Table 1. Forest area and timber volume estimates, Montana, 1918-1949 



Forest land area 



Date 



° Commercial 



Other 1/ \ 



Total 



% Saw-timber volume 





suommercid.±s ioudi 





_ _ _ _ -Thousand acres- - 





Million feet, 

 board measure - 



1918 2/ 









58,000 



1920 3/ 



13,926 





_— 



_<_ 



1925 4/ 



14,696 



5,926 



20,622 



50,009 



1932 5/ 



14,865 



5,821 



20,686 



49,796 



1938 y 



14,613 



6,074 



20,687 



49,793 



1945 lj 



14,758 



9,480 



24,238 



52,515 



1949 



15,756 



6,603 



22,359 



55,960 



1/ Include 



s lands listed 



as noncommercial and 



reserved in table 2. 



2/ Fifth B 



iennial Report 



of the State 



Forester 



• Montana, 1917-18, p. 11 



3/ Uo S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1928, Statistical 

 Bulletin No. 21 « American Forests and Forest Products, 324 pp°, 

 (Capper report data). 



4/ Montana State University, School of Forestry, in cooperation with 

 the Uc S« Forest Service. Montana Forest and Timber Handbook, 

 1926. 



5/ Uc S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Region 1, 1931- 

 Basic data for Senate Doc. 12, 73rd Congress, 1st Session (Cope- 

 land report) . 



6/ Congress of the U. S. Joint Committee on Forestry, 1941c Senate 

 Doc. 32, 77th Congress, 1st Session (J.C.C.). , 



7/ U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1948. Basic 

 Forest Statistics for Misc. Publ. No. 668, Forests and National 

 Prosperity, 99 pp. 



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