Table 3.68-Hardwood roundwood supplies,' timber removals,’ net annual growth, and inventory of hardwood growing stock in Georgia, 
by forest management type, selected years 1952-84, with projections*® to 2030 
Million cubic feet 
Year Projections* 
Forest management 
type and item 1952 1962 1970 1976 1984 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 
Pine plantations 
Roundwood supplies! = = — l | 2 4 5 7 7 
Timber removals” a - — 1 | 2 4 B) zt 6 
Net annual growth —- l 2 3 4 3 4 6 7 7 
Inventory* 3 14 31 44 55 36 41 43 45 54 
Natural pine 
Roundwood supplies! og 43 43 4] 66 98 60 32 24 22 
Timber removals” 77 69 62 66 97 100 60 32 24 21 
Net annual growth WS 61 65 71 71 65 39 25 23 21 
Inventory* 1,344 1,232 1,316 1,322 1,269 751 519 347 264 235 
Mixed pine—hardwoods 
Roundwood supplies’ 1 l 6 36 55 123 62 39 48 50 
Timber removals” 1 l 9 56 81 125 63 40 48 49 
Net annual growth 32 48 62 69 66 58 57 57 55 Sil 
Inventory* 670 1,114 1,438 1,495 1,378 885 738 775 882 919 
Upland hardwoods 
Roundwood supplies! 46 69 38 32 30 86 173 197 235 230 
Timber removals” 61 114 56 65 71 87 175 198 234 227 
Net annual growth 91 117 154 202 256 234 208 193 192 197 
Inventory* 2,224 3,186 4,250 5,190 6,216 6,560 7,520 7,847 7,511 7,037 
Bottomland hardwoods 
Roundwood supplies’ 99 66 79 46 59 90 162 178 193 188 
Timber removals” 131 110 121 70 65 92 164 178 192 187 
Net annual growth 131 125 125 148 180 182 155 155 162 166 
Inventory* 3,950 4,159 4,213 4,639 5,370 6,280 6,682 6,614 6,324 6,001 
All management types 
Roundwood supplies! 203 179 166 156 211 399 462 452 506 496 
Timber removals” 270 294 248 258 315 407 465 453 505 49] 
Net annual growth 329 352 408 493 STi 541 462 436 438 443 
Inventory* 8,191 9,705 11,248 12,690 14,288 14,511 15,500 15,627 15,025 14,245 
' 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 in cultural operations such as noncommerci2) 
thinning, and inventory losses resulting from the diversion of timberland to other uses such as cropland, pastureland, parks, and urban uses. 
> All projections at equilibrium prices, i.e., the stumpage prices at which projected timber demands and supplies are equal (see appendix table 4.3). 
Data are averages for 5 years centered on the projection year. 
* Data for 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. 
Note: Data may not add to totals because of rounding. 
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