BLM LIBRARY 88065 78 LAND PUBLIC STATISTICS 2000 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT U.S. Department ofthe Interior, Bureau ofLand Management. The Bureau ofLand Management sustains the health, diversity, and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment ofpresent and future generations. E ^ G65W& (-4° S.005 LAND PUBLIC STATISTICS j?000 /*#$> # if # BLM/BC/ST-01/001+1165 March 2001 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table Page No. PART1 LAND RESOURCES AND INFORMATION 1 1-1 Acquisition ofthe Public Domain, 1781-1867 3 Acquisitions Map 4 1-2 Disposition ofthe Public Domain, 1781-2000 5 1-3 U.S. General Services Administration Table: Comparison ofFederally Owned Land with Total Acreage by State 7 1-4 Public Lands Under Exclusive Jurisdiction ofthe BLM II 1-5 Area ofOregon and California Revested Lands 15 Revested Lands Map 17 1-6 Withdrawals and Revocations 19 Principal Meridians and Base Lines Map 21 1-7 Cadastral Survey Actions Completed 23 Cadastral Survey Field Accomplishments: Percentage ofWork Performed by Agency Pie Chart 39 Cadastral Survey Office Accomplishments: Percentage ofWork Performed by Agency Pie Chart 40 Cadastral Survey Costs & Benefits to BLM Bar Graph 41 1-8 Obligations ofAppropriations Received 43 PART 2 HEALTHY PRODUCTIVE LANDS 45 2-1 Percent ofRangeland Acreage by Ecological Status by State 47 2-2 Condition ofRiparian-Wetland Areas 49 2-3 Resource Conservation and Improvement Accomplishments 52 2-4 Forest Development Accomplishments in Acres 53 2-5 Types ofWildlife Habitat on Public Lands 55 2-6 Estimated Number ofBig Game Animals on Public Lands 56 2-7 Fish and Wildlife Habitat Improvements Completed 58 2-8 Emergency Fire Rehabilitation Projects 60 2-9 Prescribed Fire Projects 61 2-10 Non-Fire Fuels Treatment 62 PART 3 COMMERCIAL USES AND REVENUES GENERATED 63 3-1 Patents Issued 65 3-2 Patents Issued with Minerals Reserved to the United States 70 3-3 Rights-of-Way Workload 73 3-4 Number ofExisting Rights-of-Way 74 3-5 Nonspecific Land Use Authorizations 75 3-6 Miscellaneous Land Use Authorizations 78 3-7 Authorized Use ofGrazing District (Section 3) and Lease (Section 15) Lands 83 3-8 Summary ofAuthorized Use ofBoth Grazing District and Grazing Lease Lands 86 in 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table Page No. 3-9 Grazing Permits and Leases In Force on Grazing District (Section 3) and Grazing Lease (Section 15) Lands 87 3-10 Summary ofGrazing Permits and Leases In Force on Public Lands 90 3-1 Timber, Wood Products, and Non-Wood Product Sales 91 3-12 Forest Product Offered by State 93 3-13 Competitive Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Leasing 95 3-14 Noncompetitive Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Leasing 103 3-15 Other Oil and Gas Leasing Actions 113 3-16 New Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Activities on Federal Lands 117 3-17 Continuing Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Activities on Federal Lands 118 3-18 Federal Coal Leases, Licenses, Permits, Preference Right Lease Applications, and Logical Mining Units 121 3-19 Other Solid Mineral Leases, Licenses, Permits, and Preference Right Lease Applications 125 3-20 Disposition ofMineral Materials 132 3-21 Mineral Patents Issued 140 3-22 Recordation ofMining Claims, Public Law 94-579 141 BLM 3-23 Notices and Plans ofMining Operations Filed with the 143 3-24 Helium Operations and Revenues 145 3-25 Receipts from the Disposition ofPublic Lands and Resources 147 3-26 Statement ofReceipts by Source 150 3-27 Receipts from Oil and Gas Right-of-Way Rentals, Rents, Bonuses, and Royalties .... 155 3-28 Allocation ofReceipts to States and Local Government by Program 156 3-29 Allocation ofReceipts by Source and Fund 158 3-30 Payments to States (Including Local Governments) and Territories 160 BLM 3-31 Legal Allocation of Receipts 164 . . 3-32 Receipts from Mining Fees 175 3-33 Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act Financial Update 76 1 PART 4 RECREATION AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES 181 BLM 4-1 Estimated Recreational Use ofPublic Lands Administered by the 183 4-2 Estimated Recreational Use ofPublic Lands at Fee and Non-Fee Sites BLM and Areas Administered by the 85 1 4-3 Recreation Permits, Leases, and Passports on Public Lands Administered BLM by the 187 4-4 Estimated Number ofLake Anglers, Stream Anglers, and Related Expenditures on BLM-Managed Lands 190 4-5 Estimated Amount ofHunting and Related Expenditures on BLM-Managed Lands ... 192 4-6 Estimated Amount ofWildlife Viewing and Related Expenditures on BLM-Managed Lands 194 IV 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table Page No. PART 5 PRESERVE NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE 197 5-1 National Landscape Conservation System: Number and Size ofDesignated Areas .... 199 5-2 National Monuments within the National Landscape Conservation System 200 5-3 National Conservation Areas within the National Landscape Conservation System.... 202 5-4 Designated Wilderness within the National Landscape Conservation System 203 5-5 Wilderness Study Areas within the National Landscape Conservation System 211 BLM 5-6 Wild, Scenic, and Recreational Rivers 212 5-7 National, Historic, and Scenic Trails 216 5-8 Land Exchanges 217 5-9 Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act Acquisitions 219 5-10 Federally Listed Threatened or Endangered and Candidate Plant Species 224 5-1 Federally Listed Threatened or Endangered and Candidate Animal Species 225 5-12 Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Populations 227 5-13 Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Removal and Adoption by Office 228 5-14 Cultural Resource Management Activities 229 5-15 Areas ofCritical Environmental Concern 230 5-16 Number and Size ofOther Designated Special Management Areas (Non-NLCS Units) 231 PART 6 PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND RESOURCE PROTECTION 233 6-1 Fires On or Threatening BLM Lands 235 6-2 Capital Improvements on Public Lands 238 6-3 Releases ofHazardous Substances on Public Lands 240 Glossary 243 BLM Field Offices Administrative Jurisdictions Map 259 -^ *"~ BLM LIBRARY BLDG50.ST-150A CENTcR DENVER FEDERAL BOX 25047 P.O. COLORADO 80225 DENVER, WELCOME TO PUBLIC LAND STATISTICS 2000 Welcome to the 2000 edition ofPublic LandStatistics, published by the U.S. Department ofthe Interior, Bureau ofLand Management. This year's edition includes two new tables: Table 3-33, Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act Financial Update; and Table 5-9, Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act Acquisitions. Additionally, Part 4 and Part 5 have been completely reformatted and reorganized to reflect changes in how data is collected and reported and to incorporate the Bureau's new National Landscape Conservation System. The Glossary has been revised to include new definitions and to update definitions that were provided in previous Public LandStatistics editions. Public LandStatistics is available on the Internet. Please visit our national homepage at: http://www.blm.gov/nhp/browse.htm Note that the data present in the 2000 Public Land Statistics tables may not exactly match the BLM data in other publications covering Fiscal Year 2000 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 Headquarter Office. Any comments you provide will be used to help make Public LandStatistics as responsive to your needs as possible. We remain committed to publishing a Public LandStatistics each year that is timely, complete, and as helpful as possible to our readers. Vll