The Texas Forest Service said Wednesday that the initial results of the first detailed statewide tree count in Texas history indicates that the state ranks second to Alaska in forestland. Texas has about 23 percent of the forestation in the southern U.S. with 60 million acres of forest land. The forest census may help state and private land owners evaluate the potential for biomass and alternative energy use, wildfire risk and wildlife, said Tom Boggus, the state forester and interim director of the forest service.