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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

New York 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	15,799	15,602	15,406	-39	-39	-39
Other forest land	238	230	222	-2	-2	-2
Reserved timberland	2,739	2,846	2,953	21	21	21
TOTAL	18,776	18,678	18,581	-19	-19	-19

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	2,011	2,011	2,011	0	0	0
Spruce-fir	649	841	1,034	38	38	38
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)	63	94	126	6	6	6
Oak-pine	437	443	449	1	1	1
Oak-hickory	2,055	2,180	2,306	25	25	25
Oak-gum-cypress	30	54	79	5	5	5
Elm-ash-cottonwood	1,631	1,273	915	-72	-72	-72
Maple-beech-birch	10,866	10,888	10,911	5	5	5
Aspen-birch	683	699	714	3	3	3
Other forest types	0	0	0	0	0	0
Non-stocked	351	194	36	-31	-31	-31
TOTAL	18,776	18,678	18,581	-19	-19	-19

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	206.5	210.6	214.4	0.81	0.76	0.79
Spruce-fir	61.1	80.6	100.1	3.90	3.90	3.90
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	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Loblolly-shortleaf pine (natural)	2.9	4.5	6.1	0.33	0.30	0.31
Oak-pine	28.6	29.4	30.1	0.17	0.14	0.15
Oak-hickory	174.5	183.9	193.0	1.88	1.83	1.85
Oak-gum-cypress	1.1	2.2	3.4	0.23	0.23	0.23
Elm-ash-cottonwood	75.4	59.4	43.9	-3.20	-3.09	-3.15
Maple-beech-birch	1,070.1	1,088.4	1,104.2	3.66	3.17	3.42
Aspen-birch	49.1	51.2	53.2	0.42	0.40	0.41
Other forest types	6.8	7.4	7.7	0.13	0.06	0.09
Non-stocked	30.3	16.6	3.1	-2.73	-2.70	-2.72
TOTAL	1,706.3	1,734.2	1,759.2	5.58	5.01	5.29

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	394.5	412.6	430.7	3.61	3.62	3.61
Forest floor and coarse woody debris	158.9	158.0	157.5	-0.17	-0.12	-0.15
Soils	1,111.6	1,116.4	1,121.3	0.95	0.99	0.97
Wood products and landfills	41.2	47.2	49.8	1.20	0.52	0.86
TOTAL	1,706.3	1,734.2	1,759.2	5.58	5.01	5.29

Table 5. Total carbon stock on forest land and annual change by owner (MMTC).
Owner group	1987	1992	1997	Average Annual Change
				1987-1992	1992-1997	1987-1997
National Forest	0.5	0.8	1.1	0.05	0.05	0.05
Other Public	373.8	381.3	389.0	1.49	1.55	1.52
Forest Industry	113.2	122.6	130.2	1.88	1.51	1.69
Other Private	1,218.7	1,229.5	1,239.0	2.16	1.90	2.03
TOTAL	1,706.3	1,734.2	1,759.2	5.58	5.01	5.29

Table 6. Change in total carbon stock on forest land attributed to land use change (MMTC).
Accounting component	1987	1992	1997	Average Annual Change
				1987-1992	1992-1997	1987-1997
Biomass	0.0	-3.2	-5.7	-0.63	-0.50	-0.57
Forest floor and coarse woody debris	0.0	-1.4	-2.7	-0.27	-0.26	-0.27
Soils	0.0	-4.7	-9.3	-0.95	-0.90	-0.93
Wood products and landfills	0.0	0.6	1.2	0.11	0.13	0.12
TOTAL	0.0	-8.7	-16.4	-1.73	-1.54	-1.64

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