• About 33% of the U.S. land area, or 737 million acres, is forest land.
• Net annual growth exceeds harvests and losses to insects and disease by an average of 33% each year in commercial forests.
• America's forest products companies have donated over 1 million acres of land (valued at over $400 million) for conservation, recreation, or social causes.
• About 47 million acres (6% of all U.S. forest land) is reserved for parks and other wilderness areas - no commercial timber harvests are permitted.
• Since 1952, 4% or about 19 million acres of timberland has been reclassified as wilderness or parks and no more commercial harvests are allowed.
• The amount of new timber grown is more than the amount of timber harvested by at least 1/3 (54% in 1976, 38% in 1986, and 34% in 1992).

Sustainability: Looking to the Future

Many of our natural resources, such as minerals, oil, and coal, are not renewable. Once they are taken from the ground, they cannot be replaced; they are gone forever.

Fortunately, trees are a renewable resource. With careful planning and good management, we all can enjoy their value and beauty for generations to come.