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TIMBER TRENDS IN THE UNITED STATES 



Table 77. — Timber cut, net growth, and inventories of sawtimber and growing stock in the Pacific coast, by 



ownership, 1952-2000 



SAWTIMBER IN BILLION BOARD FEET 



Ownership 



1952 



1962 



Projections 



1970 



1980 



1990 



2000 



National forest 



Cut 



Net growth. 

 Inventory 



Other lands: 



Cut 



Net growth. 

 Inventory! . . 



Total: 



Cut 



Net growth- 

 Inventory 



2.8 



3.2 



814.3 



17.3 



7.4 



692.9 



20.1 



10.6 



1,507.2 



7.5 



3.5 



797.9 



15.6 



10.0 



598.7 



23.1 



13.5 



1,396.6 



8.3 



3.9 



761.0 



16.3 



10.9 



554.0 



24.6 



14.8 



1,315.0 



8.5 



4.3 



717.0 



15.7 



11.9 



508.0 



24.2 



16.2 



1,225.0 



8.7 



5.0 



678.0 



15.4 



12.4 



473.0 



24.1 



17.4 



1,151.0 



8.9 



5.6 



643.0 



15 

 12 



444.0 



24.3 



18.2 



1,087.0 



GROWING STOCK IN BILLION CUBIC FEET 



National forest 



Cut 



Net growth. 

 Inventory 



Other lands: 



Cut 



Net growth _ 

 Inventory 



Total: 



Cut 



Net growth- 

 Inventory 



0.5 



.7 



143.9 



2.8 



1.9 



125.2 



3.3 



2.6 



269.1 



1.2 



.8 



143.4 



2.4 



2.3 



115.2 



3.6 



3.1 



258.6 



1.4 



.9 



140.0 



2.7 



2.5 



113.0 



4.1 



3.4 



253.0 



1.4 



1.0 



136.0 



2.8 



2.7 



112.0 



4.2 



3.7 



248.0 



1.4 



1.1 



134.0 



2.9 



2.8 



111.0 



4.3 

 3.9 



245.0 



1.5 



1.2 



131.0 



3.2 

 2.9 



109.0 



4.7 



4.1 



240.0 



Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of 

 Indian Affairs, and the States of Washington and 

 Oregon make up 17 percent of the commercial 

 forest area. The cut from these lands is pro- 

 jected to increase from 2.5 to 3.3 billion board 

 feet between 1962 and 2000 because of expected 

 improvements in growth rates, more complete 

 utilization of all species, and early achievement 

 of full allowable cuts. These lands are managed 

 under policies similar to those applied to national 

 forests, and allowable cuts are designed to assume 

 orderly conversion of the predominantly old- 

 growth sawtimber inventory. 



Allowable cut estimates for both national 

 forests and other public lands also have been 

 calculated in such a way as to allow for the grow- 

 ing importance of competing uses of forest lands. 

 Allowances have thus been made for impacts of 

 landscape management on timber output on those 

 areas being specially handled to maintain scenic 

 values, and for key recreation areas, roads, and 

 other uses that will occupy portions of the com- 

 mercial forest land. Many such modifications in 

 use of timberlands have already taken place and 

 other changes in forest use are still under con- 

 sideration in the Pacific coast area. 



Declining Cut Expected 

 on Private Lands 



On private forests, which have been providing 

 a major although decreasing portion of the total 

 Pacific coast cut, future cutting is expected to 

 decline by an estimated 12 percent by 2000. 

 In California, the projected cut drops by 86 

 percent and in Oregon by 9 percent by the year 

 2000. In Washington, on the other hand, the 

 private cut is estimated to increase by 34 percent 

 by 2000 because of the large area of young saw- 

 timber stands reaching merchantable size. 



Those trends in cutting must inevitably be 

 reflected in many shifts in industrial plant loca- 

 tions. In many areas there is now an excess of 

 installed capacity of sawmills and plywood plants. 

 Recent expansion of timber sales on public lands 

 has partially offset the depletion of private 

 timber and stabilized many local situations, but 

 in other areas this has not compensated for the 

 decline of private timber supplies. Drastic re- 

 ductions of log supplies in western Washington 

 over the past two or three decades led to a shift 



