52 



TIMBER RESOURCES FOR AMERICAS FUTURE 



Table 32. — Timber cut by region, 1952 



Section and region 



Growing stock 



Live sawtimber 





Total 



Softwood 



Hardwood 



Total 



Softwood 



Hardwood 



North: 



New England _ . 



Billion 

 cu. ft. 

 0.50 

 .47 

 .54 

 .40 

 .03 



Billion 

 cu. ft. 

 0. 36 

 . 13 

 . 19 

 .02 

 (') 



Billion 



cu. ft. 

 0. 14 

 .34 

 .35 

 .38 

 .03 



Billion 



bd.-ft. 

 1.76 

 1.80 

 1.24 

 1.81 

 .09 



Billion 



bd.-ft. 

 1. 38 

 . 51 

 .38 

 .09 

 . 01 



Billion 

 bd.-ft. 

 38 



Middle Atlantic . 



1 29 



Lake States 



86 



Central 



1 72 



Plains 



.08 



Total, North 



1.94 



.70 



1. 24 



6.70 



2.37 



4.33 



South: 



South Atlantic 



Southeast 



West Gulf- _____ _ _ __. . . _ 



1.46 

 2.41 

 1. 19 



.92 



1.48 



.65 



. 54 

 .93 

 . 54 



5. 35 

 9. 41 



4. 84 



3.36 

 5.72 



2. 64 



1.99 

 3.69 

 2 20 







Total, South 



5.06 



3.05 



2.01 



19.60 



11.72 



7.88 



West: 



Pacific Northwest: 



Douglas-fir subregion . 



2.03 

 .36 



2.02 

 .36 



.01 



12.22 

 2.05 



12. 17 

 2.05 



. 05 



Pine subregion 



(0 



Total 



California 



Northern Rocky Mountain. _ _ . _ 



2.39 

 .93 

 .33 

 .10 



2.38 

 .92 

 .33 

 . 10 



.01 

 .01 



(') 

 i}) 



14.27 



5. 72 



1.90 



.56 



14.22 



5.70 



1.90 



.55 



.05 

 .02 



.01 



Southern Rocky Mountain 



Total, West 



3.75 



3.73 



.02 



22. 45 



22.37 



.08 



Continental United States 



10. 75 

 .01 



7. 48 

 .01 



3.27 



48.75 

 .09 



36.46 

 .09 



12. 29 



Coastal Alaska .. .. 











All regions . 



10. 76 



7. 49 



3. 27 



48.84 



36. 55 



12. 29 







1 Less than 0.005. 



Table 33.— Comparison of timber cut in continental United States, 1944 <^^^ 1952 





Growing stock 



Live sawtimber 



Species group 



1944 



1952 



Change 

 from 1944 



1944 



1952 



Change 

 from 1944 



Eastern softwoods 



Eastern hardwoods 



Western species 



Billion 

 cu. ft. 

 4. 1 

 4. 2 

 3.4 



Billion 

 cu. ft. 

 3.8 

 3.2 

 3.8 



Percent 

 -7 

 -24 



+ 12 



Billion 

 bd.-ft. 

 16.9 

 14. 

 18. 8 



Billion 



bd.-ft. 

 14. 1 

 12.2 

 22. 5 



Percent 

 -17 

 -13 

 + 20 



All sf)ecies._ . _ _ . 



11.7 



10. 8 



-9 



49.7 



48.8 



-2 







One- Fourth of Timber Cut Not Utilized 

 But Utilization Is Improving 



Of the total timber cut or available from other 

 sources in 1952, about one foot out of every four, 

 or 2.7 billion cubic feet, was not utiUzed (table 34). 

 This is comprised almost equally of unused plant 



residues and of logging residues. By definition, 

 logging residues include only the growing stock 

 cut or killed in logging that does not find its way 

 into some use. Such material that is initially left 

 on the ground but subsequently used in salvage 

 logging, or logging for another product, is not 

 included in logging residues. One-third of the 



