LOGGING 
Aliddle Atlantic regions, in which nearly one-third of the lumber 
produced in this country is consumed, contain only 4 per cent 
of the saw timber while the entire area east of the Rocky Moun- 
Table II 
STAND OF SAW TIIMBER IN THE UNITED STATES BY REGIONSi 
Region 
Saw timber 
area 
Total saw timber 
Softwoods 
Hardwoods 
Thousands 
of acres 
Million 
board feet 
Per 
cent 
Million 
board feet 
Million 
board feet 
Total 
249.652 
10,761 
11,455 
24.030 
30,451 
46,200 
41,035 
41,059 
44,661 
2,214,893 
49,799 
44,857 
110,110 
144,470 
220.577 
280,908 
223,141 
1,141,031 
100 
2 
2 
5 
7 
10 
13 
10 
51 
1,755,218 
38,480 
15,353 
40,760 
11,318 
136,827 
148,308 
223.141 
1.141,031 
459,675 
New England. . 
Middle Atlan- 
tic 
Lake 
Central 
South Atlantic 
and East Gulf 
Lower Missis- 
sippi 
Rocky Moun- 
tain 
Pacific Coast. . 
11,319 
29,504 
69,350 
133,152 
83,750 
132,600 
I Data from Senate Resolution 311. 
tains, which consimaes nearly 90 per cent of the lumber output 
of the country, has only 39 per cent of the saw timber. 
The ownership of the saw timber is shown in Table III. 
Table III 
OWNERSHIP OF SAW TIMBER BY REGIONS (millions of board feet)' 
Tota 
Federal 
State and 
Municipal 
r 
Region 
Total 
National 
Forest 
Private 
Eastern 
United States 
Rock}' Moun- 
tains 
Pacific Coast 
850.721 
223.141 
1.141,031 
8,184 
157,618 
434,300 
4,184 
145,449 
348,000 
10,000 
9,791 
39.000 
832,537 
55,732 
667,731 
Total 
2,214,893 
600,102 
497,633 
58,791 
1.556,000 
1 Based on data contained in Senate Resolution 311. 
Private interests control 70.3 per cent of the total, the Federal 
