A preview of Kentucky's forest resource

Joseph E. Barnard; Teresa M. Bowers

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A preview of Kentucky's forest resource

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Joseph E. Barnard, Teresa M. Bowers

Year:

1977

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NE-234. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 11p.

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Abstract

Forty-eight percent of the total land area of Kentucky is forest. Sixty-three percent of this forest land is the oak-hickory forest type and 47 percent of the forest area supports sawtimber stands. There has been a 23-percent increase in the volume of growing stock and a 24-percent increase in the volume of sawtimber since the 1963 inventory. Total volume of growing stock is 11.4 billion cubic feet, and the sawtimber component is 27.6 billion board feet.

Keywords

Forest surveys (Kentucky), forest area, resources (timber), statistics (forestry)

Citation

Barnard, Joseph E.; Bowers, Teresa M. 1977. A preview of Kentucky''s forest resource. Research Note NE-234. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 11p.