Forest Products - A Complex of Industrial Activities

Forestry

Logging

Log Export

Sawmills

Millwork

Veneer

Plywood

Furniture

Pulp

Wood Chips

Paper

Paperboard

Hardboard/Particle Board

Prefabricated Structures

Also: Chemicals

Machinery

Transport Services and now

Bureaucrats, lawyers, people

Tribes Environmentalists Industry

Total Forest Products Employment

0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

140,000

160,000

180,000

200,000

1969

1972

1974

1976

1978

1980

1982

1984

1986

1988

1990

1992

1994

1996

1998

2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

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Paper

Forestry, Logging, Lumber

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Forest Products Employment by State

0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

1969

1972

1974

1976

1978

1980

1982

1984

1986

1988

1990

1992

1994

1996

1998

2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

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Idaho

Oregon

Washington

**

*2013

Forestry, Logging & Wood Products Employment

0

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

70,000

80,000

90,000

1969

1972

1974

1976

1978

1980

1982

1984

1986

1988

1990

1992

1994

1996

1998

2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

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Idaho

Oregon

Washington

**

*

2013

Paper Manufacturing Employment

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,00019

69

1972

1974

1976

1978

1980

1982

1984

1986

1988

1990

1992

1994

1996

1998

2000

2002

2004

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2008

2010

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Idaho

Oregon

Washington

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Composition of Land Areas

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Idaho

Oregon

Washington

Timberland

Other Forest Land

Range

Other

Composition of Timberland Ownerships

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Idaho

Oregon

Washington

National Forest

BLM

Other Federal

State & Local

Industry

Other Private

Yield Capabilities cubic feet/acre/year

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

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Less than 50

50-85

85-120

120+

Yield Capabilities by OwnershipDouglas Fir Subregion

0%

10%20%

30%

40%

50%60%

70%

80%90%

100%

Natio

nal F

orest

Oth

er Public

Indust

ry

Oth

er

Less than 50

50-85

85-120

120+

Yield Capabilities by OwnershipPonderosa Pine Subregion

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

Nation

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est

Oth

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ublic

Indus

try

Oth

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Less than 50

50-85

85-120

120+

Age of Tree

Vol

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Figure 1

Age of Tree

Figure 2

A B C

Annual Cost of Management

Annual Change in Volume (Value)

1/C

C = # years torotation (harvest)

Figure 3

Timberland

V

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/ $

Weyerhauser Land SW Wn.

Weyerhauser Land SW Wn.

Weyerhauser Land SW Wn.