Summary Regionally, the Indian forestry program is funded considerably lower than the Forest Service except in the Pacific Northwest. This is likely due to the fact that
substantial acreage of Pacific Northwest forests are in land allocations that preclude active management, such as late successional reserves, but these allocations were not subtracted in Table A.12. Note that state
and private comparators exceed both tribal and Forest Service comparators (Table A.12). State funding exceeds BIA funding in regions other than the Eastern Region.
Table A.11. BLM Forest Management Expenditures, excluding hazardous fuel reduction, excluding Western Oregon and Alaska. State Office Allocation ($1,000s) Forest and Woodland (acres) $/acre CA $1,004 1,449,197 $0.69 CO $950 5,076,349 $0.19 ID $1,790 945,309 $1.89 MT $1,740 1,289,991 $1.35 NV $350 7,831,219 $0.04 NM $390 1,120,539 $0.35 OR/WA $1,489 1,188,679 $1.25 UT $400 7,825,290 $0.05 WY $766 1,290,162 $0.59 Other Operations $948 Total $9,827 28,016,735 $0.35 Source: For budget allocations: Wade Salverson, Senior Forester, Public Domain, BLM. For forest and woodland acres: BLM Forest Lands, Status and Condition, 2006.
Table A.12. 2019 Expenditure in timber production ($/acre) between selected groups.
State Weighted Average 5/ Private 6/
BLM Weighted Average 4/
USFS Weighted Average 3/
USFS Weighted Average 2/
Indian Forestry Average 1/
BIA Region
Alaska Eastern
$10.16
$12.95
$22.32 $11.90 $12.43
$0.20
$5.59 $3.09 $2.78 $7.09 $1.07
$6.91 $6.33 $4.25 $7.58 $2.23 $4.76 $4.92 $4.08 $6.33 $2.23 $3.00
$11.34 $3.08-$5.19
Eastern Oklahoma
$4.00 >$100 $10.23
Great Plains
$9.51
Midwest
$11.27
$5.05
Navajo
$8.17 $9.81
$2.43
Northwest
$13.93 $25.06
$41.41
$27.26 >$100 $11.29 $53.17
$28.00
Pacific
$13.96
Rocky Mountain Southern Plains
$2.27 $3.75 $4.33 $3.58
$9.26
$12.43
Southwest
$8.17 $9.43
$6.60
Western $9.97 1 Indian Forestry average based on sum of recurring plus non-recurring costs divided by commercial timberland acres. Source: 2019 F&PA 2 Direct expenditures for timber production divided by Total National Forest Acres minus Wilderness minus Roadless. Source: U.S. Forest Service. 3 Direct expenditures for timber production plus stewardship expenditures divided by Total National Forest Acres minus Wilderness minus Roadless. Source: U.S. Forest Service. 4 BLM Western Oregon, primarily O&C and Coos Wagon Road Lands, includes reforestation. 5 Primarily National Association of State Foresters 2018 report supplemented with individual state information where available. 6 Forest Biometrics Research Institute.
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