A SUMMARY OF THE TIMBER RESOURCE REVIEW 



Table 19. — Stocking of commercial forest land, 1953 



35 



Degree of stocking 



Total 



North 



South 



West and 

 Coastal 

 Alaska 



70 percent or niore.- 



40 to 70 percent 



10 to 40 percent 



I^ess than 10 percent 



Total 



Million 



acres 



199. 6 



124. 7 



72. 7 



41. 6 



438. 6 



Percent 



46 



28 



17 



9 



Million 

 acres 

 82. 8 

 44. 

 30. 6 

 16. 6 



Million 

 acres 

 91. 6 

 58. 1 

 27. 5 

 16. 1 



Million 



acres 



25. 2 



22.6 



14. 6 



8. 9 



100 



174. 



193. 3 



71.3 



' Excluding 50 million acres of old-growth sawtimber stands. 



The younger stands have more than their pro- 

 portionate share of poor stocking. Whereas 12 

 percent of the young-growth sawtimber area is 

 poorly stocked, 17 percent of the poletimber area 

 and 29 percent of the seedling and sapling stands 

 are so classified. The 69 million acres of poorly 

 stocked seedling and sapling stands and non- 



stocked areas are mainly in the Southeast and 

 Lake States. These regions account for more 

 than half the total. This large area, which is 

 almost equal to the sawtimber area of the West, 

 offers one of the best possibilities for increasing 

 timber supply (fig. 16). 



IN MILLIONS OF ACRES 



]0A 



1.4 



2.7 



PACIFIC NORTHWEST 



(PINE) 



2.1 



.03 

 CAJFORNIA 



2.8 

 1.1 



NORTHERN 

 ROCKY MOUNTAIN 



0.6 



1.3 



0.7 0.7 

 PLAINS 



4.7 



I 



LAKE STATES 



2.0 ^j^ 



■ 

 CENTRAL 



SOUTHERN 

 ROCKY MOUNTAIN 



3.1 



2.4 



WEST GULF 



0.8 0.9 



newTngland 



2-21.4 

 MIDDLE ATLANTIC 



1.4 1.5 

 SOUTH ATLANTIC 



SOUTHEAST 



POORLY STOCKED SEEDLING AND SAPLING STANDS 



NONSTOCKED AREAS 



Figure 16 



