A preview of Kentucky's forest resource
By: by Joseph E. Barnard and Teresa M. Bowers
Contributors: Bowers, Teresa M., joint author; Northeastern Forest Experiment Station (Radnor, Pa.); United States. Forest Service
Series: USDA Forest Service research note NE -- 234; USDA Forest Service research note NE -- 234.
Publisher: Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Upper Darby, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 11
Subjects: Forest surveys; Statistics; Timber
Description: Forty-eight percent of the total land area of Kentucky is forest. Sixty-three percent of this forest land is the oak-hickory forest type and 47 percent of the forest area supports sawtimber stands. There has been a 23-percent increase in the volume of growing stock and a 24-percent increase in the volume of sawtimber since the 1963 inventory. Total volume of growing stock is 11.4 billion cubic feet, and the sawtimber component is 27.6 billion board feet.
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