A SUMMARY OF THE TIMBER RESOURCE REVIEW 



way commits the collaborators or reviewers to 

 support either the statistical or interpretative 

 results of this report. 



It should also be emphasized tliat information 

 obtained in connection with the Timber Resource 

 Review by the Forest Service on individual prop- 

 erties or individual output records is considered 

 and treated in the same confidential manner as 

 are statistics made available to the Bureau of the 

 Census. Information on individual properties is 

 utilized within the Forest Service onty for Timber 

 Resource Review purposes, and is available only 

 to a small group of individuals working on the 

 Timber Resource Review project. No informa- 

 tion relative to individual enterprises has been or 

 will be released except: (1) To a participating 

 public agency whose authorized employee col- 

 lected the information in question — this is done 

 on the basis that presumably the agency will 

 already have that information from field forms 

 completed by its employee; and (2) upon the 

 written consent or request of the individual whose 

 property is involved. 



Earlier Reviews of the Timber 

 Situation 



Most of the earlier national reviews were pre- 

 pared either by the Forest Service or other 

 Executive Branch agencies, by governmental 

 boards or commissions, or by committees of the 

 Congress. Following is a list of the principal 

 reports on our timber situation which might well 

 be considered as predecessors to the present report, 

 beginning with a report by the Department of 

 Agriculture in 1909 on "The Timber Supply of 

 the United States." This comprehensive list is 

 included because a number of these reports have 

 tended to be forgotten with the passage of time. 



1909 (1909)^ Kellogg, R. S. The Timber Supply of the 

 United States. U. S. Dept. Agr. Forest Serv. Cir. 166. 

 24 pp., illus. 

 1911 (1911) U. S. Dept. Commerce and Labor, Bur. 

 Corps. Summary of Report of the Commissioner of 

 Corporations on the Lumber Industry, Pt. 1, Standing 

 Timber. 38 pp., illus. [The "Bureau of Corporations 

 Report."] 



Part I, Standing Timber (including summary]. 301 

 pp., illus. (1913.) 



Part II, Concentration of Timber Ownership in Im- 

 portant Selected Regions. (1914.) 



Part III, Land Holdings of Large Timber Owners [with 

 ownership maps]. 264 pp., illus. (1914.) 

 1920 (1920) U. S. Dept. Agr., Forest Service. Timber 

 Depletion, Lumber Prices, Lumber Exports, and Concen- 

 tration of Timber Ownership. Rpt. on Sen. Res. 311, 

 66th Cong., 2d sess. 71 pp., illus. [The "Capper 

 Report."] 



1923 (1920) Greelev, W. B., Clapp, E. H., et al. Timber: 

 Mine or Crop? Xl . S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook 1922: 

 83-180, illus. 



1924 (1922) Clapp, Earle H., and Boyce, Charles W. 

 How the United States Can Meet Its Present and Future 



* Dates in parentheses are years to which data are 

 applicable. 



Pulpwood Requirements. U. S. Dept. Agr. Dept. Bui. 

 1241, 100 pp., illus. [The "Clapp-Boyce Report."] 



1932 (1930) U. S. Dept. Agr., Forest Service. The 

 Forest Situation in the United Stales {A Special Report 

 to the Timber Conservation Board). 46 pp., illus. 

 [Processed.] 



1933 (1930) U. S. Dept. Agr., Forest Service. A National 

 Plan for American Forestry. Sen. Doc. 12, 73d Cong., 

 1st sess. 2v., 1,677 pp., illus. [The "Copeland Re- 

 port."] 



1934 (1930) National Resources Board Report. Forest 

 Land Requirements and Available Resources. Pp. 135— 

 143, illus. Forest Land Problems and Policies. Pp. 207- 

 216, illus. 



1935 (1930) U. S. Dept. Agr., Forest Service. Forest 

 Land Resources, Requirements, Problems, and Policy. 

 Pt. VIII, Supplementary Report of the Land Planning 

 Committee to the National Resources Board, 114 pp., 

 illus. 



1935 (1930) Curran, C. E., and Behre, C. E. National 

 Pulp and Paper Requirements in Relation to Forest Con- 

 servation. Sen. Doc. 115, 74th Cong., 1st sess. 74 pp., 

 illus. [The "Hale Report."] 



1939 (1938) U. S. Dept. Agr., Forest Service. A National 

 Forest Economy: One Means to Social and Economic 

 Rehabilitation. 296 pp., illus. [Processed.] 



1940 (1938) Marsh, R. E., and Cibbons, W. H. Forest 

 Resoxirce Conservation. U. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook 

 1940: 458-488, illus. 



1941 (1938) U. S. Cong. Joint Committee on Forestry. 

 Forest Lands of the United States. Sen. Doc. 32, 77th 

 Cong., 1st sess. 44 pp., illus. [The "J. C. Report."] 



1948 (1945) U. S. Forest Service. Forests and National 

 Prosperity. U. S. Dept. Agr. Misc. Pub. 668, 99 pp., 

 illus. [The "Reappraisal Report."] 



Report 1. Gaging the Timber Resource. 62 pp., illus. 

 1946; rev. 1947. [Processed.] 



Report 2. Potential Requirements for Timber Products. 

 70 pp., illus. 1946; rev. 1947. [Processed.] 



Report 3. The Management Status of Forest Lands. 

 29 pp., illus. 1946; rev. 1947. [Processed.] 



Report 4. Wood Waste. 45 pp., illus. 1947. [Proc- 

 essed.] 



Report 5. Protection Against Forest Insects and 

 Diseases. 39 pp., illus. 1947; rev. 1948. [Processed.] 



Report 6. Forest Cooperatives. 18 pp. 1947. [Proc- 

 essed.] 

 1952 (1945) President's IMaterials Policy Commission. 

 Making the Most of Timber Resources. In Resources 

 for Freedom, v. I, pp. 36-45. 

 1952(1945) U.S. Dept. Agr., Forest Service Domestic Tim- 

 ber Resources. Rpt. 5 in v. V, Resources for Freedom, 

 President's Materials Policy Commission. 



Only a few of the above-listed reports were 

 based upon new field data — the others were based 

 largely upon reanalysis, restatement, and re- 

 emphasis of data previously published. The four 

 reports which are most noteworthy from the stand- 

 point of incorporating new data and thus being 

 milestones in appraising our timber supply are the 

 so-called "Capper Report" for 1920, "Copeland 

 Report" for 1930, the report on "Resource Con- 

 servation" for 1938, and the "Reappraisal Report" 

 for 1945. The Timber Resource Review falls in 

 that category and incorporates the first new timber 

 resource information reported by the Federal 

 Government since the 1945 Reappraisal. The 

 Forest Service considers the periodic preparation 

 of these overall national appraisals as part of its 

 regular work and continuing responsibility. 



