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Arizona Wood Sources

Arizona woodlands are owned and managed under three different types of ownership:

42% of the Arizona forest land is Federal property and is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service;
41 % is private and is mostly woodland included in Indian Trust Land administered under the supervision of the Bureau of Indian Affairs;
7% is administered by the U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management,
6% is owned by the State of Arizona
4% is in other public ownerships.

Overall, 59% of the forest land is administered by government agencies, and almost 68% of the net volume of growing stock on nonreserved timberland is occurring on lands administered by the National Forest System. Ponderosa pine comprises the greatest percentage of growing-stock volume on nonreserved timberland with 74% (Arizona’s Forest Resources, 1999, p. 15).

In summary:

Nonreserved sawtimber and poletimber	Total in the State of Arizona	National Forests	State Forests & other public	Indian Trust Forests & other private
Area of ponderosa pine timberland	2,800,000 acres	1,933,000 acres	38,000 acres	817,000 acres
Net volume of ponderosa pine growing stock	45,810,000 CCF	31,910,000 CCF	625,000 CCF	13,275,000 CCF
Net volume of ponderosa pine annual growth	997,000 CCF	693,000 CCF	19,000 CCF	285,000 CCF

Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Resource Bulletin RMRS-RB-2: Arizona’s Forest Resources, 1999. Tables 44 – 47, 54, 64.

Locally around Flagstaff:

Nonreserved sawtimber and poletimber	Coconino County	Coconino National Forest	Other National Forests (Kaibab, Prescott Apache-Sitgreaves)	60 miles radius around Flagstaff
Area of ponderosa pine timberland	1,400,000 acres	650,000 acres	750,000 acres	1,240,000 acres
Net volume of ponderosa pine growing stock	22,500,000 CCF	10,800,000 CCF	11,700,000 CCF	20,300,000 CCF
Net volume of ponderosa pine annual growth	486,000 CCF	230,000 CCF	256,000 CCF	426,000 ccf *

Source: Potential Wood Supply for the Greater Flagstaff Region. G. Snider and P. Daugherty. Ecological Restoration Institute, Northern Arizona University. Paper presented publicly on August 21, 2006 at the Wood Products Industry Forum.

* Not in the G. Snider and P. Daugherty paper. Estimated based on the 2.1% ratio sustained in the other categories.

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