Wood consumption in California

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• From: dsouth@Forestry.Auburn.EDU (David South)
• Date: Fri, 04 Nov 1994 16:51:23 +0200
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This week I attended a "silviculture" meeting and thought I would pass on a
bit of information.   I listened to a talk on "Concepts of Silviculture to
Meet the Needs for the 21st Century" (By Ronald Stewart) and just about fell
out of my chair when he gave us some information on wood use.  He said
something like the following:

California has 10% of the US population but consumes about 25% of the wood
fiber.


I had already suspected that Californians used more wood that the rest of us
(US), but I guessed it was about double.  However, the above suggests they
consume THREE TIMES AS MUCH WOOD FIBER PER CAPITA!!!   Even if they did
reduce their consumption by 50%, they still would be using 50% more wood
that the rest of us in America.

With regards to resource conservation, we know that Californians can "talk
the talk".
But as a group, can they "walk the walk"??   We know they can "think
globally" but can they "act locally"?  
  

  
David South
School of Forestry
Auburn University, AL  36849-5418

dsouth@forestry.auburn.edu

205-844-1022
205-844-1084 (FAX)

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