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Forest Service Library 



CALIFORNIA FOREST AND RANGE 

 EXPERIMENT STATION 



FOREST SERVICE 

 US. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



INCOOPERATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OP CALIFORNIA 



BERKELEY 



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Technical Note No. 16 



CALIFORNIA FOPJEST STATISTICS 

 compiled by 



Divisions of Forest Economics and Forest Survey 



July 7, I9I4I 



These statistics were compiled for the most part in 1933 in order to 

 assist the Joint Congressional Committer on Forestry in its investigations of 

 the forest lands of the United State si/. Some of the broader statistics are 

 published in the apnendix of the Committee's report along with comparable 

 data for other parts of the country, but because a considerable portion of 

 the detailed regional breakdown could not be included, it is deemed advisable 

 to make this information available for those especially interested in 

 California conditions. 



Fifteen tables are presented; tables 1 - k deal with forest areas; 

 tables 5—12 with timber stands, including growth and drain; and tables 

 13 - 15 with lumber distribution and consumption. 



A word of caution: The data are approximate only; there is no claim 

 for preciseness and estimates are subject to continual change. Yet it is felt 

 no bettor information is available, and until the detailed forest survey, 

 which is now in only its initial planning phases, is completed for California, 

 truly accurate figures will be non-existent. 



In the compilation of these data, reference was made to a large mass 

 of statistics, authorities in particular subjects, and earlier reports. The 

 tables are footnoted to indicate source of information, but three reports 

 referred to deserve special mention. By the "Capper report" is meant an un- 

 published manuscript prepared in 1931 entitled, "Report to accompany . sta- 

 tistical data on forest areas, stands, growth, drain for California. The 



l/ For report of this committee see Senate Doc. 32, 77th Cong, 

 ~ 19ld. 



1st session. 



