The most recent United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Forest Service data confirms that United States forestland is roughly as abundant today as it was 100 years ago. The Forest Service’s Resource Planning Act 2007 (RPA) data reveals both state and regional increases in forestland across the country.
Key findings in the report -
There are 750 million acres of forestland in the U.S. today, about the same as in 1907.
11 states had increases of more than 25 percent over the last century, nine had increases of in excess of 30 percent.
Overall, forestland in the northern U.S. has increased by nearly 30 percent.
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