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THE OUTLOOK FOR TIMBER IN TKE UNITED STATES 



Table 71. — Supplies of roundivood products in the Pacific Coast Section, by owner class and species group , 



1952, 1962, and 1970, with projections to 2020 



[Million cubic feet] 



Owner class and species group 



1952 



1962 



1970 



Projections 





1980 



1990 



2000 



2020 



National Forest: 



Softwoods - - - -. 



537 



2 



l,07'i 

 4 



1,274 

 12 



1,341 

 13 



1,342 

 13 



1,348 

 13 



1,361 



Hardwoods. - -- - 



13 







Total ... - . 



539 



1,080 



1,286 



1,354 



1,355 



1,361 



1,374 







Other public : 



Softwoods. 



199 

 6 



355 

 4 



471 

 12 



510 



8 



525 



8 



542 

 8 



602 



Hardwoods _ - _- . 



8 







Total _ - -. 



205 



359 



483 



518 



533 



550 



610 







Forest industry: 



Softwoods 



1,644 

 19 



1,400 

 25 



1,601 

 36 



1,207 

 40 



862 

 51 



801 

 59 



888 



Hardwoods. _.__. 



68 







Total . ... . 



1,663 



1,425 



1,637 



1,247 



913 



860 



956 







Farm and miscellaneous private: 



Softwoods. .- 



859 



8 



492 

 29 



459 



25 



583 

 22 



646 

 24 



641 

 24 



639 



Hardwoods.. _ _ - - 



26 







Total.. . . .. 



867 



521 



484 



605 



670 



665 



665 







All owners : 



Softwoods.. _ 



3,239 

 35 



3,324 

 62 



3,805 

 85 



3,642 

 82 



3,376 

 96 



3,332 

 105 



3,491 



Hardwoods . 



114 







Total... . . .. 



3,274 



3,386 



3,890 



3,724 



3,472 



3,437 



3,605 







Other public lands. — On public lands managed 

 by the Bureau of Land Management and Bureau 

 of Indian Affairs, and on land in State ownership, 

 timber harvests are also based on allowable cut 

 calculations. Although the area in these public 

 ownerships decreased approximately 13 percent 

 between 1952 and 1970, removals more than 

 doubled as a result of the growth in local demands 

 for timber that also resulted in increasing timber 

 cutting on National Forests. Another major factor 

 was greater investment in forest management 

 practices provided directly or indirectly from 

 timber receipts. On these public ownerships, pro- 

 jections of roundwood timber harvests average 

 about 3.5 billion board feet (table 72). 



Forest industry. — Roundwood timber harvests 

 on forest industry lands showed a slight downward 

 trend in the 1952-70 period to 10.6 billion board 

 feet. However, substantial changes occurred in- 

 ternally within the Pacific Coast area. Most 

 striking was an 85 percent increase in harvests, 

 mainly in young-growth forests, on industry lands 

 in western Washington, in contrast to a 25 percent 

 reduction in western Oregon and a 30 percent 

 reduction in California. The sharp drop in timber 

 harvests in these latter areas reflected past heavy 



cutting on industry lands and resulting depletion 

 of inventory. 



Over the projection period roundwood harvests 

 from industry lands were projected to decrease 

 sharpty as a result of reduction of old-growth 

 forests to about 4.8 billion board feet by 2000 

 (table 72). 



Farm and miscellaneous private. — On nonindus- 

 trial private timberlands in farmer and miscel- 

 laneous private ownerships, roundwood harvests 

 in board feet decreased one-half between 1952 and 

 1970, largely as a result of cutting residual old- 

 growth stands on the remaining accessible forests 

 in these ownerships (tables 71 and 72). In addition, 

 approximately 8 percent of these lands were sold 

 to industrial owners. 



The reduction in harvests on farm and miscel- 

 laneous private ownerships was especially pro- 

 nounced in California, with a drop of 69 percent 

 between 1952 and 1970. On many of the cutover 

 lands in this area, as in other parts of the North- 

 west, hardwoods have taken over much of the land 

 following timber harvesting. 7 In other areas, 



7 Oswald, Daniel D. Timber resources of Mendocino and 

 Sonoma Counties, California. USDA Forest Service Re- 

 source Bull. PNW-40, 76 p. Pacific Northwest Forest and 

 Range Experiment Station, Portland, Oregon 1972. 



