FOREST LAND AND TIMBER 



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Table 81. 



-Net volume of live sawtimber and grovnng stock on commercial forest land in the United States 

 and Coastal Alaska, by ownership class and section, January 1, 1958 



LIVE SAWTIMBER 



i 



Ownership class 



United 

 States 



and 

 Coastal 

 Alaska 



Coastal 

 Alaska 



United 

 States 



North 



South 



West 



Private : 



Farm 



Forest industry and other 



Billion 

 bd.-ft. 

 308 



772 



Billion 

 bd.-ft. 



------- 



Billion 



bd.-ft. 

 308 

 772 



Billion 

 bd.-ft. 

 102 

 132 



Billion 

 bd.-ft. 

 144 

 178 



Billion 

 bd.-ft. 



62 

 462 







Total - _ _ _- ______ 



1, 080 



(') 



1,080 



234 



322 



524 







Public: 



National forest - _ _ _ . 



766 



135 



76 



83 

 6 



683 



129 



76 



13 



4 



15 



23 



8 

 4 



647 



Other Federal 



117 



State and local . . . . . _ 



57 







Total 



977 



89 



888 



32 



35 



821 



Total, all ownerships 



2, 057 



89 



1, 968 



266 



357 



1,345 



I 





GROVi^ING 



STOCK 











Private: 



Farm 



Forest industry and other _ _ . _ 



Billion 



cu. ft. 

 103 

 201 



Billion 

 cu. ft. 



Billion 

 cu. ft. 

 103 

 201 



Billion 



cu. ft. 

 39 

 55 



Billion 



cu. ft. 

 50 

 54 



Billion 



cu. ft. 



14 

 92 







Total 



304 



0) 



304 



94 



104 



106 



Public: 



National forest 



163 

 28 

 22 



17 

 2 



146 

 26 

 22 



6 

 2 

 9 



7 

 2 

 I 



133 



Other Federal 



22 



State and local 



12 







Total 



213 



19 



194 



17 



10 



167 







Total, all ownerships - _ _ - 



517 



19 



498 



111 



114 



273 







Less than 0.5 billion. 



Table 82. — Net volume oj live sawtimber on com- 

 mercial jorest land in the United States and Coastal 

 Alaska, by ownership class, January 1, 1953 



Ownership class 



All spe- 

 cies 



Softwood 



Hard- 

 wood 



Private : 

 Farm 



Billion 

 bd.-ft. 

 308 



772 



Billion 

 bd.-ft. 

 140 

 579 



Billion 

 bd.-ft. 

 168 



Forest industry and other. 



193 



Total. 



1,080 



719 



361 







Public: 



National forest _ _ . _ _ 



766 



135 



76 



740 



127 



62 



26 



Other Federal . 



8 



State and local 



14 







Total 



977 



929 



48 







Total, all ownerships 



2,057 



1,648 



409 



Accessibility of Timber 



Historically, the lack of ready access to timber 

 has had an adverse effect on the orderly develop- 

 ment of the timber supply. Early logging often 

 was concentrated along streams v^here water trans- 

 port was feasible. Later, cutting of timber devel- 

 oped along rail lines and more recently along roads. 

 The result has been heavy cutting of the more 

 accessible areas, leaving the more remote timber 

 untouched. 



In the East, with few exceptions, accessibility is 

 no longer a major problem. In the West, and 

 principally on public lands in mountainous areas, 

 there is still a problem of accessibility. In such 

 areas, road construction will be costly. Recently, 

 the cost of constructing main timber access roads 

 has exceeded $50,000 per mile on rough topography 

 in Idaho and Montana. In California, the cost 

 may exceed $100,000 per mile for some areas. 

 Lateral roads require an additional outlay. 



