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(THE OUTLOOK FOR TIMBER IN THE UNITED STATES 



Table 22. — Ownership of growing stock and sawtimber, by softwoods and hardwoods, January 1, 1970 



GROWING STOCK 



Type of ownership 



National Forest .. 



Other public 



Forest industry 



Farm and miscellaneous private. 



All ownerships _ 



Total 



Volume 



Billion 



cu. ft. 



217 



68 



100 



264 



649 



Pro- 

 portion 



Percent 

 34 

 10 

 15 

 41 



100 



Softwoods 



Volume 



Billion 



cu.ft. 



200 



48 



73 



110 



432 



Pro- 

 portion 



Percent 



46 

 11 

 17 

 26 



100 



Hardwoods 



Volume 



Billion 



cu. ft. 



18 



20 



27 



153 



217 



Pro- 

 portion 



Percent 



9 

 12 

 71 



100 



SAWTIMBER 



National Forest 



Other public 



Forest industry 



Farm and miscellaneous private- 

 All ownerships 



Billion 



bd. ft. 



1,022 



263 



386 



751 



2, 421 



Percent 



42 

 11 

 16 

 31 



100 



Billion 



bd. ft. 

 982 

 223 

 318 

 382 



1, 905 



Percent 



51 

 12 

 17 

 20 



100 



Billion 



bd. ft. 



40 



40 



68 



368 



515 



Percent 



13 

 71 



100 



Note: Data may not add to totals because of rounding. 



Table 23. — Growing stock and sawtimber inventories on commercial timberland, by section and by softwoods 



and hardwoods, 1952, 1962, and 1970 1 



GROWING STOCK— BILLION CUBIC FEET 



Section 



All species 



Softwoods 



Hardwoods 





1952 



1962 



1970 



1952 



1962 



1970 



1952 



1962 



1970 



North 



South 



Rocky Mountains 



Pacific Coast 



110.0 



130. 7 



89.0 



253.5 



135.2 



145. 



95. 8 



247. 9 



155.7 



159. 5 



92. 2 



241. 5 



27. 8 



55. 1 



85.0 



243. 1 



34.0 



66.8 



91. 3 



235. 2 



39. 1 



78.4 



87. 7 



226. 6 



82. 2 



75. 6 



4.0 



10.4 



101. 2 



78.3 



4.5 



12. 7 



116.6 



81. 1 



4.5 



14. 8 



United States .. 



583. 1 



623.9 



648. 9 



411.0 



427. 2 



431. 9 



172. 1 



196.7 



217.0 



SAWTIMBER— BILLION BOARD FEET 



North 



South 



Rocky Mountains _ _ 

 Pacific Coast. _ 



246. 3 



391. 1 



378. 1 



1, 396. 5 



290. 7 



434. 9 



390.9 



1, 313. 8 



331. 9 



483.8 



364. 4 



1, 240. 6 



58.9 



185. 6 



369.2 



1, 365. 2 



69.2 



230.4 



381.3 



1, 274. 6 



80. 1 



27f. 9 



355. 1 



1, 194. 2 



187.4 



205. 5 



8. S 



31.3 



221. 5 



204. 5 



9. 6 



39.2 



251. 8 



208. 



9.3 



46. 4 



United States. . . 



2, 412. 



2, 430. 3 



2, 420. 8 



1, 978. 9 



1, 955. 5 



1, 905. 3 



433. 1 



474. 8 



515. 5 



1 Data may not add to totals because of truncating. 



Note: Data for 1952 and 1962 differ from data pub- 

 lished in earlier reports because of adjustments based on 



newer information from remeasured Forest Survey plots. 

 Data for all years are "trend level" estimates. 



