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The North is primarily a hardwood-producing area. 



of the Nation's growing stock, and 12 percent of 

 the total sawtimber. In recent years the North 

 has provided about 11 percent of the cut of saw 

 logs and veneer logs, and 18 percent of the Nation's 

 pulpwood. 



This is primarily a hardwood producing area, 

 although softwoods also are important locally. 

 Extreme diversity of hardwood species, wide 

 variation in site capability, and large numbers of 

 small forest properties characterize most of this 

 section. 



1962 that also can be attributed in part to reduced 

 supplies of higher quality timber. The increase 

 in allocated cut in the North is much greater than 

 for the South, mainly because the current cut 

 in the North is so much lower than prospective 

 supplies. 



Growth and Inventories Projected 

 fo Rise and Then Decline 



The Allocated Cut in the North 

 More Than Doubles by 2000 



The allocated cut of softwood sawtimber in 

 this section rises from 1.9 billion board feet in 1962 

 to 3.2 billion board feet by 2000 (table 85 and 

 fig. 58). This contrasts with a 21 percent drop 

 in cut between 1952 and 1962 that reflects such 

 factors as inadequate supplies of large sawtimber 

 and increasing competition from the West. 



For hardwood sawtimber, the allocated cut 

 almost triples between 1962 and 2000, from 4.2 

 biUion board feet to 11.0 billion board feet. This 

 is again in contrast to a decline between 1952 and 



Growth of softwood sawtimber in the North in 

 1962 was about 50 percent more than the cut 

 (table 84 and fig. 57). If forestry continues at 

 recent levels, and the cut rises as allocated, 

 softwood forests in the North would be gi^owing 

 more sawtimber than the amount cut for the next 

 several decades. By 2000, however, the allocated 

 cut would slightly exceed the projected growth. 



A similar outlook is projected for hardwood 

 sawtimber. Growth of hardwoods exceeded the 

 cut in 1962 by 5.5 billion board feet, but this 

 excess of growth over cut would disappear around 

 1990 under the management and cutting assump- 

 tions adopted. 



Inventories of softwood sawtimber in the North 

 rose 8 percent between 1952 and 1962, while 

 hardwood sawtimber volumes rose 20 percent. 



