AUGUST 7. 1969
PAGE .5
GEORGES. SCHMITT
Building Contractor
CUSTOM HOMES
CABINETRY
WALL TO WALL CARPETING
OUST OK INSTALLATIONS
Ljocaied Acno^^ pwm Iowa HaLi
Phone: 526-^2412 Home 526’-2766
Timber Sales Set New Record
National Forest timber sales in
the South set a new record during the
past fiscal 3rear x-rhen they reached more
than one billion board feet for the
first time. Regional Jbrester T* A.
Schlapfer announced.
Timber sales in the 13-state South
ern Region for the fiscal year which
ended June 30 amounted to 1,022,075,000
board feet. All timber sales in the XSh
National Forests of the United States
during the fiscal year totaled 18,959,
003,000 board feet, Ihis total, hoiirever
was considerably higher than last year's
sales figui*e because of a huge pulpwood
sale of 8 3/k billion board feet made in
Alaska to be harvested over a 50-year
period. In fiscal year 1968, the sales
total for all National Forests was 11-g
billion board feet,
Schlapfer said he is particularly
pleased with the new record chalked up
by the South because it is comparative
ly nsi^ as a timber production area. He
explained that most National Forests in
the Southern Region were created from
cut-over lands acquired since the early
1930’s. The Forest Service Regional
Office in Atlanta was established in
193U.
"This year's record of sales is a
result of the intensive forestry pro
grams carried out on these lands in the
form of reforestation, thinnings, and
other cultural work," Schlapfer said.
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He said that 20 years ago National
Pbrest sales from the South were on3y
about one-third the annual volume re
corded in fiscal 1969.
"The 1969 sales volume was excep
tionally significant,” Schlapfer said,
'^because of the current national concern
over meeting the future needs of a grox^-
ing population for lumber, plyijood, and
other wood products. The billion board
feet of timber would build at least
100,000 houses,”
Schlapfer pointed out that in
addition to the record timber sales the
National Forests also provided recreation
for millions of southerners, hunting and
fishing, clean water for cities and
industry and, in some places, forage
for cattle.
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However, it's good to know that people
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