Timber Harvests in 

Alaska: 1910–2006

Allen M. Brackley, Richard W. Haynes, and Susan J. Alexander1

United States 

Department of 

Agriculture

Forest Service

Pacific Northwest 

Research Station

Research Note

PNW-RN-560

January 2009

1 Allen M. Brackley is a research forester, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska 

Wood Utilization Research and Development Center, 204 Siginaka Way, Sitka, AK 99835; 

Richard W. Haynes (now retired) was a research forester, Pacific Northwest Research 

Station, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, P.O. Box 3890, Portland, OR 97208; and Susan J. 

Alexander is the regional economist, Alaska Region, P.O. Box 21628, Juneau, AK 99802. 

2 In the United States, four broad ownerships are used to describe forest resource conditions. These are Forest Service, other public, forest industry, and nonindustrial private 

forests. See Smith et al. (2004) for definitions and usage examples.

Abstract

This publication provides estimates of total softwood harvest by owner for Alaska 

for 1910–2006. This information is a mix of reported and estimated data. These 

data are being used to develop assumptions needed in forest planning by both 

public and private forest managers.

Keywords: Timber harvests, Alaska forest products, timber supply, forest 

products trade, forest planning.

Introduction

Timber harvest data are essential in understanding how a forest sector has evolved 

over time, the contributions of different land ownerships,2 and the legacy of stands 

that make up the forests enjoyed by the public today. In spite of a long history of 

forest management in Alaska, consistent harvest estimates have been largely absent 

from recent publications describing U.S. timber harvest (e.g., Adams et al. 2006). 

Recently, this lack of data was an issue in projecting the demand for Alaska timber 

(Brackley et al. 2006b).

The purpose of this research note is to provide timber harvest data for Alaska 

for 1909–2006, with a focus on timber harvest for industrial purposes such as saw 

logs for manufacture of softwood lumber; pulpwood for pulp products; and roundwood used as posts, piles, and exports in log form. A brief history of forest sector 

activities and markets provides a context for various changes in both timber harvest 

levels and prices. The impacts of changes in ownership on timber harvests are also 

addressed. Finally, there is a brief discussion of the stumpage prices that accompany the changes in timber harvests in southeast Alaska.


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Definitions and Methods

Timber harvest is defined as the total volume of wood removed from a forest site 

from both growing stock and “non-growing stock” sources3 for the purposes of 

conversion to products or direct use by consumers. We do not include estimates 

for harvests for fuelwood use in Alaska in this report. Most of the forest products 

industry has been located in southeast and south-central Alaska, although historically, there have been large harvests in some years in other regions.

There is a small lumber industry in the interior of Alaska that processes both 

hardwoods and softwoods. About 45 small firms (outside southeast Alaska) process 

limited volumes of softwood and hardwood logs. This information is derived from 

the Alaska Wood Products Manufacturer’s Directory by Parrent (2004). Parrent 

also identified 25 additional firms that purchase logs and produce secondary 

products. It is estimated that the total production from these firms is equivalent 

to 5 million board feet (mmbf) of lumber annually. At this level of production, 

something less than 4 mmbf of logs would be required annually. Also, during 2006 

and 2007, several ship loads of chips were exported from the Point Mackenzie chip 

loading facility opposite Anchorage. 

The data are shown in the appendix. Table 1 presents quarterly harvest data 

from various Forest Service reports for the two Alaska national forests. Table 2 

shows both the volume sold each year and the volume harvested each year since 

1940. Forest Service timber is sold (usually involving a bidding process) each year 

using contracts that usually span multiple years. For the past 40 years, these data 

have been compiled in the “Cut and Sold” reports by the Regional and Washington 

offices. The data in table 2 are shown by fiscal year (July to June until the fall of 

1976, then October to September after 1976). 

Table 3 shows timber harvests for other public, state, private, and national 

forest. These are a mix of reported and estimated timber harvests. Estimated 

harvests were derived from production and trade data (see Brooks and Haynes 

1990, 1997). Some of these data since 1960 have been published in Production, 

Prices, Employment, and Trade (Warren 1987, 1993, 1996, 2006: table 16). Some 

of the recent estimates of private (primarily Native corporation) harvests were 

developed as part of a requirement in the 1980 Alaska National Interest Lands 

Conservation Act (ANILCA 1980: PL 96-487, sec. 706(a)), as amended by the 1990 

3 Growing stock is a classification of timber inventory that includes live trees of 

commercial species meeting specific standards of vigor and quality. Cull trees are 

excluded. When associated with volume, only trees 5.0 inches diameter at breast 

height (d.b.h.) and larger are included.

Most of the forest 

products industry 

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in southeast and 

south-central Alaska, 

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Tongass Timber Reform Act (TTRA 1990: PL 101-626, sec. 104) that the Forest 

Service monitor timber supply and demand (USDA Forest Service, n.d.).

Brief History of Timber Harvest Changes in 

Southeast Alaska

From the time of Russian settlement, there has been some form of local timber 

processing in southeast Alaska to support local consumption. As much as 8 to 9 

mmbf of timber was harvested in the late 1800s as mining expanded, increasing 

the demand for mining timbers and lumber for local construction. Concerns about 

conservation led to the creation of the Alexander Archipelago Forest Reserve by 

presidential proclamation in 1902 (Rakestraw 1981). The Tongass National Forest 

was created by a proclamation signed on September 7, 1907, and reported timber 

sales in 1909 and 1910 averaged 13 mmbf of logs per year (fig. 1). Much of this supported local consumption and a thriving wooden box industry for shipping canned 

salmon to world markets (Heintzleman 1954).

Annual volumes of timber harvested following World War I and prior to 

World War II ranged from 14 to 57 mmbf. This rose during World War II to more 

than 90 mmbf in southeast Alaska to support the war effort. About 45 percent of 

this war-year volume was shipped to Seattle for use in airplane construction. The 

remaining amount was sawn and used in construction in Alaska. 

Figure 1—Harvest in Alaska. (Source: 1909-1958 compiled from U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service, Alaska Region, regional summaries of timber sold and harvested; 1959–2006 and 

total from Ruderman 1975; USDA Forest Service, n.d.; Warren 1987, 1996, 2007)

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After World War II, building material was required for residential construction 

as the Japanese rebuilt. This coincided with Forest Service efforts to contribute to 

the development of well-paying, year-round jobs in southeast Alaska. The Tongass 

Timber Act (TTA 1947) authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to sell timber within 

the boundaries of the Tongass National Forest on any vacant, unappropriated lands 

that were claimed by native entities or other persons. The Act protected the Secretary 

and the purchaser of the timber from claims based on possessory rights. The first 

long-term contract for timber was issued in 1948 (preliminary) and 1951 (final) to 

the American Viscose Corporation, the largest producer of rayon in the United States 

(Rakestraw 1981). The initial contract was designed to supply a mill at Wards Cove 

in Ketchikan. The second contract, with a Japanese firm (Toshitsugu Matsui), was 

signed in 1953 to support a mill in Sitka (see the increase in sold volumes in table 2). 

The timber to support these mills increased harvest on the Tongass National Forest 

from 70 mmbf in 1954 to 405 mmbf in 1965. Figure 1 shows the peak in Forest Service harvest in 1973 and the peak in total harvests from all lands in the late 1980s. 

As pulp mills became operational, an integrated industry evolved, which 

included sawmills and pulp mills. The development of sawmills was encouraged by 

Forest Service restrictions on the export of round logs. The policies were designed to 

increase local manufacturing. Sawmills in southeast Alaska typically produced cants 

and baby squares4 for export to Japan. Both lumber and log exports from Alaska and 

the other three Pacific coast states are shown in figure 2. By the early 1970s, Alaska 

producers accounted for a major share of west coast lumber exports.

The 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA 1971: PL 92-203) 

was passed by Congress in part to facilitate the development and construction of 

a pipeline to move North Slope oil to markets. The act created native land ownerships that resulted in a reduction in the area available for producing timber on the 

Tongass. The ANILCA (1980) designated wilderness and national monument areas 

in southeast Alaska, further reducing land available for timber production on national 

forest lands. The ANILCA directed funding be provided to “maintain the timber 

supply from the Tongass National Forest to dependent industry at a rate of four 

billion five hundred million foot board measure per decade.” (ANILCA 1980: Title 

VII, sec. 705(a)). The the long-term contracts remained in place. Native corporations 

sold their logs to the highest bidders, which until the early 1990s, were primarily log 

export markets. The emergence of log exports changed the competitiveness among 

4 Cants (also referred to as heavy timbers) are a type of lumber made from a log by 

removing two or more sides in sawing. Often cants are remanufactured into specialty 

products in the importing nation. Baby squares are full-sawn 4 by 4s used in post and 

beam construction in Japan. 
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Alaska forest products. Now trading companies could purchase high-quality logs 

for manufacturing products in Japan. The sale of logs reduced markets for cants and 

posts produced in southeast Alaska and led to the demise of large-scale softwood 

lumber manufacturing in southeast Alaska. The general history of lumber shipments from southeast Alaska to domestic North American markets is presented in 

figure 3. In the absence of consistent historically reported annual data for shipments 

from southeast Alaska to the lower 48 States, this information was estimated using 

material flow assumptions and occasional observations of past flows (Brackley et al. 

2006a). Figure 1 also shows the shift in harvest from the Forest Service to private 

(primarily Native corporations) timberlands, and the decline in both public and 

private harvests starting in the mid-1990s.

In 1990, the TTRA repealed the ANILCA (1980) statutory volume of 4.5 

billion board feet per decade and stated that henceforth:

...the Secretary shall, to the extent consistent with providing for the multiple use and sustained yield of all renewable forests resources, seek to 

provide a supply of timber from the Tongass National Forest which 

(1) meets the annual demand for timber from such forest and (2) meets 

the market demand for such forest for the planning cycle. (TTRA 1990: 

Title I, sec. 101) 

Figure 2—Volume of lumber and log exports from the west coast and Alaska. Logs are measured 

in log scale and lumber is measured in lumber scale. (Source: Ruderman 1976; Warren 1987, 1993, 

2007)

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Figure 3—Volume of lumber shipped from southeast Alaska to domestic markets (primarily the 

48 contiguous states). (Source: Brackley et al. 2006a)

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Nie (2006) provided a detailed description of the various changes in laws and 

policies that governed harvest flows from the Tongass National Forest.

In the early 1990s, housing construction slowed in Japan, and increases in the 

price of U.S. lumber reduced U.S. lumber and log exports (see Daniels 2005 for a 

detailed discussion of the changes in the log export market). Both changes in the 

demand for dissolving pulp and new mills opening elsewhere changed the competitiveness of the two Alaska pulp mills and led to their closures. The Sitka mill closed 

in April 1994, and the Ketchikan mill closed in March 1997 (Morse 1997). 

The Asian economic collapse that began on July 2, 1997, when Thailand floated 

its currency, further reduced the demand for softwood lumber in Pacific Rim 

markets. These market shifts, along with changes in Forest Service sales policies, 

introduced greater volatility in the Alaska timber market as producers responded to 

changing market opportunities. During the 1990s, the magnitude of the change in 

shipments to domestic markets for 2- or 3-year periods increased and decreased in 

excess of 80 to 100 mmbf, demonstrating the extent of volatility in lumber markets 

during periods of great transition. These volumes represent amounts that are two to 

three times the total annual production in any year since 2000. 

Since the early 1990s, there has been a structural change in the production and 

shipment patterns among the Pacific Northwest, Canada, Alaska, and Japan. These 

Since the early 1990s, 

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shifts reflect the steady increase in softwood lumber consumption in the United 

States, the loss of export markets, increases in lumber imports from Canada, and no 

real change in U.S. softwood lumber production (see Haynes et al. 2007: table 25). 

These trends are also expected to continue in the near future. 

Much of the growth in U.S. softwood lumber consumption since the early 

1990s was a result of a prolonged increase in residential construction. This resulted 

in increased demand for dimension lumber and lumber used for millwork. Simultaneously, there were reductions in exports and lowering of demand for cants and 

baby squares. These shifts in the grades of lumber are reflected both in production 

data (e.g., Haynes and Fight 2004: table 7; Warren 2006: table 13) and for Alaska 

producers in southeast Alaska mill capacity studies (Brackley et al. 2006a; Kilborn 

et al. 2004; Parrent 2006, 2007).5 In addition, increased U.S. consumption spurred 

increased imports from Canada, leading to a resurgence of softwood lumber 

production in the Pacific Northwest,6 and as southeast Alaska mill capacity studies 

show, greater shipments of Alaska production to Seattle for domestic consumption 

and for export to Pacific Rim markets. At the same time, markets for high-quality material have increased in the United States where softwood lumber used in 

millwork applications has continued to constitute about 13 percent of all softwood 

lumber used in residential construction.7 Given these various markets shifts, annual 

log usage by Alaska sawmills from 2002 through 2006 has ranged from 30 to 

about 40 mmbf (Brackley et al. 2006a; Kilborn et al. 2004; Parrent 2006, 2007) and 

lumber exports from Alaska have averaged 1.45 mmbf (lumber scale) per year.

Prices

Deflated (adjusted for inflation) stumpage prices from Forest Service timber sales 

in southeast Alaska are shown in figure 4. Like other U.S. regions, these prices 

illustrate both rapid and large-scale changes in market conditions. Stumpage prices 

are often considered a proxy for the extent and direction of changes in competitive 

5 Capacity studies of southeast Alaska sawmills have been conducted annually since 2001 

to obtain information about species, volumes, products, and markets for southeast Alaska 

sawn products. The capacity studies indicate that the proportions of sawn material going to 

the domestic market from southeast Alaska manufacturers both for final consumption and 

for transshipment to export markets have increased since the mid-1990s. 

6 Increased lumber production in the Pacific Northwest resulted from formerly exported 

logs shifting to U.S. domestic markets, and from reductions in plywood production that 

freed up logs for lumber production. 

7 This percentage is computed from unpublished data showing lumber demand by the various end use applications considered in The 2005 RPA (Resources Planning Act) Timber 

Assessment Update (Haynes et al. 2007). 


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Figure 4—Alaska cut and sold price. Negative stumpage prices caused by emergency rate 

redetermination (Source: USDA Forest Service Washington office official records).

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timber markets in other places (Haynes 2008). In addition, stumpage prices act as 

a signal to both producers and consumers about prospective levels of supply and 

demand for timber. Stumpage prices in Alaska are no different than in other regions 

in that they reflect both prices in competing regions as well as changes in the 

determinants of local timber supply and demand. 

Forest Service stumpage prices are transaction prices based on stumpage 

sales.8 The reported prices (like those in table 2) are volume-weighted averages of 

the species or species groups offered for sale. That is, they are the average of the 

species making up the sales offered in a particular location during a given period. 

The weights are the volume proportions for each species. The values and volumes 

are annual data reflecting prices, sales volumes, and stumpage values for Alaska, 

and have been reported as part of regional price reporting since 1969 (e.g., Warren 

2006: tables 101 and 102). 

The use of transactions data from Forest Service sales has led to two measures 

of stumpage prices: “sold” or “bid” prices and “cut” or “harvest” prices. The differences in these series are discussed elsewhere (e.g., Haynes 1998, 2008), but Forest 

8 See Mead (1966) and Haynes (1980) for a discussion of bidding for Forest Service timber.
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Service harvest prices are used commonly as a measure of value by all landowners 

(e.g., Adams and Haynes 1989, Stevens and Brooks 2003). 

The most widely reported stumpage prices are the prices bid for Forest Service 

timber sales. These prices have been published by the Pacific Northwest Research 

Station quarterly since 1963 for Forest Service regions and since the mid 1980s by 

individual national forests. They are generally cited as “sold” or “bid” prices. The 

sold prices represent the high bid for timber sales. These prices are also available by 

principal species where bidding by species is allowed. 

The “cut” or “harvest” price is the price paid for timber harvested from Forest 

Service sales. For an individual sale, the cut price is the adjusted high-bid price9

when logs are scaled after harvest. The cut price series is available only as an 

all-species average. Like the sold prices, cut prices are most commonly reported as 

volume-weighted averages as illustrated in table 2.

Stumpage prices are usually reported (as they are in table 2) in nominal terms 

and by convention are not seasonally adjusted.10 Until the early 1980s, nominal 

prices were the most frequently used to assess market conditions including price 

forecasting. However, the inflationary periods in the U.S. economy from the late 

1960s through the early 1990s resulted in the use of deflated prices (as shown in 

fig. 4) for assessing long-term price trends.11

An examination of figure 4 suggests that there are trends (expressed as real 

rates of change) in the deflated price series for national forest timber in Alaska 

over the past 67 years. In fact, there are significant (in a statistical sense) long-term 

trends in both the sold and cut price series. This is like other regions of the United 

States where there have also been persistent long-term trends in stumpage prices 

(Haynes 2007, 2008). From 1940 to 2007, there was an increase in Alaska deflated 

sold stumpage prices of 0.87 percent per year. At that rate, we can expect stumpage 

prices to double every 80 years. However, the same real rate of increase for cut 

prices was 0.35 percent per year during this 67-year period. 

The differences between rates of price change for the sold and cut prices are 

higher for Alaska than for other regions reflecting one of the impacts of the longterm contracts and how prices were set for timber harvest. Where in other regions, 

9 Most Forest Service timber sale contracts being offered in the West include provisions 

for adjusting the stumpage rates actually paid by purchasers for changes in product selling 

values. This process is termed “stumpage rate adjustment” or “price escalation.” The adoption of “stumpage rate adjustment” provisions differed leading to some distortions in the 

relation of sold and cut prices when comparing stumpage prices among regions.

10 Haynes (2008) discussed the consequences of seasonal adjustment for stumpage prices.

11 The case for this and its implications are discussed in detail in Haynes (2008).
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12 Under the long-term sales, timber harvest was planned and released in 5-year periods. 

A fixed price for the timber to be harvested during the 5-year period was set using an 

appraisal process based on prior data. 

cut prices were an average of adjusted sold prices, the price setting in the long-term 

contacts was based on an appraisal process rather than being the mix of adjusted 

sold prices.12 This led to greater differences between the two series and kept the cut 

prices (prices paid for timber harvested by the two pulp companies on the longterm sales) low in comparison to the smaller volumes sold in more competitive sale 

arrangements. This continued until the passage of the 1990 TTRA that increased 

the price for timber harvested from the long-term sales, narrowing the difference 

between cut and sold prices. 

The artificially low harvest prices had an unintended consequence in that they 

may have delayed the adoption of technologies to maximize the production of 

dimension lumber in Alaska mills relative to the rate of technological change in the 

softwood lumber industry elsewhere. In other competing regions producing dimension lumber, rising wood costs led producers to adopt technologies that improved 

the recovery of lumber from logs. That is, high wood costs acted as an incentive 

to producers to seek technological improvements that lower costs per thousand 

board feet of lumber manufactured. In Alaska, when the long-term sales came to 

an end and harvest prices were tied more directly to sale prices, producers found 

themselves at a cost disadvantage when producing dimension lumber. This problem 

was made worse by mills that were relatively less efficient than other regions. Given 

limited availability of old-growth timber, however, mills retained the ability to 

process large logs and produce scarce higher value products for the domestic and 

export markets (Brackley and Haynes 2008).

One way to estimate this cost disadvantage is to compare stumpage prices 

for Forest Service sales in southeast Alaska with those in the Pacific Northwest. 

Between 1975 and 2005, Forest Service stumpage sold prices in southeast Alaska 

averaged about 23 percent of those in the Pacific Northwest. If we assume that these 

prices typically reflect what bidders are able to pay for stumpage in anticipation of 

their logging and manufacturing costs and expected returns for the products that 

can be manufactured from the stumpage, than the lower observed stumpage prices 

in southeast Alaska demonstrate that costs (logging, manufacturing, and transportation) in Alaska are roughly $149 per thousand board feet higher than in the Pacific 

Northwest. These higher costs limit the ability of Alaska producers to compete in 

the lower value commodity markets. But the current production levels and shipment 

patterns in southeast Alaska demonstrate how the industry has transitioned to operate in current market opportunities where they focus on higher value markets.

Costs in Alaska are 

roughly $149 per 

thousand board feet 

higher than in the 

Pacific Northwest. 
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Conclusions 

Alaska has a long and varied forest products industry from local production for 

Russian settlements, to the basis for a year-round economy in southeast Alaska, to a 

vibrant but high-cost producer of high-quality softwood lumber for global markets. 

The events of the last several decades suggest that the forest products industry is 

in transition. Although producers are finding markets for high-quality lumber and 

logs, challenges remain with the utilization of utility logs owing to a limited fiber 

market. Until such markets evolve, it is difficult to see the evolution of an integrated 

industry such as existed from the 1950s through the early 1990s. 

The harvest data illustrate the relentless nature of economic and policy changes. 

From an economic perspective, many of these changes have been driven by shifts 

in competitive costs and the array of forest products produced in southeast Alaska. 

From a policy perspective, timber ownerships and federal forest management policy 

changes have been determinants of change. In spite of these often countervailing 

changes, there has been an evolution in the past decade of various products where 

Alaska producers using unique species or grades have found successful niche 

markets. 

Acknowledgments

The information in table 1 was originally compiled by Gene Miller, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Alaska Region, Timber Information Manager 

Coordinator. Data for private timber harvest came from various sources, including 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Alaska Region ANILCA 706(a) 

Timber Supply and Demand Reports, on file with the regional economist, Ecosystem Planning, P.O. Box 21628, Juneau, AK 99802. 

Metric Equivalents

When you know: Multiply by: To get:

Board feet, log scale 0.0045 Cubic meters, log

Board feet, lumber scale .0024 Cubic meters, lumber
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Table 1—Harvest on Chugach and Tongass National Forests

Chugach National Forest Tongass National Forest

Datea Saw log Non saw log Total Saw log Non saw log Total

Thousand board feet

1-Jul-1908 30-Jun-1909 2,315 13,236

1-Jan-1909 31-Dec-1909 2,100 6,172

1-Jul-1909 30-Jun-1910 5,143 5,869

1-Jan-1910 31-Dec-1910 6,450 12,366

1-Jul-1910 30-Jun-1911 2,289 25,859

1-Jan-1911 31-Dec-1911 1,924 30,193

1-Jul-1911 30-Jun-1912 1,819 42,829

1-Jan-1912 31-Dec-1912 1,934 42,280

1-Jul-1912 30-Jun-1913 2,754 30,781

1-Jan-1913 31-Dec-1913 3,650 32,893

1-Jul-1913 30-Jun-1914 3,006 42,055

1-Jan-1914 31-Dec-1914 1,270 39,620

1-Jul-1914 30-Jun-1915 947 36,213

1-Jan-1915 31-Dec-1915 1,547 28,681

1-Jul-1915 30-Jun-1916 3,534 31,485

1-Jan-1916 31-Dec-1916 4,307 42,283

1-Jul-1916 30-Jun-1917 3,921 42,700

1-Jan-1917 31-Dec-1917 6,338 41,002

1-Jul-1917 30-Jun-1918 6,745 41,157

1-Jan-1918 31-Dec-1918 5,536 43,114

1-Jul-1918 30-Jun-1919 6,361 38,403

1-Jan-1919 31-Dec-1919 5,079 37,374

1-Jan-1920 31-Dec-1920 4,833 45,609

1-Jan-1921 31-Dec-1921 2,665 11,651

1-Jan-1922 31-Dec-1922 3,320 20,623

1-Jan-1923 31-Dec-1923 4,382 40,463

1-Jan-1924 31-Dec-1924 3,893 48,646

1-Jan-1925 31-Dec-1925 3,801 53,723

1-Jan-1926 31-Dec-1926 4,769 50,992

1-Jan-1927 31-Dec-1927 3,294 52,000

1-Jan-1928 31-Dec-1928 6,480 33,766

1-Jan-1929 31-Dec-1929 5,447 42,015

1-Jan-1930 31-Dec-1930 6,440 38,517

1-Jan-1931 31-Dec-1931 5,736 18,234

1-Jan-1932 31-Dec-1932 3,391 14,699

1-Jan-1933 31-Dec-1933 3,075 14,664

1-Jan-1934 31-Dec-1934 2,744 28,151

1-Jan-1935 31-Dec-1935 3,226 30,454

1-Jan-1936 31-Dec-1936 2,948 39,964

1-Jan-1937 31-Dec-1937 2,045 35,316

1-Jan-1938 31-Dec-1938 2,281 25,585

1-Jan-1939 31-Dec-1939 1,360 26,492

1-Jan-1940 31-Dec-1940 2,004 30,861

1-Jan-1941 31-Dec-1941 2,185 35,787

1-Jan-1942 31-Dec-1942 2,238 38,535

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Table 1—Harvest on Chugach and Tongass National Forests (continued)

Chugach National Forest Tongass National Forest

Date Saw log Non saw log Total Saw log Non saw log Total

Thousand board feet

1-Jan-1943 31-Dec-1943 3,130 73,590

1-Jan-1944 31-Dec-1944 3,860 86,840

1-Jan-1945 31-Dec-1945 4,783 58,268

1-Jan-1946 31-Dec-1946 5,798 48,592

1-Jan-1947 31-Dec-1947 10,268 83,385

1-Jan-1948 31-Dec-1948 8,278 81,010

1-Jan-1949 31-Dec-1949 5,910 49,220

1-Jan-1950 31-Dec-1950 5,434 54,435

1-Jan-1951 31-Dec-1951 5,803 52,894

1-Jul-1951 30-Jun-1952 3,935 57,957

1-Jan-1952 31-Dec-1952 2,159 63,357

1-Jul-1952 30-Jun-1953 3,819 49,536

1-Jan-1953 31-Dec-1953 4,665 59,196

1-Jul-1953 30-Jun-1954 3,499 66,785

1-Jan-1954 31-Dec-1954 1,775 109,237

1-Jul-1954 30-Sep-1954 639 30,728

1-Oct-1954 31-Dec-1954 346 58,214

1-Jan-1955 31-Mar-1955 1,051 37,138

1-Apr-1955 30-Jun-1955 1,140 53,227

1-Jul-1955 30-Sep-1955 1,288 47,067

1-Oct-1955 31-Dec-1955 1,502 76,353

1-Jan-1956 31-Mar-1956 295 47,557

1-Apr-1956 30-Jun-1956 452 44,823

1-Jul-1956 30-Sep-1956 495 81,036

1-Oct-1956 31-Dec-1956 779 56,782

1-Jan-1957 31-Mar-1957 412 59,187

1-Apr-1957 30-Jun-1957 828 56,589

1-Jul-1957 30-Sep-1957 887 38,173

1-Oct-1957 31-Dec-1957 1,820 72,435

1-Jan-1958 31-Mar-1958 1,099 43,656

1-Apr-1958 30-Jun-1958 310 41,480

1-Jul-1958 30-Sep-1958 5,176 34,869

1-Oct-1958 31-Dec-1958 1,631 47,515

1-Jan-1959 31-Mar-1959 416 52,748

1-Apr-1959 30-Jun-1959 1,061 83,156

1-Jul-1959 30-Sep-1959 878 59,405

1-Oct-1959 31-Dec-1959 5,241 71,282

1-Jan-1960 31-Mar-1960 422 67,749

1-Apr-1960 30-Jun-1960 565 116,403

1-Jul-1960 30-Sep-1960 1,920 73,531

1-Oct-1960 31-Dec-1960 708 89,812

1-Jan-1961 31-Mar-1961 612 80,278

1-Apr-1961 30-Jun-1961 3,490 103,805

1-Jul-1961 30-Sep-1961 2,340 58,733

1-Oct-1961 31-Dec-1961 675 95,391

1-Jan-1962 31-Mar-1962 1,860 84,292

1-Apr-1962 30-Jun-1962 1,486 100,781
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Table 1—Harvest on Chugach and Tongass National Forests (continued)

Chugach National Forest Tongass National Forest

Date Saw log Non saw log Total Saw log Non saw log Total

Thousand board feet

1-Jul-1962 30-Sep-1962 1,802 84,350

1-Oct-1962 31-Dec-1962 2,009 96,853

1-Jan-1963 31-Mar-1963 1,620 88,869

1-Apr-1963 30-Jun-1963 983 101,055

1-Jul-1963 30-Sep-1963 1,139 96,820

1-Oct-1963 31-Dec-1963 105 108,399

1-Jan-1964 31-Mar-1964 117 97,774

1-Apr-1964 30-Jun-1964 361 112,683

1-Jul-1964 30-Sep-1964 640 112,180

1-Oct-1964 31-Dec-1964 255 121,099

1-Jan-1965 31-Mar-1965 772 92,159

1-Apr-1965 30-Jun-1965 4,428 99,173

1-Jul-1965 30-Sep-1965 497 114,072

1-Oct-1965 31-Dec-1965 1,190 92,207

1-Jan-1966 31-Mar-1966 414 116,856

1-Apr-1966 30-Jun-1966 267 116,474

1-Jul-1966 30-Sep-1966 523 110,665

1-Oct-1966 31-Dec-1966 13 130,282

1-Jan-1967 31-Mar-1967 514 97,679

1-Apr-1967 30-Jun-1967 13 111,862

1-Jul-1967 30-Sep-1967 495 129,879

1-Oct-1967 31-Dec-1967 1,456 134,916

1-Jan-1968 31-Mar-1968 226 137,256

1-Apr-1968 30-Jun-1968 707 139,272

1-Jul-1968 30-Sep-1968 952 118,310

1-Oct-1968 31-Dec-1968 1,921 134,657

1-Jan-1969 31-Mar-1969 442 116,503

1-Apr-1969 30-Jun-1969 754 149,187

1-Jul-1969 30-Sep-1969 2,084 137,333

1-Oct-1969 31-Dec-1969 717 116,320

1-Jan-1970 31-Mar-1970 206 99,955

1-Apr-1970 30-Jun-1970 93 139,391

1-Jul-1970 30-Sep-1970 534 153,823

1-Oct-1970 31-Dec-1970 61 166,912

1-Jan-1971 31-Mar-1971 1,234 135,093

1-Apr-1971 30-Jun-1971 64 128,351

1-Jul-1971 30-Sep-1971 374 130,624

1-Oct-1971 31-Dec-1971 15 133,669

1-Jan-1972 31-Mar-1972 2,252 133,893

1-Apr-1972 30-Jun-1972 16 134,230

1-Jul-1972 30-Sep-1972 688 135,542

1-Oct-1972 31-Dec-1972 66 143,834

1-Jan-1973 31-Mar-1973 1,035 142,487

1-Apr-1973 30-Jun-1973 998 168,800

1-Jul-1973 30-Sep-1973 629 132,199

1-Oct-1973 31-Dec-1973 446 145,006

1-Jan-1974 31-Mar-1974 383 146,655
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Table 1—Harvest on Chugach and Tongass National Forests (continued)

Chugach National Forest Tongass National Forest

Date Saw log Non saw log Total Saw log Non saw log Total

Thousand board feet

1-Apr-1974 30-Jun-1974 0 135,699

1-Jul-1974 30-Sep-1974 1,481 125,670

1-Oct-1974 31-Dec-1974 3,744 136,002

1-Jan-1975 31-Mar-1975 1,150 106,910

1-Apr-1975 30-Jun-1975 166 93,770

1-Jul-1975 30-Sep-1975 515 103,266

1-Oct-1975 31-Dec-1975 2,852 104,425

1-Jan-1976 31-Mar-1976 0 114,489

1-Apr-1976 30-Jun-1976 1,158 122,155

1-Jul-1976 30-Sep-1976 7,658 109,602

1-Oct-1976 31-Dec-1976 586 116,529

1-Jan-1977 31-Mar-1977 2,185 128,122

1-Apr-1977 30-Jun-1977 1,779 103,664

1-Jul-1977 30-Sep-1977 4,374 108,016

1-Oct-1977 31-Dec-1977 31 107,530

1-Jan-1978 31-Mar-1978 290 109,982

1-Apr-1978 30-Jun-1978 1,503 96,265

1-Jul-1978 30-Sep-1978 6,157 100,251

1-Oct-1978 31-Dec-1978 1,923 92,202

1-Jan-1979 31-Mar-1979 224 83,355

1-Apr-1979 30-Jun-1979 2,071 122,164

1-Jul-1979 30-Sep-1979 3,995 124,446

1-Oct-1979 31-Dec-1979 25 123,228

1-Jan-1980 31-Mar-1980 104 115,270

1-Apr-1980 30-Jun-1980 108 145,625

1-Jul-1980 30-Sep-1980 1,127 96,012

1-Oct-1980 31-Dec-1980 122 105 227 82,681 12,534 95,215

1-Jan-1981 31-Mar-1981 201 87 288 67,682 11,629 79,311

1-Apr-1981 30-Jun-1981 173 156 329 93,917 12,423 106,340

1-Jul-1981 30-Sep-1981 1,197 0 1,197 94,495 11,214 105,709

1-Oct-1981 31-Dec-1981 0 0 0 81,943 12,383 94,325

1-Jan-1982 31-Mar-1982 90 3 93 60,397 9,341 69,738

1-Apr-1982 30-Jun-1982 151 86 237 87,204 9,572 96,776

1-Jul-1982 30-Sep-1982 112 2 114 97,081 12,671 109,752

1-Oct-1982 31-Dec-1982 269 53 321 59,759 8,746 68,505

1-Jan-1983 31-Mar-1983 67 98 165 35,078 4,235 39,313

1-Apr-1983 30-Jun-1983 434 77,116

1-Jul-1983 30-Sep-1983 134 65,548

1-Oct-1983 31-Dec-1983 3 15 18 57,684 11,516 69,200

1-Jan-1984 31-Mar-1984 103 23 126 57,615 9,285 66,900

1-Apr-1984 30-Jun-1984 12 134 145 38,992 5,452 44,444

1-Jul-1984 30-Sep-1984 256 0 256 71,292 9,352 80,644

1-Oct-1984 31-Dec-1984 545 0 545 51,939 5,896 57,835

1-Jan-1985 31-Mar-1985 12 27 39 -19,538 46,032 26,495

1-Apr-1985 30-Jun-1985 0 0 0 62,067 8,854 70,921

1-Jul-1985 30-Sep-1985 125 0 125 67,314 8,762 76,075

1-Oct-1985 31-Dec-1985 175 15 190 81,241 10,569 91,809
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Table 1—Harvest on Chugach and Tongass National Forests (continued)

Chugach National Forest Tongass National Forest

Date Saw log Non saw log Total Saw log Non saw log Total

Thousand board feet

1-Jan-1986 31-Mar-1986 229 0 229 26,000 7,201 33,201

1-Apr-1986 30-Jun-1986 194 0 194 50,425 8,958 59,383

1-Jul-1986 30-Sep-1986 140 0 140 93,766 12,463 106,229

1-Oct-1986 31-Dec-1986 0 0 0 64,206 8,561 72,767

1-Jan-1987 31-Mar-1987 369 0 369 44,182 10,793 54,975

1-Apr-1987 30-Jun-1987 257 63 320 87,034 18,197 105,231

1-Jul-1987 30-Sep-1987 2 1 3 86,007 16,680 102,687

1-Oct-1987 31-Dec-1987 0 0 0 75,238 13,409 88,647

1-Jan-1988 31-Mar-1988 508 20 528 55,240 12,230 67,470

1-Apr-1988 30-Jun-1988 229 6 235 90,558 19,036 109,594

1-Jul-1988 30-Sep-1988 211 25 237 110,525 20,084 130,608

1-Oct-1988 31-Dec-1988 132 79 211 84,935 15,156 100,090

1-Jan-1989 31-Mar-1989 236 73 309 76,234 11,695 87,929

1-Apr-1989 30-Jun-1989 494 77 572 91,006 17,281 108,286

1-Jul-1989 30-Sep-1989 374 26 400 125,027 23,282 148,309

1-Oct-1989 31-Dec-1989 0 31 31 98,242 17,782 116,024

1-Jan-1990 31-Mar-1990 1 4 5 75,185 12,720 87,905

1-Apr-1990 30-Jun-1990 101 392 493 112,228 19,299 131,527

1-Jul-1990 30-Sep-1990 280 185 465 113,318 21,939 135,257

1-Oct-1990 31-Dec-1990 24 30 54 101,035 17,243 118,278

1-Jan-1991 31-Mar-1991 123 25 148 34,128 10,541 44,670

1-Apr-1991 30-Jun-1991 50 275 325 73,900 14,009 87,908

1-Jul-1991 30-Sep-1991 129 285 414 90,636 22,217 112,863

1-Oct-1991 31-Dec-1991 49 99 148 64,691 15,342 80,033

1-Jan-1992 31-Mar-1992 0 126 126 53,982 14,703 68,685

1-Apr-1992 30-Jun-1992 0 1,078 1,078 83,348 15,864 99,212

1-Jul-1992 30-Sep-1992 421 672 1,094 101,119 20,649 121,768

1-Oct-1992 31-Dec-1992 439 237 675 84,033 18,650 102,684

1-Jan-1993 31-Mar-1993 90 2,098 2,188 34,737 6,156 40,894

1-Apr-1993 30-Jun-1993 82 1,312 1,393 71,007 13,743 84,749

1-Jul-1993 30-Sep-1993 1,094 705 1,799 78,856 18,115 96,970

1-Oct-1993 31-Dec-1993 4,217 0 4,217 76,171 18,669 94,840

1-Jan-1994 31-Mar-1994 698 0 698 33,181 8,232 41,413

1-Apr-1994 30-Jun-1994 52 1,398 1,450 52,030 13,267 65,296

1-Jul-1994 30-Sep-1994 0 228 228 65,441 8,803 74,243

1-Oct-1994 31-Dec-1994 0 100 100 55,870 12,556 68,426

1-Jan-1995 31-Mar-1995 0 289 289 22,639 3,885 26,524

1-Apr-1995 30-Jun-1995 480 0 480 49,117 9,964 59,081

1-Jul-1995 30-Sep-1995 187 864 1,051 54,546 12,589 67,134

1-Oct-1995 31-Dec-1995 39 380 419 35,999 8,748 44,747

1-Jan-1996 31-Mar-1996 504 278 782 17,491 4,283 21,774

1-Apr-1996 30-Jun-1996 554 643 1,197 25,176 5,041 30,217

1-Jul-1996 30-Sep-1996 183 707 890 18,764 4,683 23,447

1-Oct-1996 31-Dec-1996 157 156 313 16,856 2,454 19,310

1-Jan-1997 31-Mar-1997 181 955 1,136 2,687 392 3,080

1-Apr-1997 30-Jun-1997 484 189 673 26,788 2,922 29,710

1-Jul-1997 30-Sep-1997 22 64 85 48,091 6,449 54,540
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Table 1—Harvest on Chugach and Tongass National Forests (continued)

Chugach National Forest Tongass National Forest

Date Saw log Non saw log Total Saw log Non saw log Total

Thousand board feet

1-Oct-1997 31-Dec-1997 308 326 634 30,883 3,895 34,777

1-Jan-1998 31-Mar-1998 210 142 352 7,822 980 8,801

1-Apr-1998 30-Jun-1998 84 57 141 26,866 2,367 29,233

1-Jul-1998 30-Sep-1998 168 138 306 41,991 4,960 46,951

1-Oct-1998 31-Dec-1998 51 188 239 31,320 4,187 35,507

1-Jan-1999 31-Mar-1999 14 18 32 1,559 443 2,002

1-Apr-1999 30-Jun-1999 -7 11 4 39,376 3,588 42,964

1-Jul-1999 30-Sep-1999 39 80 119 60,586 4,701 65,287

1-Oct-1999 31-Dec-1999 72 128 201 39,612 3,364 42,976

1-Jan-2000 31-Mar-2000 0 9 9 6,670 525 7,195

1-Apr-2000 30-Jun-2000 0 6 6 45,081 4,165 49,246

1-Jul-2000 30-Sep-2000 0 38 38 42,283 5,160 47,442

1-Oct-2000 31-Dec-2000 106 5 111 13,542 1,892 15,434

1-Jan-2001 31-Mar-2001 0 0 0 2,076 1,681 3,756

1-Apr-2001 30-Jun-2001 97 168 265 4,387 2,025 6,412

1-Jul-2001 30-Sep-2001 0 1 1 19,797 2,395 22,192

1-Oct-2001 31-Dec-2001 0 69 69 10,658 1,058 11,716

1-Jan-2002 31-Mar-2002 0 86 86 51 13 64

1-Apr-2002 30-Jun-2002 6 70 76 5,243 872 6,116

1-Jul-2002 30-Sep-2002 1 13 14 14,029 1,889 15,917

1-Oct-2002 31-Dec-2002 0 22 22 8,465 1,336 9,801

1-Jan-2003 31-Mar-2003 0 0 0 1,323 185 1,508

1-Apr-2003 30-Jun-2003 0 13 13 7,148 2,800 9,948

1-Jul-2003 30-Sep-2003 0 2 2 27,166 2,882 30,048

1-Oct-2003 31-Dec-2003 0 0 0 5,997 605 6,603

1-Jan-2004 31-Mar-2004 0 2 2 5,333 665 5,998

1-Apr-2004 30-Jun-2004 0 11 11 11,463 1,098 12,561

1-Jul-2004 30-Sep-2004 0 0 0 13,923 7,353 21,276

1-Oct-2004 31-Dec-2004 0 4 4 8,329 1,017 9,347

1-Jan-2005 31-Mar-2005 12 11 23 8,472 882 9,354

1-Apr-2005 30-Jun-2005 19 10 28 14,960 8,151 23,111

1-Jul-2005 30-Sep-2005 0 0 0 6,820 970 7,791

1-Oct-2005 31-Dec-2005 0 9 9 6,175 153 6,328

1-Jan-2006 31-Mar-2006 0 25 25 8,450 2,058 10,508

1-Apr-2006 30-Jun-2006 0 0 0 8,635 325 8,959

1-Jul-2006 30-Sep-2006 0 0 0 15,269 2,098 17,366

1-Oct-2006 31-Dec-2006 0 0 0 2,610 602 3,211

1-Jan-2007 31-Mar-2007 0 55 55 1,024 920 1,944

1-Apr-2007 30-Jun-2007 0 63 63 1,801 549 2,349

1-Jul-2007 30-Sep-2007 0 30 30 9,353 1,878 11,230

1-Oct-2007 31-Dec-2007

a Dates cover periods of available data, in both calendar and fiscal years. Beginning in 1954, data was also recorded quarterly.

Source: Compiled from U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Alaska Region, regional summaries of timber sold and harvested.
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Table 2—Timber sold and harvested on national forests in the 

Alaska Region by fiscal yeara

Fiscal year Sold Harvest

Dollars/ Dollars/

Thousand thousand Thousand thousand

board feet board feet board feet board feet

1940 12,558 2.73 34,004 1.50

1941 29,753 1.45 29,536 1.45

1942 50,368 1.43 39,855 1.45

1943 160,467 1.38 40,861 1.43

1944 124,542 1.38 110,977 1.35

1945 98,275 1.50 71,635 1.52

1946 52,048 1.46 50,133 1.45

1947 112,248 1.53 68,095 1.44

1948 381,098 1.85 99,275 1.64

1949 81,126 2.25 73,261 1.83

1950 62,646 2.37 56,162 2.06

1951 57,489 2.50 60,122 2.25

1952 8,476,973 1.60 61,892 2.93

1953 122,562 3.48 57,114 3.32

1954 69,416 2.46 70,283 3.20

1955 3,121,941 2.09 182,483 2.55

1956 108,269 2.73 219,337 2.29

1957 59,377 2.77 256,108 2.27

1958 5,320,220 1.77 199,893 2.32

1959 182,189 3.02 226,604 2.47

1960 356,384 2.85 321,946 2.44

1961 117,501 3.74 354,156 2.59

1962 107,543 2.66 345,558 2.66

1963 217,775 1.86 377,540 2.45

1964 249,032 1.69 417,399 2.21

1965 170,321 2.77 430,707 2.05

1966 539,734 7.57 441,974 2.09

1967 563,224 5.35 451,553 2.56

1968 810,970 20.08 544,210 3.11

1969 122,808 12.98 522,727 4.17

1970 314,208 14.62 496,100 6.50

1971 215,306 10.19 586,073 8.33

1972 57,325 8.75 535,058 8.10

1973 74,432 6.88 593,450 6.62

1974 52,680 15.26 561,017 8.07

1975 222,890 25.41 468,892 10.71

1976 7,638 21.80 448,860 7.55

76TQ 8,356 21.47 117,261 6.01

1977 861 10.97 465,254 4.19

1978 159,161 35.08 457,795 4.40

1979 109,101 102.58 430,380 3.43

1980 199,561 105.51 481,499 14.09

1981 158,733 48.06 388,616 17.14

1982 80,635 29.53 371,035 13.36

1983 81,990 14.63 251,536 2.60

1984 52,316 19.14 261,522 18.60
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Table 2—Timber sold and harvested on national forests in the 

Alaska Region by fiscal year (continued)

Fiscal year Sold Harvest

Dollars/ Dollars/

Thousand thousand Thousand thousand

board feet board feet board feet board feet

1985 41,664 8.81 232,035 -12.24

1986 189,707 8.05 291,374 1.77

1987 169,835 23.28 336,352 -9.76

1988 70,022 29.07 397,318 4.54

1989 95,452 107.21 446,106 8.33

1990 29,603 120.88 471,706 34.20

1991 52,891 44.18 364,649 37.72

1992 83,155 24.85 372,143 -37.20

1993 136,089 32.50 331,353 16.49

1994 54,533 129.04 282,386 38.31

1995 96,221 53.97 223,085 57.02

1996 72,035 171.52 123,473 117.19

1997 161,732 65.47 108,846 19.50

1998 24,283 49.52 121,194 41.49

1999 61,909 17.59 146,154 37.35

2000 170,651 29.86 147,112 38.15

2001 49,896 35.56 48,172 38.67

2002 24,425 24.30 34,057 36.66

2003 36,524 39.11 51,342 28.53

2004 87,078 13.63 46,449 17.05

2005 65,128 11.53 49,658 11.66

2006 85,031 12.08 43,195 17.88

2007 30,972 14.61 18,883 11.96

a Fiscal year for 1909–1975 = July 01–June 30; fiscal year for 1976–2007 = Oct 01–Sept 30.

Source: Forest Service Washington office official records.
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Table 3—Alaska timber harvest for private and public lands (calendar year)

Bureau of Bureau of

Year Statea Privateb Indian Affairsc Land Management National forest Total

Thousand board feet

1959 0 0 11,165 274,187 285,352

1960 210 0 15,877 351,109 367,196

1961 1,987 0 16,025 345,323 363,335

1962 6,872 0 13,985 373,432 394,289

1963 10,633 0 11,155 398,990 420,778

1964 18,144 0 11,190 445,109 474,443

1965 24,161 2,990 8,308 404,498 439,957

1966 31,220 1,650 5,349 475,494 513,713

1967 45,816 9,067 3,159 476,816 534,858

1968 47,974 8,192 1,103 533,303 590,572

1969 49,018 8,684 359 523,341 581,402

1970 53,568 12,855 574 560,976 627,973

1971 43,190 1,870 459 529,420 574,939

1972 50,591 26,081 45 550,521 627,238

1973 35,356 28,795 156 591,600 655,907

1974 51,241 17,473 12,083 153 549,633 630,583

1975 33,540 20,750 52 980 413,054 468,376

1976 41,714 15,000 1,011 1,139 472,178 531,042

1977 60,251 0 18,574 354 420,700 499,879

1978 30,301 0 4,040 2,011 408,574 444,926

1979 32,382 0 2,629 815 459,500 495,326

1980 47,547 172,400 17,000 534 453,686 691,167

1981 53,687 122,000 702 362 387,504 564,255

1982 35,198 209,200 2,895 419 345,536 593,248

1983 35,511 303,600 10,754 376 251,927 602,168

1984 28,044 290,300 0 0 261,522 579,860

1985 12,864 286,300 871 271 265,654 565,960

1986 18,995 357,700 0 252 272,142 646,089

1987 25,800 455,100 0 185 352,231 833,316

1988 25,177 517,000 15 112 408,947 951,251

1989 17,728 651,900 3,600 295 461,860 1,135,383

1990 11,163 611,200 300 407 474,000 1,097,070

1991 7,026 599,100 7,253 675 326,499 940,553

1992 16,000 569,200 16,861 850 395,321 998,232

1993 5,000 537,600 1,200 1,061 327,050 871,911

1994 2,700 473,300 0 1,023 251,855 728,878

1995 8,400 545,100 583 296 199,726 754,105

1996 15,100 537,700 0 2,085 97,930 652,815

1997 14,100 620,600 0 506 124,634 759,840

1998 12,600 388,800 0 245 121,529 523,174

1999 12,800 378,900 41,140 340 153,585 586,765

2000 61,700 216,900 2,413 NA 119,481 400,494

2001 55,300 191,100 0 NA 44,411 290,811

2002 57,700 184,700 1,539 NA 32,096 276,035

2003 49,700 137,900 0 NA 48,122 235,722

2004 28,200 120,200 314 NA 49,197 197,911

2005 46,200 162,893 0 NA 46,645 255,738

2006 45,300 74,300 0 NA 40,069 159,669

NA = not available.

a Harvests from Alaska Mental Health Trust and University of Alaska lands omitted prior to 2000.

b Estimated from telephone surveys.

c Bureau of Indian Affairs data include the Metlakatla Reservation.

Source: USDA Forest Service, n.d.; Warren 1987, 1996, 2007. 
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