Indiana's Forests 2008

Abstract

The second full annual inventory of Indiana's forests reports more than 4.75 million acres of forest land with an average volume of more than 2,000 cubic feet per acre. Forest land is dominated by the white oak/red oak/hickory forest type, which occupies nearly a third of the total forest land area. Seventy-six percent of forest land consists of sawtimber, 16 percent contains poletimber, and 8 percent contains sapling/seedlings. The volume of growing stock on timberland has been rising since the 1980s and currently totals more than 8.5 billion cubic feet. The average annual net growth of growing stock on forest land from 2004 to 2008 is approximately 312 million cubic feet per year. This report includes additional information on forest attributes, land use change, carbon, timber products, forest health, and statistics and quality assurance of data collection. AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to thank the many individuals who contributed both to the inventory and analysis of Indiana's forest resources. Primary field crew and QA staff over the [2004][2005][2006][2007][2008] field inventory cycle included Gary Stachowicz, Dan Johnson, Mark Webb, Jason Stephens, Joey Gallion, Greg Yapp, Aaron Hawkins, Matt Goeke, Kasey Krouse, Lance Dye, Dominic Lewer, Will Smith, and Pete Koehler. Data management personnel included Gary Brand, Mark Hatfield, Jay Solomakos, and James Blehm. Report reviewers included Joey Gallion and Carl Hauser of Indiana's DNR.Cover: Autumn in the deciduous forest. Photo used with permission of Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources.

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“…Over the past century, forest area in the state of Indiana has grown from 6 to 20 percent of the state's area, with most of the regrowth occurring on small parcels owned by approximately 218,000 family forest owners (Woodall et al, 2011). Individuals own 83 percent (or 1.6 million hectares) of Indiana's forest lands (Woodall et al, 2011). The majority of them own parcels less than 40.5 ha in size and rely on both non-farm and agroeforestry activities for income.…”

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