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THE OUTLOOK FOR TIMBER IN THE UNITED STATE'S 



Table 55. — Supplies of sawtimber products in the North, 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 Forests: 

 Softwoods 



82 

 104 



99 

 162 



118 

 186 



169 

 259 



275 



386 



393 

 529 



387 

 521 



Hardwoods. . 





Total 



186 



261 



304 



428 



661 



922 



908 





Other public: 

 Softwoods . ___ 



99 



154 



103 



218 



170 

 302 



293 



598 



468 

 933 



659 

 1,286 



649 

 1,265 



Hardwoods. .... 





Total 



252 



321 



472 



891 



1,401 



1,945 



1, 914 





Forest industry: 



Softwoods ... .... 



428 

 329 



344 

 337 



611 

 530 



567 

 595 



743 



748 



965 

 924 



1,023 

 980 



Hardwoods. .. . . _ 





Total 



757 



681 



1, 141 



1, 162 



1,491 



1,889 



2,003 





Farm and miscellaneous private: 



Softwoods. _ ... 



1, 289 

 3,713 



942 

 3,713 



1, 216 

 5,064 



1,361 

 6, 196 



1,529 

 7,929 



1,776 

 9,400 



1,734 

 9, 228 



Hardwoods . . _ 





Total 



5,002 



4,655 



6,280 



7,557 



9,458 



11, 176 



10, 962 





Total North: 



Softwoods. . ... 



1,898 

 4,300 



1,488 

 4,430 



2, 115 

 6, 082 



2,390 

 7,648 



3,014 

 9,997 



3,793 

 12, 139 



3,793 

 11,994 



Hardwoods . . 





Total 



6, 198 



5,918 



8, 197 



10, 038 



13, 011 



15, 932 



15, 787 





Supplies of hardwood sawtimber products in 

 the North, by owner class 



Supplies of softwood sawtimber products in 

 the North, by owner class 



1952 1962 1970 1980 1990 



Figure 32 



buildup and resulting constraints on net growth. 

 On farm and miscellaneous private holdings, 

 growth per acre is expected to increase somewhat 

 with prospective improvements in stocking on 

 these lands. 



y national forest 

 / s other public 



forest industry 



farm and misc. private 



1952 1962 1970 



1980 1990 2000 



Figure 33 



Projected net growth of timber by 2000, under 

 the assumptions of this chapter, would still be less 

 than half of the potential net growth that could be 

 attained ultimately in natural stands fully stocked 



