Arkansas forest resource patterns

Charles C. Van Sickle

Treesearch

Arkansas forest resource patterns

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Charles C. Van Sickle

Year:

1970

Type:

Resource Bulletin

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Resour. Bull. SO-24. New Orleans, Louisiana: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 36 p.

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Abstract

A new forest survey of Arkansas reveals that forests cover 55 percent of the land in the State. In all, 18.2 million acres are available for and capable of growing industrial timber. Substantial change has occurred in the timber resource. In the 10 years preceding the new survey, forest area declined by one-eighth . Clearing for cropland and pasture claimed more than 2 million acres. Another one-half million acres were yielded to urban and other uses.

Citation

Van Sickle, Charles C. 1970. Arkansas forest resource patterns. Resour. Bull. SO-24. New Orleans, Louisiana: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 36 p.