California

Ranking as one of the state’s top manufacturing industries, California’s forest products industry is a vital component of the state’s economy. The industry employs 110,000 workers with an annual payroll of $3.4 billion.  California’s paper and wood manufacturing workforce represents 4.1 percent of the state’s total manufacturing workforce.

Approximately 39 percent of California is forested.  Credited to regeneration and planting programs, the net annual forest growth exceeds harvests by a substantial margin.

California's Land Area (in thousands of acres)
Total Land Area: 99,786
Forests: 38,547
Forests as Percent of Total: 38.6%
Federal Lands: 45,027
National Forest System: 20,698

Timberland (in thousands of acres)
Government
    Federal: 10,319
    State: 159
    County & Municipal: 38
Forestry Industry: 2,982
Other Private Nonindustrial: 4,455
Total Timberland: 17,953

Federal Land Set-Asides (in thousands of acres)
National Parks: 8,319
Reserved National Forest: 5,217
Fish & Wildlife Service: 446
Bureau of Land Management: 6,543
Total: 20,525

Recycled Paper Consumption (in thousands of short tons): 2,375

Tree Planting (acres)
Federal: 28,284
State, County & Municipal: 4
Forest Industry: 30,000
Farmer & Other Private: 10,718
Total: 69,006

Value of Industry Shipments (in thousands of dollars)
Wood Product Manufacturing: $6,169,050
Paper Manufacturing: $8,167,467

Capital Expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
Wood Product Manufacturing: $140,029
Paper Manufacturing: $259,310

Annual Production
Hardwood & Softwood Lumber (million board feet):  3,361
Paper (in thousands of short tons): 540
Paperboard (in thousands of short tons): 1,820

Timberland Ownership
Government: 58%
Forest Industry: 17%
Other Private Nonindustrial: 25%

California’s total softwood and hardwood inventory has increased 16 percent since 1977 despite increasing production of wood and paper products.

Employment
Forestry: 4,159
Lumber & Wood Products (includes logging): 65,527
Paper & Allied Products: 40,459