Table 3.15—Softwood roundwood supplies,' timber removals,” net annual growth, and inventory of softwood growing stock in the South, 
by ownership, selected years 1952-84, with projections? to 2030—Continued 
Million cubic feet 
Year Projections? 
Ownership and item 1952 1962 1970 1976 1984 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 
All ownerships 
Roundwood supplies’ 3,072 2,846 3,524 4,462 5,049 5,405 5,821 6,146 6,567 6,589 
Timber removals” 3,233 2,930 3,686 4,717 5,362 5,691 6,074 6,356 6,737 6,721 
Net annual growth 3,667 4,681 5,586 6,063 5,720 525i. 6,090 6,801 7,104 7,254 
Inventory* 58,247 72,907 86,297 97,981 101,836 96,717 91,512 92,812 96,847 100,935 
' Includes roundwood harvested from growing stock and other sources such as salvable dead trees; rough and rotten trees; and trees on forest 
land other than timberland, in fence rows, and in urban areas. 
* Includes removals in the form of roundwood products, logging residues, the volumes of timber removed incultural operations such as 
noncommercial thinning and inventory losses resulting from the diversion of timberland to other uses such as cropland, pastureland, parks, 
and urban uses. 
3 All projections at equilibrium prices, i.e., the stumpage prices at which projected timber demands and supplies are equal (see appendix 
table 4.1). Data are averages for 5 years centered on the projection year. 
4 Data from 1952 and 1962 are as of December 31. Data for 1970 and all projection years are as of January 1. Data for 1976 and 1984 
are as of January 1, 1977, and January 1, 1985. 
> Includes lands under longterm lease from other private owners.6 Data for these and other 
private ownerships are not available for the years 1952, 1962, and 1970. 
Note: Data may not add to totals because of rounding. 
Softwood supplies from other private land are projected to 
increase less than 4 percent by 2000. Roundwood supplies 
from farmer ownerships decline by 14 percent. Little 
change is projected in the supplies from other individual 
owners, while supplies from other corporate holdings 
increase 58 percent. These projections suggest that forest 
industry lands will provide almost 40 percent of the soft- 
wood supplies from the South by 2000, compared to about 
35 percent currently. Appendix tables 3.21—3.34 show 
historic trends and State allocations of the projections of 
softwood supplies by ownership. 
Historically, natural pine and mixed pine—hardwood stands 
have been the primary sources of softwood timber supplies 
in the South; but here again, the proportion coming from 
these sources has been declining (table 3.16). In 1952, these 
types provided about 95 percent of the softwood supplies. 
Between 1962 and 1984, softwood timber 
harvest (supplies) increased from 2.8 billion 
to 5.0 billion cubic feet, a rise of 75 
percent. The additional harvests were used This proportion has decreased to about 77 percent as more 
to supply the expansion of the pulp and and more of the softwood comes from pine plantations. 
paper products industry, a revitalized lumber Pine plantations now provide 14 percent of the softwood. 
industry, and the establishment and 
Less than 10 percent comes from hardwood types, and a 
expansion of the pine plywood industry. 
significant portion of this is cypress from the bottomland 
hardwood stands (fig. 3.18). 
