Pulpwood production in Arizona started in 1961 and by 1962 was second in importance (on 

 the basis' of volume) among the State's roundwood products. Production in 1962 was 88,000 

 cords (12 percent of all roundwood products volume), all of which was ponderosa pine from 

 National Forest lands. 



Other timber products (utility poles, round mine timbers, miscellaneous industrial wood, 

 posts, fuelwood, and miscellaneous farm timbers) made up the remaining 12 percent of the total 

 output. Of the 8 million cubic feet of wood in these products, nearly 7 million cubic feet was' cut 

 for fuelwood. 



TRENDS SINCE 1952 



Output data for estimating the production trend in roundwood products in Arizona are in- 

 complete. Data that include the output of all roundwood products are available only for the years 

 1952, 1960, and 1962. Census Bureau lumber production figures --useful for estimating total 

 output trends when saw logs for lumber are predominant among roundwood products --do not 

 provide a satisfactory basis for estimating the trend in Arizona because the saw log percentage 

 is not consistently high 3 and lumber production figures are available for only five of the years 

 from 1952 through 1962. 



The available data for total products output show a 5-percent decline from 1952 to 1960, 

 followed by a 6-percent gain from 1960 to 1962 and suggest an upward swing in Arizona's pro- 

 duction. 4 Additional indications of an improving outlook are furnished by some recent industry 

 developments in the State. Among these was the completion of the Southwest Timber Industries 

 pulpmill at Snowflake in late 1961. With an annual pulp production of 140,000 tons, 5 this mill 

 has not only provided a significant new market for roundwood, but also a market for chipped 

 sawmill residues from its own and other sawmills. 



The same company, also in 1961, began operation of the State's first wood -treating plant 

 at Prescott, producing as major products treated poles and crossties from ponderosa pine. As 

 of 1962, the plant was budgeted to produce 10,000 poles, and 50,000 to 70,000 crossties 

 annually. 6 



More recently, plans for a tissue -towel mill, located on the site of the former Arizona 

 Pulp and Paper Company mill at Flagstaff, have been confirmed. The new mill has timber cut- 

 ting rights in the Flagstaff area and is expected to be in operation late in 1964, 7 providing still 

 another timber outlet of economic importance to the State. 



As in other Rocky Mountain States , there has been a definite reduction in the numbers of 

 operating sawmills in the last several years, but the production per mill has increased. In 1960, 

 38 active sawmills produced 330 million board feet of lumber- -8. 7 million board feet per mill. 

 In 1962, 28 mills produced 326 million board feet of lumber or 11.6 million board feet per mill. 



Saw logs for lumber rose from 58 percent of total output in 1952 to 94 percent in 1960, 

 then fell to 76 percent in 1962. 



In contrast, lumber data show a 28-percent rise from 1954 (data not available for 1952) 

 to 1960 and a 1 -percent decline from 1960 to 1962, suggesting entirely different trends from 

 those of total roundwood production . 



Western Conservation Journal 20(6): 62-64. Directory of western pulp and paper mills. 

 Dec. 1963 -Jan. 1964. 



6 Forest Industries 89(10): 98-99. Arizona plant treats pine. 1962. 



7 Pulp and Paper 38(11): 8. New tissue mill set for Arizona. 1964. 



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