IV 



PREFACE 



This study also has been confined to an appraisal 

 of timber supplies and demands, as were previous 

 reviews of the Nation's timber situation. The use 

 of forest lands for recreation, wildlife, watershed 

 management, and grazing of livestock is fully 

 recognized as also of major importance, but these 

 related uses and values of forests have not been 

 covered in this study. Future demands for such 

 nontimber use of forests, as well as conversion of 

 existing forest land for residence, highways, and 

 other nontimber uses, will surely become more 

 important in future years as a result of growing 

 pressures on all natural resources. More effective 

 multiple use of forest lands will thus be increasingly 

 necessary to meet demands for timber as well as 

 other forest goods and services. 



It is not feasible to list all of the many people 

 who have contributed to this report. The general 

 planning and conduct of this project was under 

 the direction of H. R. Josephson, Director of 

 Forest Economics and Marketing Research in the 

 Forest Service. Basic statistics on forest resources 



and timber cut were compiled by the Forest Survey 

 units at regional Forest Experiment Stations, with 

 substantial cooperation from State Foresters, the 

 forest industries, Regional Offices of the Forest 

 Service, and other local groups. 



Principal contributors to the analysis of demand 

 for timber products included Dwight Hair, Wallace 

 Christensen, Clark Row, David Herrick, and Joe F. 

 Christopher. Projections of future timber sup- 

 plies were developed principally by Robert W. 

 Larson, with substantial contributions from Joe P. 

 McClure, Mark Goforth, Albert R. Stage and Don- 

 ald Gedney. S. Blair Hutchison, Carl Newport, 

 Sam Guttenberg, H. S. Sternitzke and Ben Spada 

 assisted in the analysis of data and final drafting 

 of the report. Reviewers of preliminary drafts, 

 both in the Forest Service and in other public and 

 private agencies, made important contributions in 

 both the analysis of data and development of the 

 final report. The contributions of all participants 

 in this project are gratefully acknowledged. 



