Month: February 2016

South Carolina’s Forests

FOREST AREA South Carolina has 13 million acres of forestland –67% of the state’s total land area. Hardwood timber types occupy over 52% of the state’s forestland. Softwoods occupy 48%. SC’s forestland acreage has averaged 12.6 million acres since 1968. The 2012 forest inventory found there are 2.3 million more acres of forestland than there… Read more »