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Chickasaw County Forestry Profile

Acreage

Total Acres in the County: 316,700
Acres of Forest: 161,700
Percent of Forest: 51.1

Forest Type	Acres (Thousands)	Percent
Pine	62.8	38.8
Hardwood	77.6	48
Pine/Hardwood	21.4	13.2

Forest Ownership Profile

Owner	Acres (Thousands)	Percent
Government	36.8	22.7
Private	125	77.3

Value of Harvested Timber in County by Year(in Millions)

Year	Standing*	Delivered**	Rank***
2008	4.07	7.95

*Standing is the value of harvested timber as it stands uncut in the forest. Also, the value the landowner would get for his timber.
**Delivered is the value of logs delivered to the first point of processing, such as a pulpwood yard or sawmill gate.
***Rank among other agricultural crops produced in the county that year.

Harvested Timber Volumes

	Sawlogs, MBF, Doyle		Pulpwood, Cords
Year	Pine	Hardwood	Pine	Hardwood
2008	12,011	367	31,912	4,134