No surplus either . . . 



CUT 



LEFT 



The Best Trees, Most Heavily Cut 



For the most part, we are cutting the larger, 

 better quality trees. The smaller, poor-value 

 trees being left are less desirable and less use- 

 ful. While there is no timber famine in the 

 offing, some shortages can be expected espe- 

 cially of softwood sawtimber, the kind we use 

 most in America. This heavy reliance upon 

 softwood sawtimber is expected to continue. 



Just So Much Land 



Until recently, it was thought that the United 

 States had enough forest land to grow all the 

 timber crops the Nation needed, if the land were 

 effectively used. This is no longer a certainty. 

 Increasing population, expanding industry and 

 agriculture, enlarging communities, more and 

 more highway, power, and reservoir develop- 

 ments are reducing the area of commercial 

 forest land. The long-time downward trend in 

 the Nation's forest acreage is Hkely to continue. 

 Further significant reductions may adversely 

 affect future timber supplies. 



Commercia 

 Forest 



Cropland 



Noncommercial 

 Forest 



Other 



Pasture 

 and Range 



Our Own Timber, Our Main Reliance 



We produce about 90 percent of the timber 

 products we use. The remainder is imported 

 chiefly from Canada in the form of softwood 

 products such as pulpwood, woodpulp, and 

 paper; and we are importing some high-quality 

 hardwoods from Central and South America. 

 Canada might increase her exports but hardly 

 enough to satisfy our expected increased de- 

 mands. Other Free World countries have little 

 softwood timber to spare. And we cannot look 

 in the foreseeable future to the Soviet Bloc for 

 timber products. Our main reliance must still 

 be on our own timber resources. Will they stand 

 up to the demands of the future? 



