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Table 72. — Supplies of sawtimber products in the Pacific Coast Section, by owner class and species group, 



1952, 1962, and 1970, with projections to 2020 



[Million board feet] 



Owner class and species group 



1952 



1962 



1970 



Projections 





1980 



1990 



2000 



2020 



National Forest: 

 Softwoods 



3,864 

 4 



7,449 

 13 



8,769 

 43 



9, 102 

 66 



9, 054 

 67 



9,023 

 66 



8, 874 



Hardwoods 



65 







Total _ _. 



3,868 



7,462 



8, 812 



9, 168 



9, 121 



9,089 



8, 939 







Other public : 

 Softwoods 



1,438 

 24 



2,513 



n 



3,264 

 47 



3, 391 

 32 



3,414 

 32 



3,457 

 33 



3, 607 



Hardwoods 



36 







Total . . 



1, 462 



2, 524 



3, 310 



3, 423 



3,446 



3,490 



3, 643 







Forest industry: 

 Softwoods. 



11, 464 



72 



9,496 



84 



10, 432 

 141 



7,475 

 183 



5,229 

 223 



4,563 

 256 



4, 726 



Hardwoods. 



280 







Total. . 



11,536 



9, 580 



10, 573 



7,658 



5,452 



4,819 



5, 006 







Farm and miscellaneous private: 

 Softwoods 

 Hardwoods _ _ 



5, 674 

 22 



3, 082 

 94 



2, 719 

 91 



3, 295 

 100 



3,626 

 113 



3,604 

 114 



3,515 

 122 







Total 



5,696 



3, 176 



2,810 



3, 395 



3, 739 



3, 718 



3, 637 







All owners: 



Softwoods 



22, 439 

 122 



22, 540 

 201 



25, 182 

 322 



23, 264 

 380 



21, 323 

 435 



20, 647 

 469 



20, 722 



Hardwoods 



503 







Total 



22, 561 



22, 741 



25, 504 



23, 644 



21, 758 



21, 116 



21, 225 







Table 73. — Supplies oj roundwood products per acre in the Pacific Coast Section, by owner class, 1952, 



1962, and 1970, with projections to 2020 



[Cubic feet per acre] 



Owner class 



1952 



1962 



1970 



Projections 





1980 



1990 



2000 



2020 



National Forest 



17. 7 



19. 6 



148. 3 



52. 1 



34. 5 



39. 1 



119. 5 



32.3 



41. 6 



53. 4 



134. 



31. 3 



44. 1 



65. 7 



104. 5 



42. 2 



44. 6 

 69. 1 



77.8 

 48. 1 



45.2 

 72. 1 

 74. 4 

 48. 5 



46. 6 



Other public. 



81. 2 



Forest industry 



83. 7 



Farm and miscellaneous private. 



49.4 







All owners. 



47. 6 



49.4 



57.5 



57. 4 



54. 4 



54. 5 



58. 3 







particularly in western Washington, early cutting 

 on the relatively accessible forest lands in these 

 ownerships, and subsequent fire control, resulted 

 in establishment of extensive young-growth stands 

 capable of supporting an increasing cut in the 

 future. 



For all lands in farm and miscellaneous private 

 ownerships, roundwood harvests were projected 

 to rise about 37 percent by 2020 (table 71). 



Harvests of hardwood products amounted to 

 only 85 million cubic feet in 1970, or 2.2 percent of 

 the total timber harvest. Even with a projected 

 increase in the hardwood cut, and a decrease in 

 softwood output, hardwoods make up only 3 per- 

 cent of projected supplies of roundwood in 2000. 



Roundwood production per acre. — Timber har- 

 vests per acre in recent years have varied widely 

 by ownership (table 73). For all ownerships com- 

 bined, roundwood output in 1970 averaged 57.5 



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