New Hampshires Forests

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New Hampshires Forests and Forest
Industry Sarah Smith UNH Cooperative
Extension NH Division of Forests and Lands 210
Nesmith Hall, 131 Main Street Durham, NH (603)
862-2647 Sarah.smith_at_unh.edu
SAMPLE
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NH is 84 Forested
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Trend of Forest Land Cover in New
Hampshire1600-2000
Total Land
Source UNH Cooperative Extension
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Source USDA, Forest Service
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New Hampshire Forest Ownership
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Source USDA Forest Service, 2002
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Forest Types in NH
White/red pine
17
Northern
Hardwoods
53
Oak/hickory
8
Other
Spruce/fir
6
10
Oak/pine
6
Source USDA Forest Service
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Forest Inventory, FIA

• Forest Inventory Analysis
• Conducted by the USDA, Forest Service
• Inventory of permanent plots
• Look at species composition, stocking, mortality,
  etc.
• The value is trend information or change from the
  last inventory.

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Annual Net Growth and Removals
Species Net Growth Removals Ratio Millions of
cubic feet White Pine 42.7 34.6 1.2 1 Red
Maple 26.1 19.8 1.3 1 Hemlock 18.0
7.8 2.3 1 Red Oak 15.5 12.6 1.2
1 Sugar Maple 18.3 11.2 1.6 1 Spruce
7.5 8.8 0.8 1 Paper Birch 0.5
9.6 0.05 1 Yellow Birch 4.1
6.2 0.7 1 Beech 4.9 8.7 0.6
1 Balsam fir 5.3 12.2 0.4 1 Ash
5.2 2.6 2.0 1 Aspen 2.9
4.1 0.7 1 Total 157.0 144.8 1.1 1
Source 1983-1997 USDA, Forest Service, inventory
(most recent available)
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Number of Harvests per County
County 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Belknap 244
218 213 192 202 Carroll 436 338 349
322 372 Cheshire 355 290 321 306
339 Coos 379 313 313 314 367 Grafton
667 612 533 521 597 Hillsboro 497
424 378 375 377 Merrimack 571 555
484 441 494 Rockingham 262 296 248
207 251 Strafford 172 146 112 113
145 Sullivan 264 229 258 265
283 Total 3847 3421 3209 3056 3427
Note These numbers reflect of harvest not the
size. For example a timber harvest in Coos County
may be 10,000 acres and one in Strafford County.
20 acres.
Source NH Dept. of Revenue Administration
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2003 Harvest Information
County Harvest Whole Tree Chips
Pulpwood Fuelwood Sawlogs Tons
Tons Tons 1000 board ft.
Belknap 192 41,850 45,586 3,802
13,693 Carroll 322 77,878
88,234 9,578 20,412 Cheshire 306 69,734
28,557 17,722 21,520 Coos
314 64,580 512,566 9,255
47,984 Grafton 521 100,269
131,994 10,870 30,857 Hillsboro
375 85,101 27,317 38,147
25,781 Merrimack 441 78,953 67,009
15,570 30,362 Rockingham 207
67,329 15,310 9,690
11,513 Strafford 113 30,091
24,536 5,650 9,194 Sullivan 265
35,674 32,491
5,633 27,673 Totals 3056
651,459 973,600 125,917
238,989
Information source NH Division of Forests and
Lands
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New Hampshire Lumber Production
Source NH Division of Forests and Lands
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NH Sawmills, Species

• White Pine 63
• Spruce 11
• Red Oak 8
• Hemlock 5
• Red maple 2
• Sugar Maple 1
• Other yellow birch, white birch, beech, ash

Source NH Division of Forests Lands
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Products from the Forest
Source NH Division of Forests and Lands
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NHs Wood to Energy Plants
Plant MW Tons Used
Hemphill, Springfield
13.8 208,000 Bridgewater, Bridgewater
15 229,000 Pinetree, Tamworth 20 286,000
Pinetree, Bethlehem 15 227,000 Whitefield,
Whitefield 13.8 187,000 PSNH, Portsmouth
50 450,000_____________________________
1,587,000 Tons (mostly woods-run
biomass) Nearby Rygate Power,Rygate VT
20 250,000 Sappi, Westbrook, ME 400,000 Other
New England Wood Pellet, Jaffrey 80,000 (sawdust)
and increasing
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Pulp mill closed 2006