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THE OUTLOOK FOR TIMBER IN THE UNITED STATES 



Table 69. — Sawtimber removals, net growth, mortality, supplies of roundwood products, and inventories in 

 the Pacific Coast Section, 1952, 1962, and 1970, with projections (1970 level of management) x to 2020 



[Million board feet] 



Item 



1952 



1962 



1970 



Projections 





1 

 1980 



1990 



2000 



2020 



SOFTWOODS 



Removals from sawtimber: 

 Roundwood products 

 Logging residues 

 Other removals 



19, 905 



1, 783 



603 



19, 872 



1,632 



575 



22, 849 



1, 532 



855 



21, 100 



1, 384 



552 



19 115 



1,233 



545 



18, 261 



1, 175 



534 



17, 894 



1, 159 



514 



Total . . 



22, 291 



22, 079 



25, 236 



23, 036 



20, 893 



19, 970 



19, 567 







Net growth .. 



Mortality. . 



9, 354 

 8, 172 



10, 856 



7, 559 



11, 631 



6, 876 



12, 137 

 6, 262 



12, 832 

 5, 831 



13, 632 

 5, 535 



14, 922 

 5, 169 



Roundwood supplies: 

 From sawtimber 

 From other sources 2 . .... 



19, 905 

 2, 534 



19, 872 



2, 668 



22, 849 

 2, 334 



21, 100 

 2, 164 



19, 115 

 2, 208 



18, 261 

 2, 386 



17, 894 



2, 828 



Total - .. 



22, 439 



22, 540 



25, 183 



23, 264 



21, 323 



20, 647 



20, 722 







Inventory of sawtimber 



1, 365, 202 



1, 274, 583 



1, 194, 245 



1, 056, 858 



973, 417 



908, 460 



810, 276 







HARDWOODS 



Removals from sawtimber: 

 Roundwood products 



112 

 26 

 10 



179 

 52 

 18 



295 

 49 

 32 



354 



44 

 88 



405 

 52 



72 



438 

 55 

 59 



467 



Logging residues __ 



62 



Other removals - . 



11 



Total 



148 



249 



376 



486 



529 



552 



540 



Net growth _ . 



923 

 192 



1, 242 

 225 



1, 510 

 267 



1,284 

 339 



1, 003 

 390 



800 

 426 



604 



Mortality . 



458 



Roundwood supplies: 

 From sawtimber __ 



112 

 10 



179 



22 



295 



27 



354 

 2b 



405 

 30 



438 

 31 



467 



From other sources ? 



36 







Total 



122 



201 



322 



380 



435 



469 



503 







Inventory of sawtimber . 



31, 307 



39, 209 



46, 394 



54, 840 



60, 885 



64, 231 



66, 820 







1 Plus other area and harvesting assumptions specified 

 in this chapter. 



2 Includes roundwood products from rough and rotten 

 trees, dead trees, and trees on noncommercial and non- 



forest land. Also includes saw logs from trees less than 

 sawtimber size. 



Note: Estimates are for trend levels and consequently 

 may differ from actual figures for the specified years. 



and sawtimber shown in these tables reflect both 

 harvesting of timber and volumes withdrawn for 

 other purposes. Timber removals on the Pacific 

 Coast are dominated by softwoods; hardwoods 

 account for a very small portion of the inventory 

 and a negligible portion of removals. 



Not all timber removals are available to the 

 forest industries in the form of roundwood prod- 

 ucts such as saw logs, veneer logs, and pulpwood. 

 In 1970 roundwood products made up only 85 

 percent of the softwood removals from growing 

 stock on the Pacific Coast (table 70). Logging 

 residues accounted for 12 percent, and other re- 



movals of softwood timber on lands transferred 

 to other uses an estimated 3 percent of the total. 



In these base projections, it was assumed that 

 the proportion of timber harvests left as logging 

 residue would drop to about 11 percent of re- 

 movals. Other removals were assumed to remain 

 close to the level of 1970. 



In addition to output from growing stock, sub- 

 stantial quantities of roundwood products have 

 been produced from dead and rough and rotten 

 trees in old-growth stands. Decreasing amounts of 

 small trees of less than sawtimber size as defined 

 in 1970 also have been used as saw logs. Future 



