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Forest Facts
Some 1.5 billion trees are planted in the U.S. every year, about 5 trees for every American.
Annually, U.S. forestland owners plant about 6 trees for every tree harvested.
About one-third of America's original forest - some 300 million acres - have been converted to other uses, principally agriculture.
There are 26 million more acres of forestland in the Northeast than there were in 1900.
Today, forests blanket about one-third of the U.S. land base and about half the U.S. East.
U.S. annual growth rates have exceeded harvest rates since the 1940's.
Timber harvesting is forbidden on 50% of all National Forest lands in the U.S.
National Forests account for 20% of the nation's forestlands and 19% of its timberlands.
National Forests hold 46% of the nation's softwood timber inventory but only provide 6% of the annual harvest.
Since 1986, the harvest of timber from America's national forests has declined 70%.
In the West, 34% of all forestland and 54% of all timberlands are in national forests.
National forests in the Pacific Coast and Intermountain West regions hold 68% of the nation's softwood timber inventory, but provide less than 28% of annual harvest.
Forest density has increased 40% in the U.S. over the last 50 years.
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Contributors List
By: Jim Petersen
Contributors List
| A B Logging Inc. A. & A. Brochu, Inc. A.W. Madden, Inc. Adirondack League Club Allard Lumber Co. Andy Wood Logging Angelica Forest Products, Inc. Arnold Moore Logging Bailey Manufacturing Corp. Baillie Lumber Company Bannish Lumber Inc. Beach Timber Co. Bell-Gates Lumber Corp. Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker - Bangor Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker - Portland Bethel Furniture Stock, Inc. Bickford Chipping Inc. Blumenstock, Helen & Bud Bowater-Great Northern Paper, Inc. Boyce Highlands Inc. Brian Bower, Certified Forester Burlington Electric - McNeil Station Caledonia Kiln Corp. Catawissa Lumber & Specialty Co., Inc. Chadbourne Tree Farms Chadwick-BaRoss, Inc. Champion International Corporation Champlain Hardwoods, Inc. Chester Forest Products, Inc. Claire Lathrop Bandmill Inc. Columbia Forest Products Conestoga Wood Specialties Inc. Cote Hardwood Products, Inc. Craig H. McNeely Logging Decoster, Lester A. DeGolyer Lumber Co. Delmhorst Instrument Co. Diaz, Vincent Drive-O-Rama, Inc. Dunkley's Custom Sawing Dunn Timberlands, Inc. E.D. Bessey & Son E.G. Blake & Son, Inc. Edwin Johnson & Sons Ethan Allen Inc.- Beecher Falls Ethan Allen: Inc. - Andover Wood Products, Inc. F E Hale Mfg Co. F W Turner, Inc. Falcon Rule-Falcon Printing & Graphics Farm Credit of Maine, ACA Finch, Pruyn & Co., Inc Fitzpatrick & Weller, Inc. Fleet, David A. Fort Mountain Land & Timber Co., Inc. Fred C. Weld, Logging Fred P Saunders Co. French, Robert L.V. G & S Logging G. H. Evarts & Co., Inc. Gardner Logging Services, Inc. Garlands Sawmill Georgia-Pacific Corporation Gestion Raymond Blanchet, Inc |
Glenn S. Viles & Sons, Inc. GIVIC Hardwoods, Inc. Grant Forest Products, Inc. Great Northern Paper, Inc. Green Mt. Wood Products, Inc. Hammond Lumber Co. Hancock Lumber Company, Inc. Hancock Timber Resource Group Hannington Brothers, Inc. Hardwood Products Co. LP Haskell Lumber, Inc. Houlton International Corporation Hull Forest Products, Inc. Industrial Hardwood Inc. International Paper Ireland Lumber Co., Inc. Irish, Andrew J & S Logging, Inc. J A. Yansick Lumber Co, Inc. J.M. Huber Corporation J.Paul Levesque & Sons Jack Frost Logging, Inc. JB Logging, Inc. JM Champeau Inc. Katahdin Federal Credit Union Katahdin Forest Products Co. Kel Log Inc. Kelley Wood Products, Inc. Keystone Wood Specialties Inc. Kingfield Wood Products Klein & Sons Logging, Inc. Lamell Lumber Corporation LandVest, Inc. Lassiter Properties, Inc. Leonard Lumber Co. Limington Lumber Company Lovell Lumber Co., Inc. Lumber & Bldg. Mater. Dealers Foundation M E Pratt Lumber Co. Ltd. MacKinnon, James Madison Paper Industries Maibec Logging Inc. Maine Financial Services, Inc. Maine Forest Products Council Maine Wood Turning, Inc. Mead Oxford Corporation Meadowsend Timberlands Ltd. Milliken, Roger Monadnock Forest Products Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc. Moose River Lumber Co., Inc. Multiple Use Association New England Forestry Consultants New England Kiln Drying Assn. New Hampshire Timberland Owners Assn. Niebling, Charles Northeast Wood Products Northeastern Logger's Association, Inc Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Inst. Northern Forest Products Co. Inc. Northfield Wood Products Oscar & Reuben Lumbra, Inc. Penley Corporation-NFL Project |
Peter C. Herman, Inc. Pingree Associates-NFL Project Plumb Lumber Co, Inc. Pomeroy Lumber Inc. Potter Lumber Co, Inc. Prentiss & Carlisle Company, Inc. Pride Manufacturing Co. Quality Hardwoods, Inc. R C Lavin Corp. R J Moore Hardwoods Inc. R L Fournier, Inc. R. A. Berg, Inc. R.H. Wales & Son, Inc. Rice, William W. Sr. Richard S Ward Lumber Co. Richard Smith Lumber Sales, Inc. Richard Walker Sawmill Robbins Lumber, Inc. Robert J. Sweet, Inc. Roberts Bros. Lumber Co., Inc. Ruch, James D. S. Bent & Bros, Inc. S.J. Bailey & Sons, Inc. Saunder's Brothers Seavey, Inc. Seven Islands Land Company Sewall Company Sheds USA Stetson Timberlands, Inc. Stowell, John D. Stratton Lumber, Inc. Sunday River Skiway Corp. Sylvandale Forestry Terian Inc. The A Johnson Company The Baker McMillen Company The Cincinnati Dowel & Wood Products Co. The Oliver Stores The Sharp Tool Co., Inc. The Timber Company Thomas Hammond & Son Thompson Trucking Timberland Improvements Tommila Bros., Inc. U-C Coatings Van Buren Madawaska Corp. Vermont Precision Woodworks W J Cox Associates, Inc. Wagner Forest Management Wagner Lumber Ward Clapboard Mill, Inc. Ward Lumber Company, Inc. Watauga Wood Products, Inc. Webb & Sons Inc - Lok-N-Logs, Inc. Weston, Peter B. Weston, William N. Wheelabrator Technologies Inc. White Mountain Lumber Company Wholesale Forest Products Winer, Herbert I. Wood Component Manufacturers Assn. Wood Products Manufacturers Assn. Woodward Timber, Inc. |
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