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and 64 percent of all forest land in this type of 

 ownership. 



In summary, the weak areas made up of both 

 farm and other private ownerships comprise 49 

 percent of all commercial forest land (table 142), 



with 44 percent, or the bulk of such below-average 

 lands concentrated in six eastern regions. It is 

 here that the greatest opportunity lies for increas- 

 ing the national level of growth through improved 

 productivity on recently cut lands. 



Table 141. — Type of ownership by proportion of operating area in the upper productivity class and by region, United States 



and Coastal Alaska, 1953 ' 



Proportion of operating 



Public ownerships 



area in upper class 



National Forest 



Bureau of Land 

 Management 



Indian 



other Federal 



State and local 



Above national average 



New England 



West Gulf 



Lake States 



South Atlantic 





New England 



(over 70 percent) 



Middle Atlantic 



Pacific Northwest 



South Atlantic 



Southeast 





Middle Atlantic 





Lake States 



Coastal Alaska 



Pacific Northwest 



Douglas-fir subregion, 



Lake States 





Central 





California 



Pacific Northwest 



Central 





Plains 







Southern Rocky Moun- 



South Atlantic 





South Atlantic 







tain 





Douglas-fir subregion. 





Southeast 











Pacific Northwest 





West Gulf 











California 





Pacific Northwest 















California 















Southern Rocky Moun- 















tain 















Coastal Alaska 













Approximating the na- 

 tional average (60-70 



Northern Rocky Moun- 



Northern Rocky Moun- 





Central 





Southeast 



tain 



tain 











percent) 





Southern Rocky Moun- 

 tain 











Below national average 





Lake States 



Plains 



New England 





Plains 



(below 60 percent) 





California . 



Northern Rocky Moun- 

 tain 

 Southern Rocky Moun- 



Middle Atlantic 

 Lake States 

 West Gulf 





West Gulf 



Pine subregion, Pacific 

 Northwest 









tain 



Pine subregion, Pacific 



Northern Rocky Moun- 











Northwest 





tain 

 Southern Rocky Moun- 

 tain 



Proportion of operating 



Private ownerships 



area in upper class 



Farm 



Pulp manufacturing ' 



All forest industries 2 



Other private 



Above national average 





Middle Atlantic 



Middle Atlantic 



New England 



(over 70 percent) 







Lake States 

 South Atlantic 

 Southeast 

 West Gulf 

 Pacific Northwest 

 California 



Lake States 



South Atlantic 



Southeast 



Pacific Northwest 



California 



Southern Rocky Mountain 



California 



-Approximating the na- 



Middle Atlantic 







West Gulf 



Lake States 



tional average (60-70 per- 



California 









Douglas-fir subregion, Pacific 



cent) 











Northwest 

 Southern Rocky Mountain 

 South Atlantic 



Below national average 



New England 





New England 



New England 



Middle Atlantic 



(below 60 percent) 



Lake States 







Central 



Central 





Central 







Northern Rocky Mountain 



Southeast 





Plains 









West Gulf 





South Atlantic 









Pine subregion, Pacific North- 





Southeast 









west 





West Gulf 









Northern Rocky Mountain 





Northern Rocky Moui 



itain 











Southern Rocky Mour 



itain 











Pacific Northwest 











' Based on tables 71 and 1?,, appendix section Basic .Statistics. 

 ^ Lumber and other forest industries not shown separately because sam- 

 pling was inadequate for valid comparisons by regions for those industries 



which have substantial proportions of total ownership in small and medium 

 size classes. 



