FINDINGS IN BRIEF 



81% of North Idaho is forest land 



The total land area in North Idaho is 

 12,600,000 acres. Of this 10,200,000 

 acres are forest land. Forest pre- 

 dominates in 8 of the 10 North Idaho 

 counties. Two counties, Lewis and 

 Nez Perce, are less than one-third 

 forested. 



The 10.2 million acres of forest land 

 in North Idaho are classified as fol- 

 lows : 



Commercial .... 76 percent 

 Noncommercial . . 9 percent 

 Reserved 15 percent 



(See table 1 for details of classi- 

 fication. ) 



76% of the forest has c ommercial value 



60% of the commercial forest is federally owned or managed 



FEDERAL 



PRIVATE 



Thirty- two percent of the commercial 

 forest is privately owned, including 

 a small arva of County lands. The 

 State of Iuaho owns 8 percent of the 

 commercial forest. The Forest Service 

 manages 95 percent of the federally 

 owned or managed lands, the Bureau of 

 Land Management 3 percent, and the 

 Indian Service 2 percent. 



