Table 5.3—Opportunities for increasing timber supplies on timberland in the South Central region that will yield 4 percent! or more by ownership, 
forest management type, and treatment opportunity 
All ownerships Forest industry Other private National forest Other public 
Net Net Net Net Net 
Cost annual Cost annual Cost annual annual annual 
Forest type of growth of growth of growth growth growth 
and treatment treat- incre- treat- incre- treat- incre- incre- incre- 
opportunity Area ment ment Area ment ment Area ment ment Area ment Area ment 
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 cubic ft acres cubic ft 
All forest types 
Regenerate with 15.60 2,337.4 788.8 2.55 364.5 140.9 11.87 1,790.1 593.5 0.60 2847 OST. 25.8 
site preparation” 
Regenerate without 0.86 30.0 39.0 0.24 8.9 12.1 0.57 20.0 25). *O201 0.3 0.05 1.5 
site preparation® 
Convert stand to 0.86 81.4 40.4 0.15 13.3 isd, 0.64 62.6 30.5 0.04 2.0 0.02 0.8 
preferred species* 
Precommercial thin 0.37 17.4 15.5 0.28 127 SES 0.09 4.1 3.6 0.01 0.5 
seedlings and saplings” 
Commercial thin Dea 127-9! W823 70.82 37-5. #351 1.70 78.4 73:2 ‘0°20 7.9 0.04 2.0 
poletimber stands°® 
Stocking control, 8.34 394.9 341.9 1.78 83.8 74.2 5.98 282.6 245.6 0.39 15.3 0.20 6.8 
clean, or release’ 
Clearcut mature 5.42 56346: " 33052) 91b47 151.0 89.7 3.04 312:6 18392) 20877 49.3 0.14 8.0 
stands and regenerate® 
Salvage harvest 2.30 269.4 107.6 0.40 41.4 18.4 1.68 204.8 79.8 0.06 3.4 0.16 6.0 
and regenerate” 
All treatments earning: 
4 percent or more 36.54 3,821.9 1,781.8 7.69 713.1 388.8 25.57 2,755.2 1,234.6 2.09 107.6 1.18 50.8 
less than 4 percent 8.18 1.47 5.96 0.27 0.48 
Nonstocked land 
Regenerate with 0.03 1.7 1.2 0.01 0.4 0.3 0.02 1.4 0.9 
site preparation? 
Regenerate without 0.07 3.3 3.6 0.04 1.9 2.3 0.03 1.4 1.4 _ 
site preparation® 
Convert stand to 
preferred species* 
Precommercial thin 
seedlings and saplings” 
Commercial thin = 
poletimber stands°® 
Stocking control, 
clean, or release’ 
Clearcut mature — — 
stands and regenerate® 
Salvage harvest — — —— — — 
and regenerate” 
All treatments earning: 
4 percent or more 0.09 5.0 4.9 0.04 DED 2.6 0.05 2.8 23 
less than 4 percent 0.01 — 0.01 = == 
477 
