Table 5.6—Opportunities for increasing timber supplies in the South Central region that will yield 10 percent! or more by ownership, forest 
management type, and treatment opportunity 
All ownerships 
Forest industry 
National forest 
Net Net Net Net 
Cost annual Cost annual annual annual 
Forest type of growth of growth growth growth 
and treatment treat- incre- treat- incre- incre- incre- 
opportunity Area ment ment Area ment Area ment ment Area ment 
Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million 
acres dollars cubic ft acres dollars acres cubic ft cubic ft acres cubic ft 
All forest types 
Regenerate with 4.65 540.5 300.5 1.22 141.8 3.24 210.3 6.8 0.08 5.1 
site preparation? 
Regenerate without 0.78 25.8 36.0 0.24 8.8 0.49 D 22.4 0.1 0.04 1.4 
site preparation? 
Convert stand to 0.54 47.1 Dilpali OND 10.6 0.39 2 19.3 1.2 0.01 0.6 
preferred species* 
Precommercial thin 0.08 3.4 2.8 0.05 2.2 0.02 0.7 0.2 
seedlings and saplings” 
Commercial thin 2.09 94.2 90.5 0.71 31.7 123 3.6 5:6) 0702 0.8 
poletimber stands° 
Stocking control, 3.58 166.2 142.6 1.04 48.3 2435 92.6 5.6 0.06 1.8 
clean, or release’ 
Clearcut mature 5.40 S613" +3292! 1.47 150.8 3.03 182.4 49.2 0.14 8.0 
stands and replant® 
Salvage harvest 1.61 140.0 68.8 0.34 30.3 1.10 47.6 275. Oal2 3.6 
and regenerate” 
All treatments earning: 
10 percent or more 18.73 1,578.5 997.6 5.18 424.5 11.84 628.8 71.3. 0.47 21.3 
less than 10 percent 25.98 3.97 19.69 1.19 
Nonstocked land 
Regenerate with 0.02 1.1 1.0 0.01 0.4 0.01 0.7 
site preparation” 
Regenerate without 0.06 2.8 3.3 0.04 1.9 0.02 1.0 
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 — —- = 
and regenerate” 
All treatments earning: 
10 percent or more 0.07 3.9 4.2 0.04 D2) 0.03 ile 
less than 10 percent 0.03 — 0.03 aa 
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