Alaska

Ranking as the state's number one manufacturing industry, Alaska's forest products industry is a vital component of the state's economy. The industry employs 2,000 workers with an annual payroll of $108 million.  Alaska's paper and wood manufacturing workforce represents 2.6 percent of the state's total manufacturing workforce.

Approximately 35 percent of Alaska is forested. Credited to regeneration and planting programs, the net annual forest growth exceeds harvest by 22 percent.

Alaska's Land Area
Total Land Area: 365,465
Forests: 127,380
Forests as Percent of Total: 34.9
Federal Lands: 248,287
National Forest System: 21,999

Timberland (in thousands of acres)
Government
   Federal: 4,306
   State: 4,279
   County & Municipal: 20
Other Private Nonindustrial: 3,790
Total Timberland: 12,395

Federal Land Set-Asides (in thousands of acres)
National Parks: 54,641
Reserved National Forest: 9,090
Fish & Wildlife Service: 76,981
Bureau of Land Management: 6,542
Total: 147,254

Tree Planting (acres)
Federal: 354
State, County & Municipal: 2,783
Farmer & Other Private: 2,397
Total: 5,534

Value of Industry Shipments (in thousands of dollars)
Wood Product Manufacturing: $50,439

Capital Expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
Wood Product Manufacturing: $128,377

Annual Production
Softwood Lumber (million board feet): *
*withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual company

Timberland Ownership
Government: 69%
Other Private Nonindustrial: 31%

Since 1953 net annual growth of Alaska's growing stock has exceeded annual removals.

Employment
Forestry: 203
Lumber & Wood Products (includes logging): 2,135
Paper & Allied Products: 105