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Stone County Forestry Profile

Acreage

Total Acres in the County: 324,500
Acres of Forest: 287,400
Percent of Forest: 88.6

Forest Type	Acres (Thousands)	Percent
Pine	96.9	33.7
Hardwood	69.8	24.3
Pine/Hardwood	54.8	19.1

Forest Ownership Profile

Owner	Acres (Thousands)	Percent
Government	85.9	29.8
Private	202	70.2

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

Year	Standing*	Delivered**	Rank***
2008	4.01	7.22

*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	9,710	257	37,995	4,070