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THE OUTLOOK FOR TIMBER IN THE UNITED STATES 



Table 110. — Timber harvest in Canada, 1970, and estimated allowable annual timber cut, by Province 1 



[Million cubic feet] 





Actual 1970 



Annual allowable cut 2 



Region 



production 



Gross physical 



Economic 3 





Total 



Soft- 

 wood 



Hard- 

 wood 



Total 



Soft- 

 wood 



Hard- 

 wood 



Total 



Soft- 

 wood 



Hard- 

 wood 



British Columbia 



1,933 

 275 

 593 



1,021 

 464 



1,922 

 247 

 468 

 854 

 416 



12 



28 



125 



167 

 48 



3,351 

 1,650 

 2,626 

 2,249 

 866 



3,321 



1,040 



1,333 



1,837 



649 



30 



610 



1,293 



412 



217 



2,950 

 1,155 

 1,534 

 1,592 

 760 



2,935 

 728 

 718 



1,350 

 570 



15 



Prairie Provinces __ 



427 



Ontario - 



816 



Quebec _. 



242 



Atlantic Provinces 



190 







Total 



4,285 



3,905 



380 



10,742 



8,180 



2,562 



7,991 



6,301 



1,690 







'Excluding Labrador, Yukon, and Northwest 

 Territories. 



2 On nonreserved inventoried public and private forest 

 land (506.9 million acres). Some 272.4 million acres had 

 not been inventoried in 1968. Three-quarters of this 

 noninventoried acreage is located in Labrador, Yukon, 

 and Northwest Territories. Includes timber on immature 

 acreage in British Columbia. 



3 The annual allowable cut on acres physically accessi- 

 ble or becoming so which could be utilized under June 1972 



cost price levels for lumber and plywood and somewhat 

 improved prices for pulp and newsprint. 



Sources: British Columbia Council of Forest Industries. 

 Canada's forest resources and forest products potentials. 

 Vancouver, B.C. 1972. 



Manning, Glenn H., and H. Rae Grinnell. Forest 

 resources and utilization in Canada to the year 2000. Dept. 

 of the Environment, Canadian Forestry Serv. Publ. 1304, 

 80 p. Ottawa, Ont. 1971. 



Table 111. — Production of selected timber products in Canada, 1970, with projections to 2000 





Lumber 



Plywood (2^-inch basis) 



Paper and board 



Wood- 

 pulp 



Total 



Year 



Total 



Soft- 

 wood 



Hard- 

 wood 



Total 



Soft- 

 wood 



Hard- 

 wood 



Total 



News- 

 print 



Other 



timber 

 cut 



1970 



Billion 

 board 

 feet 

 11.3 

 14.5 

 17.4 

 20.1 



Billion 

 board 

 feet 

 10.8 

 13.8 

 16.6 

 19.3 

 1(24.0) 



Billion 



board 



feet 



0.5 



.7 



.8 



.9 



Billion 

 square 

 feet 

 2.1 

 4.3 

 6.4 

 8.8 



Billion 



square 

 feet 

 1.9 

 3.2 

 4.4 

 6.1 

 '(3.8) 



Billion 



square 

 feet 

 0.2 

 1.1 

 1.9 

 2.6 



Million 

 tons 

 12.8 

 16.9 

 22.4 

 27.4 



MiUion 



tons 



8.8 



10.8 



13.2 



15.3 



Million 



tons 



4.0 



6.2 



9.2 



12.1 



Million 

 tons 

 18.3 

 21.9 

 28.5 

 35.2 



Billion 

 cu. ft. 



4.3 



1980 



5.4 



1990 



6.2 



2000 



9.1 







1 Numbers In parentheses are projections of softwood lumber and ply- 

 wood production in 2000 prepared by the Council of Forest Industries of 

 British Columbia. Canada's forest services and forest product pontentials. 

 June 1972. 



Source: Manning, Glenn H., and H. Rae Grinnell. Forest resources and 

 utilization in Canada to the year 2000. Dept. of the Environment, Canadian 

 Forestry Serv. Publ. 1304, 80 p. Ottawa, Ont. 1971. 



exports to the United States could be increased 

 substantially. 



Attainment of the total allowable cut in Canada, 

 along with related exports of timber products to 

 the United States will of course depend upon a 

 number of economic and related factors. The 

 remoteness and low-yield capability of some forest 

 land, particularly in areas not yet allocated to 

 timber production, may make it uneconomical 

 to operate without substantial price increases. The 

 fact that roughly a fourth of the allowable cut 

 is aspen and other hardwoods, not as readily 

 marketable as softwoods, may also slow develop- 

 ment. Nevertheless, as the world timber supply 

 situation becomes tighter, as seems likely, these 

 less desirable resources may also become economi- 

 cally available. 



It is also possible that additional areas of forest 

 may be set aside in wilderness-type areas in 

 Canada as in the United States. Many private 

 lands in Canada, although of limited importance 

 compared with public ownerships, may be held 

 for nontimber purposes. A study in southwest 

 Quebec, for example, showed that about a quarter 

 of the owners did not reside on the land and were 

 more interested in recreation and land speculation 

 than in timber growing. 7 U.S. experience also 

 suggests that the acreage considered loggable may 

 shrink to some degree in the years ahead as un- 

 stable lands and areas with difficult and costly 



7 Jones, A. R. C, and R. H. Lord. The private woodlot 

 of southwest Quebec. Canadian Forestry Serv. Inf. Rpt. 

 E-X-5. 1969. 



