Forest Statistics For Central Georgia 1997

This report summarizes a 1997 inventory of the forest resources of a 49-county area of Georgia. Major findings are highlighted in text and graphs; detailed data are presented in 51 tables.

Since 1989, area of timberland in Georgia increased by less than 1 percent and in 1997 totaled 23.8 million acres. Nonindustrial private forest owners controlled 72 percent of the State's timberland. Volume of softwood growing stock declined 3 percent, whereas hardwood growing-stock volume increased 7 percent to 16.5 billion cubic feet. Net annual growth for softwood growing stock averaged 1.0 billion cubic feet and the ratio of softwood growth to removals was 0.95 to 1. Net annual growth for hardwood growing stock averaged 523 million cubic feet and hardwood growth exceeded removals by 34 percent.

Excerpt from Forest Statistics for Central Georgia, 1952 Central Georgia was covered by the original Forest Survey in 1936. The availability of these earlier statistics makes it possible to compare data for the two surveys and to evaluate changes and trends which have taken place during the past 16 years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.