Table S.—Area of all forest land in the Lake States region, by oivnership class and major use 



ALL FORKST LAND 



State 



All 

 owners 



Federally owned or controlled 



State 



County 



or 



municipal 



Pn 



vate 



Total 



National 



forest, 

 June 1947 



Indian, 

 1945 



Other 



Farm 



Other 



Minnesota 



Thousand 

 acres 



19, 700 

 16, 000 

 19,000 



Thousand 

 acres 



3,700 

 2,100 

 2,500 



Thousand 

 acres 



2,565 

 1,422 

 2,213 



Thousand 

 acres 



860 



450 



25 



Thousand 

 acres 



275 

 228 

 262 



Thousand 

 acres 



4.100 



480 



4, 320 



Thousand 

 acres 



4,300 



2,520 



80 



Thousand 

 acres 



4,600 

 5,600 

 3,700 



Thousand 

 acres 



3 000 



Wisconsin 



5 300 





8 400 







54, 700 



8,300 



6,200 



1,335 



765 



8,900 



6,900 



13,900 



16 700 







COMMERCIAL FOREST 





17,000 

 15, 200 

 17,800 



2,820 

 1,760 

 2,200 



2,120 

 1,280 

 2,100 



600 



377 



23 



100 



103 



77 



3. 300 



410 



3,890 



3,800 



2,320 



80 



4,270 

 5,510 

 3,500 



2 810 



Wisconsin _ 



Michigan _ 



5. 200 

 S, 130 



50, 000 



6,780 



5,500 



1,000 



280 



7,600 



6,200 



13,280 



16 140 







NONCOMMERCIAL FOREST 



Minnesota... 



2,100 

 600 

 700 



550 

 290 

 130 



175 

 132 

 83 



240 



73 



2 



135 

 85 

 45 



630 

 43 

 227 



450 



127 



330 



90 



200 



140 



Wisconsin 



Michigan . , 



30 

 143 



Region total 





3,400 



970 



390 



315 



265 



900 



577 



620 



333 



RESERVED FOREST 



Minnesota „ 



600 

 200 

 500 



330 

 50 

 170 



270 

 10 

 30 



20 



40 

 40 

 140 



170 



27 



203 



50 

 73 



_ 



50 

 50 



Michigan _ 



Region total 



127 









1,300 



550 



ilO 



20 



220 



400 



12! 





227 











to raise timber and livestock on the same land. 

 Public agencies are interested in forests not only as 

 a source of timber products, but also as a place for 

 hunting, fishing, and other forms of recreation, as 

 \\'cll as for water and soil conservation. These 

 dilferences give rise to rather wide differences in 

 methods of forest management. 



NATIONAL FORESTS 



Eight national forests have a gross area of 12.2 

 million acres, of which only a little more than half 

 is Government owned. The intermingled land is 

 owned by States, counties, and various companies, 

 individuals, and a few fanners. 



The United States Forest Service manages the 

 national forests on the principle of multiple-use 

 and sustained timber yields. It devotes most area 

 to timber growing, but makes provision for main- 

 1, lining wildlife and giving the public access to 



I'orest Resources of tJie Lake States Region 



bathing beaches, canoe routes, camp sites, scenic 

 trails, and so forth. It permits harvesting of ma- 

 ture timber, but regulates the method and rate of 

 cutting to insure continuous and increasing timber 

 production. 



INDIAN FORESTS 



The Office of Indian Affairs supervises about li/^ 

 million acres of forest and other wild land which it 

 holds in trust for Indian tribes and individuals, 

 ft is responsible for managing one million acres of 

 conmiercial forest land in two large reservations and 

 a nuinber of smaller tracts. 



On the Menominee Reservation in Wisconsin, it 

 has an excellent tract of northern hardwoods, hem- 

 lock, and pine, about 200,000 acres in extent. It 

 has been managing this fairly intensively since 1908 



m. 



On the Red Lake Indian Forest in Minnesota it 

 has a compact unit of 250,000 acres, primarily cut- 



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