WYOMING 



THE SITUATION IN 1962 



Wyoming's total output of roundwood timber products in 1962 was nearly 21 million cubic 

 feet- -a gain of 31 percent since 1952.^ The 1962 harvest included saw logs (for lumber), pulp- 

 wood, mine timbers, house logs, corral poles, converter poles, miscellaneous farm timbers, 

 posts, and fuelwood. Lodgepole pine was the principal species harvested and accounted for 60 

 percent of the total. 



Wyoming Timber 



Products Output by Species, 1962 





Lodgepole pine 













Ponderosa pine 





H 1 d7o 













Engelmann & Blue 





157o 





spruces 









Douglas-fir 



mi57o 







True firs' 



|27o 







White and suhalpine /irs. 



Public lands provided over 95 percent of the yield- -the bulk of it coming from National 

 Forests. 



Saw logs, making up over 94 percent of the cubic-foot volume of all timber products, were 

 by far the most important item. Almost 117 million board feet of saw logs were produced during 

 1962, and sawmills in Wyoming received most of this volume. A moderate volume of saw logs-- 

 nearly 10 million board feet- -was exported to Idaho and South Dakota. Imports were slightly 

 greater and amounted to about 11 million board feet and came from South Dakota, Utah, Colo- 

 rado, and Idaho. Lodgepole pine, ponderosa pine, and Engelmann spruce were the chief species 

 harvested, making up 58, 19, and 15 percent, respectively, of the total saw log volume. 



All other forest products accounted for 1 , 154,000 cubic feet or 6 percent of the total 1962 

 output, of which pulpwood comprised 40 percent. 



U.S. Forest Service, op. cit., page 1. 



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