United States

Department of

Agriculture

Forest Service

Pacific Northwest

Research Station

General Technical

Report

PNW-GTR-547

July 2002

Harvest, Employment, Exports, and

Prices in Pacific Northwest Forests,

1965–2000

Debra D. Warren
Debra D. Warren is an economist, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Suite 400,

620 SW Main, Portland, OR 97208-3890.

Author
Warren, Debra D. 2002. Harvest, employment, exports, and prices in Pacific Northwest

forests, 1965–2000. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-547. Portland, OR: U.S. Department

of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 11 p.

Provides historical information on log harvest; employment in the forest industries;

international trade in logs, lumber, and chips; and volume and average prices of

sawtimber stumpage sold by national forests.

Keywords: Log harvest, employment (forest products industries), exports (forest

products), and stumpage prices.

The following tables have been compiled from historical publications of “production,

prices, employment, and trade in Northwest forest industries.” This report presents data

from 1965 through 2000 for the Pacific Northwest forest industries. In most industries,

dramatic changes are shown through the years. In the Oregon and Washington harvest

statistics, high peaks occurred in 1968 and 1973, and the lowest harvests were in 1998.

Employment in the forest industries has steadily declined and hit an all-time low in 2000.

Enormous changes are shown in log exports from the Pacific Northwest: highest

volumes were in 1988 and 1989, and now the volumes are back to the 1960s level. The

chip market remained fairly steady in volume, with prices hitting their peaks in 1995. The

lumber exports (like the logs) peaked in 1988 and 1989, but the prices were highest in

1995 and 1996. The national forest sawtimber volume was highest in 1970 but dropped

off to only 155 million board feet by 2000.

Abstract

Summary
Tables Table 1—Oregon timber harvest by ownership, 1965–2000

Table 2—Washington timber harvest by ownership, 1965–2000

Table 3—Employment in forest products industries in Washington and Oregon,

1965–2000

Table 4—Volume and average value of softwood log exports from the

Seattle Customs District by species to all countries, 1965–2000

Table 5—Volume and average value of softwood log exports from the

Columbia-Snake Customs District by species to all countries, 1965–2000

Table 6—Volume and average value of chips exported from the Oregon

and Washington Customs Districts, 1965–2000

Table 7—Volume and average value of softwood lumber exports from the

Seattle Customs District by species to all countries, 1965–2000

Table 8—Volume and average value of softwood lumber exports from the

Columbia-Snake Customs District by species to all countries, 1965–2000

Table 9—Volume of sawtimber sold on national forests by selected species,

Pacific Northwest Region, 1965–2000

Table 10—Average stumpage prices for sawtimber sold on national forests

by selected species, Pacific Northwest Region, 1965–2000
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Table 1—Oregon timber harvest by ownership, 1965–2000

Bureau Bureau

National of Land of Indian Other

Year Private State forest Management Affairs public Total

Million board feet,Scribner scale

1965 4,034 254 3,781 1,240 74 11 9,394

1966 4,123 184 3,269 1,244 60 41 8,921

1967 3,833 127 3,181 1,092 110 14 8,357

1968 4,354 161 3,642 1,470 100 16 9,743

1969 4,165 200 3,464 1,206 92 23 9,150

1970 3,874 150 2,832 1,037 79 10 7,982

1971 4,230 158 3,197 1,340 87 16 9,028

1972 3,919 246 3,944 1,419 80 22 9,630

1973 3,610 288 3,836 1,501 36 95 9,366

1974 3,822 225 3,163 1,025 11 15 8,361

1975 3,781 160 2,661 626 123 20 7,371

1976 3,561 203 3,174 1,082 108 25 8,153

1977 3,590 228 2,913 1,021 115 11 7,876

1978 3,549 235 3,235 1,039 121 22 7,997

1979 3,209 223 3,167 956 111 29 7,694

1980 3,134 186 2,399 797 105 19 6,639

1981 2,702 216 1,981 677 95 24 5,695

1982 3,440 175 1,688 312 126 17 5,758

1983 3,374 257 2,902 789 112 31 7,464

1984 3,078 249 3,164 920 101 38 7,550

1985 3,332 268 3,480 891 121 34 8,127

1986 3,494 225 3,850 1,042 104 28 8,743

1987 3,281 199 3,451 1,115 117 52 8,215

1988 3,259 270 3,487 1,439 121 39 8,615

1989 3,721 198 3,307 1,026 124 44 8,420

1990 3,229 137 2,014 704 98 37 6,219

1991 3,312 91 2,068 486 87 36 6,080

1992 3,581 135 1,403 483 111 29 5,742

1993 3,608 116 1,102 361 75 31 5,294

1994 3,244 130 596 92 80 25 4,167

1995 3,432 109 515 139 79 30 4,304

1996 3,018 115 401 289 71 29 3,923

1997 3,133 176 523 136 79 35 4,081

1998 2,840 141 333 122 71 25 3,532

1999 3,014 246 233 150 68 49 3,759

2000 3,167 255 245 83 62 42 3,854

Source: Oregon Department of Forestry.
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Table 2—Washington timber harvest by ownership, 1965–2000

Bureau Bureau

National of Land of Indian Other

Year Private State forest Management Affairs public Total

Million board feet, Scribner scale

1965 3,591 685 1,720 1 460 65 6,522

1966 3,460 538 1,573 4 431 69 6,075

1967 3,311 467 1,599 3 466 90 5,936

1968 3,856 681 1,795 4 530 105 6,971

1969 4,230 744 1,519 2 421 88 7,004

1970 4,045 602 1,378 3 368 63 6,459

1971 3,946 722 1,261 4 416 101 6,450

1972 4,015 1,004 1,488 3 489 82 7,081

1973 4,728 998 1,613 1 445 24 7,809

1974 4,337 685 1,290 0 452 112 6,876

1975 4,062 540 1,098 1 419 65 6,185

1976 4,414 766 1,214 3 516 55 6,968

1977 4,068 797 1,171 4 477 75 6,592

1978 4,036 955 1,261 3 460 36 6,751

1979 4,068 1,095 1,276 a 432 98 6,969

1980 3,507 745 1,089 0 336 43 5,720

1981 3,266 468 875 1 260 20 4,890

1982 3,740 440 728 1 152 18 5,079

1983 4,025 548 1,240 8 238 28 6,087

1984 3,545 795 1,189 1 205 57 5,792

1985 3,561 1,013 1,128 5 213 43 5,963

1986 3,989 1,064 1,232 4 235 32 6,556

1987 4,367 970 1,423 5 238 35 7,037

1988 4,406 826 1,486 0 271 56 7,045

1989 4,520 842 1,141 1 262 22 6,788

1990 4,147 657 817 4 182 42 5,849

1991 3,650 535 704 1 172 42 5,104

1992 3,844 476 461 a 186 51 5,018

1993 3,321 461 322 a 192 33 4,330

1994 3,421 323 200 a 199 14 4,156

1995 3,489 496 150 a 230 26 4,392

1996 3,274 600 182 a 270 40 4,366

1997 3,139 645 166 a 226 44 4,221

1998 3,044 546 111 a 275 46 4,022

1999 3,246 662 117 a 334 24 4,383

2000 3,131 559 81 a 334 24 4,130

a Less than 1 million board feet.

Source: Washington Department of Natural Resources.
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Table 3—Employment in forest products industries in Washington and Oregon, 1965–2000

Washington and Oregon Washington Oregon

Lumber Paper and Lumber Paper and Lumber Paper and

and wood allied and wood allied and wood allied

Year Total products products Total products products Total products products

Thousands of persons

1965 148.4 121.1 27.3 66.7 46.9 19.8 81.7 74.2 7.5

1966 148.0 119.6 28.4 66.9 46.6 20.3 81.1 73.0 8.1

1967 141.8 113.4 28.4 63.9 44.0 19.9 77.9 69.4 8.5

1968 147.1 118.3 28.8 65.9 45.9 20.0 81.2 72.4 8.8

1969 145.3 116.2 29.1 65.2 45.2 20.0 80.1 71.0 9.1

1970 138.2 109.0 29.2 62.0 42.2 19.8 76.2 66.8 9.4

1971 141.2 113.8 27.4 61.5 43.4 18.1 79.7 70.4 9.3

1972 150.2 122.5 27.7 65.5 47.3 18.2 84.7 75.2 9.5

1973 155.3 127.9 27.4 66.8 49.1 17.7 88.5 78.8 9.7

1974 152.1 124.5 27.6 67.3 49.7 17.6 84.8 74.8 10.0

1975 137.2 110.8 26.4 60.4 43.8 16.6 76.8 67.0 9.8

1976 150.9 123.4 27.5 68.4 51.0 17.4 82.5 72.4 10.1

1977 159.2 131.4 27.8 71.6 53.9 17.7 87.6 77.5 10.1

1978 159.3 136.5 22.8 69.1 55.1 14.0 90.2 81.4 8.8

1979 159.0 133.4 25.6 68.4 52.6 15.8 90.6 80.8 9.8

1980 144.1 116.1 28.0 64.1 46.5 17.6 80.0 69.6 10.4

1981 135.6 108.1 27.5 61.6 44.4 17.2 74.0 63.7 10.3

1982 120.4 94.6 25.8 55.2 39.0 16.2 65.2 55.6 9.6

1983 128.7 103.7 25.0 56.8 41.1 15.7 71.9 62.6 9.3

1984 132.9 107.7 25.2 57.2 41.0 16.2 75.7 66.7 9.0

1985 126.1 100.9 25.2 53.4 37.3 16.0 72.7 63.6 9.1

1986 126.0 100.6 25.4 53.1 36.7 16.4 72.9 63.9 9.0

1987 131.9 105.8 26.2 56.5 39.2 17.3 75.4 66.5 8.9

1988 135.6 109.6 26.0 58.8 41.7 17.1 76.8 67.9 8.9

1989 135.1 108.2 27.0 59.0 41.1 17.9 76.1 67.0 9.1

1990 130.8 103.6 27.2 58.0 39.9 18.1 72.8 63.7 9.1

1991 120.7 93.5 27.2 54.3 36.4 17.9 66.4 57.1 9.3

1992 117.6 90.8 26.8 54.3 36.5 17.8 63.3 54.3 9.0

1993 115.2 89.4 25.8 52.8 36.1 16.7 62.5 53.4 9.1

1994 117.5 91.1 26.3 53.9 36.7 17.2 63.6 54.5 9.1

1995 116.1 89.7 26.4 52.8 35.5 17.4 63.3 54.2 9.1

1996 111.6 86.0 25.6 52.3 35.5 16.9 59.3 50.6 8.7

1997 112.0 87.3 24.7 51.7 35.4 16.3 60.3 51.9 8.4

1998 110.4 85.9 24.5 51.9 35.6 16.3 58.5 50.3 8.2

1999 107.0 83.0 24.0 49.8 34.0 15.7 57.3 49.0 8.3

2000 105.9 82.4 23.5 49.0 33.4 15.6 56.9 49.0 7.9

Source: State employment agencies. The lumber and wood products industry includes logging, lumber, plywood, poles and pilings,

and miscellaneous wood products. The paper and allied products industry includes pulp, paper, paperboard, and building board

products. Data are based on place of residence.
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Table 4—Volume and average value of softwood log exports from the Seattle

Customs District by species to all countries, 1965–2000

Total Douglas-fir Western hemlock Other softwoods

Average Average Average Average

 Year Volume value Volume value Volume value Volume value

Million board feet; value in dollars per thousand board feet

1965 618 72.13 65 68.87 a a 553 72.51

1966 720 77.52 80 73.25 a a 640 78.06

1967 1,069 83.71 173 80.32 a a 896 84.36

1968 1,321 97.69 252 98.62 a a 1,069 97.22

1969 1,309 112.75 258 113.73 a a 1,052 112.50

1970 1,579 122.52 308 120.00 a a 1,271 123.13

1971 1,320 123.00 294 119.35 a a 1,025 124.05

1972 1,907 132.57 566 129.17 a a 1,341 134.00

1973 1,833 245.41 555 217.52 a a 1,278 257.52

1974 1,424 263.40 405 255.84 a a 1,019 266.40

1975 1,427 263.91 437 255.94 a a 990 267.43

1976 1,793 273.43 528 268.98 a a 1,265 275.29

1977 1,675 314.30 556 308.29 a a 1,118 317.26

1978 1,916 332.89 620 342.70 a a 1,296 328.21

1979 2,250 440.68 732 453.14 1,247 409.17 270 552.23

1980 1,699 491.73 645 492.57 880 469.21 175 602.07

1981 1,316 429.80 579 460.85 624 391.35 113 482.47

1982 1,597 378.94 730 410.40 765 345.12 102 407.83

1983 1,740 333.67 796 341.97 824 312.24 119 426.69

1984 1,789 321.87 847 332.76 829 299.56 113 404.06

1985 1,879 312.41 844 329.10 939 289.12 95 393.88

1986 1,739 317.55 766 335.18 879 330.25 94 453.02

1987 2,064 369.69 983 380.10 965 337.39 115 551.91

1988 2,295 450.04 1,217 450.87 922 427.90 156 574.52

1989 2,357 443.37 1,158 489.66 1,030 373.67 169 558.47

1990 1,932 524.97 1,077 550.04 718 486.61 138 528.77

1991 1,548 544.62 834 588.90 623 481.21 92 572.24

1992 1,394 649.07 761 761.13 557 498.42 76 629.61

1993 958 952.85 558 1,036.09 345 836.42 55 837.66

1994 891 912.42 584 1,006.03 263 726.97 45 778.21

1995 999 856.28 574 1,034.48 354 619.71 71 596.66

1996 917 848.00 644 945.52 233 595.03 40 752.06

1997 599 807.84 377 901.56 192 627.12 31 784.23

1998 477 686.36 347 762.40 91 521.67 40 396.70

1999 435 692.07 322 748.75 85 515.93 28 573.47

2000 360 765.44 280 836.08 51 544.73 29 470.60

a Prior to 1979, western hemlock was included in “Other softwoods.”

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce.
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Table 5—Volume and average value of softwood log exports from the ColumbiaSnake Customs District by species to all countries, 1965–2000

Total Douglas-fir Western hemlock Other softwoods

Average Average Average Average

 Year Volume value Volume value Volume value Volume value

Million board feet; value in dollars per thousand board feet

1965 283 91.36 45 73.44 a a 238 93.45

1966 389 92.70 48 80.54 a a 341 94.82

1967 502 99.97 93 76.91 a a 409 103.20

1968 653 112.72 116 85.78 a a 537 115.99

1969 561 128.39 99 97.29 a a 462 132.33

1970 637 137.29 144 110.08 a a 493 142.70

1971 517 137.16 122 118.55 a a 395 142.61

1972 730 145.05 201 119.91 a a 529 146.66

1973 806 303.63 309 140.75 a a 497 314.04

1974 766 310.21 311 286.66 a a 455 323.09

1975 798 284.61 329 291.51 a a 469 291.54

1976 944 301.73 418 275.20 a a 526 304.82

1977 881 340.94 410 298.10 a a 471 340.89

1978 931 380.48 520 340.51 a a 411 372.38

1979 984 496.62 577 387.37 229 538.65 178 408.65

1980 933 507.50 617 506.62 242 434.54 74 690.05

1981 671 472.80 438 513.91 184 364.40 49 827.71

1982 971 422.12 698 478.88 232 341.04 41 733.41

1983 852 366.21 621 430.85 187 313.29 44 580.89

1984 933 351.44 722 366.69 167 300.80 44 594.86

1985 1,125 342.58 905 348.59 173 295.28 47 547.45

1986 1,041 362.45 845 341.00 154 290.90 42 522.40

1987 1,104 436.96 861 367.70 185 346.87 58 692.24

1988 1,387 499.59 1,062 438.92 242 405.42 83 784.22

1989 1,257 539.73 876 498.91 321 338.15 60 1,009.60

1990 1,076 620.26 786 581.52 224 469.02 66 920.76

1991 994 606.18 741 637.93 195 446.77 58 885.12

1992 788 754.11 635 784.24 117 508.84 36 1,029.58

1993 750 1,024.97 613 1,055.45 109 784.21 28 1,290.32

1994 681 1,044.36 585 1,053.58 72 779.12 24 1,622.50

1995 606 1,080.47 540 1,104.61 50 728.06 16 1,316.13

1996 586 1,049.50 547 1,062.44 26 702.94 13 1,253.23

1997 443 912.16 413 918.05 21 668.74 9 1,259.89

1998 391 743.58 372 743.09 10 577.54 9 925.22

1999 359 793.62 347 792.89 6 587.74 6 1,126.00

2000 399 849.34 389 847.33 5 586.81 5 1,341.40

a Prior to 1979, western hemlock was included in “Other softwoods.”

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce.
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Table 6—Volume and average value of chips exported from

the Oregon and Washington Customs Districts, 1965–2000

Oregon Washington

Customs District Customs District

Average Average

Year Volume value Volume value

Short tons, on a dry-weight basis; value in dollars per short ton

1965 91,646 19.74 — —

1966 219,181 19.68 — —

1967 603,314 19.75 — —

1968 1,102,669 20.25 112,132 22.23

1969 1,460,669 21.10 160,165 24.52

1970 1,605,062 19.31 238,757 19.56

1971 1,504,169 20.94 229,237 17.87

1972 2,081,032 22.12 168,725 19.56

1973 2,778,829 24.85 272,196 21.84

1974 3,177,465 26.50 390,370 28.62

1975 2,436,807 34.74 326,083 38.56

1976 2,881,577 39.90 457,801 33.39

1977 2,892,333 43.33 281,540 49.17

1978 2,650,423 42.98 299,140 46.16

1979 3,125,103 42.55 346,209 50.05

1980 2,849,927 88.44 268,103 79.53

1981 2,076,612 85.51 296,461 80.74

1982 1,914,439 83.31 328,374 79.27

1983 1,668,971 68.17 247,935 74.24

1984 1,632,815 70.96 216,089 76.89

1985 1,626,490 74.22 276,054 76.16

1986 1,577,739 72.02 446,226 73.97

1987 1,852,920 72.75 464,426 79.06

1988 2,015,988 78.06 681,811 89.24

1989 2,252,282 96.73 800,563 85.20

1990 2,081,199 95.84 744,397 95.51

1991 2,141,958 104.73 681,161 103.10

1992 1,766,502 106.84 583,141 101.28

1993 1,544,904 104.28 588,564 95.63

1994 1,563,772 102.46 755,872 75.78

1995 1,329,590 130.04 542,694 113.24

1996 1,230,966 108.51 589,989 95.97

1997 1,247,092 89.54 611,888 72.28

1998 1,076,786 96.78 835,594 62.27

1999 1,024,223 82.64 753,147 60.51

2000 992,062 94.01 461,874 78.54

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce.
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Table 7—Volume and average value of softwood lumber exports from the

Seattle Customs District by species to all countries, 1965–2000

Total Douglas-fir Western hemlock Other softwoods

Average Average Average Average

Year Volume value Volume value Volume value Volume value

Million board feet; value in dollars per thousand board feet

1965 96 NA 62 NA 9 NA 25 NA

1966 98 NA 63 NA 3 NA 32 NA

1967 111 NA 68 NA 5 NA 38 NA

1968 104 NA 66 NA 6 NA 33 NA

1969 106 NA 70 NA 2 NA 34 NA

1970 136 NA 76 NA 12 NA 47 NA

1971 130 NA 89 NA 10 NA 32 NA

1972 164 177.86 100 195.96 22 98.99 43 176.10

1973 325 211.88 144 262.75 105 166.56 76 178.33

1974 332 242.67 174 267.93 79 205.45 78 224.26

1975 264 220.36 152 228.52 52 191.93 60 224.40

1976 312 260.23 155 280.33 95 217.02 62 275.88

1977 257 278.19 124 291.17 92 242.18 41 320.55

1978 310 290.19 129 309.81 118 266.70 63 294.06

1979 414 401.51 99 471.86 211 371.57 104 395.90

1980 522 324.62 107 361.19 271 310.48 144 324.13

1981 468 332.62 139 360.84 173 322.81 156 318.31

1982 473 301.01 117 308.04 237 291.53 119 313.02

1983 553 301.26 152 297.07 223 317.28 177 284.66

1984 423 314.01 121 322.95 162 304.50 140 317.24

1985 424 308.35 106 323.13 184 313.75 134 289.26

1986 747 329.03 193 348.17 355 320.86 199 325.01

1987 918 345.41 234 370.78 458 343.77 226 321.98

1988 1,047 346.21 330 363.75 426 348.28 291 323.32

1989 1,002 364.27 348 302.90 366 403.99 288 408.18

1990 886 424.64 300 438.20 293 416.25 294 421.18

1991 761 449.31 271 472.43 254 424.13 236 449.84

1992 617 491.47 244 529.45 209 415.66 163 531.85

1993 582 580.01 236 635.89 161 539.22 185 544.22

1994 536 637.48 238 704.12 146 639.14 152 531.39

1995 567 648.97 267 692.72 149 641.22 151 579.33

1996 568 687.84 299 748.39 148 642.48 120 593.20

1997 538 660.69 201 762.45 63 713.26 274 573.92

1998 282 609.74 99 657.84 25 728.43 158 560.64

1999 238 667.69 89 696.10 30 852.32 118 598.95

2000 263 605.06 72 694.90 20 700.01 171 556.44

NA = not available.

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce.
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Table 8—Volume and average value of softwood lumber exports from the

Columbia-Snake Customs District by species to all countries, 1965–2000

Total Douglas-fir Western hemlock Other softwoods

Average Average Average Average

Year Volume value Volume value Volume value Volume value

Million board feet; value in dollars per thousand board feet

1965 242 NA 223 NA 11 NA 8 NA

1966 237 NA 215 NA 9 NA 13 NA

1967 246 NA 217 NA 9 NA 20 NA

1968 273 NA 238 NA 5 NA 29 NA

1969 246 NA 216 NA 9 NA 21 NA

1970 274 NA 228 NA 22 NA 24 NA

1971 204 NA 179 NA 12 NA 13 NA

1972 242 229.39 222 236.06 9 112.13 11 189.95

1973 475 309.68 389 327.79 65 188.54 21 349.63

1974 388 318.98 323 332.98 45 223.32 20 306.82

1975 353 295.09 263 315.86 73 216.16 16 315.10

1976 387 365.57 323 384.21 51 225.95 13 449.34

1977 292 394.31 249 412.17 33 236.43 10 469.56

1978 275 443.46 245 452.34 17 265.25 13 499.35

1979 426 631.60 328 699.47 69 393.73 29 542.65

1980 463 561.77 342 623.19 68 357.18 53 426.36

1981 466 441.75 312 470.44 95 379.24 59 390.55

1982 415 434.95 302 460.46 70 292.09 44 486.70

1983 469 418.66 361 445.80 72 272.89 37 478.61

1984 526 376.39 375 404.05 96 259.55 55 391.65

1985 482 357.69 321 389.09 118 265.39 43 375.97

1986 404 415.74 271 458.75 97 299.18 36 406.41

1987 535 456.08 361 495.76 109 345.85 65 420.01

1988 771 434.96 463 495.40 162 373.35 145 311.29

1989 942 506.07 598 555.17 170 428.19 173 412.88

1990 693 566.07 443 630.19 110 448.56 141 456.02

1991 669 574.47 455 625.94 117 438.65 98 497.84

1992 560 621.01 413 651.75 72 480.55 75 587.10

1993 493 735.58 367 764.90 51 575.84 75 700.60

1994 412 816.39 301 856.33 45 661.62 66 739.60

1995 454 763.18 342 771.91 39 630.34 73 793.66

1996 443 790.00 357 824.08 24 635.64 62 655.26

1997 332 763.69 198 857.46 14 546.54 121 636.06

1998 187 735.17 123 793.15 7 568.05 56 630.70

1999 201 757.15 136 819.71 15 634.94 51 624.50

2000 201 744.92 138 837.92 14 531.41 49 543.71

NA = not available.

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce.
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Table 9—Volume of sawtimber sold on national forests by selected species, Pacific Northwest Region, 1965–2000

Douglas-fir

Ponderosa Noble fir Oth

West East and Jeffrey Sugar White Lodgepole Engelmann Sitka Western and Shasta tru

Year side side pines pine pine pine spruce spruce hemlock Cedars Larch red fir fi

Thousand board feet, Scribner scale

1965 1,918,578 314,346 776,602 26,395 38,855 40,571 9,122 16,069 718,479 99,165 58,424 71,222 324

1966 1,966,836 296,528 774,379 35,211 37,706 49,107 10,819 7,196 755,726 116,614 67,216 105,202 401

1967 1,819,760 317,393 760,936 33,317 58,417 111,995 11,377 12,725 609,780 96,234 31,748 97,782 362

1968 2,040,381 358,069 698,117 42,421 34,938 71,794 12,695 14,025 745,522 112,993 28,986 79,316 358

1969 1,831,821 295,218 652,647 36,377 83,936 92,132 7,729 9,890 671,723 110,919 33,099 74,536 392

1970 2,062,934 367,393 837,457 42,367 90,768 125,942 23,387 12,161 699,558 124,067 85,265 120,792 479

1971 1,662,483 298,849 771,152 34,855 42,750 42,135 16,028 17,050 628,716 96,814 43,817 51,755 363

1972 1,985,962 262,267 754,423 33,772 29,637 95,781 9,967 11,956 688,977 115,783 34,217 53,589 412

1973 1,614,694 287,848 750,289 44,969 16,525 124,607 7,870 18,410 653,910 102,885 28,005 35,331 419

1974 1,735,849 305,767 700,673 35,603 24,696 62,862 7,149 13,690 677,822 72,024 21,214 42,297 451

1975 1,859,458 326,002 854,923 31,110 30,931 81,713 12,955 16,842 745,569 110,711 28,548 57,340 334

1976 1,268,830 230,006 629,486 21,120 28,891 60,821 7,453 4,824 576,844 71,443 36,670 67,680 253

1977 1,714,208 268,450 761,204 31,474 22,352 109,875 7,961 14,097 708,569 105,596 21,400 52,141 352

1978 1,862,836 372,649 837,907 40,184 15,461 63,415 23,894 14,592 676,873 105,477 33,929 56,742 468

1979 1,945,657 390,267 822,590 32,775 15,367 138,898 16,149 15,321 796,519 129,712 38,265 106,412 496

1980 2,036,853 318,056 706,859 33,676 14,773 122,721 20,047 19,775 671,012 126,567 38,537 80,176 477

1981 1,944,177 336,430 764,421 31,104 10,725 125,794 11,121 17,828 711,204 115,513 62,210 193,265 506

1982 1,837,759 260,715 667,280 30,926 11,902 130,687 17,560 13,430 673,672 122,696 26,674 72,532 420

1983 1,773,547 295,243 662,176 22,116 11,005 129,753 15,462 7,025 564,168 116,264 30,969 41,842 516

1984 1,740,340 276,669 646,407 25,137 11,670 144,280 12,365 8,389 536,458 95,038 18,682 64,631 439

1985 1,491,475 236,592 587,990 30,312 11,366 109,264 19,164 11,981 413,541 75,697 33,608 106,656 367

1986 2,094,394 386,494 814,884 29,709 20,618 93,677 21,984 14,166 698,341 123,268 46,364 61,384 421

1987 1,876,085 286,167 680,770 34,524 10,593 80,925 27,906 9,573 495,796 103,239 34,841 118,646 397

1988 1,790,538 289,044 643,546 39,436 10,917 136,398 39,222 10,232 330,541 99,038 66,308 49,729 407

1989 599,527 222,795 452,393 17,288 5,891 69,981 30,314 2,358 100,717 33,950 38,834 24,497 200

1990 1,931,649 269,703 513,635 25,035 6,581 158,096 24,965 3,360 278,068 71,847 69,441 41,829 384

1991 124,078 94,537 211,308 1,050 561 86,157 11,480 322 41,324 8,551 25,920 9,085 152

1992 131,359 70,198 113,187 1,328 695 73,563 1,600 251 39,227 6,696 9,452 7,186 69

1993 113,985 43,974 150,418 2,886 178 20,082 4,356 61 7,272 3,596 2,350 1,007 47

1994 59,333 37,560 21,418 1,847 332 31,501 1,816 45 9,454 3,126 10,251 1,305 27

1995 161,107 72,291 87,349 2,885 985 31,194 1,568 176 29,358 8,012 7,953 19,606 51

1996 66,447 319,093 89,490 15,443 824 34,968 1,870 279 32,291 3,326 12,484 10,883 128

1997 61,852 179,294 55,173 2,086 2,560 17,884 82 1,186 24,553 2,243 3,374 11,156 50

1998 31,883 115,978 90,082 299 535 41,860 47 937 17,235 2,204 1,142 3,369 89

1999 18,922 92,888 58,382 380 898 33,223 196 7 10,241 1,450 2,375 4,970 36

2000 23 63,493 34,857 157 0 15,880 7 10 182 1,283 38 0 37

Source: Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pacific Northwest Region; includes Oregon and Washington and a small portion of northern Calif
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Table 10—Average stumpage prices for sawtimber sold on national forests by selected species, Pacific Northw1965–2000

Douglas-fir

Ponderosa Noble fir Ot

West East and Jeffrey Sugar White Lodgepole Engelmann Sitka Western and Shasta tr

Year side side pines pine pine pine spruce spruce hemlock Cedars Larch red fir f

Dollars per thousand board feet

1965 42.60 10.20 18.40 14.40 22.00 8.40 6.20 22.80 19.10 15.90 8.90 20.90 101966 50.00 11.80 21.10 23.20 24.60 3.40 6.40 32.00 20.60 16.20 9.20 28.80 121967 41.70 9.60 19.10 21.10 24.60 3.20 12.20 22.20 21.80 53.90 8.50 20.40 121968 61.20 20.10 23.90 27.90 30.10 10.40 22.00 34.20 35.60 22.40 18.30 38.60 311969 82.20 32.20 46.60 58.20 56.70 15.10 30.40 19.70 45.10 40.10 30.40 46.10 421970 41.90 8.40 20.30 30.00 37.30 4.20 3.90 11.70 20.50 14.70 10.90 15.10 11

1971 49.10 4.40 22.30 23.10 22.30 5.20 8.00 18.10 20.60 17.20 5.30 24.60 121972 71.70 15.60 38.40 26.00 35.80 10.60 27.20 28.00 49.00 67.50 13.50 100.20 331973 138.10 60.40 77.70 60.50 50.70 38.40 55.60 93.40 99.20 146.80 53.90 81.40 731974 202.40 68.20 110.60 139.10 121.00 25.70 50.20 72.60 110.80 217.00 11.00 136.20 801975 169.50 34.30 43.10 109.90 84.40 15.40 13.70 75.90 68.50 119.20 5.80 117.70 45

1976 176.20 38.60 79.40 118.90 116.00 40.20 10.50 83.10 78.10 160.30 20.30 105.60 551977 225.90 71.20 138.40 162.80 142.70 35.40 36.50 103.00 89.20 149.60 62.10 128.90 851978 250.31 98.50 218.70 207.90 123.70 41.60 85.40 109.50 111.70 206.60 56.40 122.50 991979 394.30 81.70 238.00 237.30 181.90 47.10 51.60 227.90 197.10 329.10 90.50 211.30 1891980 432.20 70.80 190.80 167.00 102.80 44.60 34.20 306.50 208.00 301.00 43.60 241.80 1671981 350.20 94.00 206.40 174.50 100.60 36.60 15.00 238.00 162.00 168.70 69.70 147.30 1031982 118.20 5.80 78.60 83.60 50.00 17.40 19.50 49.50 44.60 101.90 37.50 28.40 401983 161.60 37.60 134.30 131.80 74.30 20.20 28.70 30.00 61.90 88.70 31.80 42.40 581984 132.90 43.00 143.70 201.80 93.20 21.20 21.00 52.10 61.20 186.60 42.50 92.60 431985 126.20 32.20 166.00 192.60 109.30 14.20 18.40 77.70 50.00 123.70 50.60 57.60 411986 160.70 34.10 196.30 199.10 116.70 9.40 38.10 93.90 74.10 156.30 48.50 84.30 47

1987 190.20 46.00 267.10 300.60 220.10 18.00 24.00 81.20 103.70 192.40 46.30 101.90 631988 256.04 83.52 295.45 253.55 236.83 40.38 51.92 98.28 161.86 259.18 80.74 134.21 891989 389.80 161.60 323.44 292.91 272.66 68.90 105.94 87.51 222.47 158.06 132.73 203.00 1491990 466.35 149.07 297.78 341.35 262.42 59.39 96.80 138.53 203.04 266.30 141.66 407.83 1611991 394.95 110.03 322.50 335.70 187.53 92.40 141.31 219.92 164.10 284.94 94.24 279.49 1421992 477.21 183.78 487.91 454.16 239.47 103.74 143.96 176.17 164.68 231.76 258.95 193.34 1831993 317.75 254.53 595.26 531.45 518.59 156.52 82.08 524.91 363.66 367.31 352.47 341.51 3331994 652.36 307.87 318.20 588.27 763.67 155.72 216.00 376.68 334.80 363.51 482.19 449.81 2501995 453.38 143.57 253.19 433.58 488.33 136.01 146.22 175.10 291.84 86.56 271.48 285.36 2171996 398.98 267.68 165.67 58.21 328.74 96.62 60.19 107.67 221.28 497.17 217.49 204.30 1391997 291.26 284.50 164.38 394.16 250.67 144.24 109.56 109.04 191.38 1,174.33 156.28 227.50 1281998 201.64 199.64 122.17 473.97 233.02 82.66 56.07 74.99 101.41 268.01 218.60 165.08 841999 393.98 202.87 139.91 127.31 270.75 94.92 62.15 93.23 77.69 196.44 278.23 273.58 127

2000 747.86 123.20 111.36 397.16 — 144.98 84.59 139.46 158.32 560.04 65.16 — 97

Source: Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pacific Northwest Region; includes Oregon and Washington and a small portion of northern Calif
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