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between this and earlier parts of this summary 

 section. This is beheved justified in order to 

 highlight in one place and in summary form the 

 outstanding characteristics and significance of the 

 iovT major ownership groups: forest industry, 

 farm, "other" private, and public. Many of these 

 characteristics are compared in table 52 and 

 figure 40. 



Forest Industry Ownerships 



Few in Number and Small in Total Area 



There are about 23 thousand forest industry 

 ownerships in the United States, or less than one 

 percent of the total number of private forest land 

 ownerships. In numbers, this group is the smallest 



of the major ownership groups. About 21 

 thousand of these owners are engaged in the manu- 

 facture of lumber. This estimate should not be 

 confused with the 60 thousand or so sawmills in 

 the United States. Many sawmUl operators do 

 not own forest land, but purchase their timber or 

 logs on the open market. 



Commercial forest land owned by the forest 

 industries represents 13 percent of the national 

 total. It is a little more than a third as much 

 forest land as owned by farmers, and about half 

 as much as owned by "other" private ownerships 

 or by the public agencies. Lumber manufacturers 

 own 7 percent of all commercial forest land, and 

 pulp manufacturers 5 percent. 



Although the total forest land held by forest 



y. 



FOREST 

 INDUSTRIES 



no. of ownerships % of ownerships % of all commerical area 



0.5% 



~^ 13% 



FARM 



75% 



34% 



OTHER 



24.5% 



26% 



TOTAL 



100% 



73% 



Figure 40 



includes Coastal Alaska 



