cal government revenues are up, by nearly $9 billion by 
2030. 
Forage production on timberland is about 15 percent 
above the base levels in both regions over the projection 
period. Turkey populations in the South Central region and 
trout numbers in the Southeast are up about 5 percent and 
10 percent, respectively. Deer populations are also higher 
in the Southeast. The number of counties with red-cockaded 
woodpecker colonies, on the other hand, is down in both 
regions and particularly so in the South Central region, a re- 
sponse to the increased loss of area in natural pine. 
Water yields in the early part of the projection are above 
the base but fall below in the latter part of the period. 
All Economic Opportunities on Private Lands 
The two preceding simulations describe the impacts of 
implementing the economic opportunities to plant pine on 
Billion cubic feet 
175 
150 
Economic opportunities 
on private timberland, 
cropland and pasture 
125 
100 
75 
50 
1990 2000 
marginal cropland and pasture and to increase timber sup- 
plies on private timberlands (excepting intermediate stand 
treatments and those not involving area change). In this 
simulation, both types of opportunities are combined. It 
seems reasonable to expect that policies and programs will 
be developed in the future that will lead at least in part to 
the utilization of both types of opportunities. 
As might be expected, this simulation shows the largest 
impacts on the softwood timber resource and the associated 
parts of the economy of all the futures tested. For example, 
by 2030, the softwood inventory in the South is nearly 
doubled, going up from the base level of 89 billion cubic 
feet to 168 billion (fig. 4.16, app. tables 4.1 and 4.2). This 
rise reflects an increase in net annual growth, which goes 
up by a third over the base by 2030—from 6.7 to 8.9 bil- 
lion cubic feet. All of the increases in net annual growth are 
on the other private ownerships. There is a small drop in 
growth on the forest industry ownerships. 
2010 2020 2030 
Figure 4.16—Projections of softwood inventories on private ownerships in the South, with and without utilizing the economic 
opportunities on private timberland, cropland and pasture 
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