Table 2.24—National forest expenditures for regeneration and stand improvement! and acres treated on national forests in the South, by 
region, 1934~-85—Continued 
South Southeast South Central 
Expenditures Acres treated Expenditures Acres treated Expenditures Acres treated 
Current 1982 Regen- Stand Current 1982 Regen- Stand Current 1982 Regen- Stand 
Year? dollars dollars? eration improvement dollars dollars? eration improvement dollars dollars? eration improvement 
Thousand s——HYY___—_!__TTY___—_— 
1965 5,868 20,883 50 176 1,305 4,644 20 31 4,563 16,238 29 145 
1966 5,839 19,861 49 139 1,587 5,398 21 30 4,252 14,463 28 109 
1967 6,713 22,010 62 111 2,185 7,164 24 28 4,528 14,846 39 83 
1968 6,285 19,458 69 78 2,014 6,235 28 18 4,271 13,223 41 60 
1969 6,533 19,328 85 60 2,197 6,500 31 12 4,336 12,828 55 48 
1970 7,523 20,443 80 46 2,643 7,182 31 10 4,880 13,261 49 37 
197] 9,525 23,932 98 45 3,479 8,741 39 12 6,046 15,191 59 32 
1972 13,714 29,303 110 66 5,148 11,000 42 27 8,566 18,303 68 39 
1973 14,522 29,697 97 51 5,736 11,731 40 17 8,786 17,967 57 34 
1974 16,586 31,118 100 49 6,854 12,859 42 19 957327 18,259 57 31 
1975 16,005 26,411 98 56 5,919 9,767 40 23 10,086 16,644 58 32 
1976 26,046 40,507 99 66 10,264 15,963 35 29 15,782 24,544 64 37 
1977 16,463 23,825 77 53 6,033 8,731 32, 23 10,430 15,094 45 30 
1978 19,032 26,287 72 111 6,370 8,798 29 36 12,662 17,489 44 75 
1979 18,815 24,122 79 96 6,921 8,873 30 29 11,894 15,249 49 67 
1980 20,027 23,179 72 77 7,576 8,769 27 21 12,451 14,411 45 56 
1981 23,381 24,794 88 83 7,952 8,433 27 22 15,429 16,362 61 61 
1982 22,976 22,976 82 75 7,821 7,821 31 23 155155 15,155 51 52 
1983 28,122 27,761 V7 93 10,036 9,907 30 23 18,086 17,854 47 69 
1984 26.920 25.614 87 88 8,531 8,117 35 19 18,389 17,497 52 69 
1985 28,240 26,172 91 91 8,933 8,279 40 23 19,307 17,893 51 68 
' Regeneration includes planting, direct seeding, and natural regeneration; stand improvement includes intermediate stand treatments to increase timber growth 
or enhance timber quality. Prescribed burning to control understory species is not included for 1962-77. 
? Fiscal year. 
* Current dollars converted to 1982 dollars by dividing the expenditures in current dollars by the implicit price deflators of gross national product for total 
Federal Government purchases of goods and services through 1972 and for nondefense Federal Government purchases of goods and services for 1973-85, 
as reported by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis. 
* Data not available. 
° Less than 500 acres. 
° None reported. 
Note: Data may not add to totals because of rounding. 
