Vernal Express | 1957-09-19 | Page 7 | Mountain States Offers Big Chance for Timber Section

mountain stales offers big chance F for or timber tile the mountain Mo I 1 states area offers innumerable opportunities for vastly expanded timber development according to a report by S blair Itu just 1 sued cited by intermountain forest and range experiment station while west coast and southern timber areas have been liquidating their vast stands of virgin timber imber tile the mountain states area has been comparatively ligga laggard rd A market prospects for moun tain states timber is the latest report on forest economics issued by the intermountain sta aton mr lutc hlson tile the 8 author was a member of it the te staff bi of forest service investigators who prepared timber resources te sources review a recent nationwide evaluation of the timber indus try lie ile Is widely known for h his Is studies of both lie national and local timber industry points out tile the rate ot of american population in crease and from this im projects ejects tile the probable increase in national dern demands ands for lumber wood pulp materials und and other forest products lie ile also points out that the present shift t in population Is creating accelerated demands for these products id tile the moun tain region as well as am in the nation generally whereas will population in the united states state increased 00 percent frown from 1910 to 1095 1953 population I 1 in tile 11 ll 11 western states rose more than percent r especially nigh hilgh continuing demand man for douglas fir pond ponderosa erolan pine ine and white pine is certain increased ncr eased use of spruce and lodgepole depole pine lies has already occurred c and will continue e 0 pe t ally as supplies of other t lectured woods dimini sli the cut of spruce alone has fies asen risen from 31 million board feet in it 1630 1050 to million in hi 1053 1955 lodgepole pine long regarded rego iWed as fi a weed tree first gained IWO recognition g as a pulp improved manufacturing practiced have made inside lodie lodgepole pole an increasingly popular source of quality knotty pine pa that thai woods grown in tile the mountain states have on an impressive potential lit in the rapidly expanding demands for paper pulp and other wood fiber product si the croaff lovably on ably expected demands for wood od the next half cen my ury ire are WILIM certain r mo to draw heavily ori on timber produced in this ma area iri 1830 1959 some pattona were employed by the timber