Planting Acres Bound the estimate Survey for planting density Shift to nursery sales? Should the...

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250,000

500,000

750,000

1,000,000

1,250,000

1,500,000

1,750,000

2,000,000

2,250,000

2,500,000

2,750,000

3,000,000

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Southern Tree Planting, All States and Ownerships, 1945-2007

Virginia

Texas

Tennessee

South Carolina

Oklahoma

North Carolina

Mississippi

Louisiana

Kentucky

Georgia

Florida

Arkansas

Alabama

Source: USFS, GFC, TMS

Planting Acres

Bound the estimate Survey for planting density Shift to nursery sales? Should the report be a regeneration report instead of a

planting report? Include comparison to acres harvested by management type Estimated pine acreage naturally regenerated

TPOReport Interval

Annual reporting with a maximum of a six month lag Quarterly estimate of wood used by product

Strictly for estimating demand price elasticity Regionally consistent

TPO Sampling Issues

Can a change in sample design shorten the reporting interval? Sample mill by type proportional to size All mill do not need to be sampled every time

National Reporting Owners with multiple mill locations report all mills from corporate

location Reconciliation to FIA removals

TPOProduct Allocation

Utilization Studies Is the sample size large enough to be useful? Do these studies tell everything we need to know?

Can TPO provide better information by surveying usage by product? Ask mills to provide how much wood they consumed in a standard

product class definition. Ask mills to provide how much wood they consume by their

definition.

TPOOther Issues

Can other organizations provide resources to shorten reporting interval? University of Georgia wood demand report State agencies

Improving the web interface for data retrieval Retrieve data by county

Transparency