Table 5.5—Opportunities for increasing timber supplies in the Southeast that will yield 10 percent’ or more by ownership, forest 
management type, and treatment opportunity 
All ownerships National forest Other public 
Net Net Net Net 
Cost annual annual Cost annual Cost annual 
Forest type of growth growth of growth of growth 
and treatment treat- incre- incre- treat- incre- treat- incre- 
opportunity Area ment ment ment Area ment ment Area ment ment 
Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million 
acres dollars cubic ft dollars cubic ft dollars cubic ft acres dollars. cubic ft acres dollars cubic ft 
All forest types 
Regenerate with 312 254.1 175.4 133.4 O.11 8.6 6.1 0.15 11.7 8.5 
site preparation? 
Regenerate without 0.55 22:5 29.2 14.0 0.02 0.8 10 0.01 0.3 0.4 
site preparation? 
Convert stand to 0.82 65.4 38.5 2 30.8 0.01 0.6 0.4 0.03 2.0 Hag 
preferred species* 
Precommercial thin 0.20 8.0 7.6 5.0 0.01 0.3 0.3 0.01 0.4 0.3 
seedlings and saplings? 
Commercial thin 2.26 99.3 93.6 70.1 0.06 De); 22 FORO 4.2 4.1 
poletimber stands° 
Stocking control, 2.80 135.2 105.0 80.9 0.08 4.3 2.8 0.14 7.0 5.1 
clean, or release’ 
Clearcut mature 7.54 716.7 356.8 252.1 1.02 110.9 49.5 0.33 31.0 16.6 
stands and replant® 
Salvage harvest 0.37 33.9 18.6 nD 13.2 0.01 1.2 0.6 0.03 2.6 1.5 
and regenerate” 
All treatments earning: 
10 percent or more 17.66 1,335.0 824.6 599.6 1.31 129.3 63.2 0.80 59.1 37.6 
less than 10 percent 19.30 0.93 1.00 
Nonstocked land 
Regenerate with 1.26 69.5 63.3 44.9 0.05 2.6 2.5 0.06 32 2.9 
site preparation? 
Regenerate without 0.38 15.2 20.2 8.2 0.02 0.8 1.0 — 0.1 0.2 
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 replant® 
Salvage harvest a 
and regenerate” 
All treatments earning: 
10 percent or more 1.64 84.7 83.5 22! 53.1 0.07 3.4 3.5 0.06 323 
less than 10 percent 1.85 0.06 0.16 
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