Table 2.15—Activities of State forestry agencies in the South, by region and State, fiscal year 1985 
North South 
Activity Unit of measure South Southeast Virginia Carolina Carolina Georgia Florida 
| State-employed professional Number of full-time 
_ service foresters equivalent positions 481 D2 68 35 30 81 58 
_ State expenditures for coop- 
| erative forest management Thousand dollars 24,141 12,141 4,223 2,762 1,642 2,062 1,452 
| State nursery production 
Total production Thousand seedlings 595,428 360,822 68,444 44,067 53,932 122,179 72,200 
Genetically improved 
seedlings Percent of total 63 71 22 51 85 98 75 
| Fire protection 
State expenditures Thousand dollars 104,659 62,221 5,348 13,563 6,943 18,822 17,545 
Acres protected Thousand acres 230,112 104,471 18,519 19,540 12,031 27,279 = =27,102 
| Timberland burned Thousand acres 880 555 12 100 105 71 267 
| Regeneration on non- 
_ industrial private lands 
Federal cost-shares Thousand dollars 9,890 5,653 632 614 1,160 1,805 1,442 
Acres 217,072 118,921 16,374 16,791 20,729 29,340 35,687 
Non-Federal cost-shares Thousand dollars 6,749 3,913 805 2,600 448 0 60 
Acres 138,230 74,151 22,569 39,488 7,355 0 4,739 
Timber stand improvement 
on nonindustrial private 
lands 
Federal cost-shares Thousand dollars 238 86 36 19 13 3 16 
Acres 13,880 6,356 1,582 763 1,923 127 1,961 
Non-Federal cost-shares Thousand dollars 508 443 409 23 11 0 0 
Acres 24,039 21,120 19,671 1,110 339 0 0 
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