Summary and Analysis of the 2000 RPA Timber Assessment

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Summary and Analysis of the 2000 RPA Timber
Assessment

• Fred Cubbage
• Department of Forestry
• North Carolina State University

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Softwood Roundwood Consumption in U.S. with
Projections to 2030
13.1BCF in 1986 14.8 BCF in 2030 Source RPA
Timber Assessment 2001, Table 3-4
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Hardwood Roundwood Consumption in U.S. with
Projections to 2030
6.9BCF in 1986 9.8 BCF in 2030 Source RPA
Timber Assessment 2001, Table 3-4
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U.S. Softwood Roundwood Harvests, Consumption,
Imports, and Exports to 2030
RPA Timber Assessment 2001, Table 3-5
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U.S. Hardwood Roundwood Harvests, Consumption,
Imports, and Exports to 2030
RPA Timber Assessment 2001, Table 3-5
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U.S. Pulp Wood Fiber Supply, Historical and
Projected
RPA Timber Assessment 2001, Table 3-1
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U.S. Softwood Lumber Production, Consumption,
Imports, and Exports to 2030
RPA Timber Assessment 2001, Table App 3-2
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U.S. Hardwood Lumber Production, Consumption,
Imports, and Exports to 2030
RPA Timber Assessment 2001, Table App 3-2
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U.S. Softwood Lumber Production by Region with
Projections to 2030
34.6 BCF in 1986 44.1 BCF in 2030 RPA Timber
Assessment 2001, Table App 3-2
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U.S. Hardwood Lumber Production by Region with
Projections to 2030
9.2BCF in 1986 14.7 BCF in 2020 RPA Timber
Assessment 2001, Table App 3-3
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U.S. Structural Panel Consumption by Panel Type,
with Projections to 2030
RPA Timber Assessment 2001, Table App 3-4
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U.S. Structural Panel Production, Consumption,
Imports, and Exports to 2030
RPA Timber Assessment 2001, Table App 3-9
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U.S. Structural Panel Production by Region with
Projections to 2030
25.6 BCF in 1986 29.0 BCF in 2030 RPA Timber
Assessment 2001, Table App 3-10
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U.S. Nonstructural Panel Production, Consumption,
Imports, and Exports to 2030
Hardwood plywood (17), insulating board (15),
hardboard (7), particleboard (62) in 1997 RPA
Timber Assessment 2001, Table App 3-11
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U.S. Softwood Timber Harvests By Region with
Projections through 2030
RPA Timber Assessment 2001, Table 3-6
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U.S. Hardwood Timber Harvests By Region with
Projections through 2030
RPA Timber Assessment 2001, Table 3-6
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Softwood and Hardwood Annual Timber Harvests for
the South with Projections
RPA Timber Assessment 2001, Table 3-9
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Softwood and Hardwood Net Annual Growth for the
South with Projections
RPA Timber Assessment 2001, Table 3-9
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Softwood Net Annual Growth and Harvests for the
South with Projections
RPA Timber Assessment 2001, Table 3-9
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Hardwood Net Annual Growth and Harvests for the
South with Projections
RPA Timber Assessment 2001, Table 3-9
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Softwood and Hardwood Inventoryfor the South
with Projections
RPA Timber Assessment 2001, Table 3-9
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Softwood and Hardwood Inventoryfor the U.S. with
Projections
RPA Timber Assessment 2001, Table 3-9
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Softwood Harvest by Owner Class for the U.S.
with Projections
9.5 BCF in 1976 12.4 in 2030 RPA Timber
Assessment 2001, Table 3-9
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Hardwood Harvest by Owner Class for the U.S.
with Projections
3.3 BCF in 1976 8.8 in 2030 RPA Timber
Assessment 2001, Table 3-9
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Average Diameter Of Timber Harvested on Private
Timberlands by Year
RPA Timber Assessment 2001, Table 3-7
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Deflated (1982) Stumpage Prices for the South
with Projections
RPA Timber Assessment 2001, Table 3-8
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U.S. Softwood Forest Area, 1995 and 2050
RPA Timber Assessment 2001, Table 3-11
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U.S. Softwood Forest Inventory, 1995 and 2050
RPA Timber Assessment 2001, Table 3-11
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U.S. Softwood Timber Removals from Plantation and
Natural Stands, 1995 and 2050
RPA Timber Assessment 2001, Table 3-12
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Average Annual Growth Per Acreby Species Group
with Projections
RPA Timber Assessment 2001, Table 3-9 / Softwood
or Hardwood Acres in Figure 2-14
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Projections of Canadian Softwood Harvest
RPA Timber Assessment 2001, Table 3-13
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Talks Prepared for the 2001 MeetingSouthern
Forest Resource Assessment Consortium (SOFAC)

• Forest Resources of the United States, 1997
• Brad Smith, John Vissage, Ray Sheffield, Dave
  Darr
• January 2001 Draft
• Analysis of the Timber Situation in the United
  States, 1996 to 2050
• Richard Haynes et al.
• January 2001 Draft