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

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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 6. Loss of forest land (deforestation) by new nonforest class, conterminous U.S., 1907-1997¹.

	1907	1939	1954	1964	1978	1988	Total 1907
	to 1938	to 1953	to 1963	to 1977	to 1987	to 1997	to 1997
	(Million ha)
Nonforest class
To cropland	8.4	6.1	2.6	6.6	1.4	0.5	25.6
To pasture and range land	8.2	5.0	5.4	2.8	3.4	1.9	26.8
To other nonforest	0.9	1.0	3.1	4.4	4.6	3.9	17.9
Total to nonforest	17.5	12.1	11.1	13.8	9.4	6.4	70.4
¹ From various USDA and Census reports (see text).

Users of these tables are kindly requested to cite their source:
Birdsey, Richard A.; Lewis, George M. 2002. Current and Historical Trends in 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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