owing to the beginning oi a large operation in 

 Grant County in 1929. 



In general the cut in the three Washington units 

 varied little from the regional trend except that in 

 none was recovery from the 1932 low as rapid as in 

 the Oregon units and in none was the 1929 volume 

 again reached. 



Ponderosa pine constituted 92 percent of the 

 average sawlog output during the period and 

 Douglas-fir made up the bulk of the remainder. In 

 Oregon an even greater portion, 96 percent, of the 

 cut was of ponderosa pine. In Washington, how- 

 ever, 77 percent was of ponderosa pine, a consider- 

 able quantity of Douglas-fir being cut in the 

 Yakima River unit. 



Of the region's total output during the period, 

 approximately 72 percent was cut on lands in 

 private ownership, 1 5 percent on Indian-owned 

 lands, 11 percent on national-forest lands, and the 

 remainder principally on State lands and Federal- 

 owned revested grant lands. 



Fuel Wood 



Live timber cut for fuel was the second largest 

 item of cutting depletion from 1925-36 and com- 

 prised about 13 percent of the total volume. Table 

 15 shows the production of fuel wood by State, 

 forest-survey unit, and species. Since fuel wood 

 wis cut both from trees of saw-timber size and 

 smaller trees, these two classes are shown sepa- 



rately. Average annual production for the period 

 was based on a study of minor forest products made 

 in 1930 by H. M. Johnson and an estimated annual 

 per capita consumption of live forest fuel wood for 

 both urban and rural areas. Per capita consump- 

 tion was higher in the rural districts than in urban 

 districts, since large quantities of slabs, edgings, mill 

 waste, and sawdust were consumed for fuel in the 

 cities. In Washington a considerable amount of 

 coal was used in both urban and rural localities. 

 Data on the amount of dead timber utilized for fuel 

 were not compiled, since this use does not constitute 

 depiction of the timber inventory. However, in 

 some localities much of the fuel wood is cut from 

 timber killed by insects, fire, or drought. Prac- 

 tically all of this dead material is of lodgepole pine 

 and ponderosa pine, both species are considered 

 excellent fuel. Another source of fuel wood not 

 constituting a drain on the timber supply is pon- 

 derosa pine limbwood resulting from logging opera- 

 tions. 



Of the total annual production of fuel wood of 

 155 million board feet from trees of saw-timber 

 size, and 1.3 million cubic feet from smaller trees, 

 56 percent was produced in Oregon and 44 per- 

 cent in Washington. Practically all of the wood 

 was used in the locality in which it was cut. 

 Ponderosa pine, as the leading species, constituted 

 69 percent of the total volume. Douglas-fir and 

 western larch were cut extensively throughout 



Table 15. — Production of forest fuel wood in the ponderosa pine region by State, forest-survey unit, and species ' 





From trees of saw-timber size - 



From smaller trees 



Forest-survey unit 



Ponder- 

 osa pine 



M hoard 

 feet 

 10. 909 

 13, 941 

 9,631 



Douglas- 

 fir 



Western 

 larch 



Other 

 species 



Total 



Western 

 juniper 



Oak 



Other 

 species 



Total 



Eastern Washington: 



Chelan-Colville - 



M board 

 feet 

 9,355 

 5,200 

 2,517 



M board 



feet 



5,818 



25 



1,897 



M board 

 feet 

 1,904 

 13 



483 



M board 

 feet 

 33, 986 

 19, 179 

 14, 528 



M cubic 

 feet 



M cubic 

 feet 



M cubic 

 feet 

 343 

 2 



87 



M cubic 

 feet 

 343 







108 



no 



North Blue Mountain 



87 











Total -.. . 



40, 481 



17, 072 



7,740 



2,400 



67, 693 





108 



432 



540 









Eastern Oregon: 



19,287 

 20,308 

 20,543 

 10. 755 



70, 893 



5,702 

 3,643 



994 

 1,370 



4,088 



8 



29,085 

 23, 951 

 22, 233 

 12, 125 













406 



227 

 18 



101 



20 



507 





696 





247 







18 















Total 



11,709 



4,784 



8 



87, 394 



651 



101 



20 



772 



Region total 



111,374 



28,781 



12, 524 



2.408 



155, 087 



651 



209 



452 



1,312 



1 In addition to the volume shown here, considerable quantities of slabs, edgings, mill waste, and sawdust were used for fuel. 

 ' Figures given are log scale, based on Scribner rule, 1,000 board feet is approximately equivalent to 130 cubic feet. 



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