ACKNOWLEDGMENT 



Because this report is based upon data collected by members of coop- 

 crating public agencies and private industries throughout Minnesota, and by 

 Lake States Forest Experiment Station personnel, space limitations make it 

 impossible to list all to whom the authors are indebted and grateful. 



The aid and assistance of participating agencies and private industries 

 made this report possible. Among these coopcrators v^erc the Office of 

 Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation, 16 northern Minnesota counties, 

 the Minnesota Department of Conservation, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

 the two National Forests, and five wood-using companies. The survey 

 program and individual county reports were reviewed and guided by the 

 following advisory committee. 



Victor J. Hultstrand, Chairman, Forest Region Rehabilitation Com- 

 mittee. 



J. H. Allison and F. H. Kaufert, Forestry School, University of 

 Minnesota. 



George Amidon and T. R/ Willits, Minnesota and Ontario Paper 

 Company. 



C. K. Andrews and M. J. Salisbury, Blandin Paper Company. 



Edward Bayuk, Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Commis- 

 sion (Commissioner 1953-55). 



Kaarlo Otava, Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Commission 

 (Commissioner 1955-19 ). 



L. R. Beatty (St. Louis County), DeWitt Clason (Becker County), 

 C. H. Godfrey (Itasca County), M. J. Godfrey (Beltrami 

 County), Arnold R. Johnson (Koochiching County), C. E. 

 Stcadland (Cass County), Harry Thomas (Aitkin County), and 

 Elmer Walde (Clearwater County), Land Commissioners. 



R. N. Cunningham and M. B. Dickerman, Lake States Forest Experi- 

 ment Station. 



Perry Fassett and Louis Hermel, Chippewa National Forest; Galen 

 S. Pike, Superior National Forest. 



John V. Hocne, Minnesota Timber Producers Association. 



Taylor Huston, E. L. Lawson, and Clarence Prout, Minnesota De- 

 partment of Conservation. 



E. J. Jankowski, Frank A. Kelly, and Clarence Long, Northwest 

 Paper Company. 



Harold S. Olson, Wood Conversion Company. 



T. A. Wark, St. Regis Paper Company. 



Raymond J. Wood, Diamond Match Company. 



Appreciation is expressed to all Station personnel who participated in 

 the field and office work, and especially to R. N. Cunningham, in charge of 

 Forest Survey; Clarence D. Chase, Forest Inventory; the late Suren Gevork- 

 iantz, Mensurationist; and Paul Guilkey, who supervised much of the com- 

 puting and organized most of the statistical material. Special mention is 

 also made of the work of Bernard Granum and Lynn Sandberg, foresters 

 for the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Commission, under 

 whose direction most of the survey fieldwork outside of public forests was 

 accomplished. 



