National Forest Facts
"America has 749
million acres of Forestland,
14 million acres more than in 1920"
US Department of Agriculture, 2004
Number of Forests:
1905: 83 forest
reserves
2005: 155 National
Forests and 20 National Grasslands
Number of Acres:
1905: 63 million
2005: 192 million
Budget:
1905: $400,000
2005: $4.1 billion
Number of
Employees:
1905: 270
2005: 37,648
U.S. Population:
1905: 76 million
2005: 290 million
WILDERNESS:
Approximately 100 million acres (400,000 km²) are designated as
wilderness in the United States. This accounts for 4.71% of the
total land of the country; however, 54% of wilderness is in
Alaska, and only 2.58% of the continental United States is
designated as wilderness. Wikipedia Encyclopedia
BLM Facts:
2006: 258,000,000
acres
2006: 7,600,000 acres
of Wilderness in 177 parcels