Timber resource statistics for midsouth counties, 1971

Abstract

Southern forests are changing constantly and rapidly. Though fast-growing, they are subject to heavy cutting for timber and, in some parts, to extensive clearing. Growth and change in industries drawing upon the forests are also rapid. To gage these changes and their effect upon the resource, the Forest Resources Research Unit of the Southern Forest Experiment Station makes on-the-ground surveys at 10-year intervals. The surveys are conducted continuously, one State after another. Hence the information for each State is from a different year; the dates of the most recent surveys are as follows:

Citation

Beltz, Roy C.; Bertelson, Daniel F. 1971. Timber resource statistics for midsouth counties, 1971. Resour. Bull. SO-31. New Orleans, Louisiana: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 28 p.