32 



(THE OUTLOOK FOR TIMBER IN THE UNITED STATES' 



Table 22. — Ownership of growing stock and sawtimber, by softwoods and hardwoods, January 1, 1970 



GROWING STOCK 





Total 



Softwoods 



Hardwoods 



Type of ownership 



Volume 



Pro- 

 portion 



Volume 



Pro- 

 portion 



Volume 



Pro- 

 portion 



National Forest _ 



Billion 



cu. ft. 



217 



68 



100 



264 



Percent 

 34 

 10 

 15 

 41 



Billion 



cu.ft. 



200 



48 



73 



110 



Percent 

 46 

 11 

 17 

 26 



Billion 



cu. ft. 



18 



20 



27 



153 



Percent 



8 



Other public _ _ _ 



9 



Forest industry 



12 



Farm and miscellaneous private _ - .. 



71 



All ownerships . _ _ „_ 



649 



100 



432 



100 



217 



100 







SAWTIMBER 



National Forest- . 



Billion 



bd. ft. 



1,022 



263 



386 



751 



Percent 

 42 

 11 

 16 

 31 



Billion 



bd. ft. 

 982 

 223 

 318 

 382 



Percent 

 51 

 12 

 17 

 20 



Billion 



bd. ft. 



40 



40 



68 



368 



Percent 



8 



Other public _ _ _ .. 



8 



Forest industry . _ 



13 



Farm and miscellaneous private 



71 







All ownerships - _ _______ 



2,421 



100 



1,905 



100 



515 



100 







Note: Data may not add to totals because of rounding. 



Table 23. — Growing stock and sawtimber inventories on commercial timberland, by section and by softwoods 



and hardwoods, 1952, 1962, and 1970 l 



GROWING STOCK— BILLION CUBIC FEET 



Section 



All species 



Softwoods 



Hardwoods 





1952 



1962 



1970 



1952 



1962 



1970 



1952 



1962 



1970 



North 



South . _ 



Rocky Mountains 

 Pacific Coast _ 



110. 



130. 7 



89.0 



253. 5 



135. 2 



145. 



95.8 



247. 9 



155. 7 



159. 5 



92. 2 



241. 5 



27. 8 



55. 1 



85. 



243. 1 



34.0 



66.8 



91. 3 



235. 2 



39. 1 



78.4 



87. 7 



226. 6 



82. 2 



75.6 



4. 



10.4 



101.2 



78. 3 



4.5 



12 7 



116.6 



81. 1 



4. 5 



14 8 



United States 



583. 1 



623.9 



648. 9 



411.0 



427.2 



431. 9 



172. 1 



196. 7 



217.0 



SAWTIMBER— BILLION BOARD FEET 



North 



South 



Rocky Mountains. _ _. 

 Pacific Coast 



246. 3 



391. 1 



378. 1 



1, 396. 5 



290. 7 



434. 9 



390.9 



1, 313. 8 



331.9 



483.8 



364.4 



1, 240. 6 



58.9 



185. 6 



369. 2 



1, 365. 2 



69. 2 



230.4 



381. 3 



1, 274. 6 



80. 1 



27E. 9 



355. 1 



1, 194. 2 



187.4 



205. 5 



8.6 



31.3 



221. 5 



204. 5 



9.6 



39.2 



251. 8 



208. 



9.3 



46.4 



United States _ 



2, 412. 



2, 430. 3 



2, 420. 8 



1, 978. 9 



1, 955. 5 



1, 905. 3 



433. 1 



474.8 



515.5 



1 Data may not add to totals because of truncating. 



Note: Data for 1952 and 1962 differ from data pub- 

 lished in earlier reports because of adjustments based on 



newer information from remeasured Forest Survey plots. 

 Data for all years are "trend level" estimates. 



