Designation and management categories of forest areas in the United States 1987-2007

Published by Statista Research Department, Jun 30, 2010

This statistic presents designation and management categories of forest areas in the United States from 1987 to 2007. In 1987, the area of permanent forest estate amounted to 300.1 million acres.

Designation and management categories of forest areas in the United States from 1987 to 2007 (in 1,000 acres)*

Characteristic	1987	1997	2002	2007
Forest area with management area	456,335	483,644	496,435	509,226
Forest area under sustainable forest management	300,116	333,794	368,255	384,347
Forest area within protected areas	44,354	51,442	63,064	74,685
Area of permanent forest estate	300,116	315,425	322,048	328,672

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June 2010

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1987 to 2007

Supplementary notes

* Area of permanent forest estate includes all public forest.
Forest area within protected areas includes all reserved forest (IUCN 1-5 only).
Forest area under sustainable forest management means all public forest plus SFI certified forest (predominantly private) for 1990, 2000, and 2005 reported.
Forest area with management plan includes all public forest, all planted private forest, 70% of corporate natural forest and 20% of noncorporate private natural forest land.

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