Old-growth stands provide the major part of the timber cut on the PaciRc coast. 



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This section also has been supplying about 59 

 percent of all the softwood lumber produced in 

 the United States, virtually all of the softwood 

 plywood, and one-fifth of the woodpulp. About 

 62 percent of the total softwood sawtimber cut in 

 1962 was from the Pacific coast. Because of the 

 large volume and relatively high quality of the 

 remaining timber inventory, this section will 

 continue to supply a large share of the Nation's 

 wood products for decades to come. 



Total Projected Cut on Pacific 

 Coast Increases Slightly 



In 1962 about 23 billion board feet of saw- 

 timber was cut in the Pacific Coast States (table 

 77). Under the cutting assumptions described 

 earlier in this section the projected cut would rise 

 slightly to about 24 billion board feet by the year 

 2000 (fig. 52) . This is a much smaller increase than 

 has been projected for any other section of the 

 country. The reason is that the Pacific coast 

 is already carrying a major share of the total cut in 

 the Nation — a situation both possible and desirable 

 because of the huge inventory of sawtimber still 

 available in this part of the country. 



Increases in Cut Anticipated 

 on Public Lands 



On the national forests of the Pacific coast the 

 projected cut increases about 19 percent in the 

 period 1962-2000 — from an actual cut of 7.5 

 billion board feet to 8.9 bilHon board feet, Inter- 

 national }^-inch rule. Part of this increase is due 

 to the expectation that by 1980 the actual cut 

 will rise to the presently estimated allowable cut 

 of 8.5 billion board feet for all areas including 

 coastal Alaska. Part is due to an expected 

 increase in use of thinnings or other material not 

 now included in the regulated cut. Some of the 

 increase arises from difl'erences between the 

 Scribner rule used locally in establishing the 

 allowable cut and the International K^inch rule 

 used in this report. 



The projected cut on lands other than national 

 forests decreases about 1 percent between 1962 

 and 2000 — from 15.6 billion board feet to 15.4 

 billion. However, these overall figures hide di- 

 verse trends in the projected cut for the several 

 owner groups and in subsections of the Pacific 

 Coast States. 



In Oregon and Washington, for example, lands 

 managed by other public agencies such as the 



