m-DEX OF HEADINGS 



709 



Ownership of Forest Land and Timber 



Page 



Introduction 289 



The influence of public land policies 289 



Origin of the public domain 289 



Lands transferred to private and State ownership, 289 



Public domain reserved for national values 290 



Large areas of vacant public domain remain 290 



Some land reacquired by Federal Government _ _ 290 



State and local public land policies vary 290 



The present pattern of commercial forest land 



ownership 291 



Nearly three-fourths of forest land is privately 



owned 291 



Private lands chiefly in small holdings 292 



Small holdings concentrated in East 293 



Farm holdings largest class of ownership 293 



Most private lands support young-growth stands. 294 

 Sawtimber about equally distributed between 



private and public ownerships 297 



Over half the softwood sawtimber on public 



lands 299 



Problems relate to both type and size of owner- 

 ship 299 



Forest industry ownerships 299 



Holdings of lumber manufacturers predominate. 299 



Industrial lands chiefly in large and medium- 

 sized holdings 299 



Industrial holdings concentrated in the South 299 



Area of industrial holdings shows moderate in- 

 crease 30 1 



Productivity of forest industry holdings relatively 



high 301 



Management programs adopted by forest indus- 

 try 303 



Several factors favor industrial forestry 304 



Farm and other private ownerships 305 



Farm and other private ownerships include three- 

 fifths of commercial forest land 305 



Page 

 Farm and other private ownerships — Continued 



Farm and other private holdings mostly small.. 305 



Holdings of less than 100 acres predominate.. 307 

 Half the farm and "other" private ownerships 



include 6 percent of commercial forest land. 309 

 Farm forests support relatively low timber 



volumes 309 



Private ownerships are heterogeneous 310 



Other private ownerships represent many 



occupations 31 1 



Occupations of most private owners not con- 

 nected with forestry 311 



Length of tenure of forest land varies widely.. 311 

 Farmers mostly resident owners: many other 



owners absentee 311 



Individual ownerships predominate 311 



Productivity of farm and "other" private forests 



relatively low 312 



Forestry efforts by farm and "other" private 



owners limited 312 



Various reasons given for poor management 313 



Farm and "other" private forests of major 



importance 314 



Federal ownerships 314 



National forests established largely from public 



domain 314 



National-forest management for multiple use 315 



National forests include 37 percent of sawtimber 



volume 316 



National forests of major importance in West 317 



Management of national forests becoming more 



intensive 317 



Adjustments in national-forest areas 318 



Other Federal lands contribute to timber supply. 318 



Management of Federal lands relatively good 318 



State and local public ownerships 319 



Present timber volumes relatively low 319 



Management and protection efforts increasing 320 



State and other public holdings important locally. 320 



Key problems of ownership 321 



I 



Timber Resources of North America and the World 



Page 



Introduction 325 



Interior Alaska's timber situation 325 



Forests cover more than one-third of Interior 



Alaska 325 



Forty million acres of commercial forest land. 327 



The forests are chiefly white spruce and birch. 327 

 Timber volume is substantial and net growth is 



good in spite of fire 329 



Thirty-two billion cubic feet await use 329 



Net growth could be much greater 329 



Mortality losses are high 329 



Page 

 Interior Alaska's timber situation — Continued 



Protection is difficult in a frontier country 329 



Accent must be on fire protection 330 



Three-fourths of the fires are caused by man.. 330 



Education is needed 330 



The forest economy is in a pioneer stage 330 



Canada's timber situation 33 1 



Forests cover more than two-fifths of Canada 331 



Most forests are publicly owned 333 



Timber volume is chiefly softwood 334 



Information on timber growth and mortality is 



generally lacking 335 



