Analysis of changes in eastern national forest timber sales between 1985 and 1997

This paper examines the changes in the sales of roundwood products from 1985 to 1997 for three eastern regions that contain relatively large quantities of hardwood sawtimber: the Lake States, Northern Appalachian Mountains, and Southern Appalachian Mountains. Although this analysis was concerned primarily with hardwood sawtimber sales, softwould sawtimber and softwood an hardwood pulpwood sales also were examined because all these products are part of national forest timber sales. Although roundwood sales have decreased in all three regions, sales revenue has increased in the Lake States and Northern Mountains regions because roundwood product prices have increased more than sales volumes have decreased.