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A new measure of the forest resource has been added to the fourth forest inventory of Vermont. The inventory, which was conducted in 1982-83, included estimates of aboveground tree biomass on timberland. There are approximately 413 million green tons of wood and bark in the aboveground portion of all trees, which equates to an average of 93 green tons per acre statewide. Approximately 54 percent or 212 million green tons is in growing stock and nearly 49 percent or 202 million green tons is nongrowing stock (growing-stock tops, saplings, cull trees, stumps and salvable dead trees).

A statistical report on the first forest wildlife habitat survey of Maine (1982). Eighty-five tables show estimates of forest area and several attributes of forest land wildlife habitat. Data are presented at two levels: state and geographic sampling unit.

A new measure of the forest resource has been added to the fourth forest inventory of New Hampshire. The inventory, which was conducted in 1982-83, included estimates of aboveground tree biomass on timberland. There are approximately 502 million green tons of wood and bark in the aboveground portion of all trees, or 104 green tons per acre. Fifty-five percent or 275 million green tons is in growing stock and 45 percent or 227 million green tons is non-growing stock (growing-stock tops, saplings, cull trees, stumps and salvable dead trees).

Information about the attitudes and objectives of the private forest-land owners is essential to understanding Maine's forest resources. Ninety-six percent of Maine's 17 million acres of timberland is in 180,900 private ownerships. Ninety-two percent of these ownerships are individual and joint ownerships. A majority, 66 percent of the owners, live within a mile of their nearest tract, and 72 percent own only one tract. Benefits other than timber production are most important to a majority of Maine's landowners, but 61 percent of the timberland is in ownerships that have timber production...

Pulpwood production and receipts for the 14 states in the Northeast Region reached a new high in 1984 - a 5 percent (401,600 cords) increase over 1983 production brought total production up to 9,006,600 cords. Increases in both the roundwood harvest and use of manufacturing residues accounted for the record high. Roundwood production rose 318,800 cords or 5 percent to reach 6,648,800 cords, while the use of residues rose 82,800 cord equivalents or 4 percent, totaling 2,357,800 cord equivalents. These also were all-time highs for the Northeast Region.

As part of the third survey of Ohio's forest resources, measures for assessing wildlife habitat were taken in the State's 10 southern counties. This publication reports on the analysis of some of that data, describing the status of land use patterns, forest area, forest ownership, mast-producing trees, potential snag trees, and understory woody stems. Certain results of the survey are related to forest wildlife habitat quality conditions.

The total industrial harvest in Ohio was over 82 million cubic feet in 1983. This was up 17 percent since 1978. Sawlogs accounted for 57 percent of the total and pulpwood accounted for 36 percent. During this 5-year period, sawlog production was up 7 percent to 318.3 million board feet, and total pulpwood production was up 24 percent to 461.8 thousand cords. Consumption of sawlogs at Ohio mills rose 19 percent with 17 percent of the receipts coming from neighboring states. The use of manufacturing residues produced at Ohio mills increased from 79 percent to 93 percent. The largest use of...

This periodic evaluation of statewide industrial timber output is based on canvasses of the primary wood manufacturing plants in New Hampshire and Vermont. The report contains statistics on industrial timber products and plant wood receipts in 1982, and the production and disposition of the manufacturing plant residues that resulted. The 129.4 million cubic feet (3.7 million m³) of industrial wood produced in New Hampshire and Vermont in 1982 represented a 50 percent increase in production since 1972, when similar information was last collected in detail. Production and receipts of all...