excelsior, 



