USFS Region

State

Acres

President Bush’s budget for FY07, ignoring the recent defeat of similar proposals in Congress, is proposing to sell off nearly $1 billion worth of Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management lands to raise money for the federal treasury.

The Administration has set its sights on selling over 300,000 acres of Forest Service land in 41 states and possibly as many as 500,000 acres of Bureau of Land Management lands in the West.

The state hit hardest by the Forest Service proposal is California, where the Forest Service is considering selling more than 85,000 acres.

Forests in the Southeast (Region 8) could lose more than 55,000 acres to privitization.

1

Idaho

11,070

1

Montana

13,948

1

Region Total

25,018

2

Colorado

21,572

2

Nebraska

866

2

South Dakota

13,961

2

Wyoming

16,779

2

Region Total

53,178

3

Arizona

1,030

3

New Mexico

7,447

3

Oklahoma

3,572

3

Texas

400

3

Region Total

12,449

4

Idaho

15,124

4

Nevada

2,782

4

Utah

5,398

4

Wyoming

880

4

Region Total

24,184

5

California

85,465

6

Oregon

10,581

6

Washington

7,516

6

Region Total

18,097

7

None

8

Alabama

3,220

8

Arkansas

3,612

8

Florida

973

8

Georgia

4,522

8

Kentucky

4,518

8

Louisiana

3,895

8

Mississippi

7,503

8

North Carolina

9,828

8

South Carolina

4,665

8

Tennessee

2,996

8

Texas

4,413

8

Virginia

5,717

8

Region Total

55,862

9

Illinois

191

9

Indiana

869

9

Michigan

5,880

9

Minnesota

2,662

9

Missouri

21,566

9

Ohio

420

9

West Virginia

4,836

9

Wisconsin

80

9

Region Total

36,464

10

Alaska

99

TOTAL

(All Regions)

310,816