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Carbon in United States Forests and Wood Products, 1987-1997: State-by-State Estimates
by Richard A. Birdsey & George M. Lewis

Northeast Region (CT, DE, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, RI, Pa, VT, WV) Estimate for 1987-1997

Table 1. Area by land class (1000 ac).
Land class	1987	1992	1997	Average Annual Change
				1987-1992	1992-1997	1987-1997
Timberland	79,836	79,379	78,923	-91	-91	-91
Other forest land	1,270	1,434	1,598	33	33	33
Reserved timberland	4,176	4,570	4,963	79	79	79
TOTAL	85,282	85,383	85,484	20	20	20

Table 2. Area of forest land by forest type (1000 ac).
Forest type	1987	1992	1997	Average Annual Change
				1987-1992	1992-1997	1987-1997
White-red-jack pine	7,949	7,194	6,440	-151	-151	-151
Spruce-fir	10,486	9,576	8,667	-182	-182	-182
Longleaf-slash pine (planted)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Longleaf-slash pine (natural)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Loblolly-shortleaf pine (planted)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Loblolly-shortleaf pine (natural)	1,778	1,737	1,697	-8	-8	-8
Oak-pine	2,628	2,566	2,504	-12	-12	-12
Oak-hickory	24,494	25,142	25,790	130	130	130
Oak-gum-cypress	377	412	447	7	7	7
Elm-ash-cottonwood	3,787	3,186	2,585	-120	-120	-120
Maple-beech-birch	29,883	31,449	33,016	313	313	313
Aspen-birch	3,258	3,660	4,061	80	80	80
Other forest types	0	0	0	0	0	0
Non-stocked	644	460	277	-37	-37	-37
TOTAL	85,282	85,383	85,484	20	20	20

Table 3. Total carbon stock on forest land and annual change by forest type (MMTC).
Forest type	1987	1992	1997	Average Annual Change
				1987-1992	1992-1997	1987-1997
White-red-jack pine	813.4	759.7	706.1	-10.75	-10.71	-10.73
Spruce-fir	1,034.7	942.4	849.1	-18.46	-18.67	-18.56
Longleaf-slash pine (planted)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Longleaf-slash pine (natural)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Loblolly-shortleaf pine (planted)	0.0	-0.4	-0.8	-0.08	-0.08	-0.08
Loblolly-shortleaf pine (natural)	95.7	96.1	96.4	0.07	0.07	0.07
Oak-pine	171.6	170.7	170.1	-0.16	-0.13	-0.15
Oak-hickory	2,064.5	2,154.3	2,244.7	17.96	18.08	18.02
Oak-gum-cypress	25.5	27.7	29.8	0.42	0.43	0.43
Elm-ash-cottonwood	250.9	190.7	131.6	-12.03	-11.82	-11.93
Maple-beech-birch	2,971.2	3,203.2	3,432.9	46.39	45.94	46.17
Aspen-birch	251.1	286.3	321.3	7.04	7.01	7.03
Other forest types	45.9	49.8	53.1	0.77	0.66	0.72
Non-stocked	52.8	38.0	23.5	-2.95	-2.90	-2.93
TOTAL	7,777.4	7,918.5	8,057.9	28.2	27.9	28.0

Table 4. Total carbon stock on forest land and annual change by accounting component (MMTC).
Accounting component	1987	1992	1997	Average Annual Change
				1987-1992	1992-1997	1987-1997
Biomass	1,980.3	2,088.8	2,197.8	21.7	21.8	21.8
Forest floor and coarse woody debris	759.2	755.9	752.6	-0.7	-0.7	-0.7
Soils	4,802.1	4,813.4	4,824.9	2.2	2.3	2.3
Wood products and landfills	235.8	260.4	282.6	4.9	4.4	4.7
TOTAL	7,777.4	7,918.5	8,057.9	28.2	27.9	28.0

Table 5. Total carbon stock on forest land and annual change by owner (MMTC).
Accounting component	1987	1992	1997	Average Annual Change
				1987-1992	1992-1997	1987-1997
Biomass	269.1	270.5	272.3	0.29	0.35	0.32
Forest floor and coarse woody debris	1062.5	1100.4	1137.6	7.57	7.44	7.51
Soils	1238.7	1175.8	1104.2	-12.57	-14.33	-13.45
Wood products and landfills	5207.1	5371.8	5543.9	32.94	34.41	33.67
TOTAL	7777.4	7918.5	8057.9	28.22	27.88	28.05

Table 6. Change in total carbon stock on forest land attributed to land use change (MMTC).
Owner group	1987	1992	1997	Average Annual Change
				1987-1992	1992-1997	1987-1997
National Forest	0.0	-11.1	-19.2	-2.2	-1.6	-1.9
Other Public	0.0	-4.8	-9.5	-1.0	-0.9	-1.0
Forest Industry	0.0	-14.4	-27.5	-2.9	-2.6	-2.8
Other Private	0.0	2.1	4.5	0.4	0.5	0.5
TOTAL	0.0	-28.2	-51.7	-5.6	-4.7	-5.2

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