Discussing wildfire during the IFMAT IV site visit to San Carlos Apache in Arizona. PHOTO CREDIT: SERRA HOAGLAND
The Indian Forestry Program
together to identify issues and find solutions to them, as well as provide efficient and effective management of forest resources. Tribal Forest Resources Indian forestlands are quite diverse across the country. But all have one thing in common, they are a lifeline for the tribes that live on these lands. The tribal needs from their forests are diverse: forest provide everything from stumpage revenue to
employment to harvesting game for subsistence, to being cultural and religious sanctuaries. Clearly, managing for such a broad range of environments and human needs is challenging. A total of 345 tribal forests are managed across the nation, of which 316 individual forests are held in federal trust (Table Intro.1). The Pacific Region has the highest number of forested reservations, but the Navajo Region has the largest forest land
The Indian Forestry program is comprised of forestry programs managed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and individual tribes. Individual forest programs may be managed solely by the BIA or the tribe, or jointly. Increasingly, under self-governance, forestry programs are being managed by tribal staffs. Together as the “Indian Forestry” program, tribes, and the BIA work
Table Intro.1: Indian Forestry Resource Summary
Description
Units
1991 49.1 61.6 15.8 10.1 49.0 930 794 $90.8
2001 56.3 65.3 17.8
2011 57.0 41.8 18.4
2019 57.5 70.9 19.3 10.2 58.1 748 342 $50.0 $50.0
Total
Million Acres Million Acres Million Acres Million Acres
Protection Forested
Commercial Forest
9.1
9.9
Commercial Forest Volume Total Allowable Annual Cut
Billion Board Feet Million Board Feet Million Board Feet ACTUAL ($Millions) INFL-2019 ($Millions) ACTUAL (Dollars) INFL-2019 (Dollars)
53.4 779 604
54.8 743 360
Harvest Volume Harvest Value Harvest Value
$87.1
$43.0
$170.5 $125.7 $48.8
Stumpage Price per MBF Stumpage Price per MBF
$114.0 $144.0 $119.0 $146.0 $189.0 $183.0 $135.0 $146.0 ~ 117 ~ 127 ~ 131 ~ 138
Million Tons
Commercial Forest Above Ground Carbon 1
A factor of 0.002383 is used to convert merchantable equivalent board feet to tons carbon of above-ground biomass in live trees 1 inch and larger excluding foilage. Factor derived using Forest Service Evalidator application and the 2019 Funding and Position Analysis.
22 Assessment of Indian Forests and Forest Management in the United States
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