THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST 
TIMBER RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES 
In the five states of the Pacific Northwest nearly one-half 
the timber resources of the United States are concentrated. 
leads all the states with 480 billion board feet; Washing¬ 
ton is next with 335 billion, Idaho had 85 billion, Mon¬ 
tana 60 billion and Wyoming 10 billion. These are the 
amounts of timber now standing in the five states. 
The Douglas Fir Giants 
Let us look for a moment at these vast areas of timber 
wealth, the most magnificent forests in the world. First, 
the most wonderful forest of a single type—the giant 
Douglas firs of western Oregon and western Washington. 
In this almost unbroken stand, 350 miles long and 100 
miles wide, is more than half the timber of the Pacific 
Northwest—558 billion feet. These are the “big trees” 
of the Pacific Northwest. Trees six feet in diameter and 
200 feet high are common. Long timbers for ship and 
car construction, and highly finished boards for interior 
uses of many kinds are obtained from these mammoth 
trees. The products of the Douglas fir forests are ship¬ 
ped by rail and water to many parts of this country and 
of the world. 
The other two principal varieties of saw timber are 
the western yellow pine, of which there are about 100 
billion feet, and the western white pine, of which there 
are 20 billion feet. 
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