world news - 19.06.2007
County's timber harvest declines
The county's timber harvest fell
to 27.8 million board feet last year, compared with 36.4 million board
feet in 2005, according to the California Forest Products Commission.
For
all of California, timber harvests fell to 1.6 billion board feet last
year, down from 1.7 billion board feet the previous year.
"The
5.4-percent (statewide) decline was largely due to less harvesting on
government-owned lands in California, and put the state far behind
other states, such as Washington and Oregon, in meeting the wood needs
of its residents," the commission said in a statement.
Neighboring
Oregon and Washington harvested far more trees than California and more
than met the wood products needs of their residents, producing more
than 3.5 billion board feet of lumber in each state alone.
California has about 40 million acres of forestland, the commission said.
By
contrast, Oregon — with 28.8 million acres — harvested 3.5 billion
board feet. Washington, with 23 million acres of forestland, also
harvested about 3.5 billion board feet.
California's harvests about 20 percent of the demand of state consumers, according to President Donn Zea.
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