A SUMMARY OF THE TIMBER RESOURCE REVIEW 



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and "other" private ownerships — which make up 

 60 percent of all commercial forest land — was less 

 that 70 percent of what is reasonably attainable. 



Forest Industry and Public Ownerships in 

 Much Better Condition 



Forest industry averaged 77 percent of its oper- 

 ating area in the upper productivity class, and 

 pubUc ownerships averaged 80 percent in that 

 class (table 47). Condition of pulp industry 

 lands with 84 percent in the upper class appeared 

 significantly better than the lumber industry with 

 73 percent in that class. The lumber industry 

 had 6 percent of its operating area in the lower 

 class as against only 1 percent for the pulp in- 

 dustry. The results for the pulp industry were 

 more favorable than for any other major owner- 

 ship group, with the single exception of the munic- 

 ipal and local public ownerships, which are small 

 in area. All of the various public ownership 

 groups have a large proportion of their operating 

 areas in the upper productivity class. 



Small Private Ownerships in Poorer Condition 

 Than Medium and Large Holdings 



Regardless of the kind of private ownership, 

 there appears to be a distinct difference in pro- 

 ductivity of recently cut areas, depending on 

 whether the ownership is small (under 5,000 

 acres) or larger than 5,000 acres. There is also 

 a difference between the medium ownerships 

 (5,000-50,000 acres) and the large ownerships 

 (over 50,000 acres), although these differences 

 are not so pronounced (table 48). 



For the large private ownerships of all types, 

 nearly 80 percent of the recently cut lands qualify 

 in the upper productivity class; this percent drops 

 to 64 for the medium ownerships and to 40 for 

 ownerships of less than 5,000 acres (fig. 37). The 

 few large farm ownerships average about tlie 

 same as the large forest industry ownerships, and 

 the "other" private ownerships of large size also 

 rank fairly well. In contrast, small forest industrj'^ 

 ownership qualifies 48 percent in the upper class, 

 and small farm and "other" private ownerships 

 40 and 41 percent. 



Table 47 . — Productivity ' oj recently cut commercial jorest i 



land, by type 



of ovmership and section 



, 195S 





All sections 





North 







South 





West and Coastal 

























Alaska 





Ownership 





























Up- 



Me- 



Lower 



Up- 



Me- 



Lower 



Up- 



Me- 



Lower 



Up- 



Me- 



Lower 





per 



dium 





per 



dium 





per 



dium 





per 



dium 







Per- 



Per- 



Per- 



Per- 



Per- 



Per- 



Per- 



Per- 



Per- 



Per- 



Per- 



Per- 



Private: 



cent 



cent 



cent 



cent 



cent 



cent 



cent 



cent 



cent 



cent 



cent 



cent 



Farm 



41 



37 



22 



52 



35 



13 



34 



38 



28 



46 



42 



12 



Forest industry: 



























Lumber manufacturing 



73 



21 



6 



68 



24 



8 



69 



23 



8 



78 



19 



3 



Pulp manufacturing 



84 



15 



1 



66 



33 



1 



96 



4 



C^) 



94 



1 



5 



Other wood manufacturing. 



73 



23 



4 



53 



38 



9 



78 



22 



{'} 



73 



9 



18 



All forest industry 



77 



19 



4 



66 



31 



3 



81 



15 



4 



80 



16 



4 



Other private 



52 



28 



20 



59 



27 



14 



44 



30 



26 



62 



27 



11 



All private 



56 



29 



15 



58 



31 



11 



51 



29 



20 



68 



25 



7 



Public: 



























National forest 



81 

 80 



16 

 15 



3 

 5 



84 



16 

 100 



{') 



89 

 100 



10 



1 



79 

 83 



17 

 12 



4 



Bureau of Land Management- 



5 



Indian _ _ . 



74 



25 



1 



94 



4 



2 



100 







70 



29 



1 



Other Federal- - 



80 

 77 



16 



18 



4 

 5 



56 

 83 



31 



13 



83 



14 



3 



85 



15 





State 





County 



76 



24 





16 



1 



70 



23 



7 



58 



28 



14 



Municipal and local 



93 



6 



i 



J 























All public 



80 



17 



3 



83 



16 



1 



86 



12 



2 



78 



18 



4 



All ownerships 



65 



24 



11 



67 



26 



7 



55 



27 



18 



75 



20 



5 



' Expressed in percent of operating area in each productivity class. ^ Less than 0.5. 



