Table 5.2—Opportunities for increasing timber supplies on timberland in the Southeast that will yield 4 percent! or more by ownership, 
forest management type, and treatment opportunity—Continued 
All ownerships 
Forest type 
and treatment 
Forest industry Other private National forest Other public 
Net Net Net Net Net 
Cost annual Cost annual Cost annual Cost annual Cost annual 
of growth of growth of growth of growth of growth 
treat- Incre- treat- incre- treat- incre- treat- incre- treat- incre- 
opportunity Area ment ment Area ment ment Area ment ment Area ment ment Area ment ment 
Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million 
acres dollars cubic ft acres dollars cubic ft acres dollars cubic ft acres dollars cubic ft acres dollars cubic ft 
Pine-hardwood stands 
Regenerate with 2.05 300.0 96.6 0.24 35.6 11.3 1.56 227.6 74.8 0.08 11.9 3164 OF 25.0 6.8 
site preparation? 
Regenerate without 0.02 1.0 14 0.01 06 0.9 ~ 0.01 03 0.4 0.1 0.1 
site preparation? 
Convert stand to 0.21 16.8 10.2 0.02 1.9 1.2 0.18 13.7 8.4 0.01 0.8 0.4 — 0.3 0.2 
preferred species* 
Precommercial thin 0.08 3:5 3.0 0.02 0.7 0.6 0.06 2.6 2.30 — — — = 0.2 0.2 
seedlings and saplings? 
Commercial thin 0.07 2.8 2.8 0.02 0.9 0.9 0.04 1.8 1.8 — — — — 0.1 0.1 
poletimber stands°® 
Stocking control, 1.16 57.0 47.8 0.15 AES 6.1 0.92 45.2 38.6 0.05 2591) 1.9 0.03 1.6 1.2 
clean, or release’ 
Clearcut mature 0.71 67.7 41.2 0.09 8.0 52 0.47 44.7 27.3. 0.09 9:3 5.2. 0.06 5.7) 35 
stands and regenerate® 
Salvage harvest 0.05 5.7 3.0 — 0.3 0.2 0.05 5.1 2.6 — 0.4 0.2 
and regenerate” 
All treatments earning: 
4 percent or more 4.35 454.5 206.0 0.56 55.4 26.2 3.29 341.1 156.3 0.24 25.0 HS O27 33.0 1242: 
less than 4 percent 0.13 0.01 0.09 0.03 — 
Upland hardwood stands 
Regenerate with 4.53 638.1 238.2 0.42 59.6 22.1 3.0m 2222-6 N9OR 10724 31.9 HES OSI 24.3 7.8 
site preparation? 
Regenerate without 0.08 325 4.6 0.03 1.2 1.6 0.05 2.3 3.0 
site preparation? 
Convert stand to 0.70 84.7 37.0 0.10 11.6 5:3 0.59 71.7 31.0 0.01 0.4 0.2 0.01 1.1 0.5 
preferred species* 
Precommercial thin 0.19 8.4 7.4 0.04 17 1.7 0.14 6.0 5.2 0.01 0.5 0.5 oo 0.2 0.1 
seedlings and saplings? 
Commercial thin 0.11 4.9 4.9 _ 0.1 0.1 0.10 4.3 4.4 0.01 0.2 — 0.2 0.2 0.2 
poletimber stands°® 
Stocking control, 2.05 100.0 87.8 0.18 8.9 desl 1.74 84.6 74.8 0.08 4.3 3.4 0.05 yD) 1.9 
clean, or release’ 
Clearcut mature 3.39) | 742773) 18227 10:20 24.9 11.8 2.38 306.8 132.0 0.67 82.3 33.1 0.10 1333 5:8 
stands and regenerate® 
Salvage harvest 0.12 17.5 7:3) 001 1.1 0.4 0.10 14.8 6.3 0.01 13 0.5 — 0.3 0 
and regenerate? 
All treatments earning: 
4 percent or more 11.13 1,284.3 569.9 0.98 109.2. 50.7 8.79 1,012.7 453.2 1.03 121.0 49.4 0.34 41.5 if 
less than 4 percent 0.63 0.04 0.36 0.21 0.02 
475 
