Acknowledgments 



Many members of the Forest Service contrib- 

 uted to the collection of data and preparation of 

 this report. The help of all those who participated 

 in planning, compiling material, and reviewing 

 the preliminary report is gratefully acknowledged. 



Information on timber resources in Chapter I 

 was compiled by Forest Survey staffs under the 

 direction of Joe F. Christopher, Burton L. Essex. 

 Carl E. Mayer. Joe P. McClure. Melvin E. Met- 

 calf, Keith Hutchinson, Benjamin Spada, and 

 John H. Wikstrom. Charles Van Sickle, James W. 

 Thorne. and David J. Neebe prepared the original 

 draft materials. 



Projections and analyses of timber supply 

 potentials in Chapter II was prepared for the East 

 by Robert W. Larson and Mark Goforth. John H. 

 Wikstrom prepared the projections for the Rocky 

 Mountains, and Donald R. Gedney and Daniel D. 

 Oswald the projections for the Pacific Coast. 



Additional principal contributors to the evalua- 

 tion of timber management opportunities presented 

 in Chapter III, included Robert N. Stone, Thomas 

 H. Ellis. T. A. McClay, Thomas J. Mills, Clark 

 Row. Charles A. Wellner, Clarence Brown, 

 David Tackle, and Walker P. Newman, plus a 

 number of participants in the Regional Offices and 

 Experiment Stations of the Forest Service who 

 contributed information and judgments. Examples 

 of local management opportunities were prepared 

 largely by David A. Gansner, Joseph Barnard, 

 and Samuel F. Gingrich for the Northeast ; Joe P. 

 McClure and Herbert A. Knight for the South- 

 east : Sam Guttenberg and Walter M. Anderson 

 for the South; Allen L. Lundgren and Rolfe A. 



Leary for the North Central Region; and Donald 

 F. Flora, Roger D. Fight, Donald R. Gedne)', and 

 Daniel D. Oswald for the Pacific Northwest — in 

 all cases assisted by cooperating staff members at 

 these field locations. Information on utilization op- 

 portunities prepared by Experiment Station staffs 

 were compiled for the report by Dean N. Quinney. 



Material on foreign timber resources presented 

 in Chapter IV was prepared largely be S. Blair 

 Hutchison and Thomas E. Hamilton. 



Chapter V dealing with timber demand trends 

 and projections was prepared under the direction 

 of Dwight Hair, with contributions from Robert B. 

 Phelps, James T. Micklewright, Thomas C. 

 Marcin, Thomas G. Gill. William H. Reid, 

 Maurice G. Wright, Charles W. Dane, Jerome F. 

 Saeman, Clyde A. Fasick, Robert G. Knutson, 

 A. Jeff Martin, David C. Baumgartner, and 

 Gordon D. Lewis. 



Much appreciation is also due reviewers of an 

 earlier draft, including particularly John Fedkiw 

 and members of forest industries, conservation 

 organizations, and forestry schools, for example, 

 who contributed numerous suggestions that are 

 reflected in this final report. Contributions of 

 William P. Everard for editorial services, Lewis G. 

 Glover for drafting of charts, and Miss Dorothy M. 

 Hawkins and Mrs. Milly Otwell for checking and 

 preparation of manuscripts are also acknowledged. 



The planning and general direction of this study 

 and much of the final drafting was by H.R. Joseph- 

 son, Director of the Division of Forest Economics 

 and Marketing Research. 



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