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TIMBER RESOURCES FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE 



In addition to the Federal reports listed above, 

 there have been significant contributions to our 

 knowledge of the timber situation and demand for 

 timber, prepared under the auspices of research 

 institutions or conservation groups. The most 

 notable of these is the "Report of the Forest 

 Resource Appraisal," prepared by the American 

 Forestry Association. This was an appraisal of 

 the timber situation, based upon field surveys 

 made at the same time as the 1945 Reappraisal 

 of the Forest Service. There was cooperation 

 between the two surveys and remarkable agree- 

 ment as to the resource facts. Subsequently the 

 American Forestry Association reported on the 

 "Progress of Forestry," and more recently the 

 Stanford Research Institute has completed a care- 

 ful study of "America's Demand for Wood." 

 Following are these three reports: 



1946 Woods, J. B. Report of the Forest Resource Ap- 

 praisal. American Forests 52: 413-28. [Reports for 

 many individual States appeared in American Forests, 

 1945-49.] 



1951 American Forestry Association. The Progress of 

 Forestry, 1945 to 1950. 90 pp., illus. 



1954 Stanford Research Institute. America's Demand 

 for Wood. 1929-1975. A Report to Weyerhaeuser 

 Timber Company. 404 pp., illus. Summary 94 pp., 

 illus. 



There are many other reports relating to forest 

 policy, organization of forestry agencies, reports 

 on individual States or parts of States. But it is 

 believed the above two lists incorporate the prin- 

 cipal national reports on timber inventories and 

 demand. 



Geographic Groupings 



The Timber Resource Review is primarily a 

 national appraisal. However, much of the in- 

 formation on the present timber situation is pre- 

 sented on a sectional, regional, or State basis where 

 appropriate. The State is the smallest unit used 

 and one region, the Pacific Northwest, is divided 

 into two subregions. 



There are three sections — North, South, and 

 West — and 13 regions including Coastal Alaska 

 (fig. 1). 



WEST 



WEST 





SOUTHERN 



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EAST 



ENGUND 



MIDDLE ATUNTIC 



SOUTH ATLANTIC 



Coastal Alaska 



Figure 1 



