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The Potential of U.S. Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect

Metric Unit Data

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Chapter 2: Current and Historical Trends in Use, Management and Disturbance of United States Forest Lands-Metric Unit Data
by Richard A. Birdsey & George M. Lewis

Table 2: Area of forest land by forest class, conterminous U.S., 1907-1997¹.

	1907	1938	1953	1963	1977	1987	1997
	(Million ha)
Forest class
Timberland	195.7	197.2	197.3	199.9	190.9	189.8	198.5
Reserved forest land	10.4	10.4	10.2	10.6	12.8	15.1	16.9
Other forest land	48.1	46.9	45.5	44.8	44.2	40.3	34.6
Total forest land	254.2	254.4	253.0	255.3	247.9	245.6	250.0
¹ From Smith et al. 2001 and other USDA Forest Service reports.

Users of these tables are kindly requested to cite their source:
Birdsey, Richard A.; Lewis, George M. 2002. Current and Historical Trends n Use, Management and Disturbance of United States Forest Lands. IN: Kimble, John et al. (eds.), The Potential of U.S. Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. XXX p.

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