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The forest products industry, which comprises about 15 percent of forestland ownership, is responsible for 41 percent of all replanted forest acreage.
The forest products industry plants more than 1 billion trees a year, or about 3 million trees planted every day.
Demand for wood products keeps our forests growing; it does not eliminate them.
Growing trees harness the energy of the sun and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
When a young forest is growing, it produces 1.07 tons of oxygen and absorbs 1.47 tons of carbon dioxide for every ton of wood.
Harvesting mature forests allows new, young forests with a rapid rate of carbon absorption to take their places, continuing the naturally perfected cycle.
One–third of the U.S. (749 million acres) is forestland.
The U.S. forest resource has grown by 39% since 1953.
Tree growth exceeds harvest demands in all areas of the U.S.
4.6 million trees are planted every day in the U.S.