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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 17. Average area of forest land harvested annually, by method and region, 1980-1990¹.

		Partial	All
	Clearcut	cut	methods
	(Thousand ha/yr)
Region:
Northeast	82	546	628
North Central and Great Plains	104	156	259
Southeast	644	218	862
South Central	442	1,110	1,552
Intermountain	43	91	134
Pacific Coast	182	332	514
Alaska	17	3	19
Total	1,512	2,456	3,968
¹ Smith, W.B. (personal communication).

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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