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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 



[Million cubic feet] 



Region 



British Columbia. . 

 Prairie Provinces. . 



Ontario 



Quebec 



Atlantic Provinces. 



Actual 1970 

 production 



Total 



1,933 

 275 



;,!);', 



1,021 



464 



Total 4 ; 285 



Soft- 

 wood 



1,922 



247 

 468 

 854 

 416 



3,905 



Hard- 

 wood 



12 



28 

 125 

 167 



48 



380 



Annual allowable cut 2 



Gross physical 



Total 



3,351 

 1,650 

 2,626 

 2,249 

 866 



10,742 



Soft- 

 wood 



3,321 

 1,040 

 1,333 

 1,837 

 649 



8,180 



Hard- 

 wood 



30 



610 



1,293 



412 



217 



2,562 



Economic 3 



Total 



2,950 

 1,155 

 1,534 

 1,592 

 760 



7,991 



'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 

 nomnyentoried 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 



Soft- 

 wood 



2,935 

 728 

 718 



1,350 

 570 



6,301 



Hard- 

 wood 



15 



427 

 816 

 242 

 190 



1,690 



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 



Year 



1970 

 1980. 

 1990, 

 2000. 



Lumber 



Total 



Billion 

 board 

 feet 

 11.3 

 14.5 

 17.4 

 20.1 



Soft- 

 wood 



Billion 

 board 

 feet 

 10.8 

 13.8 

 16.6 

 19.3 

 1 (24. 0) 



Hard- 

 wood 



Billion 

 board 

 feet 

 0.5 

 .7 

 .8 

 .9 



Plywood (%-inch basis) 



Total 



Billion 

 square 

 feet 

 2.1 

 4.3 

 6.4 



Soft- 

 wood 



Billion 

 square 

 feet 

 1.9 

 3.2 

 4.4 

 6.1 

 1 (3. 8) 



Hard- 

 wood 



Billion 

 square 

 feet 

 0.2 

 1.1 

 1.9 

 2.6 



Paper and board 



Total 



Million 

 tons 

 12.8 

 16.9 

 22.4 

 27.4 



News- 

 print 



Million 



tons 



8.8 



10.8 



13.2 



15.3 



Other 



Million 



tons 



4.0 



6.2 



9.2 



12.1 



Wood- 

 pulp 



Million 

 tons 

 18.3 

 21.9 

 28.5 

 35.2 



™,S Umb 'P . in Pi lrentneses a" projections of softwood lumber and ply- 



Zri* Pr rnVn^ ! , 1 V 2000 /i' ep f ared by the Council of Forest Industries of 

 June 1972 Canada's forest services and forest product pontentials. 



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. 



Total 



timber 



cut 



Billion 

 cu. ft. 



4.3 

 5.4 

 6.2 

 9.1 



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



li'^l \ m Ca S a (f V}. e v J ar mo - De P t - of tne Environment, Canadian 

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



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. Rot. 

 E-X-5. 1969. 



