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TIMBER TRENDS IN THE UNITED STATES 



The West of Major Importance in Production 

 of Saw Logs and Veneer Logs 



About 58 percent of the saw logs produced in 

 the United States in 1962 were cut in western 

 regions, 30 percent in the South, and 12 percent 

 in the North (table 46 and fig. 31). About 83 

 percent of the total veneer log production also 

 came from western forests, reflecting the fact that 

 the Pacific Coast States have been almost the sole 

 source of softwood "peeler" logs. Nearly all 

 hardwood veneer logs, on the other hand, were 

 produced in the East, mainly in the South. 



Pulpwood production was concentrated in the 

 East in 1962 — about 59 percent of the total com- 

 ing from the South and 18 percent from the North. 

 The West supplied 23 percent of the total pulp- 

 wood produced. Miscellaneous industrial timber 

 products and fuelwood likewise were produced 

 mainly in the southern and northern sections of 

 the country. 



ROUNDWOOD OUTPUT BY SECTION 



North 



South 



SUMMARY OF DEMAND PROJECTIONS 

 IN TERMS OF TIMBER CUT 



In order to provide comparable estimates of 

 timber demands and supphes, projected demands 

 for saw logs and other products have been con- 

 verted to estimates of domestic "timber cut," 

 i.e., removals of timber products from gi'owing 

 stock and sawtimber on commercial forest lands in 

 the United States. 



The conversion involved several steps, including 



(a) the deduction of net imports from the total 

 demand for saw logs and other products to de- 

 termine amounts required from domestic sources, 



(b) the deduction of plant byproducts from the 

 total domestic requirements for pulpwood and 

 other products to determine the required domestic 

 roundwood output, (c) the deduction from domes- 

 tic roundwood output of volumes derived from 

 cull and dead trees or from other nongrowing 

 stock sources, and (d) the addition to domestic 

 roundwood output of allowances for logging 

 residues from gi^owing stock. 



86 Percent of Roundwood Cut 



From Growing Stock in 1962 



Of the total domestic roundwood cut in 1962 

 about 8.9 billion cubic feet came from that part 

 of the timber inventory that is defined as growing 

 stock (table 47 and fig. 32). An additional 1.4 

 billion cubic feet of roundwood was obtained from 

 dead and down timber, cull trees, noncommercial 

 forest land, or other nongrowing stock sources. 



Rocky Mountain 



Pacific Coast 



Sawlogs 



Veneer Logs 

 Pulpwood 



Minor Industrial Timber Products 



Fuelwood 



( 







1 



2 



— r 



3 



1 1 1 1 1 1 



4 5 6 7 8 9 



billion cubic feet 



— r- 



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 11 



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12 



ROUNDWOOD OUTPUT AND 

 TIMBER CUT 1962 



Timber j 

 Cut 





Roundwood 

 from Growing Stock 





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 ^1 Growing Stock 



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3 2 4 6 8 10 



billion cubic feet 



Figure 31 



Figure 32 



