Logs leaving a timber sale on the Makah Reservation in western Washington state. PHOTO CREDIT: VINCENT CORRAO
to 2020 period, BIA forested trust acres have increased about 7%. BIA percent of total appropriated funding for hazardous fuel reduction relative to other natural resource bureaus within DOI increased in 2015 (Figure A.8) and has remained constant since that time. For comparison, Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) provides fire protection to participating public and private owners throughout Oregon. Annual rates in 2020 vary by district with the highest protection cost in Southwest Oregon ($4.42/acre for timberland) and the lowest in Northwest Oregon ($2.21/acre for timberland). ODF provides fire protection for the western
Figure A.8. Relative percent of appropriated total funding for hazardous fuel reduction within DOI. Source: Jeff Rupert, Office of Wildland Fire.
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Oregon BLM lands and several Oregon tribes. In 2020, the public rate for fire protection costs for range lands protected by ODF in eastern Oregon varied from $0.30/acre to $1.66/acre. This
compares to an average fire preparedness budget for the BLM of $183.5 million spread over 245 million acres or $0.75 per acre. (Madsen and Chadsey, 2022)
Table A.13. Preparedness and Hazardous Fuel Reduction Funding. 2019 appropriations expressed as a function of timberland and woodland acres. 1
Hazardous Fuels Reduction
Preparedness
Timberland + Woodland Acres
($1000)
($/acre)
($1000)
($/acre)
BIA
16,567,479 42,901,602 14,401,976 21,689,901
65,911
3.98 4.28 2.68 1.28
38,728 91,151 14,542 22,981
2.34 2.12 1.01 1.06
BLM (including AK)
183,502 38,655 27,853
NPS
USFWS
USFS 3.53 1 Budget source for DOI is Jeff Rupert, Office of Wildland Fire. For USFS it is from 2020 FS Budget document. Timberland and woodland acres are from Greg Dillon, Rocky Mtn Research Station and may differ from BIA Catalog of Acres and other agency reports. BIA Hazardous fuels do not include RTRL. Preparedness does not include indirect costs for DOI and Forest Service. 123,123,547 1,339,620 10.88 435,000
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