Figure 13. — I'oung pine stand 

 thai will be ready to be thinned 

 for pulpwood within the next 

 decade. Large acreages of po- 

 tential pine land occupied now 

 l/y scrubby aspen, grass, and 

 brush could be restored by plant- 

 ing. (Photo courtesy Minne- 

 sota Conserriiliiin Drparlinent.) 





PERCENT 

 100 1 





TYPE 









80 

 60 

 40 

 20 







. 36% 



5" 







27% 



Maple - 

 birch 



Elm - ash - 

 Cottonwood 



Ook 



36% 



2 4% 



•:x 40 % ::•:• 





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PERCENT 

 1 00 



c 



IZE CLAS 



s 







80 

 60 

 40 

 20 



— 



^ 40%, 



^^^ 



NX 



25% 



Restocking 

 orea 



Poletimber 

 area 



Sawtimber 

 oreo 







40% 



37% 









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•:::• 38% yy. 



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1936 







1953 



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Figure 14. — Changes in area of hardwood types between 

 1936 and 1953. 



Nonstocked Areas Still a Problem 



A substantial increase in acreage of nonstocked 

 forest lands is indicated, the 1953 survey showing 

 almost 4,483,000 acres in a nonstocked condition as 

 compared with 3,768,000 acres in 1936. A breakdown 

 of these figures indicates that the area of deforested 

 upland decreased from 1,887,000 acres to 1,748,000 

 acres. This is where the most planting has been done. 

 At the same time, deforested swampland increased 

 from 1,881,000 acres to 2,735,000. 



Ownership Becoming More Stable 



No radical change occurred in ownership of forest 

 land between the two surveys. However, much 

 progress w^as made in stabilizing control and improving 

 management on the part of both public and private 

 agencies. A large share of the lands that had reverted 

 to public ownership for nonpayment of taxes now has 

 been organized into State and county forests. Several 

 industrial forests have been established. National 

 forests and Indian forests have been rounded out 

 somewhat by limited purchases and by exchanges 

 with other landowners. Less change can be noted 

 in the status of farm forests and the other lands in 

 diverse small private ownership. 



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Forest Resource Report No. 13, U. S. Department of Agriculture 



