THE NATIONAL FORESTS OF CALIFORNIA 



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PHOTO BY RAMSEY 



l^OUNT WHITNEY (14,501 FEET), INYO NATIONAL FOREST 

 Telephoto view of the beacon of the Sierras and the highest peak in continental United States 



FOREST STATISTICS, STATE OF CALIFORNIA 



[Compiled for the Senate Select Committee on Reforestation, 1923] 



Ownership 



Total forest 

 land area ' 



Present vir- 

 gin timber 



area 



Present vir- 

 gin timber 



stand 



Deforested 



area cut and 

 burned 



Private 



Acres 

 6, 782, 000 

 95, 000 



12, 319. (XX) 



Acres 

 4, 406, 000 

 95, 000 

 10,631,000 



M fat b. m . 

 L87,775,000 



230, 000 

 96. 500. 000 



Acres 

 J. 376, 000 



State 







Federal 



1 788,000 







Total... 



2 19, 1%, 000 



> 15, 032, 000 



« 284, 505, 000 



« 4, 164, 000 





1 Land that is in forest or that is potential forest land. 



2 19.3 per cent of entire State land area. 



3 Pine region, 13,963,000 acres- redwood region, 1,069,000 acres. 



4 Pine region, 208,330,000 M feet b. m.; redwood region, 76.i75.ihk) M feet b. in. 



8 Pine region: Cut-over but restocking, 1,049,000 acres; requires replant mil'. 689,000 acres, 

 land and brush fields, restocking, 1,200,000 acres; not restocking, 600,000 acres. 



Redwood region: Cut-over lands, restocking, 436,000 acres; not restocking, 125,000 acres. 

 restocking, 125,000 acres; not restocking, 40,000 acres. 



Burned-over 

 Brash fields, 



