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CHAPTER I 
FOREST RESOURCES 
The original forested area of the United States was 822,238,000 
acres and contained approximately 5,200 l^illion board feet of 
timber. The present area is about 463,461,000 acres and the total 
stand is estimated to be 2,215 billion board feet. The original 
and present areas, by regions, are shown in Table I and the pres- 
ent estimated volume of saw timber in each region is shown in 
Table II. 
Table I 
FOREST AREA OF THE UNITED STATES BY REGIONS' 
Region 
Area 
Original 
Per cent 
of total 
Present 
Per cent 
of total 
Total 
New England 
822,238,000 
38,908,000 
69,610,000 
103,680,000 
170,560,000 
170,240,000 
128,400,000 
63,720,000 
77,120,000 
100.00 
4.73 
8.46 
12.60 
20.75 
20.75 
15.61 
7.75 
9.35 
463,461,000 
24. 70S. 000 
2s,(i7s.()()0 
57,100.000 
50,682,000 
99,000,000 
78,865,000 
60,842,000 
57,586,000 
100.00 
5.33 
Middle Atlantic 
Lake 
6.20 
12.32 
Central 
12.23 
South Atlantic and 
East Gulf 
Lower Missis.sippi 
Rocky Mountain 
Pacific Coast 
21.36 
17.02 
13.12 
12.42 
' Based on data from " Timber Depletion, Lumber Prices, Liimber Exports, and Concen- 
tration of Timber Ownership." Report on Senate Resolution 311. Forest Service, U. S. Dept. 
of Agriculture, Washington, 1920. 
The region west of the Great Plains has less than 26 per cent 
of the total forested area, yet it contains 61 per cent of the 
timber remaining in the United States. The New England and 
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