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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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Forest Facts About Canada
Total Forest Land Area that is Reserved in Protected Areas (Square Miles)
1.1 Area classification by province/territory, 2001 A. forest and other wooded land by status Reserved
| NL | NS | PE | NB | QC | ON | MB | SK | AB | BC | YT | NT | NU | Canada | |
| Forest | 279 | 1245 | 3 | 123 | 2675 | 13680 | 4981 | 2497 | 13295 | 15315 | 827 | 3322 | - | 56242 |
| Other Wood Land | 132 | 49 | - | 4 | 139 | 3621 | 3267 | 178 | 1793 | 3200 | - | 432 | - | 12816 |
| Total | 411 | 1294 | 3 | 127 | 2814 | 17301 | 8248 | 2675 | 15087 | 18515 | 827 | 3755 | - | 71057 |
Type of Forest Industry (lumber, paper, pulp, secondary manufacturing)
Forest Industry - Value of shipments - 1999 Millions of $US
| NL | NS | PE | NB | QC | ON | MB | SK | AB | BC | YT | NT | NU | Canada | |
| Value of Shipments | x | 1254 | x | 2909 | 14815 | 11299 | 740 | 647 | 3332 | 17814 | - | - | - | 53330 |
| Logging | 93 | 199 | 5 | 540 | 1520 | 1232 | 86 | 130 | 479 | 4615 | - | - | - | 8899 |
| Wood Product Manu. | 41 | 316 | 28 | 903 | 5664 | 3580 | 365 | 235 | 1834 | 8559 | - | - | - | 21525 |
| Paper Manufacturing | x | 739 | x | 1467 | 7631 | 6487 | 289 | 289 | 1019 | 4640 | - | - | - | 22905 |
Export in US Dollars and by Volume (tons, board-feet, square feet)
Forest Industry - Value of Exports - 2003 US units
Forest Industry - Value of Exports - 2003 US units
| NL | PE | NS | NB | QC | ON | MB | SK | AB | BC | YT | NT | NU | Canada | |
| Softwood Lumber | ||||||||||||||
| Quantity - Millions board feet | 24 | 34 | 458 | 1172 | 3503 | 1913 | 185 | 268 | 1695 | 12292 | - | - | - | 21545 |
| Value - Millions $US | 6 | 9 | 116 | 308 | 880 | 410 | 39 | 60 | 414 | 3781 | - | - | - | 6024 |
| Newsprint | ||||||||||||||
| Quantity - Thousands Short Tons |
894 | - | 424 | 417 | 4087 | 1899 | 172 | - | 198 | 1045 | - | - | - | 9137 |
| Value - Millions $US | 383 | - | 168 | 156 | 1809 | 912 | 101 | - | 81 | 417 | 4027 | |||
| Wood Pulp | ||||||||||||||
| Quantity - Thousands Short Tons Air Dry | - | 634 | 1014 | 1598 | 1604 | 2 | 484 | 2164 | 5196 | - | - | - | 12695 | |
| Quantity - Thous. of Hunderweights Air Dry | - | - | 12676 | 20282 | 31966 | 32077 | 44 | 9678 | 43276 | 103924 | - | - | - | 253902 |
| Value - Millions $US | - | - | 136 | 373 | 648 | 666 | 1 | 203 | 854 | 1966 | - | - | - | 4848 |
| Waferboard | ||||||||||||||
| Quantity - Millions Board Feet | - | - | - | 125 | 532 | 969 | 191 | 145 | 660 | 737 | - | - | - | 3359 |
| Value - Millions $US | - | - | - | 72 | 300 | 584 | 91 | 88 | 407 | 431 | - | - | - | 1970 |
| Other Paper & Paperboard | ||||||||||||||
| Quantity - Thousands Short Tons | 7 | 0 | 269 | 720 | 2752 | 1886 | 88 | 125 | 20 | 1340 | - | - | - | 7207 |
| Quantity - Thous. of Hunderweights | 132 | 0 | 5379 | 14396 | 55048 | 37720 | 1764 | 2491 | 397 | 26808 | - | - | - | 144136 |
| Value - Millions $US | 4 | 0 | 174 | 466 | 1782 | 1221 | 57 | 81 | 13 | 868 | - | - | - | 4665 |
| Converted Paper | ||||||||||||||
| Quantity - N/A (Units not compatible) | ||||||||||||||
| Value - Millions $US | - | - | 7 | 23 | 181 | 416 | 21 | 11 | 15 | 11 | - | - | - | 686 |
| Other Products | ||||||||||||||
| Quantity - N/A (Units not compatible) | ||||||||||||||
| Value - Millions $US | - | 1 | 56 | 230 | 2016 | 1862 | 148 | 20 | 181 | 1500 | 1 | 1 | - | 6019 |
| Total Exports | ||||||||||||||
| Value - Millions $US | 395 | 9 | 659 | 1629 | 7616 | 6072 | 457 | 459 | 1967 | 8973 | 1 | 1 | - | 28372 |
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