A SUMMARY OF THE TIMBER RESOURCE REVIEW 



43 



FEDERAL 

 STATE & LOCAL 



FARM 



FOREST INDUSTRIES 

 & OTHER PRIVATE 



Figure 20 



includes Coastal Alaska 



These adjusted estimates show an increase in 

 growing stock from 1945 to 195.3 of 8 bilhon cubic 

 feet and a decrease of 38 bilhon board-feet of 

 sawtimber. In each case, the overall cliange is 

 about 2 percent, which is too small to indicate 

 any significant trend. 



Adjusted estimates in terms of both growing 

 stock and live sawtimber, and in terms of eastern 

 softwoods, eastern hardwoods, and western species 

 are shown in table 27. Indications are tJiat there 



has been about a 5 -percent decrease in botli saw- 

 timber volume and growing stock volume of 

 western species, almost exclusively softwoods. 

 This, however, is to be expected and is not an 

 undesirable trend. It is due to the fact tluxt the 

 old-growth overmature forests of the West are 

 being harvested, and growth to replace utilized 

 inventory cannot be expected on such lands until 

 thev are regenerated to more thriftv forests. 



