U.S. Forest Resource Facts and Historical Trends

U.S. Forest Resource Facts and Historical Trends. 7. Land and Forest Area. In 1630, the estimated area of U.S. forest land was 1,023 million acres or about 46 percent of the total . land area. Since 1630, about 256 million acres of for-est land have been converted to other uses—mainly agricultural. Nearly two-thirds of the net conversion ................
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