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Table 14.2--Current status and trends in annual use of forest management practices by owner based on FIA data

Treatment	Ownership					Change by FIA surveys
	Public	Forest industry	Misc. corporate	Non-industrial private	Total
	- - - - - - - - - - - - -Thousand acres per year- - - - - - - - - - - - -					Percent
Clearcut	90.9	578.4	207.3	1,146.1	2,022.7	9.5
Partial cut	156.7	847.6	293.6	2,011.4	3,309.2	12.4
Thinning	52.0	306.0	65.9	219.0	642.8	2.5
TSI	189.5	382.0	65.1	304.9	941.5	74.4
Site prep.	66.0	633.6	104.6	378.6	1,182.7	1.0
Burning	440.8	833.7	195.6	818.4	2,288.5	-3.5
Planting	70.2	696.3	131.9	744.8	1,643.3	25.2
Natural reg.	89.4	264.2	152.1	1,195.7	1,701.5	18.0

TSI = timber stand improvement.

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