Public land statistics

154 Pages·1991·8 MB·English

by  United States. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Land Management. oth

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P UBLIC LAN D
STATISTICS
1991
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Public land statistics 1991
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management. The Bureau of Land Man-
agement is responsible for the balanced man-
agement of the public lands and resources and
theirvarious values sothatthey are considered
in a combination that will best serve the needs
ofthe American people. Management is based
upon the principles of multiple use and sus-
tained yield; a combination of uses that takes
into account the long-term needs of future gen-
erations for renewable and nonrenewable re-
sources. These resources include recreation,
range, timber, minerals, watershed, fish and
wildlife, wilderness, and natural, scenic, scien-
tific, and cultural values.
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PUBLIC LAND
STATISTICS
1991
Volume 176
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Parti
LANDS OF THE UNITED STATES AND POSSESSIONS
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1 Acquisition ofthe public domain, 1781 to 1867 2
2. Disposition of public lands, 1781 to 1991 4
3. Grant lands confirmed to States 4
4. Comparison of federally owned land with total acreage of States,
fiscal year 1989 5
5. Public lands under exclusivejurisdiction ofthe Bureau of Land
Management 6
6. Area of Oregon and California (O&C) revested lands 9
Part II
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS
Land Disposition and Use
7. Applications, entries, selections, and patents 11
8. Land exchanges 15
9. Patents issued with minerals reserved to the United States
through fiscal year 1991 16
10. Withdrawals and revocations 18
11. Nonspecific land use authorizations 20
12. Miscellaneous land use authorizations 21
Range Management
13. Summary of authorized use of grazing district (Section 3) lands 24
14. Summary of authorized use of grazing lease (Section 15) lands 25
15. Grazing permits in force on grazing district (Section 3) lands
as of September 30, 1991 26
16. Grazing leases in force on grazing lease (Section 15) lands
as of September 30, 1991 27
17. Grazing leases underacts otherthan the Taylor Grazing Act
as of September 30, 1991 28
18. Percent of acreage in range condition classes by State 28
Resource Conservation and Development
19. Resource conservation and improvement accomplishments 30
Forest Management
20. Summary oftotal timberand nontimberforest product sales 32
21. Timber sales by State 33
22. Sales of nontimberforest products and othervegetal materials
on public lands 34
23. Forest development accomplishments 36
Note.—Unlessotherwisespecified,tablespresentdataforthe 1991 fiscalyearperiod(Oct. 1, 1990-
Sept.30, 1991).
Fish and Wildlife Habitat Management
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24. Types of wildlife habitats on public lands 38
25. Estimated number of big game animals on public lands 39
26. Estimated number of days and estimated net value of hunting
trips on public lands 40
27. Estimated numberof days and estimated net value of primary
nonconsumptive trips to public lands 41
28. Fish and wildlife habitat improvements completed during
fiscal year 1991 42
29. Federally listed threatened or endangered (T/E) and candidate
plant species 43
30. Federally listed threatened or endangered (T/E) and candidate
animal species 44
Wild Horse and Burro Management
31. Wild free-roaming horse and burro populations as of
September 30, 1991 46
32. Wild free-roaming horses and burros adopted, fiscal years
1972 through 1991 47
Cultural Resource Management
33. Cultural resource management activities, fiscal year 1990 49
Outdoor Recreation
34. Developed recreation sites administered by the Bureau
of Land Management 51
35. Estimated recreation visitation to public lands underjurisdiction
ofthe Bureau of Land Management 52
36. Recreation use forfee sites, permit areas, and concessions on
public lands underjurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management 53
Areas of Critical Environmental Concern
37. Areas of critical environmental concern (ACECs) and related
designations on public lands as of September 30, 1991 55
Wilderness Resources
38. Bureau of Land Management wilderness/instant study area
status as of September 30, 1991 57
39. Bureau of Land Management wilderness recommendations
pending before Congress as of September 30, 1991 58
40. Bureau of Land Management lands designated as wilderness
by Congress as of September 30, 1991 59
Energy and Mineral Resources
41. Competitive oil and gas and geothermal leasing 64
42. Noncompetitive oil and gas and geothermal leasing 67
Note.—Unlessotherwisespecified,tablespresentdataforthe 1991 fiscalyearperiod(Oct. 1, 1990—
Sept. 30, 1991).
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43. Otheroil and gas leasing actions 72
44. New oil and gas well drilling activities on Federal land 74
45. Continuing oil and gas activities on Federal lands as of
September 30, 1991 75
46. Oil and gas leases on Federal lands in producing status
as of September 30, 1991 76
47. Coal leases, licenses, permits, and applications 77
48. Approved coal logical mining units (LMU) 80
49. Otherenergy mineral leasing actions 81
50. Nonenergy mineral leasing actions 82
51. Disposition of mineral materials 87
52. Mineral patents issued 91
53. Recordation of mining claims, Public Law 94-579, from
October21 1976, through fiscal year 1991 92
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54. Notices and plans of mining operations filed with the Bureau of
Land Management, fiscal years 1986 through 1991 93
Part III
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION
Public Land Surveys
55. Surveyed and unsurveyed lands in the public land States 95
56. Cadastral survey actions completed 98
Fire Protection
57. Fires on, orthreatening, lands administered bythe Bureau
of Land Management 106
58. Emergency fire rehabilitation projects 108
59. Prescribed fire projects 109
Unauthorized Use
60. Unauthorized use collections 111
Finance
61 Obligations of appropriations received 114
62. Receipts from the disposition of public lands and resources:
May 20, 1785, through fiscal year 1991 115
63. Statement of receipts by source 116
64. Receipts from oil and gas right-of-way rentals and mineral
leases, licenses, and permits forfiscal year 1991 117
65. Allocation of receipts to States and local governments by program 118
66. Allocation of receipts by source and fund 119
67. Legal allocation of Bureau of Land Management receipts 120
68. Payments to States (including local governments) and territories 124
Note.—Unlessotherwisespecified,tablespresentdataforthe 1991 fiscalyearperiod(Oct. 1, 1990-
Sept.30, 1991).
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Glossary 126
Index to Tables 135
ILLUSTRATIONS
1. Acquisitions (map) 3
2. Revested Lands (map) 8
3. Solid Mineral Leasing (chart) 62
4. Principal Meridians and Base Lines ofthe Federal System of
Rectangular Surveys (map) 96
5. Bureau of Land Management Administrative Jurisdictions (map) 140
Note.—Unlessotherwisespecified,tablespresentdataforthe 1991 fiscalyearperiod(Oct. 1, 1990—
Sept.30, 1991).
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CHANGES IN 1991 EDITION
Table 29.—Federally listed threatened and endangered (T/E) and candidate plant
species, fiscalyear 1991. The title was changed slightly.
Table 30. Federally listed threatened and endangered (T/E) and candidate animal
species, fiscalyear 1991. The title was changed slightly.
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Table 32. Wild free-roaming horses and burros adopted, fiscal years 1972 through
1991. Thetitlewaschangedslightly. Twocolumnswereremovedwhich makesthetable
more readable.
Table37. Areasofcriticalenvironmentalconcern(ACECs)andrelateddesignationson
publiclands as ofSeptember30, 1991. The Outstanding Natural Areas columns have
been replaced by columns for National Conservation Areas.
Table 38. Bureau of Land Management wilderness/instant study area status as of
September30, 1991. The title was changed slightly.
Table40. BureauofLandManagementlandsdesignatedaswildernessbyCongressas
ofSeptember30, 1991. Thistablehasbeenexpandedtoshowthenameoftheofficethat
has jurisdiction over each wilderness area, and to show inholding acres, and acreage
totals for each state.
Table 43. Otheroilandgas leasing actions. This table has been expanded to reflect
more of the varied lease types, and to show grand totals for oil and gas leases, and
geothermal leases.
Note.—Tables37, 40, and43 nowportraysegmentsofinformation which have notbeen
represented in past editions.
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