How many trees are cut down each year in the United States?

Question

Or, if anyone can tell me how many were cut down last year, that would also help. Thank you!

Answer 1

Tough getting a straight answer on this!

"About 11,000 million cubic feet (311 million cubic meters) of growing stock is harvested annually. More than 80 percent of the cut is from sawtimber-size trees. About three quarters of that is for saw logs and veneer logs and bolts. The other one quarter is harvested for pulpwood and other products. Three quarters of the sawtimber cut is from softwoods. In the western states, virtually all the cut is softwood; in the southern states, about three fifths is softwood; but, in the northeastern states, more hardwoods than softwoods are cut. "

That's one figure -- hope to find more.