Denali NorthWest, LLC

Did You Know…

· About one-third of America's forests are set aside in national parks, wilderness areas and other noncommercial areas - 245 million acres.

· 57% of commercial U.S. forest lands are owned by private individuals, 28% by the government, and 15% by the forest industry equaling 486 million acres.

· In 1991 - more than 2.7 billion seedlings were planted by the forest industry. That is more than 10 trees for every man, woman and child in America.

· 250 copies of a typical Sunday New York Times uses a cord of wood (a stack measuring 4' x 4' x 8').

· About one-third of the United States is covered with timber - 731 million acres. There is 10% more forestland in the United States today than there was in 1920.

· A managed forest can produce up to 4 times the timber volume than an unmanaged forest. This means that fewer acres of a well managed forest need to be harvested to supply consumers with the wood products they need.

· Americans today recycle about half of the paper products they use. This is twice the amount recycled in 1980.

· The typical forest stand in the Pacific Northwest can have more than 10 species of commercially valuable tree species.