will require more timber 
from North Carolina 
But moderate increases in the amount 
cut may not be enough in view of the 
rapidly growing population and the rising 
need for goods and services. Based on 
estimated increases in population, just to 
maintain the present use of wood per per- 
son would require a 33-percent increase 
in the current timber cut by 1975, and a 
71-percent increase by the year 2000. 
Further, as the old-growth timber in the 
West is cut, the Nation must look to east- 
ern States, such as North Carolina, for a 
larger share of the total cut. 
The chart at the right shows the amount 
of timber North Carolina would have to 
cut in 1975 and in 2000 to maintain its 
present share of a national cut large 
enough to equal the present per capita use 
of wood. Because of location and favor- 
able growing conditions, demands on 
North Carolina’s forests should be even 
greater. 
471140 O-59 -2 
Million 
cubic feet 
1200 
1100 
1000 
900 
800 
700 
600 
500 
400 & 
300 
200 
100 
Sg” 
A Pe =. 
North Carolina must grow more umber 
in the future. But merely producing large 
quantities without regard to species and 
quality will not meet the needs of wood- 
using industries. 
