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

49% of the New Mexico forest land is Federal property and is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service;
38 % is private, including 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,
5% is owned by the State of New Mexico,
1% is in other public ownerships.

Overall, 62% 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 42% (New Mexico’s Forest Resources, 2000, p. 16).

In summary:

Nonreserved sawtimber and poletimber	Total in the State of New Mexico	National Forests	State Forests & other public	Indian Trust Forests & other private
Area of ponderosa pine timberland	2,340,000 acres	1,501,000 acres	78,000 acres	762,000 acres
Net volume of ponderosa pine growing stock	29,627,000 CCF	19,476,000 CCF	606,000 CCF	9,545,000 CCF
Net volume of ponderosa pine annual growth	640,510 CCF	415,100 CCF	19,500 CCF	206,000 CCF

Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Resource Bulletin RMRS-RB-3: New Mexico’s Forest Resources, 2000. Tables 44 – 47, 54, 64.

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