Louisiana forests: Status and outlook

Paul A. Murphy

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Louisiana forests: Status and outlook

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Paul A. Murphy

Year:

1975

Type:

Resource Bulletin

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Resour. Bull. SO-53. New Orleans, Louisiana: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 31 p.

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Abstract

Between 1964 and 1974, forest area in Louisiana declined 9 percent to 14.5 million acres. Softwood volume increased 31 percent to 9 billion cubic feet, and hardwood declined 7 percent to 7.7 billion. All softwood size classes had increases in volume, and all hardwood size classes had decreases.

Keywords

timber volume, forest acreage, timber cut, timber growth, forest industries

Citation

Murphy, Paul A. 1975. Louisiana forests: Status and outlook. Resour. Bull. SO-53. New Orleans, Louisiana: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 31 p.