Acknowledgments 



Many members of the Forest Service contrib- 

 uted to the collection of data and preparation of 

 this report. The help of all those who participated 

 in planning, compiling material, and reviewing 

 the preliminary report is gratefully acknowledged. 



Information on timber resources in Chapter I was 

 compiled by Forest Survey staffs under the di- 

 rection of Joe F. Christopher, Burton L. Essex, 

 Oarl E. Mayer, Joe P. McClure, Melvin E. Met- 

 calf, Benjamin Spada, and John H. Wikstrom. 

 Charles Van Sickle, James W. Thome, and David 

 J. Neebe prepared the original draft materials. 



Projections and analyses of timber supply 

 potentials in Chapter II was prepared for the East 

 by Robert W. Larson and Mark Goforth. John H. 

 Wikstrom prepared the projections for the Rocky 

 Mountains, and Donald R. Gedney the projec- 

 tions for the Pacific Coast. 



Additional principal contributors to the evalua- 

 tion of timber management opportunities presented 

 in Chapter III, included Robert N. Stone, Thomas 

 H. Ellis, T. A. McClay, Thomas J. Mills, Clark 

 Row, Charles A. Wellner, Clarence Brown, 

 David Tackle, and Walker P. Newman, plus a 

 number of participants in the Regional Offices and 

 Experiment Stations of the Forest Service who 

 contributed information and judgments. Examples 

 of local management opportunities were prepared 

 largely by: Joe P. McClure and Herbert A. Knight 

 for the Southeast; Sam Guttenberg and Walter M. 

 Anderson for the South; Allen L. Lundgren and 

 Rolfe A. Leary for the North Central Region; and 



Donald F. Flora, Roger D. Fight, and Donald R. 

 Gedney for the Pacific Northwest — in all cases 

 assisted by cooperating staff members at these 

 field locations. Information on utilization oppor- 

 tunities prepared by Experiment Station staffs 

 were compiled for the report by Dean N. Quinney. 



Material on foreign timber resources presented 

 in Chapter IY was prepared largely be S. Blair 

 Hutchison and Thomas E. Hamilton. 



Chapter V dealing with timber demand trends 

 and projections was prepared under the direction 

 of Dwight Hair, with contributions from Robert B. 

 Phelps, James T. Micklewright, Thomas C. 

 Marcin, Thomas G. Gill, William H. Reid, 

 Maurice G. Wright, Charles W. Dane, Jerome F. 

 Saeman, Clyde A. Fasick, Robert G. Knutson, 

 A. Jeff Martin, David C. Baumgartner, and 

 Gordon D. Lewis. 



Much appreciation is also due reviewers of an 

 earlier draft, including particularly John Fedkiw 

 and members of forest industries, conservation 

 organizations, and forestry schools, for example, 

 who contributed numerous suggestions that are 

 reflected in this final report. Contributions of 

 William P. Everard for editorial services, Lewis G. 

 Glover for drafting of charts, and Miss Dorothy M. 

 Hawkins and Mrs. Milly Otwell for checking and 

 preparation of manuscripts are also acknowledged. 



The planning and general direction of this study 

 and much of the final drafting was by H.R. Joseph- 

 son, Director of the Division of Forest Economics 

 and Marketing Research. 



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