Acknowledgments 
This study is the product of a collaborative effort among 
people in Federal and State forestry organizations, forest 
industries, forestry schools, and other major interests 
concerned with the forestry situation in the South. 
An executive group provided guidance on the needs and 
concerns of the interests they represented, served as a 
communicating link with those interests, and made 
arrangements for experts to serve on ad hoc technical review 
groups. Members included: J. Lamar Beasley! (Chairman), 
Leonard A. Kilian, Jr. (South Carolina Forestry 
Commission), Arnett C. Mace, Jr. (School of Forest 
Resources and Conservation, University of Florida), William 
F. Milliken (Milliken Forestry Company, Inc.), Donald F. 
Smith (Boise Cascade Corporation), B. Jack Warren (Forest 
Farmers Association), Thomas H. Ellis (ex officio), and 
Dwight Hair (secretary). The executive group also helped 
resolve differing views about the study and provided advice 
and guidance on all parts of the study and the use of major 
study findings. 
The author of chapter 1, The Economic Importance of 
Forests in the South, was Joan G. McAndrew. Richard A. 
Birdsey, Dennis M. May, William H. McWilliams, 
Herbert A. Knight, Cecil C. Hutchins, Jr., John B. Tansey, 
and Robert T. Brooks, Jr. (Tennessee Valley Authority) 
contributed data on the volume of roundwood timber 
products output. J. Michael Vasievich provided product price 
information for estimating the value of roundwood output. 
Staffs at each of the State forestry agencies in the South 
reviewed the volume and value data and suggested 
adjustments as necessary. The comparisons of timber 
products with other agricultural crops and other 
manufacturing industries updates earlier work by Bennett B. 
Foster. Warren A. Flick (Auburn University) developed the 
multipliers for estimating the impact of forest industry 
employment and wages and salaries on State economies. 
The authors of chapter 2, The Changing Forest Resources 
and Forest Industries in the South, were Dennis M. Roth, 
H. R. Josephson (retired from the Forest Service), and 
Harold K. Steen (Forest History Society). Nearly all of the 
material in this chapter was abstracted from the detailed 
reports on various aspects of the forest history of the South 
listed in the first paragraph of chapter 2. Joan G. 
McAndrew, Karen L. Hanson, David E. Alligood, George 
N. Brooks, Linda Smith, Elinor Martin, David M. Belcher, 
William Thompson, Joan D. Miller, and John B. Tansey 
' Named contributors are employees of the USDA Forest Service unless 
otherwise specified. 
compiled and reviewed data for the supporting tables. 
William C. Siegel, Clifford A. Hickman and Terry K. 
Haines provided supporting material on forest taxation and 
legislation. 
The principal authors of chapter 3, Projected Changes in 
the Timber Resource, were: Robert B. Phelps (basic 
assumptions and projected changes in demand), Ralph J. 
Alig (recent and projected changes in timberland area), and 
Herbert A. Knight and Richard A. Birdsey (recent and 
projected changes in timber resources). The projections of 
demand for timber products and roundwood were prepared 
by Richard W. Haynes. The Timber Assessment Market 
Model, used in making these projections, was developed by 
Darius M. Adams (University of Washington) and Richard 
W. Haynes. The projections of changes in timberland area 
and the Southern Acreage Model used in making these 
projections were developed by Ralph J. Alig. The 
projections of resource changes at the national and regional 
levels were prepared by Richard W. Haynes, Jonna C. 
Kincaid (University of Washington), Darius M. Adams, and 
John R. Mills. The Timber Resource Inventory Model used 
in making these projections was developed by Philip L. 
Tedder and Richard M. LaMont while at Oregon State 
University, and Jonna C. Kincaid. The projections of timber 
resource changes by State and the State Allocation of 
Regional Inventory Model, used in making these projections, 
were developed by Robert C. Abt (University of Florida). 
The comprehensive and detailed timber resource data base 
used in projecting resource changes for chapter 3 was 
managed and compiled by Herbert A. Knight, Richard A. 
Birdsey, Joseph F. Glover, Anne W. Jenkins, Carolyn D. 
Steppleton, Larry A. Royer, and William H. McWilliams. 
The data base for estimating timber yields was compiled 
by Joe P. McClure and Herbert A. Knight. C. Denise 
Ingram, Timothy D. Marty, and Brian C. Murray assembled 
data and assisted in model development for projecting area 
changes. 
The following experts from the forest industries, forestry 
schools, and State and Federal forestry agencies provided 
technical assistance in the development and testing of the. 
models used in projecting resource changes, timberland 
area changes, and timber demands: Robert C. Abt, Edwin 
H. Barron (Texas Forest Service), Robert L. Bailey 
(University of Georgia), David M. Belcher, Robert T. 
Brooks, Jr., Ralph E. Colberg (Mead Corporation), Larry 
G. Davis (Champion International Corporation), Jerry J. 
Green (Buckeye Cellulose), Gerald T. Hamilton (Simpson 
Timber Company), Steve L. Harp (Georgia Kraft 
Company), Walter Jarck (Georgia Pacific Corporation), 
