Timber for the future 



A Medium Projection 



Wood is now holding its own in the market place. If it 

 maintains its present relative place in the economy (the 

 amount used per person remains about the same as it is 

 today and prices rise no faster than the prices of com- 

 peting materials) the demand for wood may reach 22.4 

 billion cubic feet by 2000, providing the population is 275 

 million by then. This demand would be 83 percent 

 greater than present consumption. 



An Upper Projection 



If our population should increase to 360 million by 2000, 

 the demand for wood might be as much as 26.2 billion 

 cubic feet, or more than double present consumption. 



A Lower Projection 



On the other hand, if wood prices rise faster than prices 

 of competing materials and population is no more than 

 275 million by 2000, there will probably be less wood used 

 per person than there is today. Even so, our demand for 

 wood may be 17.9 billion cubic feet or 46 percent greater 

 than the amount being used today. 



12.3 



1952 



22.4 



1952 2000 

 26.2 



12.3 



1952 2000 

 17.9 



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2000 



Timber Supply Outlook 



In the future, America's dependence will still be upon sawtimber size 

 trees — those larger and better quality trees we find most useful today. To 

 maintain per capita consumption and meet medium future demands, it will be 

 necessary to more than double growth of sawtimber from today's 47 billion 

 board-feet to 105 billion board-feet by 2000. 



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