base (Table Intro.2). Of the 19.3 million trust acres, approximately 8.2 million acres of these forested acres are classified as timberland and the remaining 11.1 million acres as woodland. A majority of the timberland and woodland acres are considered commercial, providing opportunities for tribes to generate income from their forests. The Northwest Region has the most commercial timber acres, followed by the Midwest and Western Regions (Table Intro.2). Tribal forests are classified by an assignment of a “Forest Classification”, which describes the size of the forest and the timber activity of the program
of less than 10,000 acres of trust or restricted commercial timberland and having less than one million board foot harvest of forest products annually, or whose forest resources is determined by the Regional Director to be of significant commercial timber value (25CFR 163.36(b)(2)). Includes significant woodland reservations comprised of an identifiable trust or restricted forest area of any size which is lacking a timberland component, and whose forest ■ Category 3. Significant Woodland Reservation. resource is determined by the Regional Director to be
(25CFR 163.36(b)(1)). It is designed to be useful in the funding process to guide
the distribution of funds. To facilitate program definition and management properties, reservations are categorized based upon current forest lands data: ■ Category 1. Major Forested Reservations. Includes major forested reservations comprised of more than 10,000 acres of trust or restricted commercial timberland or having more than one million board foot harvest of forest products annually. ■ Category 2. Minor Forested Reservations. Includes minor forested reservations comprised
Table Intro.2: 2019 Indian Trust Forest Acres by Region
Forest Acres (in thousands)
Count of Forests
Commercial Timber
Commercial Woodland
Trust/Region
Forest
Timbered Woodland
ALASKA EASTERN
11 24 15
418.5 423.3 205.4
205.5 403.0
213.1
144.6 354.4
37.6 12.0
20.3
EASTERN OKLAHOMA
88.3
117.1
72.5
113.9
GREAT PLAINS
15 41
381.5
154.6
226.9
140.1 983.8 399.6
223.1
MIDWEST
1,129.3 5,426.5 3,038.9
1,122.4
6.9
0.1
NAVAJO
1
607.7
4,818.8
1,139.1
NORTHWEST
47 72
2,875.2
163.7
2,209.8
72.7 46.9
PACIFIC
202.2 804.4
129.7 680.0
72.4
121.1 398.9
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SOUTHERN PLAINS SOUTHWEST WESTERN Total Trust EASTERN EASTERN OKLAHOMA
7
124.4
114.8
22
99.2
4.6
94.6
4.0
94.6
24 37
2,857.3 4,291.6 19,278.3
776.0
2,081.4 3,135.2 11,074.9
605.3 740.5
830.7
1,156.4 8,203.4
1,346.6 4,032.1
316
6,174.5
14
48.4
45.6
2.8 0.1
38.9
-
2
0.1
-
-
0.1
MIDWEST
0 5 8
-
-
- -
-
- - -
NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST Total Non-Trust
32.6 74.3
32.6 26.2
27.1 21.2 87.2
48.1 51.0
29
155.4
104.4
0.1
Grand Total
345
19,433.7
8,307.8
11,125.9
6,261.7
4,032.2
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