CONTENTS 



[A more detailed list of the contents of this book appears as an Index of Headings, page 705.1 



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A Summary of the Timber Resource Review vii 



Introduction 1 



A favorable national setting 7 



Demand for wood is increasing 12 



United States in relation to world timber resources _ 22 

 Present timber situation and implications for the 



future 26 



Timber supply outlook 88 



Twenty-two highlights 102 



Forest land and timber 11 1 



Forest land 113 



Timber volume 127 



Growth and utilization 143 



Annual timber growth and mortality 145 



Timber products output and timber cut 153 



Comparison of growth and cut 161 



Logging and plant residues 169 



Trends in utilization 176 



Conclusion 179 



Forest protection 183 



Introduction 185 



The growth impact of forest damage occurring in 



1952 187 



Status of protection from fire 189 



Status of protection from diseases 203 



Status of protection from insects 209 



The impact of animal damage on timber growth_ 214 



Weather effects destructive to timber 215 



Catastrophic timber destruction since 1900 216 



The outlook for reducing timber losses 218 



Productivity of recently cut lands 221 



Introduction 223 



Concepts and procedures 226 



Major national contrasts 237 



Productivity of recently cut lands varies by sec- 

 tion, region, ownership class, and other factors. 241 



Conditions responsible for low productivity 251 



Intensified survey on west coast 263 



Summary 267 



Forest tree planting 27 1 



Introduction 273 



Objectives and procedures of the planting ap- 

 praisal 273 



Status of planting on commercial forest land 274 



Planting noncommercial forest land and shelter- 

 belts 284 



Planting highlights 286 



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Ownership of forest land and timber 287 



Introduction 289 



The influence of public land policies 289 



The present pattern of commercial forest land 



ownership 291 



Forest industry ownerships 299 



Farm and other private ownerships 305 



Federal ownerships 314 



State and local public ownerships 319 



Key problems of ownership 321 



Timber resources of North America and the world. 323 



Introduction 325 



Interior Alaska's timber situation 325 



Canada's timber situation 331 



Mexico's timber situation 340 



The world timber situation 344 



Future demand for timber 353 



Introduction 357 



Anticipated growth of the Nation's economy by 



1975 and 2000 357 



Timber products in the Nation's economy 366 



The basic assumptions 369 



Future demand for lumber 374 



Future demand for pulpwood 422 



Future demand for veneer logs and bolts 441 



Future demand for minor industrial-wood prod- 

 ucts 448 



Future demand for fuelwood 451 



United States international trade in timber prod- 

 ucts 452 



Summary of projected demands for timber prod- 

 ucts and estimates of the timber cut required 



to meet them 463 



Timber supply outlook 473 



Introduction 475 



Growth capacity much higher than current 



growth 476 



Timber growth and inventory needed to sustain 



projected demands 477 



Growth and inventory expected if projected de- 

 mands are met and forestry trends continue. _ 485 



The timber outlook 495 



Appendix 497 



Basic statistics 499 



Definitions 627 



Converting factors 639 



Adequacy of data 647 



Criteria for rating productivitj' 669 



Index of headings .. 705 



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