Table 9.— Area oj coinmcicial forest laud in the Lake Stales )cgio}i, by ownership and stand class 



ALL STAND CLASSES 





State 



All 

 owners 



Federally owned or controlled 



State 



County 



or 



municipal 



IVi 



vatc 





Total 



National 

 forest 



Indian 



Other 



F'"arm 



Other 



Minnesota 





Thousand 

 acres 



1 7. 000 

 15.200 

 17,800 



Thousand 

 acres 



2,820 

 1.760 

 2.200 



Thousand 

 acres 



2.120 

 1,280 

 2, 100 



Thousand 

 acres 



600 



377 

 23 



Thousand 

 acres 



100 

 103 



77 



Thousand 

 acres 



3, 300 



410 



3,890 



Thousand 

 acres 



3,800 



2.320 



80 



Thousand 

 acres 



4.270 

 5.510 

 3,500 



Thousand 

 acres 



2.810 

 5.200 



Michigan 



8,130 





total _ 





Region 



50, 000 



6,780 



5,500 1.000 



280 



7,600 



6.200 



13,280 



16.140 



SAW TIMBER 



Minnesota .... 



1,600 

 1,800 

 2,500 



250 



180 



70 



170 

 30 

 60 



75 



142 



3 



5 

 8 

 7 



350 



30 



220 



200 

 90 

 10 



400 

 750 

 450 



400 





750 





1, 750 





total 





Region 



5,900 



500 



260 



220 



20 



600 



300 



1.600 



2.900 



POLE TIMBER 



Minnesota 



2,900 

 2,900 

 3.800 



820 

 180 

 320 



650 

 90 

 300 



150 



65 



5 



20 



25 

 15 



680 



70 



910 



300 



400 



20 



600 



1,100 



800 



500 





1.150 



Michigan _.. 



total 



1.750 



Region 



9.600 



1,320 



1.040 



-ncs 



60 



1.660 



720 



2,500 



3.400 











SEEDLING AND SAPLING 



Minnesota 



7.400 

 6.900 

 7.700 



1,390 

 1,010 

 1,550 



1,100 250 40 



890 70 50 



1,510 10 30 



1.410 



180 



1.810 



1,600 



1.170 



30 



2,000 

 2.340 

 1,410 



1.000 





2,200 



Michigan 



2.900 











22, 000 



3.950 



3.500 1 330 ! 120 



3.400 



2, 800 



5,750 



6,100 







■ 1 











POORLY STOCKED AND DEFORESTED 













5,100 

 3,600 

 3,800 



360 

 390 

 260 



200 

 270 

 230 



125 1 35 



100 ' 20 



5 25 



860 

 130 

 950 



1,700 



660 



20 



1,270 



1,320 



840 



910 



Wisconsin 



1. 100 





1.730 





total 







keiiion 



12.500 



I. 010 700 



230 ' SO 



1.940 



2.3S0 



3.430 



3. 740 



over conilerous lorest land. Avhicli it has been 

 operating under a special 191f) hnv "in accordance 

 with the principles of scientific forestry ^vith the 

 vie^v to production of successive crops thereon" (16). 

 .Sustained-yield management on other reservations 

 dates largely from the Indian Reorganization Act of 

 June 18, 1934, (43 Stat. 984). Since that date the 

 Indian forest holdings have l)ccn maintained intact 

 and in some cases have l)ccn incic;ised sul)stantially. 

 Except where long-term cutting coniiacts or the 

 desires of the Indian landowners h;ive prevented, 

 the management has follovved approved methods of 

 cutting and provisions for new grovvth. 



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OTHER FEDERAL L.WDS 



In addition to the U. S. Forest Service and Office 

 of Indian Affairs, several Federal agencies adminis- 

 ter significant acreages of forest lands in the region. 



The Fish and Wildlife Service controls some 

 330,000 acres of marsh ^vith internn'ngled ^voodland, 

 of which a part is commercial timberland. The 

 resident managers give attention to the timber crop 

 ami l()il()v\' good forestry practices when ilicsc do not 

 conllict with the major objective of prouttion and 

 propagation ol game birds. In addition, the Fish 

 and Wildlife Service has leased 81.049 acres in the 

 Red Lake Game Preserve .\rca in Minnesota on a 



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