Southern Research Station

Title: Tennessee's timber industry - an assessment of timber product output and use, 2001

Author: Bentley, James W.; Wright, Robert C.

Date: 2004

Source: Resour. Bull. SRS-91. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 39 p.

Station ID: RB-SRS-091

Description: In 2001, roundwood output from Tennessee's forests was 325 million cubic feet. Mill byproducts generated from primary manufacturers totaled 125 million cubic feet. Seventy-one percent of the plant residues were used primarily for fuel and fiber products. Saw logs were the leading roundwood product at 182 million cubic feet; pulpwood ranked second at 127 million cubic feet; other industrial products were third at 14 million cubic feet. There were 450 primary processing plants operating in Tennessee in 2001. Total receipts amounted to 311 million cubic feet.

Keywords: pulpwood, residues, roundwood, saw logs, veneer logs, wood movement

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Bentley, James W.; Wright, Robert C.  2004.  Tennessee's timber industry - an assessment of timber product output and use, 2001.   Resour. Bull. SRS-91. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 39 p.