Table 7.13  Timberland in the United States by Ownership, 1953-1997

  Nonindustrial Forest National Other  
Year private industry forests public Total
           
  million acres
           
1953 304.5 59.0 94.7 50.7 508.9
1963 307.5 61.4 96.8 49.3 515.1
1977 285.3 68.9 88.7 49.5 491.1
1987 283.6 70.3 85.2 45.8 484.9
1992 287.6 70.5 84.7 46.8 489.6
1997 290.8 66.9 96.5 49.5 503.8

Source:  Powell, D.S., J.L. Faulkner, D.R. Darr, Z. Zhu and D.W. MacCleery, Forest Statistics of the United States, 1992, General Technical Report RM-234 (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington, DC, 1993).

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1997 RPA Assessment: The United States Forest Resource Current Situation (Draft) (USDA, FS, Washington, DC, October 1999).

Notes:  1987 data for National Forests in Oregon and Washington were underreported in several forest types and stand-size classes and may not be reliable for regional trend analysis. Native American lands are included exclusively in the Nonindustrial Private owner group for 1997; for earlier years, these lands may be included in the Other Public owner group. Totals may not agree with sum of components due to independent rounding.

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