We have the potential , . . 



AMERICA'S 



I I PUBLIC 



WEST 



FOREST INDUSTRIES 



FARM 



OTHER PRIVATE 



In the United States and Coastal Alaska, we have 489 

 million acres of commercial forest land. 



No one actually knows how much timber the Na- 

 tion's forest land can produce. But the land has the 

 potential to grow the amount America will need 40 

 years from now if we apply our full forestry knowl- 

 edge and skills promptly. 



The forest industry holdings and public ownerships 

 (with the largest acreage in the National Forests) 



represent fairly extensive areas of timberland per 

 ownership. Most of the Nation's commercial forest 

 lands, however, are in comparatively small tracts 

 owned by farmers, businessmen, professional peo- 

 ple, housewives, retired folk, and others not asso- 

 ciated with any forest industry. It is these lands in 

 particular, involving AV2 million ownerships (three- 

 fourths of them farm forests), upon which the spot- 

 light of the future must be focused. They will be 

 called upon to supply an ever-increasing amount of 

 the raw materials for industry. 



