Who owns the largest amount of forestland?

a) U.S. Forest Service
b) State and local forest agencies
c) Forest and paper industry
d) Private, non-industrial landowners

Almost 60 percent of the commercial forestland in this country is owned by non-industrial private landowners. Federal, state and local government own 27 percent of the commercial forestlands and the forest and paper industry owns 14 percent.

There are more trees in the Lake States (Michigan/Minnesota/Wisconsin) today than there were:

a) 20 years ago
b) 10 years ago
c) 50 years ago
d) 37 years ago

Timber growth in the Lake States exceeds harvest and losses due to insects and disease by:

a) 28 percent
b) 43 percent
c) 62 percent
d) 90 percent

 

Wood products are less energy intensive to manufacture than which of the following materials?

a) Steel
b) Aluminum
c) Concrete
d) All of the above

Wood is less energy intensive than steel, aluminum, concrete and other competing materials. Most forest products are made with small requirements for fossil fuels as compared with substitutes. It takes about 0.2 tons of coal (energy equivalent) to process a ton of wood. A ton of aluminum requires about 10 tons of coal. Steel requires 2 tons.

What percentage of a tree can be used in the manufacturing process for wood and paper products?

a) 76 percent
b) 63 percent
c) 52 percent
d) Almost 100 percent

With today's technology, almost 100 percent of a tree can be used in the manufacturing process for wood and paper products. The industry has designed processes that use tree bark for steam and electricity, sawdust and wood chips for manufacturing pulp used to make paper, and wood shavings to make particleboard and composite panels for construction.