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BLM LIBRARY 88064195 LAND PUBLIC STATISTICS 1999 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. The Bureau of Land Management sustains the health, diversity, and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. LAND PUBLIC STATISTICS & « 1999 SOJ*** j# t^ ^ Volume 184 BLM/BC/ST-00/001+1 165 March 2000 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table Page No. PART1 LAND RESOURCES AND INFORMATION 1 1-1 Acquisition ofthe Public Domain, 1781-1867 4 Acquisitions Chart 6 1-2 Disposition ofPublic Domain, 1781-1999 7 1-3 U.S. General Services Administration Table Comparison ofFederally Owned Land with Total Acreage ofStates 9 BLM 1-4 Public Lands under Exclusive Jurisdiction ofthe 13 1-5 Area ofOregon & California Revested Lands 16 Revested Lands Chart 18 1-6 Withdrawals and Revocations 19 Principal Meridians and Base Lines Chart 22 1-7 Cadastral Survey Actions Completed 23 Cadastral Survey Field Accomplishments: Miles by Agency Chart 40 Cadastral Survey Field Accomplishments: Percentage ofWork Performed by Agency Chart 41 Cadastral Survey Office Accomplishments: Miles by Agency Chart 42 Cadastral Survey Office Accomplishments: Percentage ofWork Performed by Agency Chart 43 & BLM Cadastral Survey Costs Benefits to Chart 44 Obligations ofAppropriations Received 45 PART 2 HEALTHY PRODUCTIVE LANDS 47 2-1 Percent ofAcreage by Ecological Status by State 49 2-2 Condition ofRiparian-Wetland Areas 51 2-3 Resource Conservation and Improvement Accomplishments 54 2-4 Forest Development Accomplishments 55 2-5 Types ofWildlife Habitats on Public Lands 57 2-6 Estimated Number ofBig Game Animals on Public Lands 58 2-7 Fish and Wildlife Habitat Improvements Completed 60 2-8 Emergency Fire Rehabilitation Projects 62 2-9 Prescribed Fire Projects 63 2-10 Non-Fire Fuels Treatments 64 PART 3 COMMERCIAL USES AND REVENUES GENERATED 65 3-1 Applications, Entries, Selections, and Patents 66 3-2 Patents Issued with Minerals Reserved to the United States 73 3-3 Rights-of-Way Workload for the Lower48 States 76 3-4 Number ofExisting Rights-of-Way 77 3-5 Nonspecific Land Use Authorizations 78 3-6 Miscellaneous Land Use Authorizations 81 3-7 Summary ofAuthorized Use ofGrazing District (Section 3) Lands 85 in 1 1 3-8 Summary ofAuthorized Use ofGrazing Lease (Section 15) Lands 87 3-9 Grazing Permits in Force on Grazing District (Section 3) Lands 88 3-10 Grazing Leases in Force on Grazing Lease (Section 15) Lands 89 3-1 Timber, Wood Products, and Non-Timber Product Sales 91 3-12 Forest Products Offered by State 93 3-13 Competitive Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Leasing 95 3-14 Noncompetitive Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Leases 102 3-15 Other Oil and Gas Leasing Actions 110 3-16 New Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Activities on Federal Lands 113 3-17 Continuing Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Activities on Federal Lands 114 3-18 Federal Coal Leases, Licenses, Permits, Preference Right Lease Applications, and Logical Mining Units 117 3-19 Other Solid Mineral Leases, Licenses, Permits, and Preference Right Lease Applications 121 3-20 Disposition ofMineral Materials 129 3-21 Mineral Patents Issued 137 3-22 Recordation ofMining Claims, Public Law 94-579 138 3-23 Notices and Plans ofMining Operations Filed with The BLM 140 3-24 Helium Operations and Revenues 142 3-25 Receipts from the Disposition ofPublic Lands and Resources 144 3-26 Statement ofReceipts by Source 146 3-27 Receipts from Oil and Gas Right-of-Way Rentals, Rents, Bonuses, and Royalties 151 3-28 Allocation ofReceipts to States and Local Governments by Program 152 3-29 Allocation ofReceipts by Source and Fund 154 3-30 Payments to States (Including Local Governments)and Territories 156 BLM 3-31 Legal Allocation of Receipts 160 3-32 Receipts from Mining Fees 171 PART 4 RECREATION AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES 172 4-1 Estimated Recreational Use ofPublic Lands Administered BLM by the by Major Activity Grouping 174 4-2 RESERVED 175 4-3 RESERVED 176 4-4 Estimated Recreational Visits to Non-Fee Sites BLM on Public Lands 177 4-5 Recreation Use for Fee Sites on Public Lands Administered BLM by the 178 4-6 Land and Water Conservation Fund Act Deposits from BLM-Administered Recreational Fee Activities 179 PART 5 PRESERVATION OF SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL AND NATURAL FEATURES 182 5- Land Exchanges 184 5-2 Federally Listed Threatened or Endangered and Candidate Plant Species 186 5-3 Federally Listed Threatened or Endangered and Candidate Animal Species 187 IV 1 1 5-4 Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Populations 189 5-5 Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Removal and Adoptions by Office 190 5-6 Cultural Resource Management Activities 191 5-7 Areas ofCritical Environmental Concern 192 BLM 5-8 Wilderness Study Areas 193 5-9 BLM Wilderness Recommendations to Congress Pending 194 BLM 5-10 Lands Designated as Wilderness by Congress 196 5-1 BLM Wild, Scenic, and Recreational Rivers 200 5-12 Number and Size ofDesignated Special Management Areas 203 PART 6 PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND RESOURCE PROTECTION 204 BLM 6-1 Fires on or Threatening Lands 205 6-2 Capital Improvements on Public Lands 208 6-3 Release ofHazardous Substances on Public Lands 209 Glossary 21 BLM Field Offices Administrative Jurisdictions Chart 226 WELCOME TO PUBLIC LAND STATISTICS 1999 Welcome to the 1999 edition ofPublic LandStatistics, published by U.S. Department ofthe Interior, Bureau ofLand Management. This year's edition includes three new tables: Table 2-10, Non-Fire Fuels Treatments; Table 3-32, Receipts from Mining Fees; and Table 5-12, Number and Size ofDesignated Special Management Areas. In addition, a number ofnew graphs have been added to accompany Table 1-7, Cadastral Survey Actions Completed. The Glossary has been revised to include new definitions and to update definitions that were provided in previous Public LandStatistics editions. Finally, formats and fonts have been changed slightly to make the tables easier to read and understand. Public Land Statistics is available on the Internet. Visit our national homepage at: http://www.blm.gov Note that the data presented in the 1999 Public Land Statistics tables may not exactly match the BLM data in other publications covering Fiscal Year 1999 operations and accomplishments. This occurs because the databases that provide table data are not static; they are constantly being updated to provide the latest information, sometimes many months after the end ofthe fiscal year. We have presented the most current data available in this edition ofPublic LandStatistics. Your feedback and suggestions are always appreciated. We have included a comment card that you can cut out ofthe document, fold, and mail to our Headquarters Office. Any comments you provide will be used to help make Public Land Statistics as responsive to your needs as possible. We remain committed to publishing a Public Land Statistics each year that is timely, complete, and as helpful as possible to our readers. Vll