FOREST PROTECTION 



193 



INSECTS 



DISEASES 



GROWTH LOSS 



31.1 Billion bd.-ft. 



FIRE 



MORTALITY 



12.7 bil. bd.-ft. 



I WEATHER 



OTHER 



total annual growth impact of sawtlmber 

 43.8 million board-feet 



16 14 12 10 8 



includes Coastal Alaska 



Figure 72 



in the Central States (table 120). This burn was 

 predominantly on commercial forest land. The 

 area of private land burned in 1952 in the South 

 was 5.2 percent of all privately owned forest land 

 needing protection in that section. This is in 

 contrast to the 3.3 percent for all private land 

 nationwide and 2.2 percent of all land needing 

 protection. 



Altiiough forest industry owners, countrywide, 

 are doing an effective job in protecting their hold- 

 ings from fire, such ownerships comprise orJy 13 

 percent of the total commercial area. An increas- 

 ing number of other private forest owners all over 

 the country are also aiding State foresters in 

 providing statewide protection, and in many 

 instances are supplementing State protection. 



