Table A.1. Sources of Forest Funding, Allowable Annual Cut (AAC), Harvest Volumes, and Trust Land from 1991 to 2019. Previous period budgets are adjusted using CPI. Actual Funding by IFMAT Reporting Year (Millions of Dollars)
Source of Funding
Program Forestry
1991
2001
2011
2019
BIA BIA
40.8 (37.5) 1
58.7 (37.6)
52.0 (43.7)
63.6 (55.6)
21.9
95.6 23.5
102.0
119.5 2
Fire 4 Tribal
Contributions 18.5
15.0
24.4 3 207.5
All Sources
Total
81.2
177.8
169.0
Inflation Adjusted to 2019 Dollars (Millions of Dollars)
Source of Funding
Program Forestry
1991 (2019$)
2001 (2019$)
2011 (2019$)
2019 (2019$)
BIA BIA
76.7 (70.5)
84.5 (54.1)
58.8 (49.3)
63.6 (55.6)
Fire
41.2
137.7
115.3
119.5
Tribal
Contributions 34.8
33.8
17.0
24.4
All Sources
Total
152.7
256.0
191.0
207.5
Forest & Harvest
1991
2001
2011
2019
AAC
All Regions All Regions All Regions
930 MMBF 730 MMBF
779 MMBF 606 MMBF
743 MMBF 360 MMBF
748 MMBF 342 MMBF
Harvest
Forest Trust Land
15.6 million ac 17.6 million ac 18.4 million ac 19.3 million ac
1 Values in parentheses are Forestry Appropriations from BIA Greenbooks. F&PA values are derived from tribal surveys and include carryover. 2 Derived from Office of Wildland Fire reports to maintain consistency with 2011 report, compares to $112.1 million in BIA F&PA survey.
3 Reported in BIA F&PA survey includes $2.8 million in other federal sources. 4 Includes preparedness and hazard fuel reduction, but not suppression.
Invasive Species, and Endangered Species. The BIA Division of Transportation (formerly Branch of Roads) maintains roads on the BIA road system (BIARS) and is funded by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Other federal agencies contributing forest health and protection services and grant funds are the USDA Forest Service (Forest Service) for insect and disease monitoring and control and National Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and other conservation programs. GIS and interdisciplinary project support is often provided through tribal natural resource staffs. Much of IFMAT forestry budget data comes from the BIA
congressional budget justification document known as the BIA Greenbook. Greenbooks are published by several government agencies. The BIA Greenbook provides justifications for all Indian Affairs’ programs and performance data. Budget data on fire preparedness and hazardous fuel reduction comes from the DOI Office of Wildland Fire and the BIA Forestry central office. The BIA Forestry central office also does a survey of the tribes called the Funding and Position Analysis (F&PA) that periodically (once or twice a decade) queries tribes about expenditures, existing staffing, and additional staffing needs. BIA allocations to Forestry have fluctuated over the last 30
years (Table A.1). In terms of 10-year measurement points, BIA Forestry and Fire funding peaked in 2001 in both nominal and inflation adjusted bases ($2019). Forestry funding, in real terms, has declined 21% over the last 30 years. During this 30-year period Indian forest trust lands have increased from 15.6 million acres to 19.3 million acres, meaning that on a per-acre basis, funding, in real terms, has declined by almost 36% over the last 30 years. Some tribes have expressed that they have not had a budget increase in 30 years; others have had budgets or services reduced. On at least one major timber producing forest, tribal contributions are paying for BIA personnel. Although timber prices have improved
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