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Table 142. — Proportion of all commercial Jorest land in the United States! and Coastal Alaskq, on which 

 productivity of recently cut lands fell below the national average, by section and region and by type of 

 ownership, 1953 





All 

 owner- 

 ships 



Public ownerships 



Private ownerships 



Section and region 



All 

 public 



Na- 

 tional 

 forest 



Bureau 

 of Land 

 Manage- 

 ment 



In- 

 dian 



Other 

 Fed- 

 eral 



State 

 and 

 local 



All 

 pri- 

 vate 



Forest 

 indus- 

 tries 



Farm 



Other 

 pri- 

 vate 



North: 



New England^ . 



Per- 

 cent 

 3.0 

 4. 7 

 3.2 

 8.0 

 . 8 



Per- 

 cent 



(') 



(') 



0. 1 



Per- 

 cent 



Percent 



Per- 

 cent 



Per- 

 cent 



(') 



(') 



0. 1 



Per- 

 cent 



Per- 

 cent 

 3.0 

 4.7 

 3. 1 

 8.0 

 . 7 



Per- 

 cent 

 1.7 



Per- 

 cent 

 1.3 



Per- 

 cent 



Middle Atlantic 









4. 7 



Lake States 





C) 





~~~~.2' 



3. 1 

 5.0 



. 7 





Central _ . _ _ 



2. 8 



Plains - - 



. 1 







0. 1 





(') 













Total -. - _-___- _ 



19. 7 



. 2 





(') 



. 1 



. 1 



(') 



19. 5 



1. 9 



10. 1 



7. 5 







South: 



South Atlantic ._ . 



6. 1 

 14.7 



7. 3 















6. 1 

 14.7 



7. 1 





6. 1 

 9.4 

 2.9 





Southeast 















5.3 



West Gulf 



. 2 









. 1 



0. 1 



4. 2 













Total- 



28. 1 



. 2 









. 1 



. 1 



27. 9 





18. 4 



9. 5 













West: 



Pacific Northwest: 



Douglas-fir subregion 



Pine subregion 



.6 

 LO 















. 6 

 . 9 





. 6 

 . 5 





. 1 









(') 



. 1 



. 4 











Total 



1. 6 

 . 1 



2. 2 

 1.0 



. 1 

 . 1 

 . 5 



. 4 









(') 



. 1 



L5 





1. 1 



. 4 



California . . _ 





0. 1 







Northern Rocky Mountain 



Southern Rocky Mountain 



.2 

 .3 





. 3 

 . 1 



1.7 

 . 6 



. 5 



. 8 

 .6 



. 4 

















Total. - - 



4. 9 



1. 1 





. 1 



.5 



(') 



.5 



3.8 



. 5 



2. 5 



. 8 







Coastal Alaska 

















































Total, all regions 



52.7 



1. 5 





. 1 



. 6 



. 2 



.6 



51. 2 



2. 4 



31.0 



17. 8 







1 Less than 0.05 percent. 



Public and Industry Forests 

 Are Strong Areas 



The public lands and the holdings of the forest 

 industries are the major strong areas. Public 

 ownerships with productivity of recently cut 

 lands falling below the national average contain 

 1.5 percent of all commercial forest area (table 

 142), and 6.1 percent of all such area in public 

 ownership (table 143). Industry ownerships with 

 below-average productivity on recently cut lands 

 contain 2.4 percent of all commercial forest area 

 and 18 percent of all such area in industry owner- 

 ship. Thus, weak areas characterize relatively 

 minor pi-oportions of these two types of ownership. 



Among the various types of Federal ownership, 

 there are relatively small areas where productivity 

 ratings fell below the national average. National- 

 forest lands in all regions but one rated above it 

 (table 141). 



439296 0—58 17 



Indian lands in the below-average category com- 

 prise less than 1 percent of all commercial forest 

 area, mainly in the West (table 142). However, 

 they constitute 40 percent of all commercial 

 forests on Indian lands (table 143). This situation 

 is reported to result primarily from heavy grazing 

 by sheep and goats, which has adversely aflfected 

 tree reproduction in the Southern Rocky Mountain 

 Region. 



Although representing only 0.2 percent of all 

 commercial forest, 28 percent of the land in other 

 Federal ownership is also characterized by produc- 

 tivity of recently cut lands falling below the 

 national average. These lands include commer- 

 cial forest on military reservations, game refuges, 

 and in other types of use where production of 

 timber is secondary to the major purposes of ad- 

 ministration. Such lands have this characteristic 

 in common with much of the farm and other 

 private forest land. 



