PUBLIC LAND

STATISTICS 

2014 

Volume 199 

BLM/OC/ST-15/005+1165 

P-108-4 

 May 2015

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WELCOME TO PUBLIC LAND STATISTICS 2014

Welcome to the 2014 edition of Public Land Statistics (PLS), published by the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM). As in past PLS publications, this year’s cover is designed 

to convey the scope of the BLM’s complex and multifaceted mission using visual imagery. The 80-plus 

tables inside tell the story of the BLM’s mission, programs, and accomplishments using numerical data 

and detailed footnotes. 

Many of the minor acreage changes from one year to the next occur because: 

1. Inholdings have been acquired, or some other land exchange has taken place during the year. 

2. Better GIS mapping of land boundaries has enabled us to recalculate the total BLM acres within the 

unit. 

Note that data presented in the 2014 Public Land Statistics tables may not exactly match data in other 

BLM publications covering Fiscal Year 2014 operations and accomplishments. Such discrepancies occur 

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 of the fiscal year. We have presented the 

most current data available in this edition of Public Land Statistics. 

We remain committed to publishing a Public Land Statistics report each year that is timely, complete, and 

as helpful as possible to our readers. 

Public Land Statistics is available on the Internet. Please visit our national homepage at: 

http://www.blm.gov/public_land_statistics/index.htm. 

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Table 

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PART 1 LAND RESOURCES AND INFORMATION ................................................................................. 1

1-1 Acquisition of the Public Domain, 1781–1867 .............................................................................. 3 

--- Acquisitions (Map) ......................................................................................................................... 4 

1-2 Disposition of the Public Domain, 1781–2014 .............................................................................. 5 

1-3 Mineral and Surface Acres Administered by the Bureau of Land Management............................ 7 

--- Public Lands, On-Shore Federal and Indian Minerals in Lands of the U.S. 

Responsibilities of Bureau of Land Management—Lower 48 States (Map) ...................... 9 

--- Public Lands, On-Shore Federal and Indian Minerals in Lands of the U.S. 

Responsibilities of Bureau of Land Management—Alaska (Map) ................................... 11 

1-4 Public Lands Under Jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management ........................................ 13 

1-5 Area of Oregon and California (O&C) Revested Lands .............................................................. 16 

 --- Revested Lands of the Oregon and California Railroad and 

 the Coos Bay Wagon Road (Map) ................................................................................... 18 

1-6 Withdrawals, Revocations, Modifications, Extensions, and Expirations ..................................... 19 

 --- Principal Meridians and Base Lines Governing the 

 United States Public Land Surveys (Map) ....................................................................... 22 

1-7 Cadastral Survey Actions Completed .......................................................................................... 23 

 --- Cadastral Survey Costs and Benefits to the BLM for 2014: Field 

 Work Performed during the Fiscal year (Bar Graph) ........................................................ 37 

 --- 2014 Cadastral Survey Field Accomplishments: Percentage of Work 

Performed by Agency (Pie Chart) ..................................................................................... 39 

 --- 2014 Cadastral Survey Office Accomplishments: Percentage of Work 

Performed by Agency (Pie Chart) ..................................................................................... 41 

1-8 Obligations of Appropriations Received ...................................................................................... 43

PART 2 HEALTHY AND PRODUCTIVE LANDS .............................................................................. 45

2-1 Percentage of Rangeland Acreage by Ecological Status by State ................................................ 47 

2-2 Condition of Riparian-Wetland Areas .......................................................................................... 48 

2-3 Resource Conservation and Improvement Accomplishments ..................................................... 51 

2-4 Forest Development Accomplishments in Acres ......................................................................... 52 

2-5 Types of Wildlife Habitat on Public Lands in the Conterminous 48 States ................................. 54 

2-6 Types of Wildlife Habitat on Public Lands in Alaska .................................................................. 56 

2-7 Fish, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation Activities Completed ..................................................... 57 

2-8 Emergency Fire Stabilization and Rehabilitation Projects ........................................................... 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 ........................................................ 71 

3-3 Rights-of-Way Workload ............................................................................................................ 74 

3-4 Number of Rights-of-Way (Including Solar and Wind) and Rental Receipts .............................. 75 

3-5 Nonspecific Land Use Authorizations ......................................................................................... 76 

3-6 Miscellaneous Land Use Authorizations ...................................................................................... 79 

3-7a Summary of Authorized Use of Grazing District (Section 3) Lands (FY 2013) .......................... 83 

3-7b Summary of Authorized Use of Grazing Lease (Section 15) Lands (FY 2013) .......................... 84 
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3-7c Summary of Authorized Use of Grazing District Lands and 

Grazing Lease Lands (FY 2013) ....................................................................................... 85 

3-8a Summary of Authorized Use of Grazing District (Section 3) Lands (FY 2014) .......................... 86 

3-8b Summary of Authorized Use of Grazing Lease (Section 15) Lands (FY 2014) .......................... 87 

3-8c Summary of Authorized Use of Grazing District Lands and 

Grazing Lease Lands (FY 2014) ....................................................................................... 88 

3-9a Grazing Permits in Force on Grazing District (Section 3) Lands as of October 29, 2014 ........... 89 

3-9b Grazing Leases in Force on Grazing Lease (Section 15) Lands as of October 29, 2014 ............. 90 

3-9c Grazing Permits and Leases in Force as of October 29, 2014 ...................................................... 91 

3-10a Summary of Authorized Use of Grazing District Lands 

and Grazing Lease Lands for Billing Year 2012 

(March 1, 2012–February 28, 2013) ................................................................................. 92 

3-10b Summary of Authorized Use of Grazing District Lands 

and Grazing Lease Lands for Billing Year 2013 

(March 1, 2013–February 28, 2014) ................................................................................. 93 

3-11 Timber, Wood Products, and Non-Wood Product Sales .............................................................. 94 

3-12 Forest Products Offered by State ................................................................................................. 96 

3-13 Competitive Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Leasing ........................................................................... 98

3-14 Noncompetitive Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Leasing ................................................................... 106 

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 

 as of September 30, 2014 ................................................................................................ 119 

3-18 Federal Coal Leases, Licenses, Preference Right Lease Applications, 

 and Logical Mining Units ................................................................................................ 122 

3-19 Other Solid Mineral Leases, Licenses, Permits, and Preference Right Lease Applications ...... 126 

3-20 Disposition of Mineral Materials ............................................................................................... 132 

3-21 Mineral Patents Issued ............................................................................................................... 139 

3-22 Adjudication of Mining Claims, Public Law 94-579, from October 21, 1976, 

 through Fiscal Year 2014 ............................................................................................... 140 

3-23 Notices and Plans of Mining Operations Reviewed by the Bureau of Land Management ........ 142 

3-24 Helium Operations and Revenues .............................................................................................. 145 

3-25 Receipts from the Disposition of Public Lands and Resources, 

 May 20, 1785 through Fiscal Year 2014 ........................................................................ 146 

3-26 Statement of Receipts by Source ................................................................................................ 148 

3-27 Receipts from Oil and Gas Right-of-Way Rentals, Rents, Bonuses, and Royalties ................... 152 

3-28 Allocation of Receipts to States and Local Governments by Program ...................................... 153 

3-29 Allocation of Receipts by Source and Fund ............................................................................... 156 

3-30 Payments to States (Including Local Governments) and Territories .......................................... 158 

3-31 Legal Allocation of Bureau of Land Management Receipts ...................................................... 160 

3-32 Receipts from Mining Fees ........................................................................................................ 176 

3-33 Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act Financial Update 

 as of September 30, 2014 ............................................................................................... 177 

3-34 REMOVED as of Fiscal Year 2013 ........................................................................................... 181 

3-35 Federal Coal Leases, Compliance with Diligent Development and Continued Operation ........ 182 

 
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PART 4 RECREATION AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES ..................................................................... 185 

4-1 Estimated Recreational Use of Public Lands Administered by the BLM. ................................. 187 

4-2 Estimated Recreational Use of BLM-Administered Public Lands for 

Recreation Activities under Various Fee Authorizations ................................................ 189 

4-3 Recreation Permits, Leases, and Passports on Public Lands Administered by 

the BLM by State ............................................................................................................ 192 

4-4 Estimated Number of and Dollars Spent on Anglers, Hunters, and Wildlife Viewers, 

 and Related Expenditures and Percentage of Lands Administered by 

 the Bureau of Land Management .................................................................................. 195 

PART 5 NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE PRESERVATION ........................................ 197 

5-1 National Landscape Conservation System: Number and Size 

 of Designated Areas as of September 30, 2014 .............................................................. 199 

5-2 National Monuments within the National Landscape Conservation System 

 as of September 30, 2014 ................................................................................................ 201 

5-3a National Conservation Areas within the National Landscape 

 Conservation System as of September 30, 2014 ............................................................. 203

5-3b Other Conservation Units within the National Landscape 

 Conservation System as of September 30, 2014 ............................................................. 205

5-4 Designated Wilderness within the National Landscape 

 Conservation System as of September 30, 2014 ............................................................. 206

5-5 Wilderness Study Areas within the National Landscape 

 Conservation System as of September 30, 2014 ............................................................. 216

5-6 BLM Wild, Scenic, and Recreational Rivers as of September 30, 2014 .................................... 217 

5-7 National Scenic and Historic Trails as of September 30, 2014 .................................................. 221 

5-8a Land Exchanges and Acquisitions: Federal Land and Minerals Patented or 

 Deeded Out through Exchange ........................................................................................ 223 

5-8b Land Exchanges and Acquisitions: Non-Federal Land and Minerals Acquired 

 through Exchange ............................................................................................................ 224 

5-8c Land Exchanges and Acquisitions: Lands Acquired through Purchase 

 and/or Donation ............................................................................................................... 225 

5-9 Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act Budget Authority .......................................... 228 

5-10 Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act Land Disposal and Acquisitions ................... 231 

5-11 RESERVED ............................................................................................................................... 233 

5-12 Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Populations as of March 1, 2014 ................................... 234 

5-13a Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Adoptions, By State ....................................................... 235 

5-13b Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Removals, By State ........................................................ 236 

5-14 Cultural Resource Management Activities ................................................................................. 237 

5-15 Bureau of Land Management Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs) 

 and Research Natural Areas (RNAs) as of September 30, 2014 ..................................... 238 

5-16 Number and Size of Designated Special Management Areas as of September 30, 2014 ........... 239 

 
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PART 6 PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND RESOURCE PROTECTION ................................... 241 

6-1 Fires on or Threatening BLM Lands .......................................................................................... 243 

6-2 Capital Improvements on Public Lands, as of November 13, 2014 ........................................... 246 

6-3 Releases of Hazardous Substances on Public Lands .................................................................. 247 

Glossary ........................................................................................................................................................ 249 

BLM State Offices and Their Administrative 

Jurisdictions (Map) .................................................................................................................................... 265 
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PART 1 

LAND RESOURCES AND INFORMATION 

The total area of the 50 United States is 2.3 billion acres. The first public domain was created in 1781 

when New York agreed to surrender to the Federal Government its claim to unsettled territory that 

extended westward to the Mississippi River. Other colonies followed New York’s example, and, by 

1802, all of the land west of the colonies between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River 

belonged to the Federal Government. In the course of national expansion from 1781 to 1867, the public 

domain rapidly grew beyond the bounds of the Appalachian West, with the Federal Government 

acquiring 1.8 billion acres of public domain lands. 

Accurate surveys were needed before the new public lands could be identified for sale or other 

disposition. In 1785 the Continental Congress adopted an ordinance setting up a survey system for the 

public domain lands. The General Land Office, predecessor to the present-day Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM), was established to oversee the surveying and disposal of the public lands. Congress 

enacted arious public land laws to accomplish these disposals. The land disposals built the country’s 

economic foundation, opened the West to settlement, and united the vast expanses of land into one 

Nation. To raise money to repay Revolutionary War debts and encourage settlement of new territories, 

the Federal Government sold or granted vast tracts of public lands to settlers, homesteaders, veterans, 

towns, new States entering the Union, railroads, agricultural and mechanical colleges and universities, 

and private companies. To date, almost 1.3 billion acres of public lands have been transferred out of 

Federal Government ownership. 

Congress recognized the need to protect the Nation's natural, historical, and cultural resources while 

providing opportunities for recreation. Special acts withdrew millions of acres of public lands from 

settlement for National Parks, National Forests, National Monuments, National Wildlife Refuges, 

National Trails, and National Wild and Scenic Rivers. Some of the best known congressional 

withdrawals include Yellowstone National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, and Death Valley National 

Monument. 

The Nation’s expanding population and mobile society created a demand for a variety of public land uses. 

Changes in public attitudes and a concern for environmental values and open space began to compete 

with the need for development and increased production. Congress, recognizing the value of the 

remaining public domain lands, enacted the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976. 

This act declares that, with the exception of individual tracts that may be disposed of in the national 

interest, it is the policy of the United States to retain its public lands in Federal ownership. FLPMA 

mandates that the BLM administer the public lands under the concept of multiple use, while protecting 

the long-term health of the land. Today, the BLM administers about 246.4 million surface acres of public 

land and approximately 700 million acres of Federal subsurface mineral estate in the United States. The 

BLM is responsible for managing these lands and their various resources so that they are used in a manner 

that will best meet the present and future needs of the Nation. 
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Table 1-1, Acquisition of the Public Domain, 1781–1867, contains summary data on territories acquired 

by the Federal Government during the course of national expansion. Thirty States commonly called the 

“public land states” were created as a result of these acquisitions (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, 

California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, 

Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, 

Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming). 

Table 1-2, Disposition of the Public Domain, 1781–2014, includes summary data and cumulative acreage 

totals for public lands disposed of by the Federal Government. Among the earliest disposal actions were 

grants of land to veterans of the Revolutionary War. Later, grants were made to new States entering the 

Union, as well as for the creation of agricultural and mechanical colleges and universities. The 

Homestead Act permitted settlers to obtain land for agricultural purposes. Grants were also made for the 

construction of railroads. With the exception of the Desert Land Act of 1877 (which was amended), all of 

the land grant and disposal acts have been repealed or superseded by other acts. Therefore, the data 

contained in Table 1-2, except with respect to the State of Alaska, are subject to little or no change. 

Table 1-3, Mineral and Surface Acres Administered by the BLM, contains summary data of mineral 

estate administration by the BLM and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 

Table 1-4, Public Lands Under Exclusive Jurisdiction of the BLM, contains summary data of public lands 

in each State that are currently under the administrative jurisdiction of the BLM. By law, the States of 

Maryland, Texas, and Virginia are not public land states. By virtue of the Articles of Confederation and, 

later, the Constitution, the State of Maryland and the Commonwealth of Virginia retained control of their 

public lands when they entered the Union. When the State of Texas entered the Union by a joint 

resolution of Congress, it was allowed to retain control of its public lands. The BLM acquired 548 acres 

of lands in Maryland and 805 acres of land in Virginia in separate acquisitions under Sec. 205 of FLPMA, 

43 U.S.C. 1715, as amended. The BLM also acquired 11,833 acres of land in the State of Texas by 

Secretarial Order 3198, dated March 12, 1996. 

Table 1-5, Area of Oregon and California (O&C) Revested Lands, depicts data on revested (Oregon & 

California Railroad) lands and reconveyed (Coos Bay Wagon Road Company) lands. These lands are 

administered under the Oregon and California Revested Lands Sustained Yield Management Act of 

August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 874), as amended by the Act of June 24, 1954 (68 Stat. 271). 

Table 1-6, Withdrawals, Revocations, Modifications, and Extensions, presents a compilation of 

withdrawals, revocations, modifications, and extensions administratively made by the Secretary of the 

Interior. These withdrawals are for a specific duration that can vary from less than 1 year to as many as 

50 years, with a provision for extension if the withdrawal is still needed. 

Table 1-7, Cadastral Survey Actions Completed, contains a summary of cadastral surveys completed on 

public lands managed by the BLM during the past year. To manage the public lands effectively, the BLM 

must identify areas both by graphic representation and by monumentation on the ground. This is 

accomplished by cadastral surveys, an exclusive and significant responsibility of the BLM. Cadastral 

surveys create and establish on-the-ground boundaries of public land subdivisions in units suitable for 

management and for identification in official field notes and plats. This table also summarizes cadastral 

surveys that the BLM has completed on lands managed by other Federal agencies. 

Table 1-8, Obligations of Appropriations Received, contains a summary of obligations of appropriations 

made to the BLM during the past fiscal year, as well as a summary of obligations of appropriations 

transferred from other bureaus and agencies to the BLM. This table summarizes all funds that were 

obligated to manage the BLM’s lands and assist other agencies.
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Table 1-1. ACQUISITION OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, 1781–1867 

Area 

_____________________________________________  Land Water Total _____________________________________________ 

 Percentage of  Total  U.S. Land /a/  ____________

State Cessions (1781–1802) 233,415,680 3,409,920 236,825,600 10.40 Louisiana Purchase (1803) /d/ 523,446,400 6,465,280 529,911,680 23.30 Red River Basin (1782–1817) 29,066,880 535,040 29,601,920 1.30 Cession from Spain (1819) 43,342,720 2,801,920 46,144,640 2.00 Oregon Compromise (1846) 180,644,480 2,741,760 183,386,240 8.10 Mexican Cession (1848) 334,479,360 4,201,600 338,680,960 14.90 Purchase from Texas (1850) 78,842,880 83,840 78,926,720 3.50 Gadsden Purchase (1853) 18,961,920 26,880 18,988,800 0.80 Alaska Purchase (1867) 365,333,120 12,909,440 378,242,560 16.70 Total Public Domain 1,807,533,440 33,175,680 1,840,709,120 81.00 

Note: Alaska has been adjusted for the recomputation of the areas of the United States that was made for the 1980 dece/a/ Represents the percentage of total U.S. land acreage, which is 2,271,343,360 acres. This figure excludes U.S. Te

Possessions; the 1998 and earlier editions of Public Land Statistics included Territories and Possessions in calcul

/b/ Cost data for all except “State Cessions” obtained from U.S. Geological Survey, Boundaries, Area, Geographic C

(Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1939), 249–51. 

/c/ Georgia Cession, 1802 (56,689,920 acres). See Donaldson, Thomas, The Public Domain: Its History, with Stati (Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1884), 11. /d/ Excludes areas eliminated by treaty of 1819 with Spain. Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary, Areas of Acquisition to the Territory of the United State (Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992). Acreages therein are based on findings adopted Feb by the Secretary of the Interior. 

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 Table 1-2. DISPOSITION OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, 1781–2014 

 Type 

__________________________________________ 

 Acres 

____________

Disposition by methods not classified elsewhere /a/ 303,500,000

Granted or sold to homesteaders /b/ 287,500,000

Total Unclassified and Homestead Dispositions 

__________________________________________ 591,000,000

Granted to States for: 

Support of common schools 77,630,000

Reclamation of swampland 64,920,000

Construction of railroads 37,130,000

Support of miscellaneous institutions /c/ 21,700,000

Purposes not classified elsewhere /d/ 117,600,000

Canals and rivers 6,100,000

Construction of wagon roads 3,400,000

Total Granted to States 

__________________________________________ 328,480,000

Granted to railroad corporations 94,400,000

Granted to veterans as military bounties 61,000,000

Confirmed as private land claims /e/ 34,000,000

Sold under timber and stone law /f/ 13,900,000

Granted or sold under timber culture law /g/ 10,900,000

Sold under desert land law /h/ 10,700,000

Total Miscellaneous Dispositions 

__________________________________________ 224,900,000

Granted to State of Alaska and ANCSA: 

State Conveyances /i/ 99,200,000

Native Conveyances /j/ 43,800,000

Total Granted to State of Alaska 

__________________________________________ 143,000,000

Grand Total 1,287,380,000
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 Table 1-2. DISPOSITION OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, 1781–2014 

 –concluded 

Note: Data are estimated from available records. The acreage data consist of cumulative totals from the 

year 1781 to the current fiscal year. 

 

 Public land States consist of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, 

Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, 

Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, 

Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. 

/a/ Chiefly public, private, and preemption sales, but includes mineral entries, scrip locations, and 

sales of townsites and townlots. 

/b/ The homestead laws generally provided for the granting of lands to homesteaders who settled 

upon and improved vacant agricultural public lands. Payment for the lands was sometimes 

permitted, or required, under certain conditions. The homestead laws were repealed by the 

Federal Land Policy and Management Act of October 21, 1976, as amended (Public Law 94-579; 

90 Stat. 2743; U.S.C. 1701). 

/c/ Universities, hospitals, asylums, etc. 

/d/ For construction of various public improvements (individual items not specified in the granting 

acts), reclamation of desert lands, construction of water reservoirs, etc. 

/e/ The Government has confirmed title to lands claimed under valid grants made by foreign 

governments prior to the acquisition of the public domain by the United States. 

/f/ The timber and stone laws provided for the sale of lands valuable for timber or stone and unfit for 

cultivation. 

/g/ The timber culture laws provided for the granting of public lands to settlers if they planted and 

cultivated trees on the lands granted. Payments for the lands were permitted under certain 

conditions. 

/h/ The desert land laws provided for the sale of arid agricultural public lands to settlers who 

irrigated them and brought them under cultivation. Some desert land patents are still being issued 

(refer to Table 3-1, Patents Issued). 

/i/ Alaska Statehood Act of July 7, 1958 (72 Stat. 338), as amended. Acreage figures fluctuate 

annually based on survey of previously conveyed acres, new conveyance, corrective documents, 

title recovery, and regular audits of automated data. The figures were compiled in 2014 using 

annual reports from Fiscal Year 1993 through Fiscal Year 2014. 

/j/ Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of December 18, 1971 (43 U.S.C. 1601). Acreage figures 

fluctuate annually based on survey of previously conveyed acres, new conveyance, corrective 

documents, title recovery, and regular audits of automated data. The figures were compiled in 

2014 using annual reports from Fiscal Year 1993 through Fiscal Year 2014. 
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 Table 1-3. MINERAL AND SURFACE ACRES ADMINISTERED BY THE  BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

State Land Total 

 ___________ 

 Federal  Minerals /a/  ____________ 

 Federal  Surface  Lands /b/ ____________ 

Split-Estate Federal Minerals /c/ ____________ 

 BLM  Public  Lands /d/  __________ 

 Million Acres Million Acres Million Acres Million Acres Million Acres 

Alaska 365.48 237.0 237.0 0.0 72.2 Arizona 72.69 35.8 33.0 3.0 12.2 California 100.21 47.5 45.0 2.5 15.3 Colorado 66.49 29.0 24.1 5.2 8.3 Eastern States /h/ 40.0 40.0 0.3 0.1 Hawaii 4.11 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.0 Idaho 52.93 36.5 33.1 3.4 11.6 Kansas 52.51 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.0 Montana 93.27 37.8 26.1 11.7 8.0 Nebraska 49.03 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.1 Nevada 70.26 58.7 58.4 0.3 47.0 New Mexico 77.77 36.0 26.5 9.5 13.4 North Dakota 44.45 5.6 1.1 4.5 0.1 Oklahoma 44.09 2.3 1.7 0.5 0.2 Oregon 61.60 33.9 32.4 1.5 16.1 South Dakota 48.88 3.7 2.1 1.6 0.2 Texas 168.22 4.5 4.5 0.0 0.1 Utah 52.70 35.2 34.0 1.2 22.8 Washington 42.69 12.5 12.2 0.3 0.4 Wyoming 62.34 41.6 30.0 11.6 18.3 

Total 1,529.72 699.7 643.2 57.2 246.4 
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 Table 1-3. MINERAL AND SURFACE ACRES ADMINISTERED BY THE  BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, FISCAL YEAR 2014–concluded Note: This table and the accompanying maps represent 2 years of effort involved in researching, collecting, analyzing, a

numerous sources, and then coordinating and consulting with BLM State staff and other agencies. It presents a “1999. Because of the scope and complexity involved in creating and updating this table, and the fact that it is inte

approximation of the surface and mineral acreages managed by the BLM, yearly updates are not planned. 

 Estimated acreages were based on various sources of published and unpublished data. The rationale used to deve

presented in “Public Lands, On-Shore Federal and Indian Minerals in Lands of the U.S.,” prepared by Sie Ling C

Washington Office in 2000. The first column, Land Total, is taken from Table 1-3, Public Land Statistics 1999, wcolumn, BLM Public Lands, comes from Table 1-4, Public Land Statistics 1999. 

/a/ The term Federal Minerals refers to on-shore Federal minerals that are part of the BLM’s responsibilities. The on

acreage approximates the sum of Federal Surface Lands acres and Split-Estate Federal Minerals acres shown in th

As of 1999 the total was approximately 700 million acres. 

/b/ Federal Surface Lands include both the public domain and acquired lands of all Federal agencies. With the excep

4 million acres of the acquired lands, Federal mineral rights exist in all Federal lands. 

/c/ The term Split-Estate Federal Minerals refers to Federal mineral rights under private surface lands. These are pat

minerals reserved to the U.S. Reservations and may be for single, multiple, or all minerals. The 58 million acres 

estimates ranging from 55 to 60 million acres (provided by the BLM’s Colorado State Office). This results in a sacreage than that shown in Table 3-2; we hope that any future updates will address this inconsistency. 

/d/ On these public lands, the BLM manages both surface resources and subsurface minerals. The surface acreage is 

Surface Lands shown in the third column. The subsurface mineral acreage is part of the Federal Mineral estate incolumn. As of 2014 the BLM’s public lands comprise 246.4 million surface acres; refer to Table 1-4, Public Lan

/e/ As part of its trust management responsibility, the BLM provides technical supervision of mineral development o

American Indian trust lands except for Osage lands. All minerals in Indian trust lands are “leasable.” Acreage in

in 1999 from the Real Estate Services staff of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 

/f/ Navajo and Hopi oil and gas in Arizona and Utah are managed by New Mexico BLM. 

/g/ Ute Mountain oil and gas in New Mexico and Colorado are managed by Colorado BLM. /h/ The BLM’s Eastern States Office is responsible for Federal minerals in the 31 states east of, or bordering, the Mi




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Table 1-4. PUBLIC LANDS UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGE

 FISCAL YEAR 2014 

 2013 

___________ 

2014 

___________ 

2014

__________ 

2014

________ 

2014

_________ 

2014

__________ 

2014

____________ 

_

State Grand Total 

___________ 

Acquisitions __________ 

Restorations ___________ ________ 

 Disposal _________ 

Withdrawn

 Reserved __________ ____________ _

/a/ 

Acres 

Increase 

/b/ 

Acres 

Increase 

/c/ 

Acres 

Total 

Increase 

/d/ 

Acres 

Decrease 

/e/ 

Acres 

Decrease 

/f/ 

Acres 

Total 

Decrease 

/g/ 

Acres 

Alabama 2,753 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alaska 72,363,733 0 640 640 86,523 0 86,523 Arizona 12,204,369 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arkansas 1,075 0 0 0 0 0 0 California 15,343,828 12,246 13 12,259 133 0 133 Colorado 8,335,703 0 0 0 346 0 346 Florida 351 0 0 0 0 0 0 Idaho 11,612,848 1,333 0 1,333 23 0 23 Illinois 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Indiana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Iowa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kansas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Louisiana 738 0 0 0 0 0 0 Maryland 548 0 0 0 0 0 0 Michigan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Minnesota 1,447 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mississippi 5,020 0 0 0 0 0 0 Missouri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Montana 7,985,092 0 0 0 0 0 40 /j/ Nebraska 6,354 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nevada 47,782,464 0 0 0 0 770,811 770,811 New Mexico 13,454,702 1,782 0 1,782 2,537 0 2,537 North Dakota 58,970 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ohio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma 1,975 0 0 0 0 0 0 
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Table 1-4. PUBLIC LANDS UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGE

 FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

 2013 

___________ 

2014 

___________ 

2014

___________ 

2014

__________ 

2014

_________ 

2014

 __________ 

 2014

__ _________ 

_

State Grand Total 

___________ 

Acquisitions ___________ 

Restorations ___________ __________ 

 Disposal _________ 

WithdrawnReserved __________ ___________ _

 /a/ 

 Acres 

Increase 

/b/ 

Acres 

Increase 

/c/ 

Acres 

Total 

Increase 

/d/ 

Acres 

Decrease 

/e/ 

Acres 

Decrease 

/f/ 

Acres 

Total 

Decrease 

/g/ 

Acres 

Oregon 16,142,471 970 0 970 1,011 0 1,011 South Dakota 274,522 0 0 0 0 0 0 Texas 11,833 0 0 0 0 0 0 Utah 22,853,486 20,161 0 20,161 34,224 0 34,224 Virginia 805 0 0 0 0 0 0 Washington 429,083 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wisconsin 2,324 0 0 0 1 0 1 Wyoming /j/ 18,375,593 0 0 0 535 0 535 Total 247,252,087 36,492 653 37,145 125,333 770,811 896,184 

Note: “Public lands under jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)” are those lands and interest in lands owned b

 United States and administered by the Secretary of the Interior through the Bureau of Land Management, without regard to 

 United States acquired ownership, except (1) lands located on the Outer Continental Shelf, and (2) lands held for the benef Aleuts, and Eskimos (Section 103 (e) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of October 21, 1976, as amended (P 90 Stat. 2743; 43 U.S.C. 1701). 

/a/ Grand Total Fiscal Year 2013: Acreage data from the Fiscal Year 2013 edition of Public Land Statistics.

/b/ Acquisitions (Increase): Lands obtained by the BLM through purchase, donation, condemnation, gift, or exchange. 

/c/ Withdrawn-reserved lands administered by another Federal agency that have been restored to the BLM's jurisdiction (Incre

 were withdrawn or reserved for specific public purposes by an Executive Order, Secretarial Order, Act of Congress, or Pub

 and were removed from the jurisdiction of the BLM, and placed under the jurisdiction of another Federal agency. The app

and these lands have now been returned to the jurisdiction of the BLM.
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Table 1-4. PUBLIC LANDS UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAG

 FISCAL YEAR 2014–concluded 

/d/ (Total Increase): Total acres added to the BLM’s jurisdiction (sum of “/b/” and “/c/”). /e/ Disposals (Decrease): Lands that have been disposed of by the BLM under various public land laws. Disposal may be by a  Act of Congress. /f/ Withdrawn-reserved lands administered by another Federal agency (Decrease): These lands were withdrawn or reserved an

 for a specific public purpose by an Executive Order, Secretarial Order, Act of Congress, or Public Land Order and were rem

 jurisdiction of the BLM and placed under the jurisdiction of another Federal agency. The lands will remain under the jurisd Federal agency until the appropriate action has been taken to return the lands to the jurisdiction of the BLM. /g/ (Total Decrease): Total acres removed from the BLM’s jurisdiction (sum of “/e/” and “/f/”). 

/h/ (Net Change): Plus or minus change from Fiscal Year 2013 to Fiscal Year 2014 (difference between “Total Increase /d/” an

Negative numbers in this column are displayed in parentheses. 

/i/ Grand Total Acres Fiscal Year 2014: Consists of (1) Vacant Lands (both outside and within grazing districts) that are not 

appropriated, or set aside for a specific or designated purpose, and opened to some or all of the public land laws. The landany non-Federal right or claim other than permits, leases, rights-of-way, and unopened mining claims; (2) Land Utilization 

purchased by the Federal Government and administered under Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act and subseq

various Executive Orders between 1949 and 1960 from jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to the U.S. Depa

now administered by the Bureau of Land Management; and (3) Withdrawn-Reserved Lands that have been segregated from 

or all of the public land laws and designated for specific purposes (e.g., BLM-managed monuments, wilderness, public wa

designated areas, etc.). 

/j/ As a result of an audit, the numbers were adjusted from Fiscal Year 2013 to current year. 
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Table 1-5. AREA OF OREGON AND CALIFORNIA (O&C) REVESTED LANDS, 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014 Oregon County 

 O&C  Lands /a/  _________ 

 Converted  O&C Lands /b/  _____________ 

 Special Act  O&C Lands /c/  ______________ 

 Coos Bay  Lands /d/  _________ 

 Acres Acres Acres Acres 

Benton 51,439 0 1,720 0 Clackamas 52,448 35,949 5,688 0 Columbia 10,960 0 0 0 Coos 99,038 23,002 0 59,914 Curry 36,681 56,735 0 0 Douglas 617,679 95,641 0 14,633 Jackson 389,564 25,332 20,971 0 Josephine /e/ 259,100 109,244 182 0 

Klamath 46,199 20,962 0 0 Lane 279,554 95,293 0 0 Lincoln 8,773 0 0 0 Linn 85,265 520 0 0 Marion 20,707 0 0 0 Multnomah 4,208 0 0 0 Polk 40,491 0 1,160 0 Tillamook 38,307 0 0 0 Washington 11,380 0 0 0 Yamhill 33,003 0 0 0 Total 2,084,816 462,678 29,721 74,547 
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 Table 1-5. AREA OF OREGON AND CALIFORNIA (O&C) REVESTED LANDS,  FISCAL YEAR 2014–concluded /a/ These lands are administered by the Bureau of Land Management. They include O&C timber on non-Federal land 

Clackamas County, 160 acres in Columbia County, and 123 acres in Yamhill County. 

/b/ Under the provisions of the Controverted Lands Act of June 24, 1954 (68 Stat. 271), these lands were declared to b

railroad grant lands. They were placed under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture to be administered wilands, with all revenues derived from such lands to be handled in accordance with the provisions of Title II of the O

Revested Lands Sustained Yield Management Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 874), as amended by the act of Jun(68 Stat. 271). 

/c/ Certain O&C areas were set aside by various acts of Congress to be administered by the Forest Service without los

The lands in Benton, Clackamas, Jackson, and Polk counties are watershed lands, while the land in Josephine Counsite. 

/d/ Administered by the Bureau of Land Management; excludes Coos Bay Wagon Road timber on 87 acres of non-Fed

County. 

/e/ The decrease in O&C lands of a 20-acre parcel was due to a mineral patent issued under the General Mining Laws (

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Table 1-6. WITHDRAWALS, REVOCATIONS, MODIFICATIONS, 

 EXTENSIONS, AND EXPIRATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Withdrawals

___________ 

Revocations

____________ 

Modifications

____________ 

Extensions 

___________ 

Expirations

___________ 

Acres Acres Acres Acres Acres 

ALASKA 

Bureau of Land Management /a/ 0 0 0 2,560.00 100.35 

U.S. Air Force /b/ 0 0 0 0 640.00 

U.S. Forest Service /c/ 0 0 0 600.00 175.00 

Total Alaska 0 0 0 3,160.00 915.35 

 

ARIZONA 

U.S. Forest Service 0 0 0 0 3,197.77 

Total Arizona 0 0 0 0 3,197.77 

 

CALIFORNIA 

Bureau of Land Management 332,421.00 0 0 0 0 

Bureau of Reclamation 0 9,090.63 0 0 0 

U.S. Coast Guard 0 12.97 0 0 0 

U.S. Department of Navy 421,270.00 0 0 1,045,000.00 0 

Total California 753,691.00 9,103.60 0 1,045,000.00 0 

 

COLORADO 

Federal Aviation Administration 0 0 0 0 2,163.46 

Total Colorado 0 0 0 0 2,163.46 

 

IDAHO 

Bureau of Land Management 0 40.00 0 0 0 

Bureau of Reclamation 0 3.13 0 0 0 

Corps of Engineers 0 0 0 0 0.27 

Total Idaho 0 43.13 0 0 0.27 

 

NEVADA 

Bureau of Land Management 1.00 0 0 464.93 114.61 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 0 0 0 769,543.00 0 

U.S. Forest Service 1,267.00 0 0 0 0 

Total Nevada 1,268.00 0 0 770,007.93 114.61 

 
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Table 1-6. WITHDRAWALS, REVOCATIONS, MODIFICATIONS, 

 EXTENSIONS, AND EXPIRATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

–continued

Withdrawals 

___________ 

Revocations

____________ 

Modifications

____________ 

Extensions 

___________ 

Expirations

___________ 

Acres Acres Acres Acres Acres 

NEW MEXICO 

Bureau of Land Management 0 0 0 0 9,818.68 

Total New Mexico 0 0 0 0 9,818.68 

 

OREGON 

Bureau of Land Management 0 33.05 0 0 593.06 

Total Oregon 0 33.05 0 0 593.06 

 

UTAH 

Bureau of Land Management 17,610.09 0 0 0 0 

Total Utah 17,610.09 0 0 0 0 

 

WYOMING 

Bureau of Reclamation 0 1,106.76 0 0 0 

Total Wyoming 0 1,106.76 0 0 0 

 

GRAND TOTAL 772,569.09 10,286.54 0 1,818,167.93 16,803.20 

 

Withdrawals

___________ 

Revocations

____________ 

Modifications

____________ 

Extensions 

___________ 

Expirations

___________ 

Acres Acres Acres Acres Acres 

SUMMARY BY AGENCY 

Bureau of Land Management 350,032.09 73.05 0 3,024.93 10,626.70 

Bureau of Reclamation 0 10,200.52 0 0 0 

Federal Aviation Administration 0 0 0 0 2,163.46 

U.S. Air Force 0 0 0 0 640.00 

U.S. Coast Guard 0 12.97 0 0 0 

U.S. Department of Navy 421,270.00 0 0 1,045,000.00 0 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 0 0 0 769,543.00 0 

U.S. Forest Service 1,267.00 0 0 600.00 3,372.77 

Corps of Engineers 0 0 0 0 0.27 

 

AGENCY TOTALS 772,569.09 10,286.54 0 1,818,167.93 16,803.20 
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Table 1-6. WITHDRAWALS, REVOCATIONS, MODIFICATIONS, 

 EXTENSIONS, AND EXPIRATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

–concluded 

Note: The figures in this table are a compilation of withdrawals, revocations, modifications, extensions, and 

expirations that were administratively made by the Secretary of the Interior. The withdrawals are for a 

 specific duration that can vary from less than 1 year to 50 years, with a provision for extension if the 

withdrawal is still needed. 

/a/ BLM Alaska has four withdrawals that have expired in the last few years: Fiscal Year 2012; Unalakleet 

Administrative Site, Public Land Order 6898, expired October 29, 2011, for .35 acres. Fiscal Year 2014; 

 Cold Foot Administrative Site, Public Land Order 7057, expired June 2, 2014, for 100 acres. 

/b/ BLM, U.S. Air Force withdrawal expired in Fiscal Year 2012; King Salmon, Public Land Order 6893, expired 

October 17, 2011, for 640 acres. 

/c/ BLM, U.S. Forest Service withdrawal expired in Fiscal Year 2014; Cooper Lake Recreation Area, Public Land 

Order 7075, expired August 3, 2014, for 175 acres. 

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 Table 1-7. CADASTRAL SURVEY ACTIONS COMPLETED, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Bureau of Land Management Lands 

Field Accomplishments /a/ 

Geographic State Original Surveys 

 ________________ 

Resurveys 

___________ 

 Special Surveys  ________________

 M _

 Miles Miles Miles 

Alaska 2,190 317 74 

Arizona 2 4 0 

California 2 124 0 Colorado 5 63 8 Idaho 0 162 0 Minnesota 0 18 0 

Montana 0 33 0 

Nevada 7 49 0 New Mexico 0 19 0 North Dakota 0 44 0 Oregon 152 156 0 

Utah 0 550 0 

Wyoming 0 228 0 Total 2,358 1,767 82 
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Bureau of Land Management Lands 

Office Accomplishments /b/ 

Geographic State 

Original 

Surveys 

________________ 

Resurveys 

___________ 

 Special Surveys  ________________ 

 Lines Surveyed/  Resurveyed  ________________ 

 Acres Acres Acres Miles 

Alabama 0 0 0 0 Alaska 256,243 77,653 4,464 1,700 Arizona 22 113 0 5 California 0 21,833 0 253 Colorado 0 7,840 0 87 Florida 0 73 0 3 Idaho 0 9,556 0 125 Illinois 0 0 0 0 Kentucky 0 0 0 0 Louisiana 0 0 0 0 Michigan 0 0 0 0 Minnesota 0 0 0 0 Mississippi 0 0 0 0 Montana 0 1,453 0 91 Nevada 2,385 23,806 0 200 New Mexico 0 735 0 6 North Dakota 0 2,123 0 162 Ohio 0 0 0 0 Oregon 0 12,586 0 247 South Dakota 0 0 0 0 Tennessee 0 0 0 0 Utah 0 101,230 192 676 West Virginia 0 0 0 0 Wyoming 0 77,711 0 469 Total 258,650 336,712 4,656 4,024 
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 Table 1-7. CADASTRAL SURVEY ACTIONS COMPLETED, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continu

Bureau of Indian Affairs Lands 

Field Accomplishments /a/ 

Geographic State Original Surveys 

________________ 

Resurveys 

___________ 

 Special Surveys  ________________ 

 M _

 Miles Miles Miles 

Alaska 0 4 0 Arizona 498 115 0 California 26 13 1 Idaho 0 149 0 Minnesota 0 1 0 New Mexico 100 30 0 North Dakota 0 20 0 Utah 80 146 0 Washington 0 8 0 Wisconsin 0 2 0 Total 704 488 1 
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 Table 1-7. CADASTRAL SURVEY ACTIONS COMPLETED, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continue

Bureau of Indian Affairs Lands 

Office Accomplishments /b/ 

Geographic State 

Original 

Surveys 

________ 

Resurveys 

___________ 

 Special Surveys  ________________ 

 Lines Surveyed/  Resurveyed  ________________ 

StaBo___

Acres Acres Acres Miles 

Alaska 0 0 669 27 Arizona 137,612 0 0 547 California 0 1,120 0 17 Florida 0 0 0 0 Idaho 0 4,960 0 57 Iowa 0 0 0 0 Louisiana 0 0 0 0 Maine 0 0 0 0 Michigan 0 0 0 0 Minnesota 0 117 0 18 Mississippi 0 1,269 0 36 Montana 0 160 0 5 Nebraska 0 1,280 0 13 Nevada 0 106 0 2 New Mexico 1,323 10,825 0 96 North Dakota 0 0 0 0 Oregon 0 154 0 5 South Dakota 0 0 0 0 Utah 21,385 980 16 112 Washington 0 1,892 0 74 Wisconsin 0 446 0 9 Total 160,320 23,309 685 1,018 
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 Table 1-7. CADASTRAL SURVEY ACTIONS COMPLETED, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continu

Other Agency Lands 

Field Accomplishments /a/ 

Geographic State Original Surveys 

________________ 

Resurveys 

___________ 

 Special Surveys  ________________ 

 Monumen _________

 Miles Miles Miles Num

Alaska /c/ 0 6 0 Arizona /d/ 30 40 42 1Arkansas /e/ 0 13 0 California /f/ 0 13 21 California /d/ 0 172 6 1California /c/ 0 1 0 California /e/ 0 56 0 1California /g 0 27 1 Colorado /d/ 2 39 68 1Colorado /h/ 0 20 0 Colorado /i/ 0 67 23 Colorado /e/ 0 7 0 Colorado /c/ 0 1 0 Idaho /e/ 0 8 0 Idaho /i/ 0 3 0 Idaho /g/ 0 30 0 Montana /e/ 0 57 0 Nebraska /d/ 0 45 0 Nevada /d/ 3 10 0 1Nevada /e/ 0 1 0 Nevada /i/ 0 5 0 New Mexico /c/ 0 4 0 New Mexico /j/ 0 23 0 Oregon /e/ 1 5 0 Oregon /c/ 0 1 0 Utah /d/ 0 0 5 Utah /c/ 7 78 0 Total 43 732 166 1,1
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 Table 1-7. CADASTRAL SURVEY ACTIONS COMPLETED, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continu

Other Agency Lands 

Office Accomplishments /b/ 

Geographic State Original Surveys 

________________ 

Resurveys 

___________ 

 Special Surveys  ________________ 

 Lines Surveyed/  Resurveyed  ________________ 

 Acres Acres Acres Miles 

Alaska 0 0 0 0 Arizona 1,325 1,284 0 55 Arkansas 0 160 0 7 California 0 19,525 0 221 Colorado 0 14,547 0 204 Idaho 458 12,396 0 124 Iowa 0 1,187 0 33 Montana 0 0 0 0 Nevada 0 508 0 4 New Mexico 0 4,411 0 59 Oregon 0 842 0 25 Utah 0 12,053 0 95 Washington 0 223 2 13 Total 1,783 67,136 2 840 
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 Table 1-7. CADASTRAL SURVEY ACTIONS COMPLETED, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continu

Grand Totals 

Field Accomplishments /a/ 

Geographic State Original Surveys 

________________ 

 Resurveys  ___________ 

 Special Surveys  ________________ 

  

 Miles Miles Miles 

Alaska 2,190 327 74 Arizona 530 159 42 Arkansas 0 13 0 California 28 406 29 Colorado 7 197 99 Idaho 0 352 0 Minnesota 0 19 0 Montana 0 90 0 Nebraska 0 45 0 Nevada 10 65 0 New Mexico 100 76 0 North Dakota 0 64 0 Oregon 153 162 0 Utah 87 774 5 Washington 0 8 0 Wisconsin 0 2 0 Wyoming 0 228 0 Total 3,105 2,987 249 
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 Table 1-7. CADASTRAL SURVEY ACTIONS COMPLETED, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continue

Grand Totals 

Office Accomplishments /b/ 

Geographic State 

Original 

Surveys 

_____________ 

Resurveys 

___________ 

 Special Surveys  ________________ 

 Lines Surveyed Resurveyed  _______________

 Acres Acres Acres Miles 

Alabama 0 0 0 0 Alaska 256,243 77,653 5,133 1,727 Arizona 138,959 1,397 0 607 Arkansas 0 160 0 7 California 0 42,478 0 491 Colorado 0 22,387 0 291 Florida 0 73 0 3 Idaho 458 26,912 0 306 Illinois 0 0 0 0 Iowa 0 1,187 0 33 Kentucky 0 0 0 0 Louisiana 0 0 0 0 Maine 0 0 0 0 Michigan 0 0 0 0 Minnesota 0 117 0 18 Mississippi 0 1,269 0 36 Montana 0 1,613 0 96 Nebraska 0 1,280 0 13 
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Table 1-7. CADASTRAL SURVEY ACTIONS COMPLETED, FISCAL YEAR 2014–contin

Grand Totals 

Office Accomplishments /b/–continued 

Geographic State 

Original 

Surveys 

____________ 

Resurveys 

___________ 

Special Surveys  ______________ 

 Lines Surveyed Resurveyed  _______________ 

Acres Acres Acres Miles 

Nevada 2,385 24,420 0 206 New Mexico 1,323 15,971 0 161 North Dakota 0 2,123 0 162 Ohio 0 0 0 0 Oregon 0 13,582 0 277 South Dakota 0 0 0 0 Tennessee 0 0 0 0 Utah 21,385 114,263 208 883 Washington 0 2,115 2 87 West Virginia 0 0 0 0 Wisconsin 0 446 0 9 Wyoming 0 77,711 0 469 Total 420,753 427,157 5,343 5,882 
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 Table 1-7. CADASTRAL SURVEY ACTIONS COMPLETED, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continu

Plats Accepted 

Geographic State Field Surveys 

_____________ 

Supplemental Plats 

____________________ 

ProtractioApproved _________

Number Number Nu

Alaska 224 13 Arizona 21 0 Arkansas 1 0 California 48 27 Colorado 26 5 Florida 1 1 Idaho 28 3 Iowa 1 0 Minnesota 2 0 Mississippi 3 0 Montana 7 0 Nevada 12 1 New Mexico 24 1 North Dakota 9 37 Oregon 58 0 Utah 40 0 Washington 11 0 Wisconsin 2 0 Wyoming 34 12 Total 552 100 
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 Table 1-7. CADASTRAL SURVEY ACTIONS COMPLETED, FISCAL YEAR 2014–c

Public Land Survey System Data /l/ 

Geographic State Total in State 

_____________ 

Number Planned ________________ 

Number Computed 

/m/ 

_____________________ 

GIS ___

 Townships Townships Townships 

Alaska /o/ 18,565 18,565 5,547 Arizona 3,412 3,412 3,410 California 4,815 4,665 4,335 Colorado 3,059 2,959 2,959 Eastern States /p/ 0 0 1,590 Idaho 2,490 2,490 2,395 Montana 4,191 4,191 4,191 Nevada 3,377 3,215 3,215 New Mexico 3,288 3,288 3,286 North Dakota 2,047 2,047 2,047 Oklahoma 2,078 2,078 1,880 Oregon 2,897 2,897 2,859 South Dakota 2,100 2,100 2,100 Utah 2,565 2,518 2,531 Washington 2,087 2,087 906 Wyoming 2,889 2,748 2,748 Total 59,860 59,260 45,999 
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 Table 1-7. CADASTRAL SURVEY ACTIONS COMPLETED, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continu

Mineral Surveys 

 Number of Geographic State Surveys Lode Claims Placer Claims  _________ ____________ ______________ _Colorado 5 8 3 

Total 5 8 3 /a/ The accomplishments reported under Field Accomplishments are those miles and monuments that were reported du survey process. Distances to tri-stations are not reportable. /b/ The accomplishments reported under Office Accomplishments are those acres and miles that were reported after th survey plat and field notes. Distances to tri-stations are not reportable. /c/ National Park Service. /d/ U.S. Forest Service. /e/ Bureau of Reclamation. /f/ U.S. Department of Defense. /g/ Natural Resources Conservation Service. /h/ U.S. Air Force. /i/ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. /j/ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 
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Table 1-7. CADASTRAL SURVEY ACTIONS COMPLETED, FISCAL YEAR 2014–conclud

/k/ Protraction Diagrams are generally produced for the U.S. Forest Service but may represent unsurveyed land manag

/l/ The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) Data result from the computation of coordinates, in latitude and longitude

PLSS and are intended for use in a land or Geographic Information System (GIS), not for boundary determination. 

/m/ Townships for which all coordinate data have been computed. /n/ GIS validated refers to townships for which the entire PLSS Data process has been completed and is available in th

of the Cadastral National Spatial Data Infrastructure (CadNSDI). 

/o/ Alaska is collecting digital information in a different format; Alaska’s progress is included with the PLSS Data for 

/p/ The total number of townships to be collected in this vast area of the country is not available. A significant numbe

incorporated into the PLSS Data as alternate source data are received by various organizations and States. Eastern 

training and technical assistance to other organizations in their data collection efforts. In return for this support, Ea

alternate source data for publication. 

0

2468

101214

Treasured Landscapes Forest Products Land Tenure Adjustments Trespass/Encroachments AML & 

Cadastral Survey Cost & Benefits to BLM for 2014

Field Work Performed During the Fiscal Year

Reported in Millions of Dollars

(Cos t: $0.6) (Cos t: $2.1)

(Cos t: $2.4)

(Cos t: $1.1) (Cos t: $0.8)

Total Cost: $7 millionTotal Benefit: $29.1 million

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BLM

64%

USFS

10%

BIA

19%

Other 

7%

2014 Cadastral Survey Field Accomplishments

Percentage of Work Performed by Agency

39

BLM

67%

USFS

8%

BIA

19%

Other

6%

2014 Cadastral Survey Office Accomplishments

Percentage of Work Performed by Agency

41

43 

 Table 1-8. OBLIGATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS RECEIVED, 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014 

   

Obligations of Appropriations Made to the Bureau of Land Management 

Appropriation Title Amount Obligated 

 Management of Lands and Resources $ 1,082,044,733 

 Oregon and California Grant Lands 119,660,095 

 Payments to States /a/ 48,513,715 

 Southern Nevada Public Land Management 48,426,484 

 Working Capital 44,837,498 

 Cost Recovery 28,243,287 

 Helium 24,284,870 

 Trust 20,001,998 

 Recreation and Public Lands Support /b/ 16,937,410 

 Energy Act Funds /c/ 15,352,782 

 Land Acquisition 12,840,232 

 Range Improvements 8,494,740 

 Forest Recovery and Restoration 8,162,978 

 Road Maintenance 2,572,997 

 Lincoln County Land Act Land Sales /d/ 1,658,260 

 Construction and Access 676,772 

 Quarters 586,756 

 Stewardship Contract Product Sales /e/ 82,209 

 Naval Oil Shale Reserve Restoration 77,810 

 Management of Lands and Resources - Recovery Act 6,913 

 Construction and Access - Recovery Act 0 

 Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act /f/ 0 

Total of BLM Appropriations Obligated 

 

$1,483,462,539 

Obligations of Appropriations Transferred from Other Bureaus and Agencies to 

the Bureau of Land Management

Appropriation Title Amount Obligated 

Federal Firefighting /g/ $508,869,140 

Hazardous Materials 5,244,077 

Natural Resource Damage Assessment /h/ 376,970 

Federal Firefighting - Recovery Act 0 

Federal Highways /i/ 0 

Forest Protection and Utilization 0 

Total of Transferred Appropriations Obligated 

 

$514,490,187 

Grand Total of Obligations 

 

$1,997,952,726 

   
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 Table 1-8. OBLIGATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS RECEIVED 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014–concluded 

/a/ Previous legislation expired at the end of Fiscal Year 2013. In Fiscal Year 2014 the U.S. Forest 

Service calculated the payments and provided the BLM with the amount obligated. 

/b/ Funded from recreation fees and demonstration site collections to support public lands and 

 recreation. Other recreation obligations are included in Management of Lands and Resources. 

/c/ Public Law 109-58, Energy Policy Act of 2005, established the Energy Act Funds as follows: Title 

III, Subtitle D, Sec. 331, Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction and Environmental Remediation, 

Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 2, Kern County, California; Title III, Subtitle F, Sec. 361, 

Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting Practices; and Title II, Subtitle B, Geothermal 

Energy. 

 /d/ Public Law, 106-298, the Lincoln County Land Act, authorizes the gross proceeds of sales of land to 

 be distributed as follows: 5 percent for general education in the State of Nevada and Lincoln County; 

 10 percent for normal county budgeting procedures, with emphasis given to schools; and 85 percent 

 of collections and the subsequent interest from investment for retention by the BLM and any other 

 participating agencies. 

/e/ The Fiscal Year 2003 Omnibus Appropriations Bill (Public Law 108-7), Section 323, amended 

 Section 347 of the Fiscal Year 1999 Appropriation Omnibus (Public Law 105-277), which originally 

 granted the U.S. Forest Service pilot stewardship contracting authority. It states, “Until 

 September 30, 2013, the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, via agreement 

 or contract as appropriate, may enter into stewardship contracting projects with private persons or 

 other public or private entities to perform services to achieve land management goals for the national 

 forests and the public lands that meet local and rural community needs.” 

/f/ Public Law 106-248, Section 202, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act, authorizes the BLM 

 to sell land identified for disposition under its land use planning process and to exchange Federal land 

 for non-Federal land if the exchange would be in the public interest. The fund was de-authorized in 

 Fiscal Year 2011. 

/g/ The fire season was less intense in Fiscal Year 2014 than in Fiscal Year 2013. 

/h/ Used to identify potential hazardous waste locations and to restore land and resource health at 

 known hazardous waste sites. 

/i/ Used for highway repairs and emergency road maintenance. 
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PART 2 

HEALTHY AND PRODUCTIVE LANDS 

Public lands are healthy and productive when the natural processes that keep them functioning are intact 

and self-sustaining. Healthy, productive public lands are a product of careful management in the form of 

resource conservation, restoration, and use.

In support of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) mission of sustaining health, diversity, and 

productivity of public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations, a variety of 

interrelated programs carry out projects in a coordinated manner to support healthy, productive lands and 

the processes that maintain them over time. 

Keeping landscapes and habitats healthy and productive requires coordination across programs within the 

BLM, as well as with partner agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and members of the public. The 

activities and conditions reported below contribute to the BLM’s goal for healthy, productive lands. 

Table 2-1. Percentage of Rangeland Acreage by Ecological Status by State, provides a summary of the 

ecological site inventories conducted by the BLM this year. Ecological site inventories are visits to 

specific sites on public lands where scientists collect information on vegetation, soil, and water 

conditions. This information provides land managers with information to help determine the capacity of 

the land for various uses (livestock grazing, wildlife, recreation, mineral exploration, etc.) and to assess 

the status of resource management objectives in their land use plan. 

Table 2-2. Condition of Riparian-Wetland Areas. Riparian-wetland areas (streams, creeks, rivers, lakes, 

etc.) constitute a small percentage of the public lands, but their benefits far exceed their acreage. 

Scientists visit streams and collect data on vegetation, landform, and large woody debris to figure out the 

status of these areas. A riparian-wetland area is considered to be functioning properly when the wetland 

area has enough plant and rock material to slow down the water and prevent erosion during high-flow 

storm events. 

Table 2-3. Resource Conservation and Improvement Accomplishments. These are a quick look at some 

of the many projects during the past year that BLM completed for conservation, rehabilitation, and 

development of public lands. These projects stabilize soils, maintain or improve water quality, reduce 

siltation and salinity, reduce surface runoff, and control flooding. They also assist improving ecologic 

site condition (Table 2-1), promoting healthy riparian areas and wetlands (Table 2-2), and enhancing 

overall health of the environment. 

Table 2-4. Forest Development Accomplishments in Acres, describes the numerous reforestation and 

improvement projects BLM completed this Fiscal Year for restoring forest ecosystems on public lands. 

Table 2-5. Types of Wildlife Habitat on Public Lands in the Conterminous 48 States. There is no public 

land in Hawaii and the public lands in Alaska (Table 2-6) are separated out. This table describes the 

various types of wildlife habitats (feeding, roosting, breeding, nesting, and refuge areas) that exist on 

public lands in the “lower 48.” These lands offer feeding, roosting, breeding, nesting, and refuge areas 

for a wide variety of wildlife across the western United States. Plant communities are described in the 

2006 National Land Cover Database for the United States as “habitat.” 

 
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Table 2-6. Types of Wildlife Habitat on Public Lands in Alaska. This table describes the various types of 

wildlife habitats (feeding, roosting, breeding, nesting, and refuge areas) that exist on public lands in 

Alaska. As with the public lands in the other 48 states (Table 2-5), these lands in Alaska are important for 

wildlife. Plant communities are described in the 2006 National Land Cover Database for the United 

States as “habitat.” 

Table 2-7. Fish, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation Activities Completed. This table shows projects 

undertaken to conserve fish, wildlife, and plants on public lands. Most of the conservation efforts are 

accomplished in cooperation with State fish and wildlife agencies, Federal agencies, conservation groups, 

and a variety of public and private partners. 

Table 2-8. Emergency Fire Stabilization and Rehabilitation Projects. These are the BLM’s fire 

rehabilitation projects. They stabilize soils and restore watersheds after wildfires to protect the 

environment from erosion and invasive weeds. They also help minimize threats to public health and 

safety and minimize the potential for the recurrence of wildfire. The number and acreage of fire 

rehabilitation projects vary yearly and correspond to the amount of wildfires on BLM-managed public 

lands. 
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 Table 2-1. PERCENTAGE OF RANGELAND ACREAGE BY ECOLOGICAL STATUS  FISCAL YEAR 2014 

 Percentage by Ecological Statu_________________________________________

Percentage Potential 

of Acres Natural Inventoried /b/ ______________ 

 Community  ___________ 

 Late Seral  __________ 

 Mid Seral  _________ 

Arizona 58 8 43 39 California 18 3 21 44 Colorado 60 9 29 36 Idaho 74 2 24 41 Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota 77 9 66 24 Nevada 45 5 37 45 New Mexico 74 6 26 39 Oregon and Washington 57 1 29 58 Utah 63 12 31 45 Wyoming 60 27 38 30 

Total Bureauwide 57 9 35 41 Note: The BLM’s inventory of the ecological status of rangelands is used to report on the condition of rangelands as man

Rangelands Improvement Act of 1978. The Total Bureauwide figures represent averages weighted by the individuin each State. 

/a/ Expressed in degree of similarity of present vegetation to the potential natural, or climax, plant community: Potent

Community = 76–100 percent similarity; Late Seral = 51–75 percent similarity; Mid Seral = 26–50 percent similarEarly Seral = 0–25 percent similarity. Owing to rounding, the percentages in these four categories may not add to 

/b/ The percent of each State’s acreage within grazing allotments that has been inventoried using Ecological Site Inven

Soil-Vegetation Inventory Method (changes in total acreage inventoried in Fiscal Year 2014 and changes in the acrFiscal Year 2014 may account for slight differences in these percentages as compared with Fiscal Year 2013 data). to fill data gaps. This table is updated annually to reflect new data and changes in seral stages. The percentage of 

Year 2014 is less than what was reported before Fiscal Year 2004 because now only the acres actually categorized reported. Acres that could not be categorized to seral stage were reported as Unclassified in reports before Fiscal Y

longer being reported in this table. 
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Table 2-2. CONDITION OF RIPARIAN-WETLAND AREAS, 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Condition of Riparian Areas – Miles /a/ 

 Proper 

 Functioning Non– 

State Condition 

/b/ 

Functional-At-Risk (FAR) 

/c/ 

Functional 

/d/ 

Unknown

/e/ 

Total 

/f/ 

 Trend 

Up 

Trend

Not 

Apparent 

Trend

Down 

Total

FAR 

  

Alaska 107,521 30 0 0 30 14 0 107,565

 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 

Arizona 345 136 229 69 434 21 64 864

 40% 16% 27% 8% 50% 2% 7% 

California 991 346 287 37 670 57 338 2,056

 48% 17% 14% 2% 33% 3% 16% 

Colorado 2,736 428 559 136 1,123 392 64 4,315

 63% 10% 13% 3% 26% 9% 1% 

Eastern 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5

States 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 

Idaho 2,267 351 1,121 109 1,581 203 110 4,161

 54% 8% 27% 3% 38% 5% 3% 

Montana 2,543 292 853 148 1,293 154 35 4,025

 63% 7% 21% 4% 32% 4% 1% 

Nevada 875 446 339 514 1,299 470 20 2,664

 33% 17% 13% 19% 49% 18% 1% 

New 206 130 55 28 213 24 18 461

Mexico 45% 28% 12% 6% 46% 5% 4% 

Oregon 5,157 2,058 1,050 386 3,494 333 10,767 19,751

 26% 10% 5% 2% 18% 2% 55% 

Utah 3,244 507 764 366 1,637 313 56 5,250

 62% 10% 15% 7% 31% 6% 1% 

Wyoming 1,764 692 943 552 2,187 227 67 4,245

 42% 16% 22% 13% 52% 5% 2% 

Total 20,133 5,386 6,200 2,345 13,931 2,194 11,539 47,797

Lower 48 42% 11% 13% 5% 29% 5% 24% 

Total 127,654 5,416 6,200 2,345 13,961 2,208 11,539 155,362

BLM 82% 3% 4% 2% 9% 1% 7% 
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Table 2-2. CONDITION OF RIPARIAN-WETLAND AREAS, 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

Condition of Wetland Areas – Acres /g/ 

   Proper            

 Functioning Non– 

State Condition Functional-At-Risk (FAR) Functional Unknown Total 

   /b/ /c/ /d/ /e/ /f/ 

 Trend 

Up 

Trend

Not 

Apparent

Trend

Down 

Total

FAR 

 

Alaska 12,409,056 137 0 0 137 0 143,105 12,552,298

 99% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1% 

Arizona 351 17,838 111 100 18,049 3,032 845 22,277

 2% 80% 0% 0% 81% 14% 4% 

California 3,890 418 1,010 193 1,621 301 464 6,276

 62% 7% 16% 3% 26% 5% 7% 

Colorado 8,897 434 466 285 1,185 32 2,186 12,300

 72% 4% 4% 2% 10% 0% 18% 

Eastern 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 119

States 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 

Idaho 1,706 593 423 162 1,178 229 2,299 5,412

 32% 11% 8% 3% 22% 4% 42% 

Montana 9,639 416 2,609 748 3,773 1,271 28,371 43,054

 22% 1% 6% 2% 9% 3% 66% 

Nevada 8,825 615 987 1,844 3,446 313 5,952 18,536

 48% 3% 5% 10% 19% 2% 32% 

New 1,894 15 68 5 88 783 2,362 5,127

Mexico 37% 0% 1% 0% 2% 15% 46% 

Oregon 136,077 1,924 1,418 808 4,150 464 32,719 173,410

 78% 1% 1% 0% 2% 0% 19% 

Utah 10,018 2,853 2,003 577 5,433 2,053 4,707 22,211

 45% 13% 9% 3% 24% 9% 21% 

Wyoming 5,233 434 3,027 2,184 5,645 412 2,509 13,799

 38% 3% 22% 16% 41% 3% 18% 

Total 186,649 25,540 12,122 6,906 44,568 8,890 82,414 322,521

Lower 48 58% 8% 4% 2% 14% 3% 26% 

Total 12,595,705 25,677 12,122 6,906 44,705 8,890 225,519 12,874,819

BLM 98% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 2% 
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Table 2-2. CONDITION OF RIPARIAN-WETLAND AREAS, 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014–concluded 

Note: Totals for the columns may appear to be incorrect because the percentages are rounded to the nearest 

whole number. 

/a/ Riparian areas are green zones along flowing water habitats such as rivers, streams, and creeks 

(referred to as lotic habitat areas), and are reported in miles. 

/b/ Riparian and wetland areas are functioning properly when adequate vegetation, landform, or large, 

woody debris is present to dissipate energy associated with high-flow events. 

/c/ “Functioning-At-Risk” areas are functioning, but an existing soil, water, or vegetation attribute 

makes them susceptible to degradation. The trend is an assessment of apparent direction of change 

in conditions either toward or away from site stability. Trend is determined by comparing the 

present condition with previous photos; by utilizing trend studies, inventories, or other 

documentation; or by using professional knowledge, judgment, and experience. The lack of 

historical information on the condition of a site may lead to a “trend not apparent” assessment. 

/d/ “Nonfunctional” areas do not contain sufficient vegetation, landform, or large, woody debris to 

dissipate energies associated with high-flow events. 

/e/ “Unknown” areas have not been assessed by the BLM. 

/f/ “Total” miles and acres may show annual variation owing to additional mapping of riparian-wetland 

areas and improving accuracy when Geographic Information System tools are used during field 

inventories. These values will likely continue to change in future years as additional mapping 

becomes available. 

/g/ Wetland areas are standing water habitats, such as bogs, marshes, wet meadows, and estuaries 

(referred to as lentic habitat areas), and are reported in acres. 
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 Table 2-3. RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT ACCOMPLISHMENT FISCAL YEAR 2014 Practice Units 

_____

Arizona ________

California __________

Colorado _________

Idaho ______

Montana ________

Nevada_______

New Mexico _______

Oregon _______

Soil Stabilization and Improvement Brush Control Acres 475 320 177 436 972 5,184 84,196 3,766 Seeding/Planting Acres 0 0 500 6,120 400 91,187 958 0 Soil Stabilization Acres 0 0 0 5,900 0 101,187 0 0 Herbaceous Weed 

Control Acres 197 302 5,583 4,085 5,616 14,631 6,069 29,789 

Water Management Detention and  Diversion Quantity 15 0 0 0 2 0 17 0 Pipelines - Waters Quantity 0 5 0 1 29 11 89 0 

 - Length Miles 0 4 0 3 34 13 107 0 

Reservoirs Quantity 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 Springs Quantity 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 Water Catchments Quantity 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1  Gallons 0 0 0 0 0 0 27,900 1,000 Wells Quantity 4 1 7 1 1 0 7 4 Storage/Drinking Quantity 3 0 2 0 1 0 50 0  Gallons 65,000 0 0 0 15,000 0 254,500 0 Program Facilities Cattleguards Quantity 7 5 0 3 15 21 5 10 Fences Miles 13 14 8 33 68 10 106 63 Note: The sources for these data are the Bureau of Land Management Rangeland Improvement Project System (RIPS) and 

 Data are for the fiscal year before the Public Land Statistics report fiscal year because projects and treatments starte

be completed until the next. Data are displayed by Administative State boundaries, which differ from Geographic S

example, BLM Montana administers BLM public lands in North Dakota and South Dakota, too. 
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Table 2-4. FOREST DEVELOPMENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN ACRES, FISCAL YEA

 

Reforestation 

/a/ 

______________________________________ 

Stand Productivity 

/b/ 

 ____________ 

Genetic Tree Improvement 

/c/ 

_____________ 

Stand Improvement 

/d/ 

 ______________________________________

Administrative State Planting 

 Site  Preparation Protection Fertilization Planted Release 

PreCommercial Thinning 

CommerciaThinning 

Alaska 0 200 0 0 0 0 67 0 Arizona 0 0 0 0 0 810 0 0 California 10 0 0 0 0 0 125 1,000 Colorado 66 0 0 0 0 192 1,279 471 Idaho 0 0 0 0 0 0 642 0 Montana 163 135 1,365 0 20 20 1,917 1,012 Nevada 0 0 0 0 0 568 0 0 New Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 800 0 Oregon 990 581 4,446 0 1,486 628 5,848 12,581 –Eastern /g/ 0 0 150 0 0 0 353 526 –Western /h/ 990 581 4,296 0 1,486 628 5,495 12,055 Utah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 113 Wyoming 0 0 0 0 0 0 346 456 Total 1,229 916 5,811 0 1,506 2,218 11,024 15,633  _____________________________________________________ _____________________________ Group Totals 9,462 28,875 

(Reforestation) (Stand Improvement) 
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 Table 2-4. FOREST DEVELOPMENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN ACRES, FISCAL YEA –concluded Note: The unit of measure for all columns is acres. /a/ “Reforestation” is the reestablishment of forest cover, either naturally or artificially. /b/ “Stand Productivity” is a cultural practice to improve the growth of trees. 

/c/ “Genetic Tree Improvement” is the use of genetically improved seeds or plants when doing reforestation. 

/d/ “Stand Improvement” is an intermediate treatment made to improve the composition, structure, condition, health, and 

woodland stands. These treatments include release, precommercial thinning, or commercial thinning. 

/e/ “Stand Conversion” is a change from one silvicultural system or from one tree species to another. /f/ “Pruning” is the cutting of lower branches on trees to improve wood quality or reduce fire hazard. /g/ Eastern Oregon comprises public lands that include, and extend eastward from, Range 9 East, Willamette Meridian, an

State of Washington. 

/h/ Western Oregon comprises the revested Oregon and California (O&C) lands, the reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road 

lands that include, and extend westward from, Range 8 East, Willamette Meridian. 
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Table 2-5. TYPES OF WILDLIFE HABITAT ON PUBLIC LANDS IN THE  CONTERMINOUS 48 STATES, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Administrative State ______________

 Shrub/Scrub 

___________

 Herbaceous 

 ___________

 Deciduous  Forest 

 __________

 Evergreen  Forest 

 _________

Arizona 10,996,431 493,850 9,187 584,256 

California 13,047,764 569,860 32,960 704,373 Colorado 4,330,987 492,563 500,574 2,767,694 

Idaho 8,633,190 2,316,067 22,041 574,217 Montana 1,717,267 5,665,996 9,110 802,628 Nevada 37,902,834 2,029,300 20,647 4,404,130 

New Mexico 10,464,129 1,980,104 950 685,266 Oregon 12,545,900 736,342 9,455 2,156,195 Utah 14,671,424 1,717,715 83,462 3,617,192 Wyoming 13,311,576 3,359,140 33,525 466,167 Total 127,621,502 19,360,937 721,911 16,762,118 
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Table 2-5. TYPES OF WILDLIFE HABITAT ON PUBLIC LANDS IN THE  CONTERMINOUS 48 STATES, FISCAL YEAR 2014–concluded 

Administrative State ______________ 

Woody Wetlands 

__________ 

Emergent Herbaceous Wetlands 

 ____________ 

Barren Land 

________ 

Open Water 

 _______ 

Arizona 25,286 6,991 124,564 8,038 California 5,783 9,202 1,630,835 20,962 Colorado 30,056 6,094 133,277 14,661 Idaho 13,512 5,714 135,667 14,479 Montana 21,873 12,239 43,437 24,527 Nevada 22,109 12,436 1,377,510 7,789 New Mexico 7,944 3,486 159,381 8,246 Oregon 7,359 17,647 294,030 74,843 Utah 39,026 10,510 2,482,817 30,388 Wyoming 20,932 31,700 190,661 7,198 Total 193,880 116,019 6,572,179 211,131 Note: This table reflects the broad spectrum of wildlife habitat and the wide variety of associated species present on the pu

contiguous 48 States. At present, BLM habitat management activities typically focus on management of these impoconcert with the State wildlife agencies and other parties in a way that reflects increased management emphasis on h

of wildlife species. This table accounts for the relationship between wildlife species and their associated habitat (e.g

species are generally associated with grassland habitat and plant communities, etc.). For the purposes of this table, 

represents selected major land cover types (plant communities) reflected in: Jin, S. et al., 2013, “A comprehensive c

for updating the National Land Cover Database to circa 2011,” Remote Sensing of Environment, 132: 159–75. Acr

newly derived from the Surface Management Agency data (BLM National Operations Center, November 2014). Adboundaries were newly derived from BLM Administrative Unit Boundary Polygons (BLM National Operations Cen

For BLM Administrative States: Montana includes North Dakota and South Dakota; New Mexico includes Kansas, 

Oregon includes Washington; and Wyoming includes Nebraska. Geographic Information System technology was usof wildlife habitat on public lands.
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Table 2-6. TYPES OF WILDLIFE HABITAT ON PUBLIC LANDS IN ALASKA, 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014 Administrative State ______________ 

Shrub/ 

Scrub 

_______ 

Grassland/ 

Herbaceous 

_____________ 

Deciduous 

Forest 

___________ 

Evergreen 

Forest 

___________ 

Acres Acres Acres Acres 

Alaska 16,499,997 201,605 2,133,193 12,331,308 

Administrative State ______________ 

Woody 

Wetlands 

_________ 

Emergent 

Herbaceous 

Wetlands 

____________ 

Barren 

Land 

_______ 

Sedge/ 

Herbaceous 

____________ 

Acres Acres Acres Acres 

Alaska 1,698,693 2,715,518 2,485,629 10,824,410 Administrative State ______________

Moss/ 

Lichens 

________ 

Open 

Water 

_______ 

Other 

_______ 

Acres Acres Acres 

Alaska 9,318 1,740,718 1,427,142 

 Note: This table reflects the broad spectrum of wildlife habitat and the wide variety of associated species present on the  Alaska. At present, BLM habitat management activities typically focus on management of these important habita the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and other parties in a way that reflects increased management emphasi requirements of wildlife species. This table accounts for the relationship between wildlife species and their assoc

 (i.e., grassland wildlife species are generally associated with grassland habitat and plant communities, etc.). For  this table, the term “habitat” represents selected major land cover types (plant communities) reflected in the USG Land Cover Database for the United States (Homer et al. 2004). Acres of BLM land were newly derived from B Management Agency data (BLM National Operations Center, November 2014). Administrative State boundarie from BLM Administrative Unit Boundary Polygons (BLM National Operations Center, November 2014). Geog System technology was used to determine acres of wildlife habitat on public lands. 
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Table 2-7. FISH, WILDLIFE, AND PLANT CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES COMPLE

 FISCAL YEAR 2014 Administrative State ______________ 

Plan for T&E Species Recovery  /a/ ____________ 

Inventory Wildlife/Plan Habitat  /a/ ___________ 

Inventory Lake/Wetland Areas  /b/ _____________ 

InvStrAr ___

 Plans Acres Acres 

Alaska 1 130 0 Arizona 2 17,214 0 California 2 166,908 0 Colorado 2 633,842 54 Eastern States 0 286 0 Idaho 0 304,555 0 Montana 6 140,172 0 Nevada 1 692,837 200 New Mexico 3 634,172 0 Oregon 0 305,957 0 Utah 3 133,541 51 Wyoming 0 1,263,063 47 Total 20 4,292,677 352 
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Table 2-7. FISH, WILDLIFE, AND PLANT CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES COMPLE

 FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued Administrative State 

Implement T&E Species Recovery Actions  /a/ _____________ 

Implement Conservation for Non-ESA Species  /a/ ______________ 

Apply Shrub/Grass Vegetation Treatments  /b/ _____________ 

Apply Lake/Wetland Treatments  /c/ ______________ 

 Actions Actions Acres Acres 

Alaska 11 1 0 5 Arizona 105 62 685 108 California 266 114 23,227 634 Colorado 76 58 6,776 5,698 Eastern States 3 4 70 0 Idaho 12 43 13,324 201 Montana 35 101 4,139 297 Nevada 379 101 4,462 466 New Mexico 499 166 22,004 67 Oregon 57 32 11,374 1,756 Utah 70 25 13,230 140 Wyoming 6 456 6,293 27 Total 1,519 1,163 105,584 9,399 
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Table 2-7. FISH, WILDLIFE, AND PLANT CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES COMPLE

 FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued Administrative State 

Collect Native Plant Materials  /a/ ____________ 

Construct Shrub/Grass/ PJ/Forest Projects  /b/ _____________ 

Maintain Shrub/Grass/ PJ/Forest Projects  /b/ ____________ 

Construct Lake/Wetland/ Stream/Riparian Projects  /c/ ________________ 

 Collections Projects Projects Projects 

Alaska 73 0 0 0 Arizona 40 4 40 3 California 212 7 66 22 Colorado 25 46 267 35 Eastern States 2 0 0 0 Idaho 5 0 11 30 Montana 136 127 3,368 15 Nevada 96 16 79 9 New Mexico 23 31 918 20 Oregon 306 19 177 23 Utah 122 3 162 8 Wyoming 305 1 80 6 Total 1,345 254 5,168 171 
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Table 2-7. FISH, WILDLIFE, AND PLANT CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES COMPLE

 FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued Administrative State 

Monitor Species Populations  /a/ _______________ 

Monitor Shrub/Grass Vegetation Treatments  /b/ _____________ 

Monitor Terrestrial Habitat  /b/ ___________ 

Monitor Lake/Wetland Habitat  /c/ _____________ 

 Number Acres Acres Acres 

Alaska 814 0 2,311,000 205 Arizona 517 5,000 668,104 43 California 1,299 26,563 204,900 670 Colorado 924 26,199 1,303,267 7,683 Eastern States 17 230 780 2 Idaho 914 200 539,533 207 Montana 1,366 732 1,606,749 1,710 Nevada 259 0 4,242,272 74 New Mexico 272 20,449 1,404,739 260 Oregon 1,655 6,848 904,441 2,931 Utah 754 53,703 316,374 2,857 Wyoming 2,465 12,857 1,827,873 119 Total 11,256 152,781 15,330,032 16,761 
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Table 2-7. FISH, WILDLIFE, AND PLANT CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES COMPLE

 FISCAL YEAR 2014–concluded Note: This table reflects the broad spectrum of activities and practices in the BLM for fish, wildlife, plant, and threatened 

species (T&E species) conservation. Information is representative of Fiscal Year 2014 reported accomplishments, 

BLM Management Information System. 

/a/ All BLM subactivities. /b/ Subactivities 1110 (Wildlife), 1120 (Fisheries), 1150 (T&E Species), 6333 (O&C Act - Soil, Water, Air), and 6334 

 Habitat). /c/ Subactivities 1040 (Riparian Management), 1110, 1120, 1150, 6333, and 6334. 
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Table 2-8. EMERGENCY FIRE STABILIZATION AND 

 REHABILITATION PROJECTS, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

 Number Acres Treated Funding 

 /a/ /b/ /c/ 

 ________ ______________ __________ 

 

Alaska 2 0 $530,178 

Arizona 1 0 69,497 

California 12 20,164 1,481,563 

Colorado 8 135 65,616 

Idaho 88 1,031,541 10,225,803 /d/ 

Montana 2 0 0 

Nevada 78 237,443 4,070,450 

New Mexico 3 0 274,299 

Oregon 51 323,903 6,002,518 

Utah 51 180,064 2,412,473 

Washington 8 660 189,022 

Wyoming 8 3,760 188,198 

Total 312 1,797,670 $25,509,617 

/a/ The number of projects equals the number of approved/active Emergency Stabilization and 

 Burned Area Rehabilitation (ES&BAR) Plans. 

/b/ Includes the acres of ES&BAR treatments applied, as well as acres of weed inventories, 

treatments, and treatments evaluated. Monitoring is no longer measured in acres but captured as 

individual projects, as reflected in the “Number /a/” column. (Note: Some of these activities may 

occur on the same acreage.) 

/c/ Includes expenditures in Fiscal Year 2014 for treatments, monitoring, and inventory/assessment; 

these may include funding for treatments approved in 2011, 2012, and 2013, as well as planning 

costs for many of the Fiscal Year 2014 fires. Total does not include indirect support and other 

program oversight and development costs (approximately $286,245). 

/d/ The 2014 wildfire acquisition costs for seed have been centralized and are tracked through the 

Fire and Aviation cost center. Total expenditures included $1,221,141 of ES&BAR funds. 

 Costs related to fires in Fiscal Year 2013, but wildfire seed acquired in Fiscal Year 2014 within 

the state of Idaho totaled about $4,000,000. 

 
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PART 3 

COMMERCIAL USES AND REVENUES GENERATED 

The demands being placed on the public lands are growing in tandem with the number and diversity of 

people whom the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) serves. The BLM’s ability to meet these new 

demands will depend on improving its accountability to users of the public lands, while emphasizing the 

responsibility of these users to adhere to an ethic that is sensitive to the land’s health and responsive to the 

public’s right to receive fair value in return. 

The BLM historically has made land available for authorized private sector activities, such as recreation, 

energy and mineral commodity extraction, livestock forage use, sawtimber harvest, and other related land 

use authorizations and land dispositions, and will continue to do so. The BLM strives to ensure that 

taxpayers receive a fair return from such transactions, consistent with existing laws. The BLM also 

strives to ensure that adverse effects on the land, other users, and the American public are minimized to 

prevent long-term environmental impairment or the creation of unfunded taxpayer liabilities. 

The BLM administers about 246.4 million surface acres of public land, about one-eighth of the land in the 

United States, and approximately 700 million acres of on-shore Federal mineral estate on or underlying 

both Federal surface ownerships and privately owned lands. The BLM also provides technical 

supervision of mineral development and cadastral (land) survey on 56 million acres of American Indian 

trust lands. 

The following tables show the essential outputs of various interrelated programs that provide commercial 

uses as shown in Tables 3-1 through 3-24. Tables 3-25 through 3-32 display outcome-oriented 

information in terms of receipts or payments and the allocation of funds generated from commercial use 

activities on public lands. Table 3-33 presents a financial update for the Southern Nevada Public Land 

Management Act. Table 3-35 presents information on compliance with diligent development and 

continued operation of Federal coal leases. Note: Table 3-34, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act 

(FLTFA) Proceeds from Sales, Exchange, and Acquisitions, was removed from Public Land Statistics 

2012, because FLTFA of 2000 (Public Law 106-248; 114 Stat. 613), signed by the President on July 25, 

2000, expired on July 25, 2011. 

Please note that only receipts and payments collected by the BLM are listed. For revenues derived from 

BLM energy and mineral activities, refer to the Department of the Interior’s, Office of Natural Resources 

Revenue (ONRR) statistical information website. Data were not submitted for the onshore Federal 

mineral revenues generated by the BLM and collected by the ONRR, including royalties, rents, and bonus 

bids, or for revenue for Indian mineral owners for mineral operations on American Indian trust lands.

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Table 3-1. PATENTS ISSUED, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Type by State Patents Issued 

_______________ 

Acres 

______ 

Purchase Money 

________________ 

BLM LANDS PATENTED 

Airport 

Colorado 1 196 $0 

Total 1 196 $0 

Color-of-Title 

New Mexico 2 6 $9 

Total 2 6 $9 

Desert Land 

None 0 0 $0 

Total 0 0 $0 

Reclamation Homestead 

None 0 0 $0 

Total 0 0 $0 

Recreation and Public Purposes 

Arizona /a/ 1 315 $0 

Colorado 3 149 250 

Total 4 464 $250 

Exchanges (Sec. 206 FLPMA) /b/ 

New Mexico 1 2,518 $1,867 

Total 1 2,518 $1,867 

Exchanges (Act of Congress) 

Utah /c/ 23 34,224 $0 

Total 23 34,224 $0 

Exchanges (36 CFR 254.1) 

None 0 0 $0 

Total 0 0 $0 

Grand Total Exchanges 24 36,742 $1,867 
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Table 3-1. PATENTS ISSUED, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

Type by State Patents Issued 

______________ 

Acres 

______ 

Purchase Money 

________________ 

BLM LANDS PATENTED—continued 

Patents (Various Acts of Congress) 

Eastern States /d/ 1 192 $0 

Eastern States /d / 45 5,979 0 

Eastern States /e/ 1 160 0 

Eastern States /f / 2 164 0 

Montana /g/ 30 4,672 0 

New Mexico /h/ 2 9 0 

Total 81 11,176 $0 

Sales (Sec. 203 FLPMA) /i/ 

California 1 133 $0 

Eastern States 2 1 76,295 

Idaho 1 4 3,320 

New Mexico 1 10 49,000 

Oregon 1 9 4,500 

Wyoming 4 213 97,915 

Total 10 370 $231,030 

Sales (SNPLMA) /j/ 

None 0 0 $0 

Total 0 0 $0 

Sales (Various Acts of Congress) 

Idaho /k/ 1 20 $0 

Montana /l/ 131 230 0 

Oregon /m / 3 982 0 

Wyoming /n / 1 322 0 

Total 136 1,554 $0 

Grand Total Sales 146 1,924 $231,030 

Total BLM Lands Patented 

 (excluding Alaska conveyances) 258 50,508 $233,156 
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Table 3-1. PATENTS ISSUED, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

Type by State Patents Issued 

______________ 

Acres 

_______ 

Purchase Money 

________________ 

State Selections (Alaska Statehood Act) /o / 

State Selection Patents 3 143 $0 

State Selection Approvals (TA) 4 2,747 0 

Total State Selections 7 2,890 $0 

Native Selections (43 CFR 2650) /p/ 

Patents 10 19,138 $0 

Interim Conveyances (IC) 7 63,621 0 

Total Native Selections 17 82,759 $0 

Alaska Railroad Transfer Act Patents /q/ 

Patents 0 0 $0 

Interim Conveyances (IC) 0 0 0 

Total Alaska Railroad Transfer Act 0 0 $0 

Certificate of Allotments 

Native Allotment (43 CFR 2561) /r/ 3 293 $0 

Native Veteran Allotments (43 CFR 2568) /s/ 4 560 0 

Total Certificates of Allotment 7 853 $0 

Other Conveyances 

Homesites or Headquarters 0 0 $0 

Native Townsites 0 0 0 

Non-Native Townsites 0 0 0 

Railroad Townsites 0 0 0 

Trade and Manufacturing Sites 0 0 0 

Total Other Conveyances 0 0 $0 

Total Alaska Conveyances 31 86,502 $0 

Grand Total BLM Lands Patented 

 (including Alaska Conveyances) 289 137,010 $233,156 
68 

Table 3-1. PATENTS ISSUED, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

Type by State Patents Issued 

______________ 

Acres 

________ 

Purchase Money 

________________ 

FEDERAL MINERALS PATENTED 

Conveyance of Federally Owned Minerals 

None 0 0 $0 

Total 0 0 $0 

Exchanges (Sec. 206 FLPMA) /b/ 

None 0 0 $0 

Total 0 0 $0 

Exchanges (Act of Congress) 

None 0 0 $0 

Total 0 0 $0 

Minerals (43 CFR 2720) /t/ 

Arizona 2 2,361 $0 

New Mexico 1 3 0 

Total 3 2,364 $0 

Minerals (43 CFR 3860) (Surface included in Patent)

None 0 0 $0 

Total 0 0 $0 

Minerals (43 CFR 3860) 

Alaska 1 21 $103 

Oregon 1 20 50 

Total 2 41 $153 

Minerals (Various Acts of Congress) 

Utah /u/ 6 1,292 $0 

Total 6 1,292 $0 

 

Grand Total Federal Minerals Patented 11 3,697 $153 

 
69 

 Table 3-1. PATENTS ISSUED, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued

Note: Purchase money includes all revenues collected by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) during 

the reporting fiscal year from all ongoing cases leading to patent; however, this money is not always 

received in the same fiscal year the patent is issued. Purchase money is not always deposited in the 

appropriate depository (bank) in the same fiscal year the money is collected. Purchase money enters 

into the land exchange process because exchanges must result in equal value given and received by 

both parties; this means that purchase money (equalization payment) is sometimes collected from the 

proponent or paid by the BLM to ensure an equitable exchange. 

 

/a/ Corrective deed issued in lieu of deed # AZ-2012-001 due to an error in the “excepting and reserving” 

clause. 

 

/b/ Exchanges pursuant to Section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of 

1976 (Public Law 94-579; 90 Stat. 2756). See Table 5-8a and Table 5-8b—Land Exchanges and 

Acquisitions. 

 

/c/ Patent issued pursuant to Utah Recreational Land Exchange Act of 2009, Public Law 111-53, 

August 19, 2009. Includes two quit claim deeds (for reconveyed lands). Acreage includes 33,609 

acres of surface mineral estate and 615 acres surface only estate. Value equalization payment of 

$6,000 was made by the United States (not received). 

 

/d/ New and perfect patent issued pursuant to the Act of April 24, 1820 (3 Stat. 566). 

 

/e/ New and correct patent pursuant to 43 CFR 1865, Correction of Conveyancing Documents, Section 

316 of FLPMA of 1976 (Public Law 94-579; 90 Stat. 2750; 43 U.S.C. 1713). 

 

/f/ Indian fee patents issued pursuant to 25 CFR 152.6, the Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 

270 U.S.C. 385). 

 

/g/ Charles M. Russel National Wildlife Refuge Enhancement Act of 2000, Title VIII of Public 

Law 106-541; 114 Stat. 2699, December 11, 2000. 

 

/h/ Corrective patent issued pursuant to 43 CFR 1865, Correction of Conveyancing Documents, as cited 

above. 

 

/i/ Sales pursuant to Section 203 of FLPMA (Public Law 94-579; 90 Stat. 2750; 43 U.S.C. 1713). 

 

/j/ Sales pursuant to the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA) of 1998 

(Public Law 105-263; 112 Stat. 2343), as amended. 

 

/k/ Patent issued pursuant to the OMNIBUS Public Land Management Act of March 30, 2009 

(Sec. 3308, Public Law 111-11); minerals were included in patent. 

 

/l/ Charles M. Russel National Wildlife Refuge Enhancement Act of 2000, Title VIII of Public 

Law 106-541, 114 Stat. 2699, December 11, 2000. Corrective patent issued pursuant to 43 CFR 1865, 

Correction of Conveyancing Documents, as cited above. 

 

/m/ Patents issued pursuant to the La Pine Land Conveyance Act of 2012, Public Law 112-164, enacted 

August 10, 2012. 

 
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 Table 3-1. PATENTS ISSUED, FISCAL YEAR 2014–concluded 

 

/n/ Patent issued pursuant to 43 CFR 2740, Public Law 113-32, September 18, 2013. 

 

/o/ State Selections: Issued to the State of Alaska under the Alaska Statehood Act of July 7, 1958 

(72 Stat. 339), as amended. 

/p/ Alaska Conveyances: Transfer of title pursuant to the provisions of the Alaska Native Claims 

Settlement Act (ANCSA) of December 18, 1971 (43 U.S.C. 1601), as amended, whether by tentative 

approval, interim conveyance, or patent, whichever occurs first. 

 

/q/ Alaska Railroad Transfer Act of 1982, Public Law 97 Stat. 468, 96 Stat. 2556. 

 

/r/ Native Allotment Certificate: Issued to individual Natives of Alaska under the Act of May 17, 1906 

(34 Stat. 197), as amended August 2, 1956 (70 Stat. 954; 43 U.S.C. 270-1 to 270-3). 

Tentative Approvals (TA): Conveyance granting to the State of Alaska legal title to unsurveyed 

lands and containing all the reservations for easements, rights-of-way, or other interests in land 

provided by the act or imposed on the land by applicable law, subject only to confirmation of the 

boundary descriptions after approval of the survey of the conveyed land. 

Interim Conveyances (IC): Conveyance granting to the recipient legal title to unsurveyed lands and 

containing all the reservations for easements, rights-of-way, or other interests in land provided by 

the act or imposed on the land by applicable law, subject only to confirmation of the boundary 

descriptions after approval of the survey of the conveyed land. 

Certificates of Allotment (COA): Document that passes title for Native allotments. These are issued 

in a restricted status. The BLM issues the COA to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), which holds 

the title in trust for the allottee. While the allotment title is held in trust status, the lands are 

inalienable, meaning that they cannot be seized for debt and are not subject to taxation. They also 

cannot be sold or encumbered without BIA approval. 

 

/s/ Native Veteran Allotment Certificate: 43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq. (ANSCA), as amended; Section 432 of 

Public Law 105-276 (43 U.S.C. 1629g); Section 301 of Public Law 106-559; the Native Allotment 

Act of 1906 (34 Stat. 197), as amended (42 Stat. 415; 70 Stat. 954; 43 U.S.C. 270-1 through 270-3 

(1970). 

 

/t/ Patent issued pursuant to Section 209(b) of FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. 1719(b) and 1740, minerals were 

included. 

 

/u/ Patent issued pursuant to Utah Recreational Land Exchange Act of 2009, Public Law 111-53, 

August 19, 2009. Includes 801 acres of mineral estate only; 491 acres partial mineral estate only. 

 
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Table 3-2. PATENTS ISSUED WITH MINERALS RESERVED TO THE UNITED STAT

 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Type of Mineral Reservation 

 ____________________________________________________________________________________

State and Fiscal Period All Minerals 

____________ 

Coal 

__________ 

Oil & Gas 

___________ 

Phosphate 

___________ 

Oil & Gas Plus Other Minerals ___________ 

MiscellaneouMineral & Combination_____________

Acres Acres Acres Acres Acres Acres 

1909–1948 /a/Alaska 6,501 10,823 1,095 0 773 0 Alabama 4,412 63,586 9,563 0 2,889 0 Arizona 2,547,517 4,403 27,497 0 0 101,880 Arkansas 1,107 1,520 15,043 85 40 0 California 2,352,070 3,005 156,783 0 23 1,864 Colorado 4,271,042 1,348,288 215,423 0 38,494 0 Florida 1,154 0 2,304 71,259 520 0 Idaho 1,291,163 11,749 4,940 270,036 216,060 0 Illinois 634 120 0 0 0 0 Iowa 359 0 0 0 0 0 Kansas 54,384 0 1,421 0 0 0 Louisiana 1,223 0 17,105 0 3,844 0 Michigan 1,935 0 3,261 0 0 0 Minnesota 235 0 0 8 0 0 Mississippi 974 0 10,231 0 0 0 Missouri 166 0 0 0 0 0 Montana 3,993,640 6,658,554 987,472 11,290 17,788 150 Nebraska 72,964 0 3,253 0 0 0 Nevada 242,717 960 1,119 0 80 40 New Mexico 6,378,118 614,779 112,995 680 70,673 2,092,091 North Dakota 134,578 4,636,851 11,915 0 1,164 40 Ohio 38 0 0 0 0 744 Oklahoma 48,781 0 10,917 0 0 0 Oregon 1,639,742 5,598 14,369 0 480 0 
72 

Table 3-2. PATENTS ISSUED WITH MINERALS RESERVED TO THE UNITED STAT

 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

Type of Mineral Reservation 

____________________________________________________________________________________

State and Fiscal Period All Minerals 

____________ 

Coal 

__________ 

Oil & Gas _________ 

Phosphate ___________ 

Oil & Gas Plus Other Minerals __________ 

MiscellaneouMineral & Combination_____________

Acres Acres Acres Acres Acres Acres 

1909–1948 /a/—concludedSouth Dakota 1,565,802 187,722 6,328 0 0 0 Utah 856,083 215,528 98,922 21,576 8,157 1,680 Washington 262,444 14,535 2,518 0 384 400 Wisconsin 1,546 0 0 0 0 0 Wyoming 9,541,179 2,297,363 376,906 32,037 17,341 257 

Total 1909–1948 35,272,508 16,075,384 2,091,380 406,971 378,710 2,199,146 Fiscal Period /b/ 1949-1950 363,466 24,868 18,287 1,138 7,662 4,235 1951-1960 1,258,347 64,204 650,841 5,075 109,323 36,586 1961-1970 2,103,335 44,578 893,114 559 498,973 30,663 1971-1980 2,914,664 9,344 186,689 340 185,764 49,784 1981-1990 2,694,395 16,609 294,416 439 159,006 166,558 1991-2000 368,178 8,647 272,749 0 92,220 53,756 2001-2010 562,664 9,909 113,790 1,053 58,230 6,776 2011 2,336 0 3,496 0 212 18 2012 2,501 0 1,144 0 80,968 960 2013 11,619 0 919 0 0 0 2014 3,089 0 373 0 0 0 Total 1949–2014 10,284,594 178,159 2,435,818 8,604 1,192,358 349,336 
73 

 Table 3-2. PATENTS ISSUED WITH MINERALS RESERVED TO THE UNITED STAT THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2014–concluded 

Type of Mineral Reservation 

____________________________________________________________________________________

State and Fiscal Period All Minerals 

____________ 

 Coal __________ 

Oil & Gas __________ 

Phosphate ___________ 

Oil & Gas Plus Other Minerals __________ 

MiscellaneouMineral & Combination____________

Acres Acres Acres Acres Acres Acres 

Grand Total /c/ 45,557,102 16,253,543 4,527,198 415,575 1,571,068 2,548,482 Note: Data before 1949 were tabulated from incomplete records. The data include patents issued on both BLM and U.S. F

See Table 1-3, Mineral and Surface Acres Administered by the Bureau of Land Management, for additional minerals 

/a/ Minerals began to be reserved with the Agricultural Coal Lands Act of March 3, 1909. More laws expanding on this 

additional minerals were subsequently enacted.

/b/ As of June 30 through 1976; thereafter, as of September 30 each year./c/ Does not include 165,712 stockraising homesteads comprising approximately 33,626,607 acres that reserved all min

Some of these homesteads were entered but not patented. The homestead laws were repealed by the Federal Land Po

Act of 1976, as amended (Public Law 94-579; 90 Stat. 2743; 43 U.S.C. 1701).
74 

Table 3-3. RIGHTS-OF-WAY WORKLOAD, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Administrative 

State 

Actions Processed 

 /a/ 

__________________ 

 Grants Issued 

 /b/ 

 _____________ 

 Total Workload 

 /c/ 

 ______________ 

Alaska 13 40 53 

Arizona 95 73 168 

California 228 125 353 

Colorado 730 186 916 

Eastern States 0 1 1 

Idaho 150 86 236 

Montana 77 94 171 

Nevada 269 240 509 

New Mexico 470 552 1,022 

Oregon 118 107 225 

Utah 737 268 1,005 

Wyoming 2,030 528 2,558 

Total 4,917 2,300 7,217 

/a/ Rights-of-way grants (including communication site leases) assigned, canceled, denied, 

relinquished, renewed, terminated, or withdrawn. 

/b/ Includes both new grants and previously issued grants that were amended. 

/c/ Includes both actions processed and grants issued. 
75 

 Table 3-4. NUMBER OF RIGHTS-OF-WAY (INCLUDING SOLAR AND WIND) AND  RECEIPTS, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Administrative State

FLPMA/Other 

 /a/ 

_____________________ 

FLPMA/Energy 

 /b/ 

_______________________ 

 Mineral Leasing Act 

 /c/ 

_____________________ 

 To_________

 Number 

Rental 

Receipts Number 

Rental 

Receipts Number 

Rental 

Receipts Number 

Alaska 1,136 $238,129.00 0 $0.00 192 $188,783.00 1,328 Arizona 4,480 5,458,554.95 10 680,315.51 281 239,602.37 4,771 California 6,996 10,901,993.05 67 9,508,358.68 280 2,199,363.66 7,343 Colorado 5,486 1,895,394.09 0 0.00 1,510 1,685,114.82 6,996 Eastern States 45 846.00 0 0.00 18 0.00 63 Idaho 5,114 2,673,461.84 2 0.00 126 66,559.01 5,242 Montana 3,942 264,336.55 1 8,668.00 346 75,611.26 4,289 Nevada 8,310 6,305,989.27 16 1,729,583.66 188 140,145.64 8,514 New Mexico 10,904 3,084,786.91 4 31,489.93 21,864 2,287,309.29 32,772 Oregon 9,984 1,320,880.01 6 20,700.05 29 111,204.54 10,019 Utah 4,851 2,030,688.23 7 518,638.73 1,219 794,520.75 6,077 Wyoming 11,463 4,214,864.55 15 211,309.79 7,669 1,782,870.28 19,147 Total 72,711 $38,389,924.45 128 $12,709,064.35 33,722 $9,571,084.62 106,561 

/a/ Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976 (Public Law 94-579; 90 Stat. 2743) nonenergy. Co

Rental is included in the FLPMA rental receipt column. 

/b/ FLPMA, solar and wind rights-of-way. These data are new to Public Land Statistics with the 2013 edition. 

/c/ Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C. 185). /d/ Mineral Leasing Act and FLPMA/other rights-of-way. Source: The Bureau of Land Management’s Case Recordation System. 
76 

Table 3-5. NONSPECIFIC LAND USE AUTHORIZATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

 FY 2014 Authorizations 

 __________________________________________________

Geographic State Type 

_________ 

Cumulative Authorizations as of 09/30/2013 ________________ 

 Authorizations  Issued  ________________ 

Revenue Collected __________ 

 Authorizations  Terminated  ________________

 Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres 

Alaska Permits 47 70,929 20 7,848 $16,810 5 646  Leases 19 61 2 45 28,126 1 0  Easements 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arizona Permits 21 126 1 1 18,710 3 1  Leases 28 1,093 0 0 163,293 0 0  Easements 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 California Permits 600 16,076 32 90 89,903 8 50  Leases 186 4,400 5 43 60,032 1 0  Easements 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Colorado Permits 13 128 1 129,906 93,950 0 0  Leases 6 1,636 0 0 17,116 0 0  Easements 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Idaho Permits 111 1,115 5 23 17,532 3 49  Leases 13 136 2 29 18,896 0 0  Easements 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Montana Permits /a/ 36 1,891 1 40 11,730 1 5  Leases 25 3,580 0 0 49,460 0 0  Easements 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
77 

Table 3-5. NONSPECIFIC LAND USE AUTHORIZATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 2014–co

 FY 2014 Authorizations 

 __________________________________________________

Geographic State Type 

_________ 

Cumulative Authorizations as of 09/30/2013 ________________ 

 Authorizations  Issued  _______________ 

Revenue Collected __________ 

 Authorizations  Terminated  ________________ 

Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres 

Nebraska Permits 0 0 0 0 $0 0 0  Leases 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Easements 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nevada Permits /a/ 19 571 3 8 71,218 7 420  Leases /a/ 7 192 0 0 1,563 1 2  Easements 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 New Mexico Permits 92 63,739 3 11 1,500 2 47  Leases 11 1,545 0 0 0 0 0  Easements 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

North Dakota Permits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0  Leases 1 25 0 0 0 0 0  Easements 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oregon Permits 59 984 13 397 19,603 15 261  Leases 47 44,128 0 0 36,214 0 0  Easements 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 South Dakota Permits 0 0 1 0 0 1 0  Leases 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Easements 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
78 

 Table 3-5. NONSPECIFIC LAND USE AUTHORIZATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 2014–co

 FY 2014 Authorizations 

 ___________________________________________________

Geographic State Type 

_________ 

Cumulative Authorizations as of 09/30/2013 ________________ 

 Authorizations  Issued  ________________ 

Revenue Collected __________ 

 Authorizations  Terminated  ________________ 

Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres 

Utah Permits /a/ 30 2,811 7 8 $3,412 9 40  Leases 11 284 0 0 8,092 0 0  Easements 1 543 0 0 0 0 0 Washington Permits 5 15 0 0 6,593 0 0  Leases 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Easements 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wyoming Permits 19 1,003 3 28 12,328 1 18  Leases /b/ 16 115 0 0 12,200 0 0  Easements 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total Permits /a/ 1,053 159,389 90 138,360 $363,289 55 1,537 

Leases /a/ 370 57,195 9 117 $394,992 3 2 Easements 1 543 0 0 $0 0 0 

Grand Total /a/ 1,424 217,127 99 138,477 $758,281 58 1,539 

Note: Authorizations in this table occur under 43 CFR 2920, which authorizes uses not specifically authorized under othe

not specifically forbidden by law. Residential, agricultural, industrial, and commercial uses may be authorized. Re

monies actually received during the fiscal year. 

/a/ /b/ 

As a result of an audit, the Cumulative Authorization figures of September 30, 2013, were adjusted. Land withdrawn/leased to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Public Law 108-137, December 2, 2003
79 

Table 3-6. MISCELLANEOUS LAND USE AUTHORIZATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

 FY 2014 Authorizations 

___________________________________________

 Cumulative 

Authorizations as of 09/30/2013 ________________ 

Authorizations Issued _______________ 

Revenue Collected __________ 

Authorizations Terminated ______________

Number Acres Number Acres Number Acre

Airport Lease Alaska 8 1,406 0 0 $270,100 1 Arizona 4 700 0 0 680 0 California 15 15,613 0 0 110 0 Idaho 9 574 0 0 1,720 0 Nevada 17 4,333 0 0 18,526 0 New Mexico 8 929 0 0 500 0 Oregon 3 173 0 0 750 0 Utah 5 789 0 0 2,059 0 Wyoming 1 118 0 0 350 0 

Total 70 24,635 0 0 $294,795 1 

Film Permits Alaska 0 0 6 323,232 $18,021 5 6

Arizona 3 4,100 1 938 8,917 1 1California 269 7,170 198 911 185,398 183 8Colorado 4 4 3 3 1,523 6 Idaho 0 0 5 5 4,977 5 Montana /a/ 1 2,710 4 53,490 7,094 3 3,3New Mexico 0 0 9 75,552 5,350 9 75,5Nevada 90 1,963 78 2,745,859 66,136 78 2,745,8Utah /b/ 3 12 91 3,524 74,822 85 3,4Wyoming 4 4 2 2 5,550 4 Total 374 15,963 397 3,203,516 $377,788 379 2,829,8
80 

Table 3-6. MISCELLANEOUS LAND USE AUTHORIZATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 2014

 FY 2014 Authorizations 

_____________________________________________

 Cumulative 

Authorizations as of 09/30/2013 ________________ 

Authorizations Issued _______________ 

Revenue Collected __________ 

Authorizations Terminated ______________ 

Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres 

Hot Springs 

Alaska 1 18 0 0 $1,230 0 0 California 2 161 0 0 0 2 161 Total 3 179 0 0 $1,230 2 161 Other Alaska 2 68 0 0 $0 0 0 Total 2 68 0 0 $0 0 0 

Public Works Lease 

Nevada 1 13,767 0 0 $0 0 0 Oregon 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Total 2 13,768 0 0 $0 0 0 Reclamation Lease, License, and Deed Arizona 11 8,677 0 0 $0 1 259 California 6 5,473 0 0 0 0 0 Wyoming 3 1,210 0 0 0 0 0 Total 20 15,360 0 0 $0 1 259 Reconveyed Permit/Lease Arizona 1 1 0 0 $0 0 0 California 1 5 0 0 0 1 5 Nevada 1 4 0 0 0 1 4 Utah /c/ 0 0 3 1,541 0 0 0 Total 3 10 3 1,541 $0 2 9 
81 

 Table 3-6. MISCELLANEOUS LAND USE AUTHORIZATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 2014

 FY 2014 Authorizations 

____________________________________________

 Cumulative 

Authorizations as of 09/30/2013 ________________ 

Authorizations Issued _______________ 

Revenue Collected _________ 

Authorizations Terminated ______________ 

Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres 

Recreation and Public Purpose Lease Alaska 11 139 0 0 $45,184 0 0 Arizona /d/ 114 20,270 0 0 4,735 0 0 California 173 18,912 4 6,256 8,517 2 61 

 Colorado 22 1,598 2 44 1,580 0 0 

Idaho 32 9,069 0 0 1,150 4 88 Montana 7 93 0 0 200 0 0 Nevada 53 27,699 5 75 1,000 10 249 New Mexico 97 3,133 0 0 1,778 1 1 Oregon 30 6,876 0 0 855 3 103 South Dakota 5 641 0 0 0 0 0 

Utah 33 3,238 0 0 67 0 0 Washington 14 1,900 0 0 0 1 40 Wyoming 55 4,843 0 0 3,446 0 0 Total 646 98,411 11 6,375 $68,512 21 542 Small Tract Lease

Idaho 1 1 0 0 $0 0 0 Nevada 1 5 0 0 0 1 5 Total 2 6 0 0 $0 1 5 Special Land Use Permit

Arizona /e/ 1 0 /e/ 0 0 $0 0 0 Colorado /f/ 1 0 / f/ 0 0 17,556 0 0 Nevada 1 40 0 0 0 0 0 Oregon 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 
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Table 3-6. MISCELLANEOUS LAND USE AUTHORIZATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 2014

 FY 2014 Authorizations 

_____________________________________________

 Cumulative 

Authorizations as of 09/30/2013 ________________

Authorizations Issued _______________ 

Revenue Collected __________ 

Authorizations Terminated ______________ 

Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres 

Special Land Use Permit--concluded 

Wyoming 2 201 0 0 0 0 0 

Total 6 246 0 0 $17,556 0 0 Trans Alaska Pipeline System 

Alaska 37 576 8 26 $653 7 38 

Total 37 576 8 26 $653 7 38 

Water Well Leases 

Colorado 1 1 0 0 $19,994 0 0 Total 1 1 0 0 $19,994 0 0 Grand Total 1,166 169,223 419 3,211,458 $780,528 414 2,830,887 

Note: The category for Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) for County Roads has been removed, as the

Special Land Use Permits in this table with footnote for specific authorities. The category for Recreation/Concessremoved because the statistical data can be found in Public Land Statistics, Part 4 (Recreation and Leisure Activiti

/a/ As a result of an audit, the Cumulative Authorization figures of September 30, 2013, were adjusted. /b/ Number and acres of permits in effect at end of Fiscal Year 2013 differ from last year’s report due to untimely data 

/c/ Revenue collected in connection with reconveyed permits has been placed in suspense; awaiting Washington Offi

where to deposit the funds. 

/d/ The lease includes an increase of 100 acres for one existing lease. /e/ There is .003 acres (reported as zero as a result of rounding). /f/ There is .1 acre (reported as zero as a result of rounding). 
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 Table 3-7a. SUMMARY OF AUTHORIZED USE OF GRAZING 

 DISTRICT (SECTION 3) LANDS, FISCAL YEAR 2013 

Administrative State 

Cattle, 

Yearlings, 

& Bison 

__________ 

Horses 

& Burros 

_________ 

Sheep 

& Goats 

________ 

Authorization

Count /a/ 

_____________

Number of Authorizations 

Arizona 297 45 1 300 

California 198 2 15 209 

Colorado 794 33 70 834 

Idaho 1,204 71 83 1,270 

Montana 2,650 111 110 2,622 

Nevada 498 30 56 532 

New Mexico 1,235 346 196 1,382 

Oregon 681 23 6 683 

Utah 1,178 42 152 1,279 

Wyoming 898 108 107 984 

Total 9,633 811 796 10,095 

 

Animal Unit Months Authorized /b/

Arizona 310,415 2,634 166 313,215 

California 115,561 32 9,254 124,847 

Colorado 201,862 3,208 51,285 256,355 

Idaho 875,779 3,865 68,942 948,586 

Montana 995,254 4,414 20,409 1,020,077 

Nevada 1,111,041 3,318 94,838 1,209,197 

New Mexico 1,036,219 14,411 36,489 1,087,119 

Oregon 694,151 1,319 4,926 700,396 

Utah 586,261 1,512 142,141 729,914 

Wyoming 782,982 6,737 121,866 911,585 

Total /c/ 6,709,525 41,450 550,316 7,301,291 

/a/ This is a count of authorizations, regardless of livestock kind. Some permittees run more than 

one kind of livestock and thus may be represented in more than one livestock column. 

However, they are counted only once in this column. 

/b/ These Animal Units Months were calculated for grazing authorized on bills that were due 

during Fiscal Year 2013 (October 2012–September 2013). 

/c/ Totals do not include authorized nonuse. 

Source: The BLM Rangeland Administration System (RAS). 
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Table 3-7b. SUMMARY OF AUTHORIZED USE OF GRAZING LEASE 

 (SECTION 15) LANDS, FISCAL YEAR 2013 

Administrative State 

Cattle, 

Yearlings, 

& Bison 

__________ 

Horses 

& Burros 

_________ 

Sheep 

& Goats 

________ 

Authorization 

Count /a/ 

_____________ 

Number of Authorizations 

Arizona 301 11 2 308 

California 211 10 15 232 

Colorado 345 15 32 361 

Idaho 349 23 22 372 

Montana 1,400 44 73 1,440 

Nevada 6 0 0 6 

New Mexico 695 33 26 709 

Oregon 560 16 7 569 

Utah /b/ 0 0 0 0 

Wyoming 1,539 151 162 1,606 

Total 5,406 303 339 5,603 

 

Animal Unit Months Authorized /c/ 

Arizona 111,050 616 382 112,048 

California 63,955 325 3,423 67,703 

Colorado 30,653 488 3,650 34,791 

Idaho 25,104 359 3,700 29,163 

Montana 181,761 832 11,591 194,184 

Nevada 10,912 0 0 10,912 

New Mexico 151,230 851 31,397 183,478 

Oregon 65,446 733 1,457 67,636 

Utah /b/ 0 0 0 0 

Wyoming 385,606 5,857 36,260 427,723 

Total /d/ 1,025,717 10,061 91,860 1,127,638 

/a/ This is a count of authorizations, regardless of livestock kind. Some lessees run more than one 

kind of livestock and thus may be represented in more than one livestock column. However, 

they are counted only once in this column. 

/b/ There are no Section 15 lands in Utah. 

/c/ These Animal Unit Months were calculated for grazing authorized on bills that were due during 

Fiscal Year 2013 (October 2012–September 2013). 

/d/ Totals do not include authorized nonuse. 

Source: The BLM Rangeland Administration System (RAS). 
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Table 3-7c. SUMMARY OF AUTHORIZED USE OF GRAZING DISTRICT 

LANDS AND GRAZING LEASE LANDS, FISCAL YEAR 2013 

Administrative State 

Cattle, 

Yearlings, 

& Bison 

_________ 

 Horses 

 & Burros 

 _________ 

Sheep 

& Goats 

________ 

Authorization

Count /a/ 

_____________

Number of Authorizations 

Arizona 598 56 3 608 

California 409 12 30 441 

Colorado 1,139 48 102 1,195 

Idaho 1,553 94 105 1,642 

Montana 4,050 155 183 4,062 

Nevada 504 30 56 538 

New Mexico 1,930 379 222 2,091 

Oregon 1,241 39 13 1,252 

Utah 1,178 42 152 1,279 

Wyoming 2,437 259 269 2,590 

Total 15,039 1,114 1,135 15,698 

 

Animal Unit Months Authorized /b/ 

Arizona 421,465 3,250 548 425,263 

California 179,516 357 12,677 192,550 

Colorado 232,515 3,696 54,935 291,146 

Idaho 900,883 4,224 72,642 977,749 

Montana 1,177,015 5,246 32,000 1,214,261 

Nevada 1,121,953 3,318 94,838 1,220,109 

New Mexico 1,187,449 15,262 67,886 1,270,597 

Oregon 759,597 2,052 6,383 768,032 

Utah 586,261 1,512 142,141 729,914 

Wyoming 1,168,588 12,594 158,126 1,339,308 

Total /c/ 7,735,242 51,511 642,176 8,428,929 

/a/ This is a count of authorizations, regardless of livestock kind. Some permittees and lessees run 

more than one kind of livestock and thus may be represented in more than one livestock 

column. However, they are counted only once in this column. 

/b/ These Animal Unit Months were calculated for grazing authorized on bills that were due during 

Fiscal Year 2013 (October 2012–September 2013). 

/c/ Totals do not include authorized nonuse. 

Source: The BLM Rangeland Administration System (RAS). 
86

Table 3-8a. SUMMARY OF AUTHORIZED USE OF GRAZING DISTRICT 

 (SECTION 3) LANDS, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Administrative State 

Cattle, 

Yearlings, 

& Bison 

__________ 

Horses 

& Burros 

__________ 

Sheep 

& Goats 

_________ 

Authorization 

Count /a/ 

_____________ 

Number of Authorizations 

Arizona 286 47 1 290 

California 186 2 20 202 

Colorado 849 29 70 873 

Idaho 1,203 71 80 1,265 

Montana 2,699 112 113 2,660 

Nevada 504 30 59 546 

New Mexico 1,258 354 206 1,399 

Oregon 684 17 5 687 

Utah 1,174 40 157 1,278 

Wyoming 899 101 107 987 

Total 9,742 803 818 10,187 

 

Animal Unit Months Authorized /b/ 

Arizona 313,651 2,701 81 316,433 

California 107,670 14 9,846 117,530 

Colorado 228,606 3,079 52,008 283,693 

Idaho 782,144 3,609 66,524 852,277 

Montana 1,003,433 4,157 21,836 1,029,426 

Nevada 967,242 2,167 87,056 1,056,465 

New Mexico 1,093,446 16,726 41,320 1,151,492 

Oregon 712,818 1,111 4,657 718,586 

Utah 635,705 1,441 149,353 786,499 

Wyoming 703,426 4,663 139,942 848,031 

Total /c/ 6,548,141 39,668 572,623 7,160,432 

/a/ This is a count of authorizations, regardless of livestock kind. Some permittees run more than 

one kind of livestock and thus may be represented in more than one livestock column. 

However, they are counted only once in this column. 

/b/ These Animal Unit Months were calculated for grazing authorized on bills that were due during 

Fiscal Year 2014 (October 2013–September 2014). 

/c/ Totals do not include authorized nonuse. 

Source: The BLM Rangeland Administration System (RAS). 
87 

 Table 3-8b. SUMMARY OF AUTHORIZED USE OF GRAZING LEASE 

 (SECTION 15) LANDS, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Administrative State 

Cattle, 

Yearlings, 

& Bison 

_________ 

 Horses 

 & Burros 

 _________ 

Sheep 

& Goats 

________ 

Authorization 

Count /a/ 

_____________ 

Number of Authorizations 

Arizona 304 12 1 311 

California 198 11 15 218 

Colorado 356 14 37 370 

Idaho 346 22 19 367 

Montana 1,442 47 71 1,476 

Nevada 5 0 0 5 

New Mexico 693 32 27 707 

Oregon 560 16 7 570 

Utah /b/ 0 0 0 0 

Wyoming 1,521 148 160 1,581 

Total 5,425 302 337 5,605 

 

Animal Unit Months Authorized /c/ 

Arizona 133,015 628 180 133,823 

California 51,339 459 3,499 55,297 

Colorado 32,967 497 4,419 37,883 

Idaho 24,436 336 3,254 28,026 

Montana 190,226 911 10,503 201,640 

Nevada 3,225 0 0 3,225 

New Mexico 156,599 845 30,677 188,121 

Oregon 62,640 419 1,457 64,516 

Utah /b/ 0 0 0 0 

Wyoming 371,595 6,556 34,766 412,917 

Total /d/ 1,026,042 10,651 88,755 1,125,448 

/a/ This is a count of authorizations, regardless of livestock kind. Some lessees run more than one 

kind of livestock and thus may be represented in more than one livestock column. However, 

they are counted only once in this column. 

/b/ There are no Section 15 lands in Utah. 

/c/ These Animal Unit Months were calculated for grazing authorized on bills that were due during 

Fiscal Year 2014 (October 2013–September 2014). 

/d/ Totals do not include authorized nonuse. 

Source: The BLM Rangeland Administration System (RAS). 
88

Table 3-8c. SUMMARY OF AUTHORIZED USE OF GRAZING DISTRICT 

 LANDS AND GRAZING LEASE LANDS, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Administrative State 

 Cattle, 

 Yearlings, 

 & Bison 

 __________ 

 Horses 

 & Burros 

 _________ 

 Sheep 

 & Goats 

 ________ 

 Authorization

 Count /a/ 

 ____________ 

Number of Authorizations 

 

Arizona 590 59 2 601 

California 384 13 35 420 

Colorado 1,205 43 107 1,243 

Idaho 1,549 93 99 1,632 

Montana 4,141 159 184 4,136 

Nevada 509 30 59 551 

New Mexico 1,951 386 233 2,106 

Oregon 1,244 33 12 1,257 

Utah 1,174 40 157 1,278 

Wyoming 2,420 249 267 2,568 

Total 15,167 1,105 1,155 15,792 

 

Animal Unit Months Authorized /b/ 

Arizona 446,666 3,329 261 450,256 

California 159,009 473 13,345 172,827 

Colorado 261,573 3,576 56,427 321,576 

Idaho 806,580 3,945 69,778 880,303 

Montana 1,193,659 5,068 32,339 1,231,066 

Nevada 970,467 2,167 87,056 1,059,690 

New Mexico 1,250,045 17,571 71,997 1,339,613 

Oregon 775,458 1,530 6,114 783,102 

Utah 635,705 1,441 149,353 786,499 

Wyoming 1,075,021 11,219 174,708 1,260,948 

Total /c/ 7,574,183 50,319 661,378 8,285,880 

/a/ This is a count of authorizations, regardless of livestock kind. Some permittees and lessees run 

more than one kind of livestock and thus may be represented in more than one livestock 

column. However, they are counted only once in this column. 

/b/ These Animal Unit Months were calculated for grazing authorized on bills that were due during 

Fiscal Year 2014 (October 2013–September 2014). 

/c/ Totals do not include authorized nonuse. 

Source: The BLM Rangeland Administration System (RAS). 
89 

 Table 3-9a. GRAZING PERMITS IN FORCE ON GRAZING DISTRICT 

 (SECTION 3) LANDS AS OF OCTOBER 29, 2014 

Administrative State /a/ Number 

 _______ 

 Active AUMs /b/ 

 _______________ 

 Suspended AUMs /c/ 

____________________ 

Arizona 404 483,430 99,037 

California 271 235,911 97,788 

Colorado 1,079 544,131 93,582 

Idaho 1,482 1,310,783 199,936 

Montana 2,754 1,122,736 26,191 

Nevada 652 2,046,214 539,421 

New Mexico 1,512 1,642,044 78,563 

Oregon 751 951,615 131,379 

Utah 1,478 1,201,357 311,871 

Wyoming 1,139 1,454,122 387,951 

Total 11,522 10,992,343 1,965,719 

 

Geographic State /a/ 

Arizona 

 

405 472,248 98,585 

California 241 151,854 49,969 

Colorado 1,087 546,821 95,131 

Idaho 1,481 1,307,002 199,926 

Montana 2,754 1,124,099 26,460 

Nebraska 0 0 0 

Nevada 682 2,135,701 588,063 

New Mexico 1,512 1,650,990 78,622 

North Dakota 0 0 0 

Oklahoma 0 0 0 

Oregon 751 948,352 130,791 

South Dakota 0 0 0 

Utah 1,471 1,203,697 311,309 

Washington 0 0 0 

Wyoming 1,138 1,451,579 386,863 

Total 

 

11,522 10,992,343 1,965,719 

/a/ Administrative State boundaries differ from Geographic State boundaries. For example, 

 California BLM administers some lands within the State of Nevada, and Montana BLM 

 administers all BLM public lands in North Dakota and South Dakota. 

/b/ Active Animal Unit Months (AUMs): AUMs that could be authorized on public lands. These 

totals differ from AUM totals shown in the previous tables, which are AUMs authorized for 

use. 

/c/ Suspended AUMs on public lands are not shown in previous tables because they are not 

authorized for use. 

Source: The BLM Rangeland Administration System (RAS). 
90 

 Table 3-9b. GRAZING LEASES IN FORCE ON GRAZING LEASE 

 (SECTION 15) LANDS AS OF OCTOBER 29, 2014 

Administrative State /a/ Number 

 _________ 

 Active AUMs /b/

 _______________ 

 Suspended AUMs /c/ 

 ____________________ 

Arizona 364 154,090 6,738 

California 285 146,635 10,422 

Colorado 410 44,445 4,891 

Idaho 397 32,157 928 

Montana 1,564 230,433 18,715 

Nevada 10 28,695 385 

New Mexico 768 223,445 3,827 

Oregon 740 88,977 3,993 

Utah /d/ 0 0 0 

Wyoming 1,732 459,768 7,943 

Total 6,270 1,408,645 57,842 

 

Geographic State /a/ 

Arizona 364 154,090 6,738 

California 285 146,100 10,422 

Colorado 410 44,445 4,891 

Idaho 397 32,152 928 

Montana 1,014 148,536 18,676 

Nebraska 18 592 0 

Nevada 10 29,230 385 

New Mexico 764 223,313 3,824 

North Dakota 79 9,314 0 

Oklahoma 4 132 3 

Oregon 474 55,549 3,271 

South Dakota 471 73,138 39 

Utah /d/ 0 0 0 

Washington 266 33,428 722 

Wyoming 1,714 458,626 7,943 

Total 6,270 1,408,645 57,842 

/a/ Administrative State boundaries differ from Geographic State boundaries. For example, 

 California BLM administers some lands within the State of Nevada, and Montana BLM 

 administers all BLM public lands in North Dakota and South Dakota. 

/b/ Active Animal Unit Months (AUMs): AUMs that could be authorized on public lands. These 

 totals differ from AUM totals shown in the previous tables, which are AUMs authorized for 

use. 

/c/ Suspended AUMs on public lands are not shown in previous tables because they are not 

 authorized for use. 

/d/ There are no Section 15 Lands in Utah. 

Source: The BLM Rangeland Administration System (RAS). 
91 

 Table 3-9c. GRAZING PERMITS AND LEASES IN FORCE AS OF 

 OCTOBER 29, 2014 

Administrative State /a/ Number 

 _________ 

Active AUMs /b/ 

 ________________ 

Suspended AUMs /c/ 

_____________________ 

Arizona 768 637,520 105,775 

California 556 382,546 108,210 

Colorado 1,489 588,576 98,473 

Idaho 1,879 1,342,940 200,864 

Montana 4,318 1,353,169 44,906 

Nevada 662 2,074,909 539,806 

New Mexico 2,280 1,865,489 82,390 

Oregon 1,491 1,040,592 135,372 

Utah 1,478 1,201,357 311,871 

Wyoming 2,871 1,913,890 395,894 

Total 17,792 12,400,988 2,023,561 

 

Geographic State /a/ 

Arizona 769 626,338 105,323 

California 526 297,954 60,391 

Colorado 1,497 591,266 100,022 

Idaho 1,878 1,339,154 200,854 

Montana 3,768 1,272,635 45,136 

Nebraska 18 592 0 

Nevada 692 2,164,931 588,448 

New Mexico 2,276 1,874,303 82,446 

North Dakota 79 9,314 0 

Oklahoma 4 132 3 

Oregon 1,225 1,003,901 134,062 

South Dakota 471 73,138 39 

Utah 1,471 1,203,697 311,309 

Washington 266 33,428 722 

Wyoming 2,852 1,910,205 394,806 

Total 17,792 12,400,988 2,023,561 

/a/ Administrative State boundaries differ from Geographic State boundaries. For example, 

California BLM administers some lands within the State of Nevada, and Montana BLM 

administers all BLM public lands in North Dakota and South Dakota. 

/b/ Active Animal Unit Months (AUMs): AUMs that could be authorized on public lands. These 

totals differ from AUM totals shown in the previous tables, which are AUMs authorized for 

use. 

/c/ Suspended AUMs on public lands are not shown in previous tables because they are not 

authorized for use. 

Source: The BLM Rangeland Administration System (RAS). 
92

Table 3-10a. SUMMARY OF AUTHORIZED USE OF GRAZING DISTRICT 

 LANDS AND GRAZING LEASE LANDS FOR BILLING 

 YEAR 2012 (MARCH 1, 2012–FEBRUARY 28, 2013) 

Administrative State 

Cattle, 

Yearlings, 

& Bison 

_________ 

 Horses 

 & Burros 

 _________ 

Sheep 

& Goats 

_______ 

 Authorization 

 Count /a/ 

 _____________ 

Number of Authorizations 

Arizona 598 59 3 608 

California 421 12 26 447 

Colorado 1,224 54 113 1,280 

Idaho 1,577 94 103 1,664 

Montana 4,162 162 195 4,181 

Nevada 533 36 65 576 

New Mexico 1,981 386 234 2,136 

Oregon 1,232 38 12 1,243 

Utah 1,193 44 148 1,293 

Wyoming 2,499 260 266 2,641 

Total 15,420 1,145 1,165 16,069 

 

Animal Unit Months Authorized /b/ 

Arizona 406,776 3,302 588 410,666 

California 179,875 356 11,090 191,321 

Colorado 262,405 3,917 55,679 322,001 

Idaho 896,916 4,113 67,256 968,285 

Montana 1,195,115 5,417 33,752 1,234,284 

Nevada 1,147,397 3,522 98,680 1,249,599 

New Mexico 1,317,909 15,847 73,464 1,407,220 

Oregon 769,607 2,168 6,075 777,850 

Utah 606,949 1,485 146,048 754,482 

Wyoming 1,170,758 11,976 167,152 1,349,886 

Total /c/ 7,953,707 52,103 659,784 8,665,594 

/a/ This is a count of authorizations, regardless of livestock kind. Some permittees and lessees run 

more than one kind of livestock and thus may be represented in more than one livestock 

column. However, they are counted only once in this column. 

/b/ These Animal Unit Months were calculated for grazing that occurred during the months 

 covered by Billing Year 2012 (March 1, 2012–February 28, 2013). 

/c/ Totals do not include authorized nonuse. 

Source: The BLM Rangeland Administration System (RAS). 
93 

Table 3-10b. SUMMARY OF AUTHORIZED USE OF GRAZING DISTRICT 

 LANDS AND GRAZING LEASE LANDS FOR BILLING 

 YEAR 2013 (MARCH 1, 2013–FEBRUARY 28, 2014) 

Administrative State 

Cattle, 

Yearlings, 

& Bison 

_________ 

 Horses 

 & Burros 

 _________ 

Sheep 

& Goats 

________ 

 Authorization 

 Count /a/ 

 _____________ 

Number of Authorizations 

Arizona 600 58 2 611 

California 407 12 29 437 

Colorado 1,172 46 106 1,231 

Idaho 1,565 97 103 1,653 

Montana 4,127 156 185 4,127 

Nevada 530 30 61 571 

New Mexico 1,970 382 224 2,131 

Oregon 1,255 39 13 1,267 

Utah 1,202 40 158 1,306 

Wyoming 2,474 259 273 2,630 

Total 15,302 1,119 1,154 15,964 

 

Animal Unit Months Authorized /b/ 

Arizona 431,087 3,148 382 434,617 

California 166,580 408 11,186 178,174 

Colorado 243,666 3,559 56,939 304,164 

Idaho 856,936 4,290 73,113 934,339 

Montana 1,175,865 4,911 32,632 1,213,408 

Nevada 1,036,474 3,021 91,387 1,130,882 

New Mexico 1,142,305 17,020 68,369 1,227,694 

Oregon 764,469 2,087 6,622 773,178 

Utah 605,389 1,484 147,801 754,674 

Wyoming 1,075,726 12,632 153,301 1,241,659 

Total /c/ 7,498,497 52,560 641,732 8,192,789 

/a/ This is a count of authorizations, regardless of livestock kind. Some permittees and lessees run 

more than one kind of livestock and thus may be represented in more than one livestock column. 

However, they are counted only once in this column. 

/b/ These Animal Unit Months were calculated for grazing that occurred during the months covered by 

Billing Year 2013 (March 1, 2013–February 28, 2014). 

/c/ Totals do not include authorized nonuse. 

Source: The BLM Rangeland Administration System (RAS). 
94 

Table 3-11. TIMBER, WOOD PRODUCTS, AND NON-WOOD PRODUCT SALES, 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014  Administrative State 

Timber Sales 

/a/ 

 _____________ 

Wood Products

/b/ 

 ______________

 Non-Wood 

 Forest Product 

 Sales /c/  ______________ 

 

Alaska $0.00 $500.00 $1,500.36 Arizona 0.00 1,300.00 0.00 California 274,047.20 11,079.00 21,469.25 Colorado 25,047.93 27,000.15 15,999.83 Idaho 520,668.19 15,497.50 3,976.32 Montana 1,765,448.94 11,191.00 1,816.00 Nevada 0.00 37,162.60 77,399.40 New Mexico 0.00 58,426.00 3,122.10 Oregon 54,489,533.76 54,796.44 133,497.73  –Eastern /d/ 558.62 15,168.24 14,330.00  –Western /e/ 54,488,975.14 39,628.20 119,167.73 Utah 0.00 36,887.45 42,701.10 Wyoming 72,064.90 8,119.00 8,401.19 Total $57,146,810.92 $261,959.14 $309,883.28 Total Wood Products $57,408,770.06
95 

Table 3-11. TIMBER, WOOD PRODUCTS, AND NON-WOOD PRODUCT SALES, 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014–concluded Note: Table 3-11 does not include values associated with the BLM’s stewardship contracting. /a/ This includes all original (parent) sawtimber sale values offered during Fiscal Year 2014. The column includes s

 Form 5450-3, 5450-4, 5450-25, 5450-26 as well as sawtimber sales using Form 5450-5 and 5450-24. /b/ Includes fuelwood, posts, poles, and other wood products. /c/ Includes Christmas trees, cactus, seeds, yucca, pinyon nuts, mushrooms, yew bark, transplants, and other non-wo

vegetal materials. 

/d/ Eastern Oregon comprises public lands that include, and extend eastward from, Range 9 East, Willamette Meridi

the State of Washington. 

/e/ Western Oregon comprises the revested Oregon and California (O&C) lands, the reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon R

public lands that include, and extend westward from, Range 8 East, Willamette Meridian.

Source: Timber Sale Information System (TSIS). 
96 

 Table 3-12. FOREST PRODUCTS OFFERED BY STATE, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

State 

Total Number of Sawtimber Sales /a/ __________ 

Sawtimber Offered MBF /a/ ___________ 

Total Value Sawtimber  /a/ ______________ 

 Average  Price Per  MBF /a/ 

__________

Other SFP MBF /b/ __________ 

Total Volume MBF /c/ ________ 

NonStewardship 

Biomass GTON /d/ ___________ 

Alaska 0 0 $0.00 $0.00 0 0 9,397 Arizona 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 88 California 2 1,695 274,047.20 161.68 28 1,723 4,564 

Colorado 11 4,648 25,047.93 5.39 133 4,780 8,602 Idaho 11 2,973 520,668.19 175.13 100 3,073 7,276 Montana 8 6,393 1,765,448.94 276.18 19 6,411 4,947 Nevada 0 0 0.00 0.00 49 49 11,022 New Mexico 0 0 0.00 0.00 9 9 10,154 Oregon 189 238,771 54,489,533.76 228.21 164 238,935 28,157 –Eastern /g/ –Western /h/ 

1 14 558.62 41.38 39 53 22,054 

188 238,757 54,488.975.14 228.22 125 238,882 6,103 

Utah 0 0 0.00 0.00 291 291 9,802 Wyoming 2 1,059 72,064.90 68.04 34 1,094 3,498 Total 223 255,538 $57,146,810.92 $223.63 826 256,364 97,508 
97 

Table 3-12. FOREST PRODUCTS OFFERED BY STATE, FISCAL YEAR 2014–conclud

Note: Some numbers may not add, owing to rounding. 

 1 MBF = one thousand board feet; one board foot measures 1 foot in length by 1 foot in width by 1 inch in thickne

listed are in MBF units; however, the contracts may have been offered as MBF, 100 cubic foot units (CCF), or tontrends, and have been converted to MBF for this table. Conversion factors used were 1 MBF = 1.6 CCF = 6 tons. 

 This table has been modified to reflect changes in the BLM’s forest management policy. In the past, fuelwood wa

column. With the emphasis on biomass (the trees and woody plants, including limbs, tops, needles, leaves, and oth

a forest, woodland, or rangeland environment), fuelwood is now reported in GTONS (Green Tons) and added to n

One cord of fuelwood is equal to 1.7 GTON of biomass. The new column is titled Non-Stewardship Biomass. 

/a/ This includes all original (parent) sawtimber sale volumes offered and modifications to volumes under contract in 

column includes sales that were offered using BLM forms 5450-3, 5450-4, 5450-25, 5450-26, as well as sawtimbe

and 5450-24. It does not include volumes and values associated with the BLM’s stewardship contracting. 

/b/ This column includes volumes that incorporate all other special forest product (SFP) sales converted into MBF for 

sawtimber and fuelwood), such as fenceposts and corral poles. 

/c/ This column adds Sawtimber Offered and Other SFP, converted to one common measure (MBF). /d/ This column includes both biomass and fuelwood sales converted into GTON. Volumes associated with the BLM

are not included in this column. 

/e/ This column is for sawtimber volumes in MBF for contracts offered in the BLM’s stewardship contracts. /f/ This column includes both biomass and fuelwood sales converted into GTON offered in the BLM’s stewardship co/g/ Eastern Oregon comprises public lands that include, and extend eastward from, Range 9 East, Willamette Meridian

State of Washington. 

/h/ Western Oregon comprises the revested Oregon and California (O&C) lands, the reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Ro

lands that include, and extend westward from, Range 8 East, Willamette Meridian. 

Source: Timber Sale Data - Timber Sale Information System (TSIS); Stewardship Data - Stewardship Contracting Informa
98 

Table 3-13. COMPETITIVE OIL, GAS, AND GEOTHERMAL LEASING, 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Leases as of 

September 30, 2014 /a/ 

Leases Issued 

 During Fiscal Year

 ______________________ 

 

_________________________________ 

Number Acres 

 

Number Acres 

 Accepted 

Bonus Bid 

Oil and Gas Pre-Reform Act Leases 

Public Domain 

Arkansas 18 2,522 0 0 $0 

California 24 2,293 0 0 0 

Colorado 230 69,194 0 0 0 

Kansas 53 10,795 0 0 0 

Louisiana 19 1,539 0 0 0 

Michigan 2 200 0 0 0 

Montana 249 72,810 0 0 0 

Nevada 2 120 0 0 0 

New Mexico 758 198,064 0 0 0 

North Dakota 34 6,593 0 0 0 

Oklahoma 197 13,834 0 0 0 

South Dakota 11 1,197 0 0 0 

Utah 158 54,790 0 0 0 

Wyoming 600 130,759 1 40 0 

Total 2,355 564,710 1 40 $0

Acquired Lands 

Alabama 2 91 

Arkansas 66 26,451 

Colorado 4 897 

Illinois 2 210 

Kansas 10 1,755 

Kentucky 3 672 

Louisiana 2 151 

Michigan 4 337 

Mississippi 13 5,589 

Montana 5 1,323 

New Mexico 1 160 

New York 2 751 

North Dakota 28 4,448 

Ohio 14 2,466 

Oklahoma 41 8,975 

Pennsylvania 1 315 

Texas 12 4,185 

Utah 1 40 

Virginia 2 693 

 
99 

Table 3-13. COMPETITIVE OIL, GAS, AND GEOTHERMAL LEASING, 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

Leases as of 

September 30, 2014 /a/ 

 Leases Issued 

During Fiscal Year

 _______________________ ____________________________________

Number Acres Number Acres 

 Accepted 

Bonus Bid 

Oil and Gas Pre-Reform Act Leases—continued 

Acquired Lands—continued 

West Virginia 1 570 

Wyoming 12 1,520 

Total 226 61,599 None None None 

Summary: Pre-Reform Act Leases 

Public Domain and Acquired Lands 

Alabama 2 91 0 0 $0 

Arkansas 84 28,973 0 0 0 

California 24 2,293 0 0 0 

Colorado 234 70,091 0 0 0 

Illinois 2 210 0 0 0 

Kansas 63 12,550 0 0 0 

Kentucky 3 672 0 0 0 

Louisiana 21 1,690 0 0 0 

Michigan 6 537 0 0 0 

Mississippi 13 5,589 0 0 0 

Montana 254 74,133 0 0 0 

Nevada 2 120 0 0 0 

New Mexico 759 198,224 0 0 0 

New York 2 751 0 0 0 

North Dakota 62 11,041 0 0 0 

Ohio 14 2,466 0 0 0 

Oklahoma 238 22,809 0 0 0 

Pennsylvania 1 315 0 0 0 

South Dakota 11 1,197 0 0 0 

Texas 12 4,185 0 0 0 

Utah 159 54,830 0 0 0 

Virginia 2 693 0 0 0 

West Virginia 1 570 0 0 0 

Wyoming 612 132,279 1 40 0 

Total 2,581 626,309 1 40 $0 

 
100 

 Table 3-13. COMPETITIVE OIL, GAS, AND GEOTHERMAL LEASING, 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

Leases as of 

September 30, 2014 /a/

 Leases Issued 

During Fiscal Year

 ______________________ _______________________________ 

Number Acres Number Acres 

Accepted 

Bonus Bid 

Pre-Reform Act Future Interest Leases 

Public Domain and Acquired Lands

Arkansas 1 151 

Colorado 1 320 

Kansas 207 42,381 

Louisiana 1 40 

Michigan 1 200 

Ohio 1 68 

Oklahoma 3 481 

Texas 1 106 

Wyoming 4 995 

Total 220 44,742 None None None 

Total Pre-Reform Act 

 Competitive Oil and 

 Gas Leases /b/ /c/ 2,801 671,051 1 40 $0 

 

Reform Act Leases 

Public Domain 

Alabama 30 3,291 3 321 $450,200 

Arizona 14 21,918 0 0 0 

Arkansas 189 124,969 11 1,173 33,317 

California 200 115,001 0 0 0 

Colorado 2,334 2,098,270 22 15,391 684,246 

Idaho 2 4,135 0 0 0 

Kansas 13 2,793 1 120 18,000 

Louisiana 102 10,609 12 913 32,868 

Michigan 6 943 4 515 195,990 

Mississippi 30 2,876 3 535 62,014 

Montana 1,111 693,891 9 2,210 1,215,166 

Nebraska 8 1,906 1 80 480 

Nevada 828 1,361,863 69 107,062 1,719,316 

New Mexico 2,434 1,401,196 108 37,878 145,000,127 

North Dakota 609 177,376 31 1,906 8,601,105 

Oklahoma 335 31,228 17 1,003 601,124 

Oregon 94 151,234 0 0 0 

South Dakota 264 130,165 71 20,847 874,221 

Utah 1,712 1,970,607 110 112,710 22,984,612 

Wyoming 8,490 7,121,936 318 289,599 50,690,381 

Total 18,805 15,426,207 790 592,263 $233,163,167 

 
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Table 3-13. COMPETITIVE OIL, GAS, AND GEOTHERMAL LEASING, 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

Leases as of 

September 30, 2014 /a/ 

 Leases Issued 

During Fiscal Year

 _______________________ ____________________________________ 

 Accepted 

Number Acres Number Acres Bonus Bid 

Reform Act Leases—continued 

Acquired Lands 

Alabama 94 64,739 1 150 $300 

Arkansas 353 243,985 2 315 2,155 

California 3 205 0 0 0 

Colorado 127 51,211 1 480 960 

Illinois 6 1,371 0 0 0 

Indiana 7 11,774 0 0 0 

Kansas 33 9,391 0 0 0 

Kentucky 17 12,885 0 0 0 

Louisiana 321 230,492 8 15,256 30,512 

Michigan 95 60,937 6 391 59,042 

Mississippi 732 425,010 19 10,868 61,608 

Montana 202 121,502 8 1,188 245,942 

Nebraska 4 1,418 3 760 21,720 

New Mexico 12 3,240 0 0 0 

New York 2 274 0 0 0 

North Dakota 992 558,638 40 9,859 12,135,255 

Ohio 55 14,079 0 0 0 

Oklahoma 254 159,424 10 4,304 224,371 

Oregon 3 1,703 0 0 0 

Pennsylvania 2 108 0 0 0 

South Dakota 91 28,542 59 17,402 566,982 

Texas 540 344,900 69 39,725 2,552,315 

Utah 11 1,601 0 0 0 

Virginia 34 19,584 0 0 0 

West Virginia 29 45,543 0 0 0 

Wyoming 55 18,361 4 1,041 390,180 

Total 4,074 2,430,917 230 101,739 $16,291,342 

Summary: Reform Act Leases 

Public Domain and Acquired Lands 

Alabama 124 68,030 4 471 $450,500 

Arizona 14 21,918 0 0 0 

Arkansas 542 368,954 13 1,488 35,472 

California 203 115,206 0 0 0 

Colorado 2,461 2,149,481 23 15,871 685,206 

Idaho 2 4,135 0 0 0 
102 

Table 3-13. COMPETITIVE OIL, GAS, AND GEOTHERMAL LEASING, 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

Leases as of 

September 30, 2014 /a/ 

 Leases Issued 

 During Fiscal Year

 _______________________ _____________________________________

 Accepted 

Number Acres Number Acres Bonus Bid 

Summary: Reform Act Leases—continued 

Public Domain and Acquired Lands—continued 

Illinois 6 1,371 0 0 $0 

Indiana 7 11,774 0 0 0 

Kansas 46 12,184 1 120 18,000 

Kentucky 17 12,885 0 0 0 

Louisiana 423 241,101 20 16,169 63,380 

Michigan 101 61,880 10 906 255,032 

Mississippi 762 427,886 22 11,403 123,622 

Montana 1,313 815,393 17 3,398 1,461,108 

Nebraska 12 3,324 4 840 22,200 

Nevada 828 1,361,863 69 107,062 1,719,316 

New Mexico 2,446 1,404,436 108 37,878 145,000,127 

New York 2 274 0 0 0 

North Dakota 1,601 736,014 71 11,765 20,736,360 

Ohio 55 14,079 0 0 0 

Oklahoma 589 190,652 27 5,307 825,495 

Oregon 97 152,937 0 0 0 

Pennsylvania 2 108 0 0 0 

South Dakota 355 158,707 130 38,249 1,441,203 

Texas 540 344,900 69 39,725 2,552,315 

Utah 1,723 1,972,208 110 112,710 22,984,612 

Virginia 34 19,584 0 0 0 

West Virginia 29 45,543 0 0 0 

Wyoming 8,545 7,140,297 322 290,640 51,080,561 

Total 22,879 17,857,124 1,020 694,002 $249,454,509 

Reform Act Future Interest Leases 

Public Domain and Acquired Lands 

Arkansas 12 1,292 

Colorado 1 160 

Kansas 39 9,672 

North Dakota 1 40 

Oklahoma 16 2,110 

Texas 35 6,363 

Total 104 19,637 None None None 
103 

Table 3-13. COMPETITIVE OIL, GAS, AND GEOTHERMAL LEASING, 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

Leases as of 

September 30, 2014 /a/ 

 Leases Issued 

 During Fiscal Year

 _______________________ ____________________________________ 

 Accepted 

Number Acres Number Acres Bonus Bid 

Total Reform Act 

 Competitive Oil and 

 Gas Leases /d/ /e/ 22,983 17,876,761 1,020 694,002 $249,454,509 

Competitive General Services Administration (GSA) Oil and Gas Leases /f/

Public Domain

California 1 69 

Nebraska 9 7,361 

Total 10 7,430 None None None 

Competitive Protective Leases /g/

Public Domain and Acquired Lands

Arkansas 3 1,330 

California 2 72 

Colorado 1 320 

Kentucky 1 700 

Louisiana 7 12,893 

Nebraska 2 950 

New Mexico 1 27 

North Dakota 9 1,287 

Ohio 1 113 

Oklahoma 2 2,768 

Texas 6 2,259 

Utah 3 145 

Wyoming 1 80 

Total 39 22,944 None None None 

Competitive National Petroleum Reserve—Alaska Leases /h/ 

Public Domain 

Alaska 205 1,732,059 22 245,293 $2,885,153 

Total 205 1,732,059 22 245,293 $2,885,153 

Competitive Naval Oil Shale Reserve Leases /i/ 

Public Domain 

Colorado 4 8,388 

Total 4 8,388 None None None 

Total Competitive 

 Oil and Gas Leases /j/ 26,042 20,318,633 1,043 939,335 $252,339,662 

 
104 

Table 3-13. COMPETITIVE OIL, GAS, AND GEOTHERMAL LEASING, 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

Leases as of 

September 30, 2014 /a/ 

 Leases Issued 

 During Fiscal Year 

_______________________ ___________________________________ 

 Accepted 

 Number Acres Number Acres Bonus Bid 

Pre-EPAct Competitive Geothermal Leases /k/ 

Public Domain and Acquired Lands 

California 36 51,816 

Nevada 35 34,121 

New Mexico 2 2,941 

Oregon 10 6,463 

Utah 7 6,059 

Total 90 101,400 None None None 

EPAct Competitive Geothermal Leases /l/ 

Public Domain and Acquired Lands 

California 46 45,302 4 9,860 $53,342 

Colorado 2 8,353 0 0 0 

Idaho 20 51,217 0 0 0 

Nevada 158 370,233 4 3,317 6,634 

New Mexico 3 10,750 0 0 0 

Oregon 9 29,125 0 0 0 

Utah 29 80,886 0 0 0 

Total 267 595,866 8 13,177 $59,976 

Total Competitive 

 Geothermal Leases 357 697,266 8 13,177 $59,976 

Grand Total of All 

Competitive Oil, 

Gas, and Geothermal 

Leases 26,399 21,015,899 1,051 952,512 $252,399,638 

 
105 

 Table 3-13. COMPETITIVE OIL, GAS, AND GEOTHERMAL LEASING, 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014–concluded 

Notes: The three righthand columns of this table do not apply to leases authorized before the Federal 

 Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Reform Act of 1987 (Reform Act), except for those leases that had 

 been pending issuance owing to litigation or appeal. 

The data for this table come from the automated LR2000 System. The automated LR2000 

System is a dynamic system that is frequently corrected as data entry errors are found. 

The totals in this year’s table may not correspond with last year’s totals because data have been 

corrected. 

/a/ Leases that are authorized as of the last day of the fiscal year. Includes leasing actions during 

 the fiscal year, as shown in the three righthand columns of this table. 

/b/ Leases issued before the Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Reform Act of 1987. 

/c/ This is the total of all pre-Reform Act leases and pre-Reform Act future interest leases. 

/d/ Leases issued under the Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Reform Act of 1987. 

/e/ This is the total of all Reform Act leases and Reform Act future interest leases. 

/f/ Leases issued under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 for lands previously withdrawn or 

reserved from the public domain that are no longer needed by the agency for which the lands 

were withdrawn or reserved, and that have been declared excess or surplus by the General 

Services Administration. 

/g/ Leases issued in accordance with the provisions of the Attorney General Opinion of 

 April 2, 1941, i.e., these leases must have the consent of the jurisdictional agency, must have 

 drainage of oil and/or gas wells located on adjacent lands, and must not be subject to leasing 

 under any leasing act. 

/h/ Leases issued under the Interior Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 1981, for lands within the 

National Petroleum Reserve—Alaska. 

/i/ Leases issued under the Defense Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 1998, for lands within Oil 

 Shale Reserve Numbers 1 and 3. 

/j/ This is the grand total of all pre-Reform Act leases, Reform Act leases, and all other 

competitive oil and gas leases; however, it does not include competitive geothermal leases. 

/k/ Leases issued under the Geothermal Steam Act. 

/l/ Leases issued under the Geothermal Steam Act, as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. 
106 

Table 3-14. NONCOMPETITIVE OIL, GAS, AND GEOTHERMAL 

 LEASING, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

 Total as of Leases Issued 

 September 30, 2014 /a/ During Fiscal Year 

 _____________________ ________________ 

 Number Acres Number Acres 

 Oil and Gas Pre-Reform Act Over-the-Counter Leases 

Public Domain 

Alabama 4 599 0 0 

Alaska 30 48,091 0 0 

Arkansas 10 2,282 0 0 

California 80 20,675 0 0 

Colorado 730 587,617 0 0 

Kansas 26 7,647 0 0 

Louisiana 35 8,557 0 0 

Michigan 2 222 0 0 

Mississippi 1 4 0 0 

Montana 804 1,051,190 0 0 

Nebraska 3 159 0 0 

Nevada 13 10,900 1 480 

New Mexico 3,014 2,030,196 1 80 

North Dakota 30 7,617 0 0 

Oklahoma 177 27,667 0 0 

South Dakota 11 5,745 0 0 

Utah 727 564,399 0 0 

Wyoming 1,957 946,555 3 958 

Total 7,654 5,320,122 5 1,518 

Acquired Lands 

Alabama 1 60 0 0 

Arkansas 25 16,348 0 0 

California 8 1,417 0 0 

Colorado 11 3,958 0 0 

Kansas 2 996 0 0 

Kentucky 5 6,704 0 0 

Louisiana 8 10,698 0 0 

Maryland 4 2,637 0 0 

Michigan 23 5,700 6 2,396 

Mississippi 26 17,363 0 0 

Montana 42 17,455 0 0 

Nebraska 3 136 0 0 

New Mexico 1 620 0 0 

North Dakota 48 28,186 0 0 

Ohio 11 9,798 0 0 

Oklahoma 35 11,169 0 0 

Texas 18 19,139 0 0 

Utah 7 1,263 0 0 

Virginia 2 7,232 0 0 

West Virginia 28 40,277 0 0 

Wyoming 17 3,994 0 0 

Total 325 205,150 6 2,396 
107 

 Table 3-14. NONCOMPETITIVE OIL, GAS, AND GEOTHERMAL 

 LEASING, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

 Total as of Leases Issued 

 September 30, 2014 /a/ During Fiscal Year 

 _____________________ ________________ 

 Number Acres Number Acres 

Summary: Oil and Gas Pre-Reform Act Over-the-Counter Leases 

Public Domain and Acquired Lands 

Alabama 5 659 0 0 

Alaska 30 48,091 0 0 

Arkansas 35 18,630 0 0 

California 88 22,092 0 0 

Colorado 741 591,575 0 0 

Kansas 28 8,643 0 0 

Kentucky 5 6,704 0 0 

Louisiana 43 19,255 0 0 

Maryland 4 2,637 0 0 

Michigan 25 5,922 6 2,396 

Mississippi 27 17,367 0 0 

Montana 846 1,068,645 0 0 

Nebraska 6 295 0 0 

Nevada 13 10,900 1 480 

New Mexico 3,015 2,030,816 1 80 

North Dakota 78 35,803 0 0 

Ohio 11 9,798 0 0 

Oklahoma 212 38,836 0 0 

South Dakota 11 5,745 0 0 

Texas 18 19,139 0 0 

Utah 734 565,662 0 0 

Virginia 2 7,232 0 0 

West Virginia 28 40,277 0 0 

Wyoming 1,974 950,549 3 958 

Total 7,979 5,525,272 11 3,914 

Pre-Reform Act Simultaneous Leases 

Public Domain 

Alabama 4 1,604 0 0 

Arkansas 1 40 0 0 

California 26 5,891 0 0 

Colorado 771 452,426 0 0 

Kansas 2 880 0 0 

Louisiana 6 424 0 0 

Michigan 11 13,915 0 0 
108 

Table 3-14. NONCOMPETITIVE OIL, GAS, AND GEOTHERMAL 

 LEASING, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

 Total as of Leases Issued 

 September 30, 2014 /a/ During Fiscal Year 

 _____________________ ________________ 

 Number Acres Number Acres 

Pre-Reform Act Simultaneous Leases—continued 

Public Domain—continued 

Montana 316 219,336 2 417 

Nevada 19 7,958 0 0 

New Mexico 1,336 840,803 0 0 

North Dakota 101 59,458 0 0 

Oklahoma 121 17,084 0 0 

South Dakota 37 17,673 0 0 

Utah 449 365,395 0 0 

Wyoming 3,074 1,507,117 0 0 

Total 6,274 3,510,004 2 417 

Acquired Lands 

Alabama 3 3,001 

Arkansas 4 2,238 

California 1 42 

Colorado 29 17,880 

Kentucky 4 7,713 

Louisiana 9 4,675 

Michigan 24 10,845 

Mississippi 13 7,459 

Montana 46 43,551 

Nebraska 1 9 

New Mexico 4 834 

North Dakota 150 135,544 

Ohio 1 1,670 

Oklahoma 38 12,146 

South Dakota 2 840 

Texas 20 19,389 

Utah 3 324 

West Virginia 2 4,156 

Wyoming 41 15,981 

Total 395 288,297 None None 
109 

Table 3-14. NONCOMPETITIVE OIL, GAS, AND GEOTHERMAL 

 LEASING, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

 Total as of Leases Issued 

 September 30, 2014 /a/ During Fiscal Year 

 _____________________ ________________ 

 Number Acres Number Acres 

Summary: Pre-Reform Act Simultaneous Leases 

Public Domain and Acquired Lands 

Alabama 7 4,605 0 0 

Arkansas 5 2,278 0 0 

California 27 5,933 0 0 

Colorado 800 470,306 0 0 

Kansas 2 880 0 0 

Kentucky 4 7,713 0 0 

Louisiana 15 5,099 0 0 

Michigan 35 24,760 0 0 

Mississippi 13 7,459 0 0 

Montana 362 262,887 2 417 

Nebraska 1 9 0 0 

Nevada 19 7,958 0 0 

New Mexico 1,340 841,637 0 0 

North Dakota 251 195,002 0 0 

Ohio 1 1,670 0 0 

Oklahoma 159 29,230 0 0 

South Dakota 39 18,513 0 0 

Texas 20 19,389 0 0 

Utah 452 365,719 0 0 

West Virginia 2 4,156 0 0 

Wyoming 3,115 1,523,098 0 0 

Total 6,669 3,798,301 2 417 

Pre-Reform Act Future Interest Leases 

Public Domain and Acquired Lands 

Arkansas 4 599 

Colorado 6 860 

Kansas 2 400 

Louisiana 3 9,045 

Michigan 3 1,241 

Mississippi 1 395 

North Dakota 5 1,110 

Texas 2 4,615 

Wyoming 3 511 

Total 29 18,776 None None 

Total Pre-Reform Act 

Noncompetitive 

 Leases /b/ 14,677 9,342,349 13 4,331 
110 

Table 3-14. NONCOMPETITIVE OIL, GAS, AND GEOTHERMAL 

 LEASING, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

 

 Total as of Leases Issued 

 September 30, 2014 /a/ During Fiscal Year 

 _____________________ ________________ 

 Number Acres Number Acres 

Reform Act Leases 

Public Domain 

Alabama 1 281 0 0 

Arizona 13 17,642 0 0 

Arkansas 19 25,131 1 160 

California 23 25,736 0 0 

Colorado 226 233,715 6 3,339 

Kansas 2 2,156 0 0 

Louisiana 3 172 0 0 

Michigan 2 200 0 0 

Montana 331 260,510 7 3,238 

Nevada 834 2,057,188 57 219,962 

New Mexico 15 20,806 0 0 

North Dakota 32 11,457 0 0 

Oklahoma 5 853 0 0 

Oregon 9 19,902 0 0 

South Dakota 12 8,830 2 476 

Utah 362 557,874 10 13,710 

Wyoming 775 731,088 5 4,344 

Total 2,664 3,973,541 88 245,229 

Acquired Lands 

Alabama 8 6,874 0 0 

Arkansas 19 17,785 0 0 

Colorado 27 17,354 0 0 

Kansas 1 1,120 0 0 

Louisiana 5 17,376 0 0 

Michigan 11 5,964 1 440 

Mississippi 24 16,546 0 0 

Montana 45 43,257 3 7,998 

North Dakota 40 22,759 0 0 

Ohio 31 10,106 1 80 

Oklahoma 10 7,877 0 0 

Oregon 5 14,358 0 0 
111 

Table 3-14. NONCOMPETITIVE OIL, GAS, AND GEOTHERMAL 

 LEASING, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

 Total as of Leases Issued 

 September 30, 2014 /a/ During Fiscal Year 

 _____________________ ________________ 

 Number Acres Number Acres 

Reform Act Leases—continued 

Acquired Lands—continued 

Texas 10 15,044 0 0 

Utah 1 400 0 0 

West Virginia 9 8,926 0 0 

Wyoming 5 3,992 0 0 

Total 251 209,738 5 8,518 

Summary: Reform Act Leases 

Public Domain and Acquired Lands 

Alabama 9 7,155 0 0 

Arizona 13 17,642 0 0 

Arkansas 38 42,916 1 160 

California 23 25,736 0 0 

Colorado 253 251,069 6 3,339 

Kansas 3 3,276 0 0 

Louisiana 8 17,548 0 0 

Michigan 13 6,164 1 440 

Mississippi 24 16,546 0 0 

Montana 376 303,767 10 11,236 

Nevada 834 2,057,188 57 219,962 

New Mexico 15 20,806 0 0 

North Dakota 72 34,216 0 0 

Ohio 31 10,106 1 80 

Oklahoma 15 8,730 0 0 

Oregon 14 34,260 0 0 

South Dakota 12 8,830 2 476 

Texas 10 15,044 0 0 

Utah 363 558,274 10 13,710 

West Virginia 9 8,926 0 0 

Wyoming 780 735,080 5 4,344 

Total 2,915 4,183,279 93 253,747 
112 

Table 3-14. NONCOMPETITIVE OIL, GAS, AND GEOTHERMAL 

 LEASING, FISCAL YEAR 2014–concluded 

 Total as of Leases Issued 

 September 30, 2014 /a/ During Fiscal Year 

 _____________________ ________________ 

 Number Acres Number Acres 

Reform Act Future Interest Leases 

Acquired Lands 

Arkansas 1 244 

Texas 1 547 

Total 2 791 None None 

Total Reform Act 

 Noncompetitive 

 Leases /c/ 2,917 4,184,070 93 253,747 

Total Oil and Gas 

 Noncompetitive 

 Leases /d/ 17,594 13,526,419 106 258,078 

Geothermal Leases 

Public Domain and Acquired Lands 

Alaska 3 7,680 3 7,680 

California 22 23,013 0 0 

Nevada 152 231,294 2 3,706 

New Mexico 1 640 0 0 

Oregon 54 46,518 0 0 

Washington 4 8,436 0 0 

Total 236 317,581 5 11,386 

Grand Total of All 

 Noncompetitive 

 Oil, Gas, and 

 Geothermal 

 Leases 17,830 13,844,000 111 269,464 

Note: The two righthand columns of this table do not apply to leases authorized before the Federal 

Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Reform Act (Reform Act) of 1987, except for those leases that 

had been pending issuance owing to litigation or appeal. 

/a/ Leases that are authorized as of the last day of the fiscal year. Includes leasing actions during 

 the fiscal year, as shown in the two righthand columns of this table. 

/b/ Leases issued before the Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Reform Act of 1987. 

/c/ Leases issued under the Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Reform Act of 1987. 

/d/ This is the total of all pre-Reform Act and Reform Act noncompetitive oil and gas leases; 

 it does not include noncompetitive geothermal leases. 
113 

Table 3-15. OTHER OIL AND GAS LEASING ACTIONS, 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014 

 Total as of Leases Issued 

 September 30, 2014 /a/ During Fiscal Year 

 _____________________ _________________ 

 Number Acres Number Acres 

Private Leases /b/ 

Acquired Lands 

Arkansas 1 40 0 0 

Colorado 2 328 0 0 

Indiana 2 68 0 0 

Kansas 5 1,480 0 0 

Kentucky 39 9,399 0 0 

Louisiana 2 48 0 0 

Mississippi 1 482 0 0 

Nebraska 1 210 0 0 

New York 1 158 0 0 

North Dakota 4 585 0 0 

Ohio 146 17,475 1 260 

Oklahoma 7 924 0 0 

Pennsylvania 66 4,338 0 0 

Tennessee 2 736 0 0 

Texas 4 1,135 0 0 

Utah 3 770 0 0 

West Virginia 188 20,411 0 0 

Total Private Leases /c/ 474 58,587 1 260 

Exchange Leases /d/ 

Public Domain 

California 66 11,851 

Colorado 19 9,422 

Kansas 21 18,028 

Montana 91 27,202 

New Mexico 307 123,305 

North Dakota 9 4,227 

Wyoming 72 20,796 

Total Exchange Leases 585 214,831 None None 

Renewal Leases /e/ 

Public Domain 

California 138 39,714 

Colorado 128 111,024 

Louisiana 1 103 

Montana 116 37,933 
114 

Table 3-15. OTHER OIL AND GAS LEASING ACTIONS, 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

 Total as of Leases Issued 

 September 30, 2014 /a/ During Fiscal Year 

 _____________________ __________________ 

 Number Acres Number Acres 

Renewal Leases /e/—continued 

Public Domain—continued 

New Mexico 396 96,022 

North Dakota 9 8,981 

Oklahoma 7 272 

Utah 5 5,315 

Wyoming 377 102,457 

Total Renewal Leases /c/ 1,177 401,821 None None 

Renewal Leases with Discovery National Petroleum Reserve—Alaska /f/ 

Public Domain 

Alaska 2 3,765 

Total Renewal Leases 

 with Discovery NPR- 

 Alaska 2 3,765 None None 

Renewal Leases without Discovery National Petroleum Reserve—Alaska /f/ 

Public Domain 

Alaska 5 29,331 

Total Renewal Leases 

 without Discovery NPR- 

 Alaska 5 29,331 None None 

Class III Reinstatement Leases /g/ 

Public Domain 

California 1 80 

Wyoming 3 498 

Total Class III 

 Reinstatement Leases 4 578 None None 

Oil and Gas Special Act – Rights-of-Way of 1930 /h/ 

Public Domain 

Colorado 60 2,951 2 41 

Montana 6 77 0 0 

Nebraska 3 119 0 0 

New Mexico 3 705 0 0 

North Dakota 7 583 0 0 

Utah 3 1,298 0 0 
115 

 Table 3-15. OTHER OIL AND GAS LEASING ACTIONS, 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

 Total as of Leases Issued 

 September 30, 2014 /a/ During Fiscal Year 

 _____________________ __________________ 

 Number Acres Number Acres 

Oil and Gas Special Act – Rights-of-Way of 1930 /h/—continued 

Public Domain—continued 

Wyoming 49 1,866 4 39 

Total Rights-of-Way Act 

 of 1930 Leases 131 7,599 6 80 

Oil and Gas Special Act – Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act of 1934 /i/ 

Acquired Lands 

California 1 160 0 0 

Colorado 1 711 0 0 

Kansas 51 11,068 0 0 

North Dakota 11 2,232 0 0 

Oklahoma 27 5,165 0 0 

Texas 77 11,399 1 99 

Total FFMC Act Leases 168 30,735 1 99 

Oil and Gas Special Act – Texas Relinquishment Act of 1919 /j/ 

Acquired Lands 

Texas 1 151 

Total Texas Relinquishment 1 151 None None 

 

Grand Total Other Oil and 

 Gas Leases 2,547 747,398 8 439 

/a/ Leases that are authorized as of the last day of the fiscal year. Includes leasing actions during the 

 fiscal year, as shown in the two righthand columns of this table. 

/b/ An existing oil and gas lease, between private parties, at the time the Federal Government 

 purchased the mineral estate as part of a Federal Government land acquisition. 

/c/ The totals in this year’s table may not correspond with last year’s totals because data have been 

 corrected. 

/d/ A lease issued before August 8, 1946, for a term of 20 years or renewal thereof, or a lease that was 

 issued in exchange for a 20-year lease. 

/e/ A lease issued for a term of 20 years or any renewal thereof; may be renewed for a new 20-year 

 lease. 
116 

Table 3-15. OTHER OIL AND GAS LEASING ACTIONS, 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014–concluded 

/f/ A lease within the National Petroleum Reserve—Alaska, which is renewed for 10 additional years. 

 Such renewals were authorized by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which amended the Naval 

 Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976. 

/g/ A lease arising from an abandoned placer mining claim reinstated under the provision of Class III 

 of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982, and concurrently converted to an oil 

 and gas lease. 

/h/ A lease issued under the Oil and Gas Special Act of May 21, 1930, which authorizes the leasing 

 of oil and gas deposits under certain rights-of-way to the owner of the right-of-way or any assignee 

 thereof. 

/i/ A lease issued on lands acquired by the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation (FFMC) under the 

 FFMC Act of 1934. 

/j/ A lease issued under the Texas Relinquishment Act of 1919. 
117 

Table 3-16. NEW OIL, GAS, AND GEOTHERMAL ACTIVITIES 

 ON FEDERAL LANDS, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

OIL AND GAS ACTIVITIES

Geographic State APDs /a/ 

Approved

 Wells 

Started 

 Wells 

Completed 

 Wells 

Plugged

 

Alaska 8 6 4 1 

Arkansas 25 14 4 0 

California 181 210 106 0 

Colorado 316 229 139 9 

Illinois 0 0 0 1 

Kansas 1 0 0 1 

Louisiana 6 1 0 0 

Michigan 1 0 0 0 

Mississippi 10 9 6 0 

Montana 26 22 26 8 

Nevada 7 3 2 0 

North Dakota 254 174 146 0 

New Mexico 920 702 713 229 

Ohio 1 2 1 0 

Oklahoma 33 9 11 0 

Pennsylvania 0 21 0 0 

South Dakota 2 2 1 0 

Texas 18 18 16 2 

Utah 963 457 446 2 

Wyoming 997 665 553 458 

Total 3,769 2,544 2,174 711 

 
118 

Table 3-16. NEW OIL, GAS, AND GEOTHERMAL ACTIVITIES 

 ON FEDERAL LANDS, FISCAL YEAR 2014–concluded 

GEOTHERMAL ACTIVITIES 

Geographic State GDPs /b/ 

Approved 

 Wells 

Started 

 Wells 

Completed 

 Wells 

Plugged 

 

Arizona 0 0 0 0 

California 1 0 0 0 

Colorado 0 0 0 0 

Idaho 0 0 0 0 

Nevada 17 9 9 4 

New Mexico 0 0 0 0 

Oregon 3 1 1 0 

Utah 0 0 0 0 

Total 21 10 10 4 

Note: The data for this table comes from the automated Geothermal Resources Automated Support System 

(GRASS). GRASS is a dynamic system that is frequently corrected as data entry errors are found. 

 

The totals in this year’s table may not correspond with last year’s totals because data have been corrected. 

/a/ APDs = Applications for Permit to Drill. 

/b/ GDPs = Geothermal Drilling Permits. 

Source for oil and gas data: Automated Fluid Minerals Support System (AFMSS). 

 
119

 Table 3-17. CONTINUING OIL, GAS, AND GEOTHERMAL ACTIVITIES ON FEDERA AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 

CONTINUING OIL AND GAS ACTIVITIES 

Geographic State 

 Units in  Effect /a/  _________ 

Producible and Service Holes /b/ ________________ 

 Producible  and Service  Completions /b/  _______________ 

 Producing  Leases /a/  __________ 

AS_

Alabama 1 30 30 24 Alaska 8 107 131 29 Arizona 0 2 2 0 Arkansas 4 209 223 246 California 31 8,145 8,164 323 Colorado 188 6,878 6,958 2,179 Florida 0 0 0 0 Illinois 2 17 17 8 Indiana 0 2 2 2 Kansas 9 413 415 438 Kentucky 0 161 161 54 Louisiana 5 461 482 166 Maryland 0 9 9 0 Michigan 5 88 90 63 Mississippi 8 125 128 71 Montana 44 2,819 2,826 1,446 Nebraska 0 31 31 19 Nevada 7 118 119 32 New Mexico 213 30,490 35,630 6,556 New York 0 6 6 5 North Dakota 34 1,874 1,912 1,193 Ohio 1 589 590 236 Oklahoma 16 469 472 938 Pennsylvania 0 208 208 69 South Dakota 4 87 88 79 Tennessee 0 10 10 2 
120

Table 3-17. CONTINUING OIL, GAS, AND GEOTHERMAL ACTIVITIES ON FEDERA

 AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014–continued 

CONTINUING OIL AND GAS ACTIVITIES 

Geographic State 

 Units in  Effect /a/  _________ 

Producible and Service Holes /b/ ________________ 

 Producible  and Service  Completions /b/  _______________ 

 Producing  Leases /a/  ___________ 

AS_

Texas 13 556 557 272 Utah 130 8,909 8,960 1,487 Virginia 0 18 20 16 Washington 0 0 0 0 West Virginia 1 300 301 153 Wyoming 555 31,647 32,603 7,551 Total 1,279 94,778 101,145 23,657 

CONTINUING GEOTHERMAL ACTIVITIES 

Geographic State Units /a/ 

 _________ 

Injection Wells ________________ 

 Producing  Wells  _______________ 

 Producing  Leases /a/  ___________ 

AS_

Arizona 0 0 0 0 California 3 105 268 32 Colorado 0 0 0 0 Idaho 0 0 0 0 Nevada 26 66 78 32 New Mexico 0 3 1 2 Oregon 4 1 0 0 Utah 1 7 8 7 

Total 34 182 355 73 
121

 Table 3-17. CONTINUING OIL, GAS, AND GEOTHERMAL ACTIVITIES ON FEDERA AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014–concluded

Note: Owing to the shutdown of the Automated Fluid Minerals Support System (AFMSS) from April 8, 2005, to August 

 following databases may be subject to backlog data entry and may not be complete: Vernal, Utah. /a/ Data come from the Bureau of Land Management’s Case Recordation System. Since Fiscal Year 2009 the Bureau 

(BLM) has recategorized data collected for the last two columns of this table. Before Fiscal Year 2009 the display“producible leases,” which included leases with the status of (1) held by actual production, (2) held by allocated pr

being located in a producing unit. Since Fiscal Year 2009 the BLM has been reporting the data as “producing lease

with the status of (1) held by actual production and (2) held by allocated production. This categorization will confo

BLM and the Office of Natural Resources Revenue for producing leases. 

/b/ Service holes and completions are not necessarily located on producible leases. Data come from AFMSS. 
122 

 Table 3-18. FEDERAL COAL LEASES, LICENSES, PREFERENCE

 RIGHT LEASE APPLICATIONS, AND LOGICAL MINING 

 UNITS, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Total as of 

 September 30, 2014 

/a/ 

_______________________ 

Actions During Fiscal Year 

/a/ 

______________________________________ 

Number Acres Number Acres Accepted 

Bonus Bid 

Federal Coal Leases 

Competitive Nonregional Lease-by-Application Leases

Alabama 2 4,497 0 0 $0 

Colorado /b/ /c/ 22 30,919 1 1,790 2,887,200 

Montana 4 5,379 0 0 0 

New Mexico /c/ 3 7,088 1 640 2,300,000 

North Dakota 9 7,826 0 0 0 

Oklahoma 7 14,555 0 0 0 

Utah 12 28,928 0 0 0 

Wyoming /d/ 40 79,383 (1) (130) 0 

Total 99 178,575 1 2,300 $5,187,200 

Competitive Pre-Federal Coal Leasing Amendment Act (FCLAA) Leases

 

Kentucky 1 1,653 0 0 $0 

Montana /e/ 17 24,324 1 0 0 

North Dakota /d/ /e/ 4 2,720 1 (80) 0 

Utah /b/ 47 46,567 0 0 0 

Washington 1 241 0 0 0 

Wyoming /b/ /e/ 33 62,693 0 0 0 

Total 103 138,198 2 (80) $0 

 

Competitive Regional Emergency/Bypass Leases

 

Alabama 0 0 (1) (80) $0 

Colorado 4 2,197 0 0 0 

Kentucky 1 1,430 0 0 0 

Montana /f/ 5 1,248 0 (390) 0 

New Mexico 1 4,016 0 0 0 

North Dakota /d/ 1 320 (1) (80) 0 

Utah 4 3,270 0 0 0 

Wyoming 3 3,260 0 0 0 

Total 19 15,741 (2) (550) $0 
123 

 Table 3-18. FEDERAL COAL LEASES, LICENSES, PREFERENCE 

 RIGHT LEASE APPLICATIONS, AND LOGICAL MINING 

 UNITS, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

Total as of 

September 30, 2014 

 /a/ 

_______________________

Actions During Fiscal Year 

/a/ 

______________________________________

Number Acres Number Acres Accepted 

Bonus Bid 

Competitive Regional Leases 

 

Colorado 15 26,762 0 0 $0 

Kentucky 5 2,958 0 0 0 

Montana 7 4,825 0 0 0 

Utah 4 1,863 0 0 0 

Wyoming 6 14,792 0 0 0 

Total 37 51,200 0 0 $0 

Exchange Leases 

 

Wyoming 5 4,625 0 0 $0 

Total 5 4,625 0 0 $0 

Preference Right Leases 

Colorado /g/ 14 28,799 0 (3) $554,400 

Montana 2 1,446 0 0 0 

New Mexico 8 14,968 0 0 0 

Oklahoma 2 2,129 0 0 0 

Utah 5 3,925 0 0 0 

Washington 1 280 0 0 0 

Wyoming 15 35,806 0 0 0 

Total 47 87,353 0 (3) $554,400 

 

All Leases Combined 

Alabama 2 4,497 (1) (80) $0 

Colorado /b/ /c/ /g/ 55 88,677 1 1,787 3,441,600 

Kentucky 7 6,041 0 0 0 

Montana /e/ /f/ 35 37,222 1 (390) 0 

New Mexico /c/ 12 26,072 1 640 2,300,000 

North Dakota /d/ /e/ 14 10,866 0 (160) 0 

Oklahoma 9 16,684 0 0 0 

Utah /b/ 72 84,553 0 0 0 

Washington 2 521 0 0 0 

Wyoming /b/ /d/ /e/ 102 200,559 (1) (130) 0 

Total 310 475,692 1 1,667 $5,741,600 
124 

 Table 3-18. FEDERAL COAL LEASES, LICENSES, PREFERENCE 

 RIGHT LEASE APPLICATIONS, AND LOGICAL MINING 

 UNITS, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

Total as of 

September 30, 2014 

/a/ 

 ______________________ 

Actions During Fiscal Year 

/a/ 

 _____________________________________

Number Acres Number Acres

Accepted 

Bonus Bid 

Preference Right Lease Applications

 

New Mexico 14 29,068 0 0 N/A 

Total 14 29,068 0 0 N/A 

Coal Licenses

Exploration Licenses 

Colorado /d/ 1 13,873 (3) (16,262) N/A 

Montana /d/ 1 9,474 (2) (9,332) N/A 

New Mexico /d/ 0 0 (1) (2,678) N/A 

North Dakota /c/ 1 480 1 480 N/A 

Oklahoma /d/ 0 0 (1) (23,241) N/A 

Utah /c/ /d/ 5 8,059 0 3,878 N/A 

Wyoming /c/ /d/ 9 56,315 (1) (296) N/A 

Total 17 88,201 (7) (47,451) N/A 

 

Licenses To Mine

Montana 4 160 0 0 N/A 

Total 4 160 0 0 N/A 

 

Logical Mining Units 

 

Colorado 8 60,640 0 0 N/A 

Montana /g/ 3 32,872 0 540 N/A 

New Mexico /g/ 2 40,001 0 5,301 N/A 

North Dakota /d/ /g/ 3 12,965 0 212 N/A 

Oklahoma 1 293 0 0 N/A 

Utah /f/ /g/ 11 101,618 0 (5,536) N/A 

Wyoming /d/ /g/ 13 132,238 (1) (961) N/A 

Total 41 380,627 (1) (444) N/A 
125 

 Table 3-18. FEDERAL COAL LEASES, LICENSES, PREFERENCE 

 RIGHT LEASE APPLICATIONS, AND LOGICAL MINING 

 UNITS, FISCAL YEAR 2014–concluded 

Note: Column totals may not appear to be correct because the numbers were rounded after addition. 

 Statistics concerning Federal coal lease diligent development and continued operation are 

shown in Table 3-35. 

 

/a/ Authorized leases and licenses are shown, along with those logical mining units (LMUs) that 

were authorized as of September 30, 2014. Totals include actions during the fiscal year, as 

shown in the three righthand columns. These columns provide the net number of new leases, 

licenses, and permits authorized and LMU actions approved with an effective date during the 

fiscal year. Actions approved during the fiscal year that reduced the quantity or acreage of 

leases, licenses, or LMUs are shown in parentheses. Pending preference right lease 

applications are also shown. Acreage totals may differ slightly from other data sources 

because of the rounding methods used. 

/b/ Values reflect a coding correction made in Fiscal Year 2014. 

/c/ Values reflect the issuance of new Federal coal licenses, leases, or LMU during Fiscal Year 2014. 

These leases have been offered for lease through a competitive sale process. The total bonus bid 

for the lease is shown. 

 

/d/ Values reflect the termination, cancellation, expiration, or relinquishment of a lease, license, or 

 LMU that was completed during Fiscal Year 2014 and are reflected by a decrease in the lease, 

 license, or LMU acreage and quantity. 

/e/ An increase in the number of leases or LMUs during Fiscal Year 2014, without a corresponding 

increase in total acreage under leases or LMUs, reflects a segregation of an existing lease or LMU 

into two separate leases or LMUs. 

/f/ Values reflect a partial relinquishment of a lease, license, or LMU that was completed during 

 Fiscal Year 2014 and are reflected by a decrease in the lease, license, or LMU acreage but not the 

quantity of leases or LMUs. 

/g/ An increase in acreage for Fiscal Year 2014, without an additional lease or LMU, reflects 

completion of a modification of an existing lease or LMU. The total bonus bid for the lease 

modification is shown. 

N/A = Not applicable. 
Table 3-19. OTHER SOLID MINERAL LEASES, LICENSES, 

 PERMITS, AND PREFERENCE RIGHT LEASE 

 APPLICATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Total as of 

September 30, 2014 /a/

 

 Actions During Fiscal Year

 Number Acres Number Acres

Accepted 

Bonus Bid

126 

Combined Hydrocarbon Leases

        

Utah 18 9,988 0 0 N/A 

Total 18 9,988 0 0 N/A 

        

Phosphate Leases

Phosphate Competitive Leases

        

Florida 4 883 0 0 N/A 

Idaho 48 31,668 0 0 N/A 

Montana 1 1,409 0 0 N/A 

Total 53 33,960 0 0 N/A 

        

Phosphate Fringe Acreage Noncompetitive Leases

Florida 1 61 0 0 N/A 

Idaho 9 2,542 0 0 N/A 

Utah 1 840 0 0 N/A 

Total 11 3,443 0 0 N/A 

Phosphate Preference Right Leases

Idaho 28 9,516 (1) (846) N/A 

Utah 3 7,278 0 0 N/A 

Total 31 16,794 (1) (846) N/A 

Total Phosphate 

Leases 95 54,197 (1) (846) N/A 

Phosphate Preference Right Lease Applications

California 1 2,434 0 0 N/A 

Idaho 2 965 1 245 N/A 

Total 3 3,399 1 245 N/A 

Phosphate Use Permits

Idaho 4 230 0 0 N/A 

Total 4 230 0 0 N/A 
 Table 3-19. OTHER SOLID MINERAL LEASES, LICENSES, 

 PERMITS, AND PREFERENCE RIGHT LEASE 

 APPLICATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

Total as of 

September 30, 2014 /a/

 

 Actions During Fiscal Year

 Number Acres Number Acres

Accepted 

Bonus Bid

127 

Sodium Leases

   

Sodium Competitive Leases

California 3 4,644 0 0 N/A 

Wyoming 35 41,973 (2) (1,280) N/A 

Total 38 46,617 (2) (1,280) N/A 

Sodium Fringe Acreage Noncompetitive Leases

Arizona 1 4 0 0 N/A 

California 1 1,298 0 0 N/A 

Wyoming 1 317 0 0 N/A 

Total 3 1,619 0 0 N/A 

Sodium Preference Right Leases

California 9 14,845 0 0 N/A 

Colorado /b/ 8 16,831 1 156 $402,000 

New Mexico 1 40 0 0 N/A 

Wyoming 19 19,015 (6) (10,615) N/A 

Total 37 50,731 (5) (10,459) $402,000 

    

Total Sodium Leases 78 98,967 (7) (11,739) $402,000 

Sodium Use Permit

California 1 40 0 0 N/A 

Total 1 40 0 0 N/A 

Sodium Exploration License

Wyoming 0 0 (1) (1,921) N/A 

Total 0 0 (1) (1,921) N/A 
 Table 3-19. OTHER SOLID MINERAL LEASES, LICENSES, 

 PERMITS, AND PREFERENCE RIGHT LEASE 

 APPLICATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

Total as of 

September 30, 2014 /a/

 

 Actions During Fiscal Year

 Number Acres Number Acres

Accepted 

Bonus Bid

128 

Potassium Leases 

Potassium Competitive Leases

California 3 5,970 0 0 N/A 

New Mexico 12 15,432 0 0 N/A 

Utah 69 142,513 0 0 N/A 

Total 84 163,915 0 0 N/A 

Potassium Fringe Acreage Noncompetitive Leases

California 1 1,332 0 0 N/A 

New Mexico 46 54,868 0 0 N/A 

Utah 2 702 0 0 N/A 

Total 49 56,902 0 0 N/A 

Potassium Preference Right Leases

California 2 2,984 0 0 N/A 

Nevada 1 2,500 0 0 N/A 

New Mexico 68 91,252 0 0 N/A 

Utah 6 9,210 0 0 N/A 

Total 77 105,946 0 0 N/A 

   

Total Potassium 

Leases 

210 326,763 0 0 N/A 

Potassium Preference Right Lease Applications 

New Mexico 26 58,225 11 24,161 N/A 

Total 26 58,225 11 24,161 N/A 

Potassium Prospecting Permits

Colorado 5 8,720 0 0 N/A 

New Mexico 2 3,758 (11) (24,161) N/A 

Utah 36 77,853 14 27,009 N/A 

Total 43 90,331 3 2,848 N/A 

 

   
 Table 3-19. OTHER SOLID MINERAL LEASES, LICENSES, 

 PERMITS, AND PREFERENCE RIGHT LEASE 

 APPLICATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

Total as of 

September 30, 2014 /a/

 

 Actions During Fiscal Year

 Number Acres Number Acres

Accepted 

Bonus Bid

129 

Gilsonite Leases

Gilsonite Competitive Leases

Utah 11 3,135 0 0 N/A 

Total 11 3,135 0 0 N/A 

Gilsonite Fringe Acreage Noncompetitive Leases

Utah 2 68 0 0 N/A 

Total 2 68 0 0 N/A 

Gilsonite Preference Right Leases

Utah 1 477 0 0 N/A 

Total 1 477 0 0 N/A 

Gilsonite Mineral Lease Exchanges

Utah /c/ 3 290 (1) (13) N/A 

Total 3 290 (1) (13) N/A 

Total Gilsonite 

Leases

17 3,970 (1) (13) N/A 

Oil Shale RD&D Leases

Colorado 5 776 0 0 N/A 

Utah 1 160 0 0 N/A 

Total 6 936 0 0 N/A 

Oil Shale RD&D Preference Lease Areas /d/

Colorado 5 24,784 0 0 N/A 

Utah 1 4,960 0 0 N/A 

Total 6 29,744 0 0 N/A 

   
 Table 3-19. OTHER SOLID MINERAL LEASES, LICENSES, 

 PERMITS, AND PREFERENCE RIGHT LEASE 

 APPLICATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

Total as of 

September 30, 2014 /a/

 

 Actions During Fiscal Year

 Number Acres Number Acres

Accepted 

Bonus Bid

130 

Hardrock – Acquired Lands Leases /e/

Hardrock Preference Right Leases /e/

Alabama 1 40 0 0 N/A 

Arkansas 6 457 0 0 N/A 

California 1 41 (2) (800) N/A 

Idaho 1 41 0 0 N/A 

Illinois 1 183 0 0 N/A 

Minnesota 3 4,870 0 0 N/A 

Missouri 36 33,623 0 0 N/A 

Montana 1 57 1 57 N/A 

North Carolina 1 158 0 0 N/A 

South Carolina 1 1,109 0 0 N/A 

Virginia 1 355 0 0 N/A 

Total 53 40,934 (1) (743) N/A 

Hardrock Mineral Lease Exchanges /e/

Utah /c/ 4 1,604 2 1,290 N/A 

Total 4 1,604 2 1,290 N/A 

Total Hardrock 

Leases 57 42,538 1 547 N/A 

Hardrock Preference Right Lease Applications /e/

California 1 80 0 0 N/A 

Total 1 80 0 0 N/A 

Hardrock – Acquired Lands Prospecting Permits /e/

Idaho 1 21 0 0 N/A 

Minnesota 2 11 0 0 N/A 

Montana /f/ 2 45 (1) (57) N/A 

Total 5 77 (1) (57) N/A 
 Table 3-19. OTHER SOLID MINERAL LEASES, LICENSES, 

 PERMITS, AND PREFERENCE RIGHT LEASE 

 APPLICATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 2014–concluded 

Total as of 

September 30, 2014 /a/

 

 Actions During Fiscal Year

 Number Acres Number Acres

Accepted 

Bonus Bid

131 

Public Domain in Minnesota National Forests – Hardrock Preference Right Lease 

Applications /e/ 

Minnesota 3 1,378 0 0 N/A 

Total 3 1,378 0 0 N/A 

Public Domain in Minnesota National Forests – Hardrock Prospecting Permits /e/ 

Minnesota 27 40,126 0 0 N/A 

Total 27 40,126 0 0 N/A 

Nevada Sand and Gravel Solid Mineral Leases 

Nevada 1 121 0 0 N/A 

Total 1 121 0 0 N/A 

/a/ The first two columns of this table include authorized leases, licenses, and permits, and pending 

preference right lease applications. The last three columns include new actions during the fiscal 

year. New actions that increase numbers and acreage, such as new leases, licenses, and permits 

are shown without parentheses. New actions that decrease numbers and acreage, such as lease, 

license, or permit terminations, expirations, or relinquishments, are in parentheses, and the totals 

are an arithmetic sum of the increases and decreases. 

/b/ Acreage revised, with no change in the corresponding number of leases/permits. 

/c/ These mineral leases were acquired from the State of Utah. They were issued under the rules of 

the State of Utah, so they are not Federal leases. 

/d/ The research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) oil shale leases have terms and 

conditions that if met, may allow them a preference to additional identified lands for commercial 

development. 

/e/ “Hardrock” refers to minerals that are locatable under the 1872 Mining Law when they occur on 

public domain lands. These minerals are, however, leasable if they occur on acquired Federal 

land, or within the national forests in Minnesota. These minerals include copper, nickel, lead, 

zinc, cadmium, cobalt, gold, silver, garnet, uncommon-variety limestone or clay, platinum, 

palladium, quartz crystals, semiprecious gemstones, uranium, or other minerals. 

/f/ Thirteen acres of the 102-acre permit listed last year were divided out into another permit, and 57 

acres of the original 102-acre permit were relinquished. 

N/A = Not applicable. 
132

Table 3-20. DISPOSITION OF MINERAL MATERIALS, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Method by Administrative State Material /a/ 

 ___________ 

 New Contract Sales/Use Permits  Issued During Fiscal Year /b/  __________________________________ 

 Production Reports  Existing Contracts/P ___________________

Number Quantity /d/ Value Number Quantity /

Non-Exclusive Sales Arizona Clay 10 1,319 $660 10 1,319  Sand and Gravel 21 56,518 42,389 21 56,518  Soil – Other 1 20 15 1 20  Stone 85 636 2,782 85 636 

State Total 117 58,493 $45,846 117 58,493 

California Sand and Gravel 18 1,446 $776 18 1,446  Soil - Other 10 8,900 3,560 10 8,900  Stone 8 705 607 8 705 

State Total 36 11,051 $4,943 36 11,051 

Colorado Clay 1 1 $1 1 1  Sand and Gravel 5 5 8 5 5  Stone 105 112 1,526 105 112 

State Total 111 118 $1,535 111 118 

Idaho Calcium 1 10 $8 1 10  Clay 1 1 2 1 1  Pumice 13 46 242 13 46  Sand and Gravel 100 30,792 31,702 100 30,792  Soil - Other 4 311 373 4 311  Stone 158 1,703 10,825 158 1,703 

State Total 277 32,863 $43,152 277 32,863 

Montana /e/ Sand and Gravel 3 3 $30 3 3  Stone 3 3 16 3 3 

State Total 6 6 $46 6 6 
133

Table 3-20. DISPOSITION OF MINERAL MATERIALS, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continu

Method by Administrative State Material /a/ 

 ___________ 

New Contract Sales/Use Permits Issued During Fiscal Year /b/  ___________________________________ 

 Production Reports  Existing Contracts/ ___________________

Number Quantity /d/ Value Number Quantity /

Non-Exclusive Sales—continued Nevada Sand and Gravel 92 31,357 $26,185 87 30,357  Soil - Other 2 58 29 2 58  Stone 11 327 470 11 327 

State Total 105 31,742 $26,684 100 30,742 

New Mexico /f/ Calcium 193 324,804 $1,143,379 193 324,804  Pumice 3 91 82 3 91  Sand and Gravel 32 20,419 32,616 32 20,419  Stone 22 25 197 15 18  Soil - Other 1 160 128 1 160 

State Total 251 345,499 $1,176,402 244 345,492 

Oregon /g/ Clay 1 24 $24 1 24  Pumice 15 314 239 17 364  Sand and Gravel 26 10,153 7,253 26 10,153  Stone 69 87,799 57,845 66 35,269 

State Total 111 98,290 $65,361 110 45,810 

Utah Clay 3 385 $165 3 385  Pumice 37 4,495 2,215 37 4,495  Sand and Gravel 37 20,795 10,903 37 20,795  Soil - Other 8 329 136 8 329  Stone 191 1,110 25,097 191 1,110 

State Total 276 27,114 $38,516 276 27,114 
134

Table 3-20. DISPOSITION OF MINERAL MATERIALS, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continu

Method by Administrative State 

 Material /a/  ___________ 

New Contract Sales/Use Permits Issued During Fiscal Year /b/  __________________________________ 

 Production Report Existing Contracts/ __________________

Number Quantity /d/ Value Number Quantity 

Non-Exclusive Sales—concluded Wyoming /h/ Sand and Gravel 28 6,623 $6,481 28 6,623  Stone 40 1,043 26,419 46 1,049 

State Total 68 7,666 $32,900 74 7,672 

Total Non-Exclusive Sales 1,358 612,842 $1,435,385 1,351 559,361 Exclusive Sales Alaska Sand and Gravel 4 30,250 $36,389 2 4,050 

Stone 2 5,010 10,745 1 45 

 State Total 6 35,260 $47,134 3 4,095 Arizona Pumice 1 38,168 $15,000 1 0  Sand and Gravel 1 1,639 2,000 71 203,380  Soil - Other 1 15,000 12,450 5 180  Stone 17 974,476 1,288,807 207 644,867 

State Total 20 1,029,283 $1,318,257 284 848,427 

California Calcium 1 146,425 $202,500 0 0  Clay 2 376 451 0 0  Sand and Gravel 37 1,249,685 1,702,873 13 29,594  Soil - Other 1 3,541 12,850 1 3,541  Stone 17 668,084 571,859 0 0 

State Total 58 2,068,111 $2,490,533 14 33,135 

Colorado Calcium 0 0 $0 6 4,924  Clay 1 5,618 4,725 3 1,748  Sand and Gravel 2 6,761 9,810 15 207,597  Soil - Other 1 21,246 2,100 15 11,709  Stone 5 32,259 66,310 25 23,085 

State Total 9 65,884 $82,945 64 249,063 
135

Table 3-20. DISPOSITION OF MINERAL MATERIALS, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continu

Method by Administrative State

Material /a/  ___________

New Contract Sales/Use Permits Issued During Fiscal Year /b/  __________________________________

 Production Repor Existing Contracts___________________

Number Quantity /d/ Value Number Quantity 

Exclusive Sales—continuedIdaho Sand and Gravel 8 16,340 $21,028 6 15,440  Stone 6 886 2,388 7 1,10

State Total 14 17,226 $23,416 13 16,541 

Montana /e/ Sand and Gravel 2 12,429 $13,740 23 8,653 

State Total 2 12,429 $13,740 23 8,653 

Nevada Calcium 0 0 $0 1 857 

Clay 1 3,380 1,791 1 0 Sand and Gravel 31 2,257,237 2,215,524 412 2,373,869 Soil - Other 1 6,000 3,900 24 7,545 

Stone 4 4,151 19,165 36 61,275 

 State Total 37 2,270,768 $2,240,380 474 2,443,546 New Mexico /f/ Calcium 167 261,972 $982,422 167 261,97 Clay 2 100,000 75,000 0  Pumice 0 0 0 57 163,66 Sand and Gravel 23 460,385 908,350 104 233,08 Soil - Other 37 51,885 69,363 25 48,56 Stone 1 15,000 16,200 35 45,93

State Total 230 889,242 $2,051,335 388 753,22

Oregon /g/ Stone 1 2 $15 1 6

State Total 1 2 $15 1 6

Utah Pumice 1 9,160 $2,500 1 99 Sand and Gravel 7 1,462,230 964,539 40 135,33 Stone 1 1,437,250 1,450,000 20 414,38

State Total 9 2,908,640 $2,417,039 61 550,71
136

 Table 3-20. DISPOSITION OF MINERAL MATERIALS, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continuMethod by Administrative State Material /a/ 

 ___________ 

New Contract Sales/Use Permits Issued During Fiscal Year /b/  __________________________________ 

 Production Report Existing Contracts___________________

Number Quantity /d/ Value Number Quantity /

Exclusive Sales—concluded Wyoming /h/ Clay 1 7,491 $2,500 2 0 

Sand and Gravel 14 802,561 749,304 121 629,424 Stone 6 12,354,751 8,972,562 55 1,538,032 

 State Total 21 13,164,803 $9,724,366 178 2,167,456 Total Exclusive Sales 407 22,461,648 $20,409,160 1,503 7,074,914 Free Use Permits Alaska Sand and Gravel 3 650,000 $1,787,500 12 339,027  Stone 0 0 0 1 1,785 

 State Total 3 650,000 $1,787,500 13 340,812 Arizona Clay 1 10,000 $5,000 1 2,836  Pumice 1 50,000 32,500 0 0  Sand and Gravel 5 229,915 53,449 6 6,828  Soil - Other 2 15,000 10,750 1 200 

 Stone 1 28,745 85,000 0 0 

State Total 10 333,660 $186,699 8 9,864 

California Sand and Gravel 15 59,444 $55,592 1 100  Stone 14 0 0 1 100 

State Total 29 59,444 $55,592 2 200 

Colorado Sand and Gravel 3 250,203 $255,871 13 39,960  Soil - Other 0 0 0 1 106  Stone 1 10,051 93,500 1 0 

State Total 4 260,254 $349,371 15 40,066 
137

 Table 3-20. DISPOSITION OF MINERAL MATERIALS, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continuMethod by Administrative State 

Material /a/ __________________ 

New Contract Sales/Use Permits Issued During Fiscal Year /b/ 

 __________________________________ 

Production Reports fExisting Contracts/P

 ____________________

Number Quantity /d/ Value Number Quantity /

Free Use Permits—continued Idaho Pumice 0 0 $0 6 400 

Sand and Gravel 9 460,300 387,175 95 65,498 Soil - Other 0 0 0 4 82 Stone 7 579,000 813,350 33 103,669 State Total 16 1,039,300 $1,200,525 138 169,649 

Montana /e/ Sand and Gravel 2 100,000 $52,500 9 684 

State Total 2 100,000 $52,500 9 684 

Nevada Sand and Gravel 24 3,194,250 $1,916,440 64 85,433  Soil - Other 1 5,312 3,750 5 0  Stone 3 10,310 6,656 4 6,310 

State Total 28 3,209,872 $1,926,846 73 91,743 

New Mexico /f/ Calcium 9 110,000 $36,250 1 1,000  Sand and Gravel 6 105,750 105,125 15 56,368  Soil – Other 1 50,000 37,500 0 0  Stone 0 0 0 1 768 

State Total 16 265,750 $178,875 17 58,136 

Oregon /g/ Sand and Gravel 5 802,330 $601,598 5 4,127  Stone 7 31,545 51,750 14 38,620 

State Total 12 833,875 $653,348 19 42,747 

 Utah Gemstone 1 5 $0 0 0  Pumice 1 458 225 0 0  Sand and Gravel 30 461,240 221,137 0 0  Stone 2 13,777 5,927 0 0 

State Total 34 475,480 $227,289 0 0 
138

Grand Total 1,941 31,060,104 $29,034,563 3,179 8,50Note: Materials were disposed of under the Materials Act of 1947 (61 Stat. 681; 30 U.S.C. 601), as amended by the Mu

 Use Act of 1955 (69 Stat. 367). /a/ The data have been aggregated into eight standard material groups. /b/ New disposals this year showing the total quantity and value over the full term of the authorization. /c/ Reports show quantity and dollar values of production this year from all new and previously issued sale contract

/d/ Includes sales and permit data originally reported in both tons and cubic yards. For this table, all data have been 

 to cubic yards. /e/ Includes North Dakota and South Dakota. /f/ Includes Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. /g/ Includes Washington. /h/ Includes Nebraska. Sources: The BLM’s Legacy Rehost System (LR2000) and the Alaska Land Information System (ALIS) automated datab

 Table 3-20. DISPOSITION OF MINERAL MATERIALS, FISCAL YEAR 2014–conclud

Method by Administrative State 

Material /a/ 

 ___________ 

New Contract Sales/Use Permits Issued During Fiscal Year /b/ 

__________________________________ 

 Production Repo Existing Contrac

 _______________

Number Quantity /d/ Value Number Qua

Free Use Permits—concludedWyoming /h/ Sand and Gravel 20 757,692 $564,407 31 1 Stone 2 287 7,066 0 

State Total 22 757,979 $571,473 31 1

Total Free Use 176 7,985,614 $7,190,018 325 87
139 

Table 3-21. MINERAL PATENTS ISSUED, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

State Patents Issued 

________________ 

Lode Claims 

____________________________ 

Placer Claims 

_______________________________ 

______

 BLM 

No. 

USFS 

No. 

BLM 

No. 

BLM 

Acres 

USFS 

No. 

USFS 

Acres 

BLM 

No. 

BLM 

Acres 

USFS 

No. 

USFS 

Acres 

BLM 

No. 

Alaska 0 1 0 0 1 21 0 0 0 0 0 Oregon 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 0 Total 0 2 0 0 1 21 0 0 1 20 0 BLM = Bureau of Land Management; USFS = U.S. Forest Service. A mineral patent application may contain more than o
140 

 Table 3-22. ADJUDICATION OF MINING CLAIMS, PUBLIC LAW 94-579,  FROM OCTOBER 21, 1976, THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Administrative State 

Total Claims at Beginning of Fiscal Year ____________ 

Claims Received During Year _________ 

 Total at  Year End  _________ 

Active Claims at Beginning of Fiscal Year  /a/ ____________ 

 Claims  Closed  /b/ ________ 

Claims Held  under FHFC 

/c/ 

___________ 

Active 

 at Yea

 ______

Alaska 123,305 193 123,498 7,717 1,257 9 6Arizona 177,722 4,383 182,105 40,239 10,468 54 38California 311,209 1,753 312,962 21,743 2,398 45 20Colorado 285,464 1,271 286,735 11,719 1,549 24 11Eastern States /d/ 10,998 0 10,998 2 0 0 Idaho 212,690 739 213,429 20,894 2,892 20 18Montana /e/ 229,983 1,144 231,127 16,869 2,032 12 15

Nevada 1,099,723 10,556 1,110,279 183,267 27,513 0 177New Mexico /f/ 194,429 911 195,340 10,371 2,863 6 9

Oregon /g/ 170,907 582 171,489 9,099 1,144 5 8Utah 412,064 2,527 414,591 18,217 3,376 0 17Wyoming /h/ 313,786 1,361 315,147 40,361 3,101 51 38

Total 3,542,280 25,420 3,567,700 380,498 58,593 226 364

Note: The column titled “Active Claims at Year End” is derived from the summation of those mining claims and sites tha

Half of the Mineral Entry Final Certificate (FHFC), those for which the required annual maintenance fee payment 

that are held under a waiver from the payment of the annual maintenance fees. Active Claims at Year End cannot 

mathematically from the table data presented, as these totals can and do change daily. 
141 

Table 3-22. ADJUDICATION OF MINING CLAIMS, PUBLIC LAW 94-579, 

FROM OCTOBER 21, 1976, THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2014–conclud

/a/ Active means that the subject claim or site is in good standing under the recording, annual maintenance, and asse

 statutes. It does not refer to any potential activity on the land contained within the claim or site. 

/b/ Represents actions taken during the fiscal year to close case files. Cases are closed when a patent is issued for th

 or site, the claim is relinquished, or the claim is declared abandoned and void, or null and void, pursuant to 43 CF

 3833, 3834, or 3835. Cases closed during any one fiscal year also include claims or sites that were considered fo abandoned in previous years but that were not actually adjudicated until the present fiscal year. /c/ Mining claims or sites held under FHFC for a mineral patent application. 

/d/ Includes all States bordering on, or east of, the Mississippi River. /e/ Includes North Dakota and South Dakota. /f/ Includes Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. /g/ Includes Washington. /h/ Includes Nebraska. Sources: The BLM’s Legacy Rehost System 2000 (LR2000) and the Alaska Land Information System (ALIS) automated 
142 

 Table 3-23. NOTICES AND PLANS OF MINING OPERATIONS REVIEWED BY  THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, FISCAL YEARS 2007  THROUGH 2014 

Notices Reviewed /a/ 

Administrative State 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20

Alaska 5 46 30 5 5 11 Arizona 84 70 72 85 130 79 11California 13 14 24 35 21 21 2Colorado 154 35 16 24 16 14 1Idaho 8 11 25 18 18 11 1Montana /b/ 7 12 12 6 8 14 1Nevada 136 149 233 217 318 276 22New Mexico /c/ 4 5 14 19 20 21 1Oregon /d/ 22 30 53 60 56 55 6Utah 40 37 29 20 26 25 2Wyoming /e/ 35 34 19 33 39 43 4Total 508 443 527 522 657 570 55
143 

 Table 3-23. NOTICES AND PLANS OF MINING OPERATIONS REVIEWED BY  THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, FISCAL YEARS 2007  THROUGH 2014–continued 

Plans of Operations Reviewed /f/ 

Administrative State 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 

Alaska 9 27 13 1 3 9 3 Arizona 8 5 3 8 6 6 8 California 5 13 19 9 14 12 12 Colorado 2 0 3 4 3 3 1 Idaho 5 4 3 5 3 4 5 Montana /b/ 0 4 2 1 0 2 6 Nevada 11 16 37 46 50 49 60 New Mexico /c/ 0 3 2 3 3 2 0 Oregon /d/ 3 6 7 3 6 7 10 Utah 6 13 7 3 3 5 1 Wyoming /e/ 3 4 4 12 9 10 15 Total 52 95 100 95 100 109 121 
144 

Table 3-23. NOTICES AND PLANS OF MINING OPERATIONS REVIEWED BY 

 THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, FISCAL YEARS 2007 

THROUGH 2014–concluded 

/a/ Notices, including amendments, extensions, and modifications to existing notices, reviewed by the BLM for op

cumulative surface disturbance of less than 5 acres per calendar year (43 CFR 3809.301). 

/b/ Includes North Dakota and South Dakota. /c/ Includes Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas. /d/ Includes Washington. /e/ Includes Nebraska. /f/ Plans reviewed by the BLM for operations under Wilderness Review (43 CFR 3802.1-1); plans reviewed, inclu

amendments to existing plans, for areas of public lands where the cumulative surface disturbance will exceed 5 

year (43 CFR 3809.401 and 3809.430); and plans reviewed for Stockraising Homestead Act lands under 43 CF
145 

Table 3-24. HELIUM OPERATIONS AND REVENUES, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Federal Helium _____________________

Storage and Transmission 

of Private Helium _________________________

Helium Produced from Public Land ______________________________

Natural GLiquids S_________

Fiscal Year 

Volume Sold _______ 

Sales Receipts /a/ ___________ 

Volume in Storage /b/

___________ 

Operations Receipts /c/ ___________ 

Volume Sold /d/

_______ 

Fee Sales and Royalty Receipts /e/ ____________________ 

Volume Sold _______ 

2010 2,305 $146,877 466 $6,121 1,270 $8,428 3,642 2011 2,300 168,150 403 6,676 1,373 10,423 3,350 2012 2,253 169,407 1,277 6,514 1,371 10,406 3,888 2013 2,246 186,313 1,844 5,460 1,435 11,705 3,782 2014 756 68,046 1,826 4,943 1,370 14,945 3,422 Note: All receipts are in thousands of dollars; all helium volumes are in million cubic feet (14.65 pounds-force per square 

 and 60 degrees F.); all natural gas/liquids volumes are in thousand decatherms (14.73 psia and 60 degrees F.). BL the Federal Helium Program are deducted from revenues. All operations are financed through nonappropriated fun

/a/ Figures represent in-kind helium sales plus open-market sales of helium. Fiscal Year 2014 open market sales of he

 cubic feet with sales receipts of $57,950,095, whereas in-kind sales were 146 million cubic feet with sales receipts 

/b/ This is the balance of private helium remaining in storage at the end of each fiscal year. Depending on helium dem

 increase or decrease. Government helium in storage as of the end of September 2014 was 9.7 billion cubic feet. 

/c/ The storage contracts provide for the collection of contract fees, pipeline connect fees, and reservoir management f volumes and the storage activity conducted by the contract holder. The transportation and storage of private comp method of providing an adequate supply of crude helium to the private helium purification plants. /d/ Volumes reported are based upon helium contained in gross gas handled and represents only estimates of the volum

 Federal land. /e/ Includes revenues for Federal helium produced in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. Volu correlate directly to revenues. Revenues are based on value received and volume of helium extracted. /f/ Figures represent sales of natural gas plus natural gas liquids (NGL) sales. The Fiscal Year 2014 Volume Sold and 

 are the latest available and are estimates. Sources: Helium Operations Statistical Reports, BLM Collections and Billings System, and BLM Management Information 
146 

 Table 3-25. RECEIPTS FROM THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC LANDS AND RESOURC MAY 20, 1785, THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Fiscal Year 

/a/ 

___________ 

Public Land and Materials Sales _______________ 

Timber Sales 

______________ 

Fees and Commissions _______________ 

Mineral Leases 

/b/ 

_______________ 

Mining Law Holding Fees and Service Charges _____________ 

Mis

___

May 20, 1785-

June 30,1880 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $20

1881–1890 76,923,581 0 13,471,437 0 0 

1891–1900 21,312,029 0 9,152,920 0 0 1901–1910 64,777,706 0 16,074,789 0 0 11911–1920 27,940,144 767,589 14,734,586 0 0 21921–1930 6,734,345 7,537,400 7,173,853 76,371,588 0 

1931–1940 1,334,320 4,289,226 1,944,753 44,602,550 0 

1941–1950 2,197,428 24,711,054 1,228,873 146,207,799 0 2

1951–1960 23,462,798 208,631,073 9,075,890 1,050,400,101 0 10

1961–1970 28,799,311 478,508,666 36,265,491 4,011,486,592 0 211971–1980 56,763,803 1,557,613,025 199,418,739 33,531,838,736 0 501981–1990 112,271,638 1,744,202,105 65,496,865 19,193,623,086 0 1,041991–2000 150,624,870 974,066,791 11,686,793 114,884,624 /d/ 263,059,652 422001–2010 3,358,495,651 /e/ 235,171,573 3,263,957 364,994,746 429,539,231 1,092

2011 20,817,020 /e/ 19,397,187 53,281 11,182,677 64,138,991 122012 22,859,534 /e/ 21,654,166 33,715 12,805,185 65,776,392 152013 26,844,859 /e/ 27,468,585 35,450 11,841,178 67,609,219 142014 77,158,164 /e/ 43,130,176 121,743 10,785,525 58,486,279 15

Total $4,079,317,201 $5,347,148,616 $389,233,135 $58,581,024,387 $948,609,764 $4,27
147 

 Table 3-25. RECEIPTS FROM THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC LANDS AND RESOURC MAY 20, 1785, THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2014–concluded Note: Includes the collections of the BLM and its two predecessor organizations: the General Land Office (1785–1946) and 

(1934–1946). For annual data for 1881–1946, see the General Land Office Statistical Appendix for 1946. For annual see the BLM Statistical Appendix for 1961. For annual data for 1962–1970, 1971–1980, 1981–1990, 1991–2000, and 

BLM Public Land Statistics for 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2010, respectively. 

/a/ As of June 30 through 1976; thereafter, as of September 30. /b/ The Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437; 20 U.S.C. 181 et seq.). Collection and distribution respo

 for receipts under the Mineral Leasing Act were transferred to the Minerals Management Service (MMS) as of Octobe

and distribution responsibilities for receipts from the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska and for royalties from the SOklahoma, were transferred to MMS as of October 1, 2007. The BLM has continued to collect oil and gas pipeline rig

bonuses, and royalties from Bankhead-Jones Land Utilization Project lands. Other mineral and oil and gas receipts arby the Office of Natural Resources Revenue, which performs revenue management functions formerly performed by tincludes Outer Continental Shelf leases before their transfer to the MMS, which was effective May 10, 1982. 

/c/ Before 1880, includes all receipts from the sale or lease of public lands and resources. After 1880, includes sales of In

 revenues from grazing, rent of land, and other, miscellaneous sources. /d/ Naval Oil Shale Reserve (NOSR) receipts under the Mineral Leasing Act were included in BLM collections beginning 

The BLM is authorized to keep these receipts under the 1998 National Defense Authorization Act and to seek appropr

 environmental restoration of the NOSR 1 and 3 properties, which were transferred to the BLM in 1998. /e/ Includes Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA) collections of $85,088,754 in Fiscal Year 2002; 

Fiscal Year 2003; $530,531,906 in Fiscal Year 2004; $1,154,676,205 in Fiscal Year 2005; $782,751,463 in Fiscal Yea

$41,975,616 in Fiscal Year 2007; $27,044,602 in Fiscal Year 2008; $10,713,797 in Fiscal Year 2009; $11,867,278 in 

$6,833,475 in Fiscal Year 2011; $7,766,644 in Fiscal Year 2012; $12,962,896 in Fiscal Year 2013; and $61,429,844 i

/f/ Includes Application for Permit To Drill collections of $22,052,000 in Fiscal Year 2008; $21,200,400 in Fiscal Year 2

in Fiscal Year 2010; $31,227,184 in Fiscal Year 2011; $34,261,500 in Fiscal Year 2012; $30,945,999 in Fiscal Year 2

Fiscal Year 2014. 
148 

 Table 3-26. STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS BY SOURCE, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

 Grazing Leases, Lic ___________________

Mineral Leases and Permits /a/ ______________ 

Sales of Timber ______________ 

Sales of Land 

and Materials 

______________ 

 Section 3 ____________ 

 Sec____

Alabama $0 $0 $0 $0 Alaska 189,650 500 118,673 0 Arizona 230,321 0 1,431,962 422,584 Arkansas 0 0 0 0 California 1,408,304 57,433 1,067,704 96,775 Colorado 1,774,655 44,607 491,945 479,488 District of Columbia 0 0 0 0 Florida 0 0 500 0 Idaho 60,696 365,273 126,492 1,201,652 Illinois 0 0 1,463 0 Michigan 0 0 0 0 Minnesota 0 0 0 0 Montana 1,946,117 540,714 167,475 1,094,283 Nebraska 0 0 0 0 Nevada 233,695 29,992 66,545,231 1,547,061 New Jersey 0 0 0 0 New Mexico 2,178,696 59,479 4,097,009 1,546,378 North Dakota 88 0 274 0 Oklahoma 9,147 0 0 0 Oregon 114,347 41,995,856 336,101 1,019,240 South Dakota 658 5,350 269 240 Utah 766,140 7,665 807,287 1,123,124 Virginia 0 0 0 0 Washington 1,700 8,809 553 0 Wisconsin 0 0 76,925 0 Wyoming 1,871,311 14,498 1,888,301 1,196,754 

Total Operating Revenue $10,785,525 $43,130,176 $77,158,164 $9,727,579 $1
149 

 Table 3-26. STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS BY SOURCE, FISCAL YEAR 2014–contin

 Grazing Leases, Licen

 _______________________

Mineral Leases and Permits /a/ ______________ 

Sales of Timber 

_______________ 

Sales of Land 

and Materials 

________________ 

 Section 3 ________________ 

Sec____

Percent 4.99 % 19.96 % 35.71 % 4.50% Mining Claim and Holding Fees /c/ $58,486,279 Application for Permit To Drill Fees $35,413,007 Non-Operating Revenue /d/ $34,144,488 Grand Total $138,829,299 $43,130,176 $77,158,164 $9,727,579 $1
150 

 Table 3-26. STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS BY SOURCE, FISCAL YEAR 2014–contin

 Fees and 

Commissions _____________

 

Rights-of-Way

Rent _____________ 

 

Rent of Land ____________

 

 

Recreation Fees ________________

 

Other Sourc____________

Alabama $0 $423 $772 $0 $0 Alaska 0 1,257,985 370,295 363,486 875 Arizona 5,040 6,269,784 239,458 1,494,407 196 Arkansas 0 0 0 0 27 California 41,071 21,753,458 132,388 3,502,498 18,454 Colorado 922 1,624,374 112,646 761,896 2,713 District of Columbia 0 0 0 0 667 Florida 0 0 0 0 0 Idaho 8,761 2,614,581 33,479 691,071 44,925 Illinois 0 0 0 0 0 Michigan 100 0 0 0 0 Minnesota 380 0 1,300 0 0 Montana 2,230 255,099 65,855 532,183 738 Nebraska 0 0 0 0 20 Nevada 48,425 7,569,526 290,491 4,371,524 15,632 New Jersey 100 0 0 0 0 New Mexico 2,560 2,876,855 8,246 515,289 29,864 North Dakota 180 956 0 0 0 Oklahoma 0 0 0 0 0 Oregon 850 1,255,919 75,100 2,465,368 335,618 South Dakota 340 18,795 0 0 100 Utah 2,706 2,499,494 66,667 3,617,167 (26,950

Virginia 50 0 0 83,843 0 Washington 130 21,103 6,593 0 21 Wisconsin 20 0 0 0 0 Wyoming 7,878 4,232,601 25,970 246,104 5,987 Total Operating Revenue $121,743 $52,250,953 $1,429,260 $18,644,836 $428,887 
151 

 Table 3-26. STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS BY SOURCE, FISCAL YEAR 2014–conclu

Fees and Commissions 

 _____________

Rights-ofWay Rent ___________ 

Rent of Land

____________

 Recreation Fees 

________________

 Other So

 ______

Percent 0.06% 24.18% 0.66% 8.63% 0.20Mining Claim and Holding Fees /c/ Application for Permit To Drill Fees Non-Operating Revenue /d/ Grand Total $121,743 $52,250,953 $1,429,260 $18,644,836 $428,

/a/ Includes bonus bids and first year rentals. All subsequent rents and royalties are collected by the Office of Natural 

 Revenue (ONRR), which performs revenue management functions formerly performed by the Minerals Manageme

 Information on revenue collected by the ONRR or the MMS may be found on the ONRR’s website at http://www.o

/b/ Includes Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA) collections of $61,429,844. /c/ Includes mining claim collections of $1,048,840 and mining claim holding fee collections of $57,437,439. /d/ Includes receipts from fines, penalties, forfeitures, recovery fees, service charges, and road maintenance of $33,752

from delinquent debt of $23,297; interest from investments under SNPLMA of $337,507; and interest from the Lin

of $31,030. 

/e/ Includes Land Utilization Project lands purchased by the Federal Government under Title III of the Bankhead-Jone

 (7 U.S.C. 1012) and subsequently transferred to the Department of the Interior. Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act 

grazing and other resources totaled $2,458,357. 

/f/ Includes Oregon & California receipts of $38,838,630, Coos Bay Wagon Road receipts of $3,658,673, and receipts 

sales and other categories of $5,151,855.
152 

 Table 3-27. RECEIPTS FROM OIL AND GAS RIGHT-OF-WAY 

 RENTALS, RENTS, BONUSES, AND ROYALTIES, 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Oil and Gas 

Pipeline 

Right-of-Way 

Rentals 

Oil and Gas 

Rents, Bonuses, 

and Royalties Total

_____________ _______________ ___________ 

Alaska $189,650 $0 $189,650 

Arizona 230,321 0 230,321 

California 1,408,304 0 1,408,304 

Colorado 1,667,155 107,500 1,774,655 

Idaho 60,696 0 60,696 

Montana 61,830 1,884,288 1,946,118 

Nevada 233,695 0 233,695 

New Mexico 2,177,401 1,294 2,178,695 

North Dakota 88 0 88 

Oklahoma 9,147 0 9,147 

Oregon 114,347 0 114,347 

South Dakota 658 0 658 

Utah 766,140 0 766,140 

Washington 1,701 0 1,701 

Wyoming 1,845,144 26,166 1,871,310 

Total $8,766,277 $2,019,248 $10,785,525

Note: This table shows Bureau of Land Management receipts under the special laws listed below. Other 

mineral and oil and gas receipts are administered by the Office of Natural Resources Revenue, which 

performs revenue management functions formerly performed by the Minerals Management Service 

(MMS). 

 BLM receipts are collected under the following authorities: Oil and gas pipeline rights-of-way, 

 Mineral Leasing Act, 30 U.S.C. 191 Land Utilization lands (Executive Order 10046), Bankhead-

 Jones Farm Tenant Act (Executive Order 10787). 
153 

 Table 3-28. ALLOCATION OF RECEIPTS TO STATES AND LOCAL GOVERNMEN

BY PROGRAM, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Taylor Grazing Act 

 _________________________ 

Sales of Public Land and Materials 

Mineral Leases 

 and Permits 

 Section 3  Permits 

 Section 15  Permits Other 

_____________ ______________ ___________ __________ ____________ 

Alaska $720 $1,138 $0 $0 $0 Arizona 55,032 113,103 48,967 84,969 0 California 43,784 657,583 11,214 40,242 0 Colorado 20,924 804,855 55,561 30,663 0 Florida 19 0 0 0 0 Idaho 9,479 29,877 139,241 19,332 0 Illinois 54 0 0 0 0 Minnesota 9 0 0 0 0 Montana 27,914 489,736 126,800 104,896 129,776 /a/ Nebraska 0 0 0 902 0 Nevada 9,037,004 98,061 179,266 2,137 0 New Mexico 162,988 1,129,459 179,187 121,309 7,439 /a/ North Dakota 26 132 0 4,633 0 
154 

Table 3-28. ALLOCATION OF RECEIPTS TO STATES AND LOCAL GOVERNMEN

BY PROGRAM, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

Taylor Grazing Act 

_________________________

Sales of Public  Land and  Materials____________

Mineral Leases  and Permits _______________ 

Section 3  Permits ____________ 

Section 15  Permits ____________ 

Other 

____________ 

Oklahoma $0 $4,244 $0 $60 $0 Oregon 20,392 58,191 118,104 21,766 18,000,344 /c/ South Dakota 277 28 28 104,921 0 Utah 31,653 378,328 130,142 0 0 Washington 4,399 835 0 18,857 0 Wisconsin 2,852 0 0 0 0 Wyoming 75,449 925,632 138,674 292,484 0 Total $9,492,975 $4,691,202 $1,127,184 $847,171 $18,137,559 Note: This table and Table 3-29 show how receipts for Fiscal Year 2014 have been allocated. These amounts will actu

 Year 2015 with the exception of Oil and Gas Pipeline Rights of Way, which are paid the month after receipt. Th

for sequestration where required by Section 251A of Public Law 112-25, the Budget Control Act of 2011. 

/a/ Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1012), and Executive Order 10787, November 6, 1958, from Land U

 and the sale of other resources. 
155 

 Table 3-28. ALLOCATION OF RECEIPTS TO STATES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT BY PROGRAM, FISCAL YEAR 2014–concluded

/b/ There were no Clark County land sales in Fiscal Year 2013 under the Santini-Burton Act of December 23, 1980. A

Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of October 19, 1998, amounted to $9,274,126, which includes dire

sale by the purchaser to State and local governments. There were no land sales for Lincoln County in Fiscal Year 

was no allocation from the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation and Development Act of 2000. The remaindfrom sales of public domain lands and materials. 

/c/ Fiscal Year 2014, payment issued for 50 percent (%) of receipts for Oregon and California (O&C) grant land paym

under Title II of the Oregon and California Grant Lands Act of 1937, 43 U.S.C. 1181f, (50 Stat. 874, Title II). Seq

percent (%) withheld under Section 251A of Public Law 112-25, the Budget Control Act of 2011. 
156 

Table 3-29. ALLOCATION OF RECEIPTS BY SOURCE AND FUND, FISCAL YEAR 2

Source of Receipts 

 Reclamation  Fund  ____________ 

 BLM  Funds /a/  __________ 

 States and  Counties /b/  ____________ 

U.S. TreasuGeneral Funand Other Funds /c/ ____________

Mineral Leases and Permits /d/ $3,426,310 $1,015,092 $4,691,202 $1,652,9Mining Claim and Holding Fees 0 58,486,279 0 Sales of Public Land /e/ 177,319 0 15,023 119,8Sales of Public Timber and Materials 10,851,130 1,269,877 600,085 2,998,6Fees and Commissions 0 0 0 121,7Oregon and California Grant Lands /f/ 0 4,300,346 18,000,344 16,537,9Coos Bay Wagon Road Lands /g/ 0 79,991 0 3,578,6Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act 0 52,155,718 8,877,867 396,2Lincoln County Conservation,  Recreation, and Development Act 0 1,013,780 0 Grazing Leases (Section 15) 0 913,884 847,171 66,7Grazing District Fees (Section 3) 0 4,863,790 1,127,184 3,736,6Rights-of-Way /h/ 0 2,000,015 7 49,863,3Recreation Fees 0 18,644,836 0 Miscellaneous Leases and Permits /h/ /i/ 0 279,008 136,316 142,6Non-Operating Revenue /j/ 0 33,671,841 0 472,6Rent of Land /h/ 0 1,896 892 1,390,9Application for Permit to Drill Fees 0 35,413,007 0 Other /h/ 0 0 0 170,7Total $14,454,759 $214,109,360 $34,296,091 $81,249,8
157 

 Table 3-29. ALLOCATION OF RECEIPTS BY SOURCE AND FUND, FISCAL YEAR 2 –concluded Notes: This table and Table 3-28 show how receipts for Fiscal Year 2014 have been allocated; these amounts will actually 

 Fiscal Year 2015, with the exception of Mineral Leasing Act Rights-of-Way, which are paid monthly in the year of /a/ BLM funds include range improvement, forest ecosystem health and recovery, cost recovery, and management of la

resources (e.g., communication site rent, recreation fees, and mining claim/mining claim holding fees). 

/b/ Compare with Table 3-28, Allocation of Receipts to States and Local Governments by Program. 

/c/ Includes amounts withheld for sequestration under Section 251A of Public Law 112-25, the Budget Control Act of 

. 

/d/ Includes $1,896,517 from Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1012) lands and $8,889,008 from other land

/e/ Excludes Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA) receipts, which are shown separately in this t/f/ Payments made under Title II of the Oregon and California Grant Lands Act of 1937, 43 U.S.C. 1181f (50 Stat. 874

/g/ Authority for payments under the Act of May 24, 1939, 43 U.S.C. 1181f-1 (53 Stat. 753). /h/ Excludes O&C and CBWR receipts, which are shown separately in this table. 

/i/ Includes Rent of Land and receipts from Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1012) Land Utilization lands; 

Rights-of-Way rent, as well as Mineral Leases and Permits. 

/j/ Non-Operating Revenue includes receipts from fines, penalties, service charges, recovery fees, and interest. 
158

Table 3-30. PAYMENTS TO STATES (INCLUDING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS) 

 AND TERRITORIES, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

 Mineral  Leasing  Act /a/ __________ 

 TAYLOR GRAZING ACT  _____________________________________ Proceeds 

 of  Sales __________ 

 Other  __________ 

 Sec. 15  _________ 

 Sec. 3 __________ 

 Other _________ 

Alaska $1,138 $0 $0 $0 $1,721 $0 Arizona 112,052 66,166 47,689 0 44,449 0 California 656,665 47,314 11,344 0 89,663 0 Colorado 784,947 26,266 44,717 4,990 19,858 0 Florida 0 0 0 0 15 0 Idaho 29,739 19,271 142,224 0 2,350 0 Michigan 0 0 0 0 156 0 Minnesota 0 0 0 0 169 0 Montana 26,804 90,763 118,678 0 59,086 545,040 /Nebraska 0 454 0 0 0 0 Nevada 98,196 7,145 194,771 0 77,541 9,278,970 /New Mexico 1,064,624 113,544 159,794 14 145,524 8,387 /North Dakota 132 4,106 0 0 (16) 0 Oklahoma 4,244 68 0 0 0 0 Oregon 58,191 21,151 107,981 0 44,483 39,630,138 /South Dakota 0 55,867 23 0 95 0 Utah 374,794 0 110,159 0 33,925 0 Washington 835 18,176 0 0 (3,336) 0 Wisconsin 0 0 0 0 516 0 Wyoming 905,271 283,454 143,401 11,287 41,349 0 Total $4,117,632 $753,745 $1,080,781 $16,291 $557,548 $49,462,535 
159

 Table 3-30. PAYMENTS TO STATES (INCLUDING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS)  AND TERRITORIES, FISCAL YEAR 2014–concluded Note: This table is based on amounts actually paid in Fiscal Year 2014. By contrast, Table 3-28, Allocation of Receipts 

Local Governments by Program, and Table 3-29, Allocation of Receipts by Source and Fund, show how receipts fYear 2014 (October 2013 through September 2014) have been allocated; these amounts will actually be paid in Fi

/a/ Sequester Amounts of 7.2 percent were withheld for “Mineral Leasing Act” payments per Section 251A of Public 

the Budget Control Act of 2011. 

/b/ Land Utilization lands under the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1012). /c/ Includes land sales under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA) resulted in direct payme

of sale totaling $9,274,126. Calendar year payments to Clark County, Nevada, and the State of Nevada under the Act totaled $0. 

/d/ The timing of the payments for Oregon and California (O&C) grant lands and Coos Bay Wagon Road (CBWR) gr

counties was changed from “on or before September 30” to “as soon as practicable after the end of the fiscal year,Public Law 106-393, October 30, 2000. This change was effective for the Fiscal Year 2001 payments, which werYear 2002. For Fiscal Year 2013 receipts paid in Fiscal Year 2014, a total of $3,343,873 of the $39,630,138 is mreturned to the BLM for Title II projects. 
 Table 3-31. LEGAL ALLOCATION OF BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT RECEIPTS

 FISCAL YEAR 2014 

 Disposition of Gross Receipts  ____________________________________ 

Source of Receipts and Authority 

States and Counties __________ 

General Fund ________ 

Indian Trust  _______

Reclamation Fund ____________ 

Range Improvement _____________ 

Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent 

MINERAL LEASES and PERMITS Public Domain (except Alaska) and  Acquired Military LandsMineral Leasing Act of Feb. 25, 1920, 41 Stat. 437, and Potash Mining Act of Feb. 7, 1927, 44 Stat. 1057; 30 U.S.C. 191 (and) Public Law 97-94, relating to leases on acquired military lands, 95 Stat. 1205; 30 U.S.C. 355 50.0 10.0 40.0 

Public Domain (Alaska)Mineral Leasing Act of Feb. 25, 1920, as amended by Alaska Statehood Act of July 7, 1958, and Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of Dec. 18, 1971, 72 Stat. 339; 30 U.S.C. 191 90.0 10.0 

Oregon and California Grant Lands Conservation of Timber on O&C Lands Act of Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 876, Title II, 50 Stat. 874; 43 U.S.C. 1181f; 30 U.S.C. 191; Solicitor's Opinion, Dec. 9, 1985 

 50.0 

/a/ 

10.0 40.0 

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 FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

  Disposition of Gross Receipts  ____________________________________ 

Source of Receipts and Authority 

States and Counties __________ 

General Fund ________ 

Indian Trust ______ 

Reclamation Fund ____________ 

Range Improvement _____________ 

Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent 

Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant LandsAct of May 24, 1939, ch. 144, relating to distribution of funds derived from the Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands, 53 Stat. 753; 43 U.S.C. 1181f-1 et seq.; 30 U.S.C. 191; Solicitor's Opinion, Dec. 9, 1985 

50.0 

/a/ 

10.0 40.0 

Choctaw–Chickasaw Lands, OklahomaAct of June 28, 1944, ch. 298, relating to purchase of lands and establishment of trust fund on deposit to credit of both tribes, 58 Stat. 484–5; 16 U.S.C. 151 100.0 

LU Lands (Section 3) Executive Orders 10046, 10234, 10322; Comptroller General’s Decision 102563 12.5 37.5 50.0 

LU Lands (Section 15) Executive Orders 10046, 10234, 10322; Comptroller General’s Decision 102563 50.0 50.0 

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  Disposition of Gross Receipts  ____________________________________ 

Source of Receipts and Authority 

States and Counties __________ 

General Fund ________ 

Indian Trust ______ 

Reclamation Fund ____________ 

Range Improvement _____________ 

Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent 

LU Lands (Section 3) Executive Orders 10787, 10890; Solicitor’s Opinion, Mar. 11, 1971 25.0 25.0 50.0 

LU Lands (Section 15) Executive Orders 10787, 10890; Solicitor’s Opinion, Mar. 11, 1971 25.0 25.0 50.0 Shoshone–Arapaho Tribes, Wyoming Act of May 19, 1947, ch. 80, authorizing the division of trust fund on deposit to joint credit of both tribes, 61 Stat. 102; 25 U.S.C. 611 100.0 

Acquired Lands other than Military  Lands Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of Aug. 7, 1947, 61 Stat. 913; 30 U.S.C. 355 /b/ 

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 FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

  Disposition of Gross Receipts  ____________________________________ 

Source of Receipts and Authority 

States and Counties __________ 

General Fund ________ 

Indian Trust ______ 

Reclamation Fund ____________ 

Range Improvement _____________ 

Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent 

State Selected Lands (except Alaska) Act of Sept. 14, 1960, relating to State selection of public lands subject to an outstanding lease or permit, 74 Stat. 1024; 43 U.S.C. 852 Naval Petroleum Reserve #2 Lease Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109-58, 119 Stat. 596, Sec. 332 Permit Processing Improvement Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109-58, 119 Stat. 725 

100.0 

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 FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

 Disposition of Gross Receipts  ____________________________________ 

Source of Receipts and Authority 

States and Counties __________ 

General Fund ________ 

Indian Trust  _______

Reclamation Fund ____________ 

Range Improvement _____________ 

Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent 

LAND and MATERIALS (INCLUDING  TIMBER) Oregon and California Grant Lands Act of Aug. 28, 1937, relating to distribution of monies from O&C Land Grant Fund, 50 Stat. 875; 43 U.S.C. 1181f, 43 U.S.C. 1736a; Public Law 104-134, Solicitor’s Opinion, Jan. 28, 1998; Public Law 105-321, Oct. 30, 1998; Public Law 106-248, July 25, 2000; Public Law 110-28, May 25, 2007; Public Law 106-393, Oct. 30, 2000, as amended by Public Law 110-343, Oct. 3, 2008 

100.0 

/c/ 

Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant Lands Act of May 24, 1939, ch. 144, relating to distribution of funds derived from the Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands, 53 Stat. 753; 43 U.S.C. 1181f-1 et seq., 43 U.S.C. 1736a Public Law 104-134, Solicitor’s Opinion, Jan. 28, 1998; Public Law 105-321, Oct. 30, 1998; Public Law 106-248, July 25, 2000; Public Law 110-28, May 25, 2007; Public Law 106-393, Oct. 30, 2000, as amended by Public Law 110-343, Oct. 3, 2008

100.0 

/e/ 

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 FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

 Disposition of Gross Receipts  ____________________________________ 

Source of Receipts and Authority 

States and Counties __________ 

General Fund ________ 

Indian Trust  _______

Reclamation Fund ____________ 

Range Improvement _____________ 

Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent 

Public Domain and Acquired Lands in  “Reclamation States” /f/Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388; 43 U.S.C. 391 (and) Materials Act of July 31, 1947, ch. 406, 61 Stat. 681; 30 U.S.C. 601, 43 U.S.C. 1736a; Public Law 104-134, Public Law 106-248, July 25, 2000 

4.0 

/g/ 20.0 76.0 

Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act, Public Law 106-248, July 25, 2000; amended by 2010 Supplemental Appropriation Act, Public Law 111–212— July 29, 2010 124 Stat. 2339, Sec. 3007(a) Section 205(d) of the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (43 U.S.C. 2304(d)) expired on July 25, 2011. 4.0 

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 FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

  Disposition of Gross Receipts  ____________________________________ 

Source of Receipts and Authority 

States and Counties __________ 

General Fund ________ 

Indian Trust ______ 

Reclamation Fund ____________ 

Range Improvement _____________ 

Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent 

Public Domain and Acquired Lands  outside “Reclamation States” /f/Acts of Mar. 6, 1820, 3 Stat. 547; June 23, 1836, 5 Stat. 60; Mar. 3, 1845, 5 Stat. 788, 790; Aug. 6, 1846, 9 Stat. 58, 179; Feb. 26, 1857, 11 Stat. 167; Feb. 14, 1859, 11 Stat. 384; Feb. 28, 1859, 11 Stat. 388; and Mar. 21, 1864, 13 Stat. 32; 31 U.S.C. 711(17);43 U.S.C. 1736a; Public Law 104-134; Public Law 106-248, July 25, 2000 

4.0 

/g/ 

96.0 

Bureauwide Land Transactions Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act, Public Law 106-248, July 25, 2000; amended by 2010 Supplemental Appropriation Act, Public Law 111–212— July 29, 2010 124 Stat. 2339, Sec. 3007(a) Section 205(d) of the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (43 U.S.C. 2304(d)) expired on July 25, 2011. 

4.0 

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 FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

  Disposition of Gross Receipts  ____________________________________ 

Source of Receipts and Authority 

States and Counties __________ 

General Fund ________ 

Indian Trust ______ 

Reclamation Fund ____________ 

Range Improvement _____________ 

Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent 

LU Lands Executive Orders 10046, 10234, 10322; Comptroller General’s Decision 102563; Executive Orders 10787, 10890; Solicitor’s Opinion Mar. 11, 1971 /h/ 

Reclamation Lands  (within Reclamation Projects)Act of July 19, 1919, ch. 24, relating to proceeds from leases and sale of products, 41 Stat. 202; 43 U.S.C. 394 (and) Cooperative Agreement, Mar. 8, 1972 

100.0 

/i/ 

Townsites on Reclamation Projects Act of Apr. 16, 1906, ch. 1631, relating to withdrawal of lands on irrigation projects, 34 Stat. 116; 43 U.S.C. 561, 562 

5.0 95.0 

 /j/ 

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 FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

  Disposition of Gross Receipts  ____________________________________ 

Source of Receipts and Authority 

States and Counties __________ 

General Fund ________ 

Indian Trust ______ 

Reclamation Fund ____________ 

Range Improvement _____________ 

Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent 

Nevada Land SalesPublic Law 96-586, relating to disposal of Federal lands, 94 Stat. 3382; 43 U.S.C. 1701; Santini-Burton Act Public Law 105-263, Oct. 19, 1998, Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act; Public Law 106-298, Oct. 13, 2000 /k/ Lincoln County Land Act of 2000, Public Law 106-298, Oct. 13, 2000 Ivanpah Valley Airport Public Lands Transfer Act, Public Law 106-362, Oct. 27, 2000 

15.0 15.0 15.0 15.0 

85.0 

Ojito Land Acquisition Public Law 109-94, October 26, 2005, 119 Stat. 2109 

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  Disposition of Gross Receipts  ____________________________________ 

Source of Receipts and Authority 

States and Counties __________ 

General Fund ________ 

Indian Trust ______ 

Reclamation Fund ____________ 

Range Improvement _____________ 

Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent 

Owyhee Land 2009 Omnibus Public Land Management Act, Public Law 111-11 (Section 1505), 123 Stat. 1039 4.0 

GRAZING (SECTION 3) 

Public Domain Lands  (Grazing Fee Only) Taylor Grazing Act of June 28, 1934, as amended, 48 Stat. 1269; 43 U.S.C. 315i 12.5 37.5 50.0 

LU Lands (Grazing Fee Only) Executive Orders 10046, 10234, 10322; Comptroller General’s Decision 102563 12.5 37.5 50.0 

LU Lands (Grazing Fee Only) Executive Orders 10787, 10890; Solicitor’s Opinion, Mar. 11, 1971 25.0 25.0 50.0 

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 FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

  Disposition of Gross Receipts  ____________________________________ 

Source of Receipts and Authority 

States and Counties __________ 

General Fund ________ 

Indian Trust ______ 

Reclamation Fund ____________ 

Range Improvement _____________ 

Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent 

Public Domain and LU Lands  (Range Improvement Fee) (Same as public domain and LU lands  above) 

100.0 

/l/ 

Public Domain (Alaska) Act of Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 513, relating to grazing districts in Alaska, 44 Stat. 1452; 43 U.S.C. 316h /m/ 

Reclamation Lands (within Reclamation Project)

Act of July 19, 1919, ch. 24, relating to proceeds from leases and sale of products, 41 Stat. 202; 43 U.S.C. 394 (and) Cooperative Agreement, Mar. 8, 1972 100.0 

Leased LandsAct of June 23, 1938, ch. 603, commonly called the Pierce Act, relating to leasing of lands to conserve resources within a grazing district, 52 Stat. 1033; 43 U.S.C. 315m-4 

100.0 

/n/ 

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 FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

  Disposition of Gross Receipts  ____________________________________ 

Source of Receipts and Authority 

States and Counties __________ 

General Fund ________ 

Indian Trust ______ 

Reclamation Fund ____________ 

Range Improvement _____________ 

Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent 

GRAZING (SECTION 15) Public Domain Lands (Total Receipts) /f/ Taylor Grazing Act of June 28, 1934, as amended, 48 Stat. 1269; 43 U.S.C. 315i (Outside grazing districts) 

50.0 50.0 

LU Lands (Total Receipts)Executive Orders 10046, 10234, 10322; Comptroller General’s Decision 102563 50.0 50.0 LU Lands (Total Grazing Receipts) Executive Orders 10787, 10890; Solicitor’s Opinion, Mar. 11, 1971 25.0 25.0 50.0 

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 FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

  Disposition of Gross Receipts  ____________________________________ 

Source of Receipts and Authority 

States and Counties __________ 

General Fund ________ 

Indian Trust ______ 

Reclamation Fund ____________ 

Range Improvement _____________ 

Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent 

Oregon and California Grant Lands Act of Aug. 28, 1937, relating to distribution of monies from O&C Land Grant Fund, 50 Stat. 875; 43 U.S.C. 1181f, 43 U.S.C. 1736a; Public Law 104-134, Solicitor’s Opinion, Jan. 28, 1998; Public Law 105-321, Oct. 30, 1998; Public Law 106-248, July 25, 2000; Public Law 110-28, May 25, 2007; Public Law 106-393, Oct. 30, 2000, as amended by Public Law 110-343, Oct. 3, 2008 

100.0 /c/ /e/ 

Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant Lands Act of May 24, 1939, ch. 144, relating to distribution of funds derived from the Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands, 53 Stat. 753; 43 U.S.C. 1181f-1 et seq., 43 U.S.C. 1736a; Public Law 104-134, Solicitor’s Opinion, Jan. 28, 1998; Public Law 105-321, Oct. 30, 1998; Public Law 106-248, July 25, 2000; Public Law 110-28, May 25, 2007; Public Law 106-393, Oct. 30, 2000, as amended by Public Law 110-343, Oct. 3, 2008 

100.0 

/e/ 

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 FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

  Disposition of Gross Receipts  ____________________________________ 

Source of Receipts and Authority 

States and Counties __________ 

General Fund ________ 

Indian Trust ______ 

Reclamation Fund ____________ 

Range Improvement _____________ 

Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent 

Reclamation Lands  (within Reclamation Project)Act of July 19, 1919, ch. 24, relating to proceeds from leases and sale of products, 41 Stat. 202; 43 U.S.C. 394 (and) Cooperative Agreement, Mar. 8, 1972 100.0 OTHER RECEIPTS (Not specifically designated by law) Excess revenue from helium sales. 

100.0 

 100.0 /o/ 

Note: Collection and distribution responsibilities for receipts under the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat seq.) were transferred to the Minerals Management Service (MMS), predecessor of the Office of Natural Resources 

 October 1, 1983. The BLM distributes receipts from oil and gas pipeline rentals under the Mineral Leasing Act. /a/ Washington, DC, Solicitor Opinion, December 9, 1985, states that Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191) distribution 

 Oregon and California (O&C) and Coos Bay Wagon Road (CBWR) grant land revenues from oil, gas, and minerals. 

/b/ Distributed by the agency having jurisdiction over the lands in the same manner as prescribed for other receipts from 

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 FISCAL YEAR 2014

–continued 

/c/ For Fiscal Year 2014, payments to O&C counties made under authority of Title II of the Oregon and California Gr

 43 U.S.C. 1181f (50 Stat. 874, Title II). For Fiscal Year 2013, Secure Rural School Appropriations are authorized 

Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), as amended by Public Law 113The authority for the potential sequestration is Section 251A of Public Law 112-25, the Budget Control Act of 201through 2011, Public Law 110-343, dated October 3, 2008, reauthorized and amended the Secure Rural Schools anDetermination Act of 2000, as originally enacted in Public Law 106-393. Payments are made from “any revenues

miscellaneous receipts, exclusive of deposits to any relevant trust fund, special account, or permanent operating fun

Federal Government from activities by the Bureau of Land Management...on the applicable Federal land; and...to shortfall, out of any amounts in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated.” Before Public Law 

“special payments” to counties for Fiscal Years 1994 through 2000 were made as required by Public Law 103-66, dPayments were a declining percentage of the annual average of payments to counties made during the 5-year perio

Years 1986 through 1990. Before that, payments were made under authority of the acts of 1937 and 1939. Under 

were entitled to 75 percent of receipts collected from O&C grant lands. However, in 1953 the counties offered to r

share (or 25 percent of total receipts) to the United States for the development and management of the O&C lands. 

Congress appropriated some or all of these subsection (b) receipts for development, protection, and management of 1961 through 1981, an amount equal to the full 25 percent of receipts collected was appropriated by Congress for m

development of the O&C lands under the “Oregon and California Grant Lands” appropriation. 

/d/ The Federal share of the monies received from the disposal of salvage timber from lands under BLM jurisdiction is  further appropriation in the BLM’s Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund (43 U.S.C. 1736a, Public Law 10

 106 Stat. 1376). A share of revenues from the sale of timber released under Section 2001(k) of the Supplemental A

 Disaster Assistance and Rescissions Act is available to the BLM in the Timber Sales Pipeline Restoration fund, wh

Public Law 104-134, dated April 26, 1996. 

/e/ For 2014, CBWR payments are under the Act of May 24, 1939, 43 U.S.C. 1181f-1 (53 Stat. 753). Amount to cou

payment on receipt of tax bills. Any surplus after each 10-year period is paid into the General Fund. Special paymFiscal Years 1994 through 2003 are required by Public Law 103-66, dated August 10, 1993, as amended by Public 

November 2, 1994. The previously mentioned laws were superseded by Public Law 106-393; for Fiscal Years 200

were required to make a one-time election to receive either a regular distribution or “full payment amount.” The “f

was equal to the average of the three highest regular distribution payments and special payments from Fiscal Year 

1999. Public Law 110-28, dated May 25, 2007, extended payments for Fiscal Year 2007. For Fiscal Years 2008 th110-343, dated October 3, 2008, reauthorized, and amended the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determoriginally enacted in Public Law 106-393. 

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 FISCAL YEAR 2014

–concluded 

/f/ Includes revenues from reclamation lands outside reclamation projects per Cooperative Agreement of March 8, 197/g/ Payment to States represents 5 percent of net receipts (which equals 4 percent of gross receipts). /h/ Distribution is the same as shown for Land Utilization (LU) lands mineral leases and permits. /i/ Payment to the Reclamation Fund is made after deducting sale costs or 10 percent of revenue, whichever is less, to  for sale expenses. /j/ The Bureau of Reclamation may pay sale costs from the Reclamation Fund, or expenses may be paid and deducted  transfer to the Reclamation Fund. /k/ Public Law 105-263 authorizes the orderly disposal of certain Federal lands through sale in Clark County, Nevada, 

acquisition of environmentally sensitive lands within the State of Nevada and other specified purposes. The SouthManagement Act (SNPLMA) of 1998 includes the authority for the Secretary of the Interior to invest receipts (85 p

Treasury securities. 

/l/ One hundred percent of the grazing fees that are deposited to receipt account 5132, Grazing Fees for Range Improv

Grazing Act, as amended, are appropriated to the Range Improvements Appropriation. However, the amount cann

appropriated by the annual Interior Department Appropriation Act, which is historically $10 million. The Range ImAppropriation is available to the BLM for constructing, purchasing, or maintaining range improvements. 

/m/ The payment to Alaska represents receipts in excess of the actual cost of administering the grazing program in the /n/ Appropriated and available to the BLM to lease lands for grazing purposes. /o/ Revenue from the sale of helium needed to operate the BLM Helium Program is credited to the Helium Revolving 

collection. Excess revenue is deposited to the General Fund receipt account 14-2239, sale of helium. 

175 
176 

 Table 3-32. RECEIPTS FROM MINING FEES, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Administrative 

State 

 Mining Law 

 Holding Fees 

 _____________ 

 Mining Law 

 Non-Holding

 Fees 

 ____________

 Total 

 __________ 

Alaska $889,270 $18,380 $907,650 

Arizona 6,582,685 179,830 6,762,515

California 3,638,527 151,325 3,789,852

Colorado 1,836,248 56,840 1,893,088

Eastern States 3,540 140 3,680

Idaho 2,602,350 61,594 2,663,944

Montana 1,741,769 48,630 1,790,399

Nevada 29,778,587 365,614 30,144,201

New Mexico 1,620,485 39,030 1,659,515

Oregon 1,298,710 8,300 1,307,010

Utah 3,874,321 82,632 3,956,953

Wyoming 3,570,947 36,525 3,607,472

Total $57,437,439 $1,048,840 $58,486,279 

Note: The Consolidated Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 2014, enacted by Public Law 113-76, 

 128 Stat. 290, January 17, 2014, authorized the Bureau of Land Management to retain 

collections, up to a maximum limit of $36,696,000, for Mining Law Administration program 

operations, including the cost of administering the mining claim fee program. Collections in 

excess of $36,696,000 are depostited to the General Fund. 

 Please note the following corrections to data in the “Total” column as published in Public Land 

Statistics 2013: California, $4,683,723; Colorado, $1,777,001; Eastern States, $(420); Idaho, 

$3,463,738; Montana, $2,954,954; Nevada, $30,798,249; New Mexico, $1,912,137; Oregon, 

$1,209,718; Utah, $3,674,997; Wyoming, $7,920,977. 
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Table 3-33. SOUTHERN NEVADA PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT ACT FINANCIAL 

 AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 

Receipts 

Description of Revenue Activity _______________ 

Acres Conveyed _________ 

Value of Public Lands and Interests Conveyed ______________ 

Value of Lands Acquired by Exchange ___________ 

100% Total Collections _____________ 

5% State of Nevada Payments  /a/ _____________ 

10%

Southern Nevada Water Authority Payments  /a/ _____________ 

FY 2012 and Prior Years’ Activity: Auction Sales 13,526.31 $2,801,140,111.00 $___ $2,789,209,611.00 $139,353,880.55 $272,057,761.10 Direct Sales 16,362.28 119,628,985.81 ___ 119,628,985.81 4,403,142.18 8,806,284.32 Clark County CMA 5,067.98 112,973,176.15 ___ 112,973,176.15 5,648,437.66 ___ Exchanges 5,117.17 83,166,750.00 71,897,170.00 12,131,750.00 3,594,859.00 7,189,717.00 

Mineral Conveyances  and Forfeitures ___ (200.00) ___ 2,158,900.02 ___ ___ FY 2012 and Prior  Years' Totals 40,073.74 $3,116,908,822.96 $71,897,170.00 $3,036,102,422.98 $153,000,319.39 $288,053,762.42 $

FY 2013 Activity 

Direct Sales $406,812.39 $___ $406,812.39 $21,215.59 $42,431.18 Clark County CMA 6,609,877.92 ___ 6,609,877.92 330,493.91 ___ Sealed Bid Sales (358.93) 11,194,650.45 ___ 2,703,731.45 30,300.00 60,600.00 LTA Land Sales 35.96 3,242,474.00 ___ 3,242,474.00 162,123.70 324,247.40 FY 2013 Totals (322.97) $21,453,814.76 $___ $12,962,895.76 $544,133.20 $427,278.58 FY 2014 Activity Clark County CMA  (7/12–9/12) $1,225,140.23 $___ $1,225,140.23 $61,257.01 $___ Clark County CMA  (10/12–12/12) 9,366,536.51 ___ 9,366,536.51 468,326.82 ___ Clark County CMA  (1/13–3/13) 4,983,518.98 ___ 4,983,518.98 249,176.03 ___ Clark County CMA  (4/13–6/13) 1,211,657.88 ___ 1,211,657.88 60,582.92 ___ Sealed Bid Sales ___ 16,918,980.00 1,057,432.52 2,114,865.05 Auction Sale – January 131.90 23,840,000.00 ___ 23,840,000.00 1,192,000.00 2,384,000.00 Auction Sale –May  87.50 18,071,500.00 ___ 3,832,000.00 Direct Sales 52,010.40 ___ 52,010.40 2,600.00 5,200.00 FY 2014 Totals 219.40 $58,750,364.00 $___ $61,429,844.00 $3,091,375.30 $4,504,065.05 Inception to Date Totals 39,970.17 $3,197,113,001.72 $71,897,170.00 $3,110,495,162.74 $156,635,827.89 $292,985,106.05 

Plus: Interest Redeemed–Inception to Date 

Total Receipts for Special Account 
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Table 3-33. SOUTHERN NEVADA PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT ACT FINANCIAL 

 AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014–continued 

Expenditures 

 Bureau of 

Land Management ______________ 

USDA Forest Service _______________ 

U.S. Fish& Wildlife Service ______________ 

National Park Service _______________ 

Bureau of Reclamation ____________ 

_____

Land Original Obligation $199,630,393.16 $97,400,033.54 $2,344,600.00 $1,859,644.00 $___ $301Disbursements Inception to Date 121,218,636.59 38,781,206.07 1,860,585.50 539,260.40 ___ 162De-obligation of Funds 78,393,463.65 58,618,827.47 484,014.50 1,320,383.60 ___ 138Transfer of Funds ___ 97,630,037.07 65,335.00 627,189.20 ___ 98Outstanding Obligations 18,292.92 ___ ___ ___ ___ Capital Improvements Original Obligation $121,768,032.83 $51,736,772.00 $26,855,310.00 $133,481,410.67 $2,857,826.00 $336Disbursements Inception to Date 67,450,369.19 9,482,868.52 4,339,676.60 87,549,169.24 ___ 168

De-obligation of Funds 29,404,781.21 42,253,903.48 22,515,633.40 41,101,430.98 2,857,826.00 138Transfer of Funds ___ 93,431,668.60 73,976,587.12 85,482,725.92 16,004,400.24 268Outstanding Obligations 24,912,882.43 ___ ___ 4,830,810.45 ___ 29Conservation Initiatives Original Obligation $97,525,118.56 $13,801,422.16 $6,699,343.00 $33,917,009.30 $1,465,533.00 $153Disbursements Inception to Date 64,975,396.44 4,704,448.76 1,242,072.94 23,307,731.66 1,457,999.15 95

De-obligation of Funds 23,743,042.73 9,046,093.78 5,457,270.06 10,609,277.64 2,062.97 48Transfer of Funds ___ 33,861,674.19 15,753,508.71 35,641,302.58 9,321.93 85Outstanding Obligations 8,806,679.39 50,879.62 ___ ___ 5,470.88 8Parks, Trails, and  Natural Areas Clark County_ Henderson___ Las Vegas___ N . Las Vegas_ Boulder City 

Original Obligation $328,480,116.11 $238,488,171.76 $253,579,420.00 $231,497,182.32 $2,745,365.12 $1,054

Disbursements Inception to Date 257,788,470.61 174,916,783.46 221,322,924.11 183,203,358.95 2,596,564.26 839

De-obligation of Funds 65,565,609.34 11,487,284.81 18,117,484.27 44,532,464.61 148,800.86 139Outstanding Obligations 5,126,036.16 52,084,103.49 14,139,011.62 3,761,358.76 ___ 75Parks, Trails, and  Natural Areas Water Authority Lincoln County White Pine__ Washoe County Carson City 

Original Obligation $124,926,920.00 $21,581,874.00 $5,385,386.00 $12,210,407.00 $974,520.00 $165Disbursements Inception to Date 112,945,499.86 20,757,409.30 2,344,262.76 4,037,454.46 560,335.29 140De-obligation of Funds 3,165,335.07 28,792.00 27,953.61 7,932,904.58 162,179.71 11Outstanding Obligations 8,816,085.07 795,672.70 3,013,169.63 240,047.96 252,005.00 13Multispecies Habitat Plans Clark County_ 

Original Obligation $60,636,699.04 $60Disbursements Inception to Date 41,661,034.62 41De-obligation of Funds 17,667,657.36 17Outstanding Obligations 1,308,007.06 1Sequestered Funds - SNPLMA 
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Table 3-33. SOUTHERN NEVADA PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT ACT FINANCIAL 

 AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014–continued 

Expenditures 

Lake Tahoe Agency Projects

Eastern Nevada Projects

Hazardous Fuels Projects To

Original Obligation $49,626,220.75 $3,516,529.74 $22,878,548.78 $76,Disbursements Inception to Date 32,826,187.63 3,002,200.13 15,442,929.70 51,

De-obligation of Funds 12,759,441.83 239,634.83 289,820.18 13,Transfer of Funds 235,129,170.84 5,530,918.53 17,961,139.26 258,Outstanding Obligations 4,040,591.29 274,694.78 7,145,798.90 11,Reserves PPP Reserve 

Original Obligation $7,608,827.57 $7,Disbursements Inception to Date 6,603,747.35 6,De-obligation of Funds 1,005,080.22 1,Transfer of Funds 11,949,869.07 11,Outstanding Obligations/  Task Orders Earmarked Funds /b/ 

Santini-Burton Lake Tahoe__ Mesquite____ 

Sloan Canyon NCA 

Ivanpah Airport_____ 

Revenue and Interest Collected $107,813,949.78 $12,197,954.14 $73,589,270.65 $24,086,830.05 $217,Disbursements Inception to Date 34,210,789.60 2,310,807.50 10,134,040.30 ___ 46,

Sequestered Funds 929,868.00 ___ ___ ___ Transfer of Funds 9,272,101.18 5,037,039.00 ___ 14,Outstanding Obligations/  Task Orders ___ ___ 241,525.43 

___ 

 

Balance Available for Task 

Orders $63,401,191.00 $4,850,107.64 $63,213,704.92 $24,086,830.05 $155,

Project Costs/Transfers — Inception to Date BLM OPERATING COSTS Prior Years' Disbursements and Obligations $69,Disbursements and Obligations–FY 2013 5,

Disbursements and Obligations–FY 2014 5,Transfer of Funds 

Operating Costs — Inception to Date $80,

Total Funds Available (from Page 1) Less: Obligations, Disbursements, and Transfers—Inception to Date Total Available 
180

Table 3-33. SOUTHERN NEVADA PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT ACT FINANCIAL 

 AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014–concluded To view the financial update at any time, go to the Internet address www.nv.blm.gov/snplma and click on Reports and StatFY = Fiscal Year (October 1 through September 30). CMA is an abbreviation for Cooperative Management Agreement. PPP = Pre-Proposal Planning. /a/ These 5 percent and 10 percent payments are not made until the purchase price is paid in full. 

/b/ Earmarked Funds’ Balance Available for Task Orders is included in the Total Available. Source: Prepared by the National Operations Center. For information on the report’s content, call (303) 236-9359. 
181 

Table 3-34. REMOVED as of Fiscal Year 2013 

This table will be reserved for use in a future edition of Public Land Statistics.
182 

Table 3-35. FEDERAL COAL LEASES, COMPLIANCE WITH DILIGENT DEVELOPME

 CONTINUED OPERATION, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

State 

The Lease Has Not Yet Produced  /a/ ___________ 

Continued Operation Met by Production

from the Lease  /b/ _________ 

Continued Operation Met by Production from an LMU  /c/ __________ 

Advance Royalty Paid in Lieu of Continued Operation  /d/ ___________ 

The Lease Is in Suspension  /e/ ___________ 

All Recoverable Coal Has Been Mined  /f/ ____________ 

Not in Complian

 /g/ _________

Alabama  –Leases 0 1 0 0 0 1 0  –Acres 0 1,610 0 0 0 2,887 0 Colorado  –Leases 4 5 21 3 5 17 0  –Acres 5,017 11,537 42,628 1,089 13,630 14,776 0 Kentucky  –Leases 0 2 0 0 2 3 0  –Acres 0 2,863 0 0 1,745 1,433 0 Montana 

 –Leases 1 3 17 0 0 14 0  –Acres 2,680 4,271 20,401 0 0 9,870 0 New Mexico  –Leases 0 1 2 0 0 9 0  –Acres 0 640 8,500 0 0 16,932 0 North Dakota  –Leases 0 2 6 0 0 6 0  –Acres 0 6,126 3,320 0 0 1,420 0 Oklahoma  –Leases 2 2 0 0 3 0 2  –Acres 2,940 6,301 0 0 5,314 0 2,129 
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Table 3-35. FEDERAL COAL LEASES, COMPLIANCE WITH DILIGENT DEVELOPM

 CONTINUED OPERATION, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

State 

The Lease Has Not Yet Produced  /a/ ___________ 

Continued Operation Met by Production

from the Lease  /b/ _________ 

Continued Operation Met by Production from an LMU  /c/ __________ 

Advance Royalty Paid in Lieu of Continued Operation  /d/ ___________ 

The Lease Is in Suspension  /e/ ___________ 

All Recoverable Coal Has Been Mined  /f/ ____________ 

Not in Complian

 /g/ _________

Utah  –Leases 1 1 56 12 0 0 2  –Acres 1,760 120 77,031 3,373 0 0 2,269 Washington  –Leases 0 0 0 0 0 2 0  –Acres 0 0 0 0 0 521 0 Wyoming  –Leases 8 21 38 2 0 33 0  –Acres 19,471 72,775 63,603 5,267 0 39,443 0 Total  –Leases 16 38 140 17 10 85 4  –Acres 31,868 106,243 215,483 9,729 20,689 87,282 4,398 

Note: Statistics for issuance and categories of Federal coal leases are shown in Table 3-18. /a/ A lessee has 10 years from the date of lease issuance to develop the lease by diligently producing commercial qu

production during the first 10 years of the lease is insufficient to meet the initial commercial quantity requiremen

terminate at the end of the 10th year of the lease. 
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Table 3-35. FEDERAL COAL LEASES, COMPLIANCE WITH DILIGENT DEVELOPM

 CONTINUED OPERATION, FISCAL YEAR 2014–concluded /b/ After commercial quantities of coal have been initially produced from a Federal coal lease, the lease must, therea

continued operation by annually producing at least commercial quantities of coal. The continued operation requactual production of at least commercial quantities of coal from the lease during the year or by cumulative produyear and the 2 immediately preceding years that is equivalent to or greater than the cumulative annual production cumulative commercial quantities of coal for the same period. 

/c/ Production from anywhere within a logical mining unit (LMU) may be used to comply with the requirement to p

quantities of coal annually from an individual Federal coal lease. However, the annual commercial quantities re

determined based on the recoverable coal reserves of the LMU rather than on just a singular Federal coal lease. 

Federal coal lease, compliance with the annual production of commercial quantities may be based on the producor production for the current year and the previous 2 years. 

/d/ The continued operation requirement may be suspended by the payment of advance royalty for at least commerc

lessee may pay advance royalty in lieu of continued operation for no more than 20 years during the life of a leasebe recouped against production royalties on a dollar basis when coal is next produced. 

/e/ The requirement to produce commercial quantities of coal may be suspended if the BLM determines that such a 

interest of conservation of the coal or other resources. The requirement to produce commercial quantities of coasuspended if mining operations on the lease are interrupted owing to strikes, the elements, or casualties that are a

/f/ The continued operation requirement ends after all recoverable coal has been mined. /g/ These leases are not suspended, failed to produce commercial quantities of coal, and failed to pay advance royal

operation. 
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PART 4 

RECREATION AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES 

The outdoor recreation program of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) aims to sustain healthy land and 

water resources while promoting appropriate and responsible visitor use of those lands and waters. 

The BLM provides recreational opportunities in a variety of settings that typify the vast and diverse 

landscapes of the Western States, from the tundra in Alaska to the deserts of the Southwest, and from the oldgrowth forests of the Northwest to the plateaus and plains of the Rocky Mountain States. In addition, in the 

Eastern States, the BLM provides recreational opportunities in settings such as the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse 

Outstanding Natural Area (ONA) in Florida. Many BLM areas have been recognized by the BLM, 

Congress, or the President and have been given special designations (as detailed in Part 5—Natural and 

Cultural Heritage Preservation) to protect the unique and sensitive values of each area. 

As a national provider of recreational opportunities, the BLM focuses on its primary niche: providing resourcebased recreation and tourism opportunities. Visitors’ freedom to pursue unstructured recreational opportunities 

is promoted, as long as they accept the responsibility to use public lands wisely and to respect other public land 

users. Responsible use is encouraged by the BLM and its partners through land use ethics programs such as 

Tread Lightly! and Leave No Trace!

Recreation sites, information and interpretive sites, trails, staging areas, and similar places are also provided on 

some BLM public lands to protect resources and to help visitors have quality recreational experiences. At 

many sites and areas, fees are charged to provide for maintenance and improvement. At other sites, generally 

those public lands without visitor accommodations, no fees are charged. Most recreational use on public lands 

occurs in nonfee areas. Whether the visitor chooses highly developed recreation fee sites or remote wilderness 

areas where neither fees nor registration is required, the BLM relies heavily on public land users to protect the 

land, water, and structures so that the next person can also have a quality experience. Because some visitors 

are unfamiliar with outdoor skills, the BLM issues special recreation permits to qualified commercial 

companies to guide visitors on public lands. Special recreation permits are also issued to competitive event 

organizers and other organized groups to conduct their activities on public lands. 

The information in the following tables is intended to provide an overview of recreational use and 

opportunities on public lands. BLM offices are responsible for collecting and maintaining various data relating 

to the recreation program. These field-level data are then aggregated in the BLM’s Recreation Management 

Information System (RMIS) database. Tables 4-1 through 4-3 summarize recreation data from RMIS and 

revenue data from the BLM’s Collections and Billings System (CBS). Table 4-1 presents the estimated visitor 

use data by State; Table 4-2 presents visitor use data by recreational activity at fee and nonfee areas, including 

areas leased to private and public providers; and Table 4-3 presents reported revenues by State and type of 

authorization. These tables present a picture of the amount and types of recreational activities on public lands 

geographically for recreation sites and dispersed areas, and for both fee and nonfee areas. 

In addition, special reports have been prepared to analyze the primary and secondary benefits of fish and 

wildlife on public lands. Primary benefits include both consumptive (hunting and fishing) and 

nonconsumptive (wildlife viewing) recreational use. These activities produce secondary benefits to local 

community businesses from equipment sales, services, food, lodging, and transportation, as well as to State 

wildlife agencies that manage the animal populations. These benefits related to fish and wildlife, based on 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service studies, are derived for BLM lands from Geographic Information System 

analysis and are portrayed in Table 4-4. 

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Table 4-1. ESTIMATED RECREATIONAL USE OF PUBLIC LANDS ADMINISTERE

 FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Administrative State /a/ 

Recreation Sites 

/b/ 

Thousands 

 __________________

Dispersed Areas 

/c/ 

Thousands 

 ________________

 Recreation  Lease Sites /d/ 

Thousands 

__________________

 Recreation  Partnership  Sites /e/ 

Thousands 

_________________

Visits /f/ 

 Visitor 

Days /g/ Visits /f/ 

Visitor Days /g/ Visits /f/ 

Visitor Days /g/ Visits /f/ 

 Visitor 

 Days /

Alaska 393 243 319 466 0 0 0 0 Arizona 2,260 9,447 1,097 1,464 1,512 2,549 13 25 California 3,966 4,963 4,020 3,476 0 0 224 53 Colorado 3,442 2,060 3,434 6,217 0 0 660 122 Eastern States 43 14 16 3 0 0 79 27 Idaho 2,671 1,544 3,359 2,817 0 0 4 1 Montana 1,689 1,485 3,337 2,778 0 0 1 >1 Nevada 3,642 2,240 3,534 2,919 0 0 44 30 New Mexico 1,169 513 2,215 2,299 0 0 >1 >1 Oregon 3,662 3,232 4,309 4,343 19 87 93 87 Utah 3,469 2,121 3,401 2,853 33 14 51 46 Wyoming 1,557 1,044 1,316 1,047 0 0 42 20 

Total 27,963 28,906 30,357 30,682 1,564 2,650 1,211 411 
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Table 4-1. ESTIMATED RECREATIONAL USE OF PUBLIC LANDS ADMINISTERE

 FISCAL YEAR 2014–concluded 

/a/ The Arizona State Office administers BLM public lands in California along the Colorado River; the California S

public lands in northwestern Nevada; the Eastern States Office administers BLM public lands in the 31 States ea

Mississippi River; the Montana State Office administers BLM public lands in North Dakota and South Dakota; thadministers BLM public lands in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas; the Oregon State Office administers BLM publi

the Wyoming State Office administers BLM public lands in Nebraska. 

/b/ These are recreation sites and other specific areas on public lands directly managed by the BLM that are recogniz

significant,” where management actions are required to provide specific recreation setting or activity opportuniti

values, or to enhance visitor safety. Visitation estimates at these sites and areas are based on a variety of method

receipts, registrations, traffic counts, observations, or best estimates based on local knowledge. 

/c/ Dispersed areas are the remaining public lands that are open to recreational use but that do not contain developed 

 significant” recreation sites. Visitation estimates in dispersed areas are generally best estimates based on local kn

/d/ Recreation lease sites are long-term authorizations granted under the authority of the Federal Land Policy and M Sections 302, 303, and 310) to private entities to provide recreation facilities and services to the public. Visitatio

 leases are based on a variety of methods. /e/ Recreation partnership sites are recreation sites managed primarily by another public entity under the authority o

 Purposes (R&PP) Act and similar agreements; the BLM has a significant presence on the leased parcel (e.g., rang

 Visitation estimates for partnership sites are based on a variety of methods. /f/ A visit is the entry of any person for recreational purposes onto lands and related waters administered by the BLM/g/ A visitor day is a common unit of measure of recreational use among Federal agencies. One visitor day represen hours to a site or area. Source: The BLM’s Recreation Management Information System reports (Fiscal Year 2014). 
189 

 Table 4-2. ESTIMATED RECREATIONAL USE OF BLM-ADMINISTERED PUBLIC 

 FOR RECREATION ACTIVITIES UNDER VARIOUS FEE AUTHORIZAT FISCAL YEAR 2014 

 Visitor Days /a/ 

 __________________________________________________________________________________

Recreation Activities Fee Sites and Areas /b/ 

________________________

 Special Recreation 

Permitted Activities /c/ 

_______________________ 

 Areas Without 

Permits or Fees /d/ 

 ___________________ 

T

 ___

Thousands Percent Thousands Percent Thousands Percent Thou

Land-Based ActivitiesCamping and Picnicking 2,517 4.02 224 0.36 21,623 34.51 24

Non-Motorized Travel 451 0.72 206 0.33 6,330 10.10 6

Off-Highway Travel 164 0.26 73 0.12 6,329 10.10 6

Driving for Pleasure 85 0.14 4 0.01 2,511 4.01 2

Viewing Public Land Resources 321 0.51 94 0.15 3,430 5.47 3

Interpretation and Education 126 0.20 87 0.14 1,405 2.24 1Hunting 44 0.07 48 0.08 5,753 9.18 5Specialized Sports, Events, and Activities 309 0.49 128 0.20 3,443 5.50 3
190 

 Table 4-2. ESTIMATED RECREATIONAL USE OF BLM-ADMINISTERED PUBLIC 

 FOR RECREATION ACTIVITIES UNDER VARIOUS FEE AUTHORIZAT

 FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

Visitor Days /a/ 

 _________________________________________________________________________________

Recreation Activities Fee Sites and Areas 

/b/ _______________________ 

Special Recreation Permitted Activities /c/ _______________________ 

 Areas Without  Permits or Fees /d/  ____________________ Tot

 ____

 Thousands Percent Thousands Percent Thousands Percent Thou

Water-Based Activities Boating/ Motorized 300 0.48 7 0.01 827 1.32 1Boating/ Row/Float/Paddle 122 0.19 154 0.25 2,329 3.72 2Fishing 465 0.74 26 0.04 1,644 2.62 2Swimming and Other Water Activities 99 0.16 6 0.01 441 0.70 Snow-and Ice-Based Activities Snowmobile and Motorized Travel 6 0.01 <1 0.00 229 0.37 Other Winter Activities 13 0.02 2 0.00 274 0.44 Total 5,022 8.02 1,059 1.69 56,568 90.29 62
191 

 Table 4-2. ESTIMATED RECREATIONAL USE OF BLM-ADMINISTERED PUBLIC 

 FOR RECREATION ACTIVITIES UNDER VARIOUS FEE AUTHORIZAT FISCAL YEAR 2014–concluded 

Note: This table shows participation levels for various activity groupings. Recreation activity type and duration (visito

fee and nonfee sites and areas, as well as for special recreation permits. Visitor days, grouped into Activity Groulist of 99 recreational activities), are based on registrations, permit records, observations, post-season permittee r

professional judgment of the field staffs. Some totals may not appear correct because of rounding. 

/a/ A visitor day is a common unit of measure of recreation use among Federal agencies. One visitor day represents 

visitor hours at a site or area. 

/b/ Visitor days occurring at designated fee sites and areas with entrance permits, recreational use permits, and speci

with fee collection at the site. 

/c/ Visitor days occurring on public lands that are subject to authorization under the Special Recreation Permit regul

activities of private parties, commercial outfitters and guides, competitive events, organized groups, and other ev

/d/ Visitor days occurring at nonfee sites and dispersed areas when neither permits nor fees are required. Source: The BLM’s Recreation Management Information System (Fiscal Year 2014). 
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 Table 4-3. RECREATION PERMITS, LEASES, AND PASSPORTS ON PUBLIC LAN

 ADMINISTERED BY THE BLM BY STATE, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Type of Recreation Permit, Lease, or Passport 

Administrative State /a/ 

Standard Amenity Fees/No. of Permits  /b/ ___________ 

Expanded Amenity Fees/No. of Permits  /c/ ___________ 

Special Area Permits  /d/ __________ 

Commercial, Competitive, Group, and Event Permits  /e/ ________________ 

Leases 

/f/ 

________ 

Federal InteragenPass  /g/ __________

Alaska 0 7,792 0 78 0 50 

Arizona 0 26,860 6,744 198 15 1,482 

California 6,996 15,966 51,390 553 0 1,135 Colorado 5,523 39,340 1 574 0 702 Eastern States 0 0 0 1 0 93 Idaho 20,538 38,083 0 186 0 929 Montana 0 36,882 1,539 623 0 927 Nevada 407,430 9,862 2,700 362 0 11,040 New Mexico 13,076 45,705 769 181 0 2,140 Oregon 63,398 107,044 0 300 0 5,698 Utah 0 61,485 51,106 677 0 705 Wyoming 6,594 10,455 0 271 1 807 Total Permits 523,555 399,474 114,249 4,004 16 25,708 Permit Revenue /h/ $2,617,776 $4,710,671 $5,054,168 $5,215,642 $401,992 $700,945 

Other Revenue /i/ Total Revenue /j/ 
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 Table 4-3. RECREATION PERMITS, LEASES, AND PASSPORTS ON PUBLIC LAN

 ADMINISTERED BY THE BLM BY STATE, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continu

/a/ The Arizona State Office administers BLM public lands in California along the Colorado River; the California S

BLM public lands in northwestern Nevada; the Eastern States Office administers BLM public lands in the 31 Sta

the Mississippi River; the Montana State Office administers BLM public lands in North Dakota and South DakotOffice administers BLM public lands in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas; the Oregon State Office administers BLM Washington; and the Wyoming State Office administers BLM public lands in Nebraska. 

/b/ The Standard Amenity Fees column shows the number of permits issued for use of some visitor centers or interp

Conservation Areas, and other designated recreation areas. 

/c/ The Expanded Amenity Fees column shows the number of permits issued for recreational use of facilities or serv

Federal Government, such as campgrounds, boat launches, cabin rentals, auto tour devices, and stock animals. ACDs, iPods, radio stations, or other media that allow a visitor to go on a self-guided, interpretive auto tour. 

/d/ Special recreation permits are issued for noncommercial use in certain “special areas,” such as long-term visitor a

areas, river use, and backcountry hiking or camping. 

/e/ Commercial special recreation permits are issued to entities conducting business on public lands for the purpose 

opportunities or services without permanent facilities. These permits are issued for a period of less than 10 years vendors, and commercial competitive event organizers. Special recreation permits for competitive and organized included in this category. The permit count includes both issued permits for 2014 and active permits issued in pr

still in effect during this reporting year. Revenues encompass both active and issued permits for this reporting ye

/f/ Recreation concession leases are issued to entities conducting business on public lands to provide recreational op

associated with permanent facilities. This category also includes the remaining recreation resident leases in the Cin Arizona and California. The revenues reported in this table consist of only the fees that are directed to recreat

they do not include the land use fees, which are accounted for in Table 3-5, Nonspecific Land Use Authorization

/g/ The Federal Interagency Pass—America the Beautiful–National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass—is i

discounts for certain standard amenity fees and expanded amenity fees at Federal recreation sites that charge such 

count and revenues are the fees collected for the Northwest Forest Pass in Oregon. 
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Table 4-3. RECREATION PERMITS, LEASES, AND PASSPORTS ON PUBLIC LAN

 ADMINISTERED BY THE BLM BY STATE, FISCAL YEAR 2014–conclud

/h/ This value represents the total net revenue recorded in the BLM’s Collections and Billings System (CBS) in the r

associated specifically with permits and lease fees. 

/i/ Additional net revenues recorded in the BLM’s CBS from miscellaneous sources, including administrative fees, 

publication sales, Cost Recovery, Interagency Passes, and permit sales that were not correctly categorized. 

/j/ This value represents total net revenue recorded in the BLM’s CBS as received by the BLM for recreational use 

subsequently deposited. Recreation fees are collected under the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, wh

in Fiscal Year 2005. 

Sources: The BLM’s Recreation Management Information System Reports (Fiscal Year 2014) and the BLM’s CBS Repor
195 

Table 4-4. ESTIMATED NUMBER OF AND DOLLARS SPENT ON ANGLERS, HUN

WILDLIFE VIEWERS, AND RELATED EXPENDITURES AND PERCENTADMINISTERED BY THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, FISCAL 

State /b/ ___________ 

 Anglers 

/c/ 

_________ 

 Hunters 

/d/ 

__________ 

 Wildlife  Viewers 

/e/ 

__________ 

Fishing Expenditures 

/f/ 

____________ 

Hunting Expenditures 

/f/ 

___________ 

Wildlife Viewing Expenditu

/f/ 

_________

 Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousan

Alaska 538 125 640 $665,186 $441,965 $2,141,5Arizona 637 269 1,566 785,531 351,404 973,6California 1,674 394 6,733 2,358,722 1,008,967 3,930,2Colorado 767 259 1,782 674,765 479,535 1,489,9Idaho 447 246 558 438,519 496,841 449,4Montana 267 150 402 353,094 652,641 416,9Nevada 147 43 643 143,855 212,384 709,5New Mexico 278 69 566 435,077 144,890 340,3North Dakota 66 82 147 73,613 152,453 135,4Oregon 638 196 1,440 665,905 248,339 1,765,7South Dakota 268 270 384 210,990 620,935 173,7Utah 414 193 717 469,490 519,306 609,0Washington 938 219 2,168 1,071,329 370,644 3,301,5Wyoming 303 140 518 482,552 300,401 364,4Total 7,382 2,655 18,264 $8,828,628 $6,000,705 $16,801,8
196 

Table 4-4. ESTIMATED NUMBER OF AND DOLLARS SPENT ON ANGLERS, HUN

WILDLIFE VIEWERS, AND RELATED EXPENDITURES AND PERCENTADMINISTERED BY THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, FISCAL –concluded 

Note: Estimates of statewide numbers and expenditures are shown. The percent of BLM-managed lands in the state is als

readers to make extrapolations as they deem prudent. 

/a/ All numbers except the percentage of State lands managed by the BLM were derived from data in the 2011 U.S. Fis

National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, State Overview, issued September 2012 

/b/ Includes only those States with more than 50,000 acres of BLM-administered public lands. /c/ The estimated number of anglers 16 years old and older (number in thousands) is for calendar year 2011. Anglers a

only fished plus those who fished and hunted. Anglers include not only licensed hook and line anglers, but also thosand those who use special methods, such as fishing with spears. 

/d/ The estimated number of hunters 16 years old and older (number in thousands) is for calendar year 2011. Hunters a

only hunted plus those who hunted and fished. Hunters include not only licensed hunters using rifles and shotguns, have no license and those who engage in hunting with archery equipment, muzzleloaders, other primitive firearms, 

/e/ The estimated number of wildlife viewers 16 years old and older (number in thousands) is for calendar year 2011. T

strict definition of wildlife watching. Participants must either take a “special interest” in wildlife around their home“primary purpose” of wildlife watching. Secondary wildlife watching, such as incidentally observing wildlife while included. 

/f/ The estimated expenditures (in thousands of dollars) for fishing, hunting, and wildlife viewing (2011, population 16 

are expressed in calendar year 2014 dollars where spending took place in 2011. Calendar year 2014 dollars were cal

the expenditure values (2011 dollars) and adjusting that number for inflation using the Consumer Price Index inflati

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2014). 

/g/ Approximate percentages based on Public Land Statistics, Table 1-3. Calculations are based on acreages rounded t

acres.
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PART 5 

NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE PRESERVATION 

The public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) encompass some of the last, great 

open spaces in the United States. They contain exceptional geologic formations; comparatively 

undisturbed native plant and animal communities; wilderness areas and wild and scenic rivers; national 

scenic and historic trails; and innumerable paleontological, archaeological, and historical sites. These 

resources are scientifically, ecologically, culturally, educationally, and recreationally important, 

representing a significant part of this Nation’s natural and cultural heritage. 

Congress has passed a variety of laws concerning the management and use of these heritage resources, 

including the Antiquities Act (1906), the Wilderness Act (1964), the National Historic Preservation Act 

(1966), the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (1968), the National Trails System Act (1968), the Sikes Act 

(1974), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (1976), the Archaeological Resources Protection 

Act (1979), the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (1990), and the Omnibus Public 

Land Management Act (2009). 

Many of these laws establish procedures for formally recognizing areas that are unique or that contain 

significant scientific, educational, or recreational values. Some of these designations, including National 

Conservation Areas and National Monuments, require congressional or Presidential action. Others, such 

as Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs), are BLM designations established through land 

use planning or other administrative procedures. During the past 30 years, beginning with the designation 

of the King Range National Conservation Area, many extraordinary landscapes on our public lands have 

received protective designations through either an act of Congress or a Presidential proclamation. 

National Landscape Conservation System

The BLM established the National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) to provide a national 

framework for managing special areas on the public lands designated by Congress or the President. 

In 2009 Congress formally established the National Landscape Conservation System with the passage of 

the Omnibus Public Land Management Act. This system includes all of the BLM’s National 

Conservation Areas and similar designations, including Wilderness, National Historic and Scenic Trails, 

Wild and Scenic Rivers, National Monuments, Wilderness Study Areas, and Conservation Lands of the 

California Desert. Taken together, there are 877 NLCS units encompassing about 30 million acres of 

public land. 

This system is a new model of conservation. Most visitor facilities are located in adjacent communities, 

providing local economic opportunities and minimizing new development in the special areas. Many 

traditional public land uses, such as livestock grazing, are permitted in these areas, and adjacent 

communities and interested public entities are encouraged to participate in the planning process and 

ongoing management activities. 

The following tables provide statistics for the conservation units included in the NLCS: 

5-1 National Landscape Conservation System: Number and Size of Designated Areas 

5-2 National Monuments within the National Landscape Conservation System 

5-3a National Conservation Areas within the National Landscape Conservation System 

5-3b Other Conservation Units within the National Landscape Conservation System 

5-4 Designated Wilderness within the National Landscape Conservation System 

5-5 Wilderness Study Areas within the National Landscape Conservation System 

5-6 BLM Wild, Scenic, and Recreational Rivers 

5-7 National Scenic and Historic Trails 
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Administrative Natural and Cultural Heritage Designations

On all of America’s public lands, the BLM, in addition to assuming the responsibilities previously noted, 

works to preserve and protect threatened and endangered species; wild free-roaming horses and burros; 

significant archaeological, paleontological, and historical sites; areas of critical environmental concern; 

and other outstanding natural areas. Some of those responsibilities are reflected in the following tables. 

Tables 5-8a, 5-8b, and 5-8c. Land acquisition through exchange, purchase, easement, or donation 

pursuant to Sections 205 and 206 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976 

(Public Law 94-579; 90 Stat. 2756), and various acts of Congress is an important component of the 

BLM’s land management strategy. The BLM acquires land and easements in land when it is in the public 

interest and consistent with publicly approved land use plans. The BLM’s land acquisition program is 

designed to improve management of natural resources by consolidating Federal, State, and private lands; 

to increase recreational opportunities and preserve open space; to secure key property necessary to protect 

endangered species and promote biological diversity; and to preserve archaeological and historical 

resources. 

Table 5-9. The BLM, other Federal agencies, and local governments in Clark, Lincoln, and White Pine 

counties as well as portions of Washoe County and Carson City, Nevada, use 85 percent of the revenue 

generated by land sales under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA) of 1998 for 

parks, trails, and natural areas; capital improvements; conservation initiatives; development and 

implementation of a multispecies habitat conservation plan for Clark County, Nevada; environmentally 

sensitive land acquisitions; hazardous fuels reduction and wildfire prevention; Eastern Nevada landscape 

restoration projects; and Lake Tahoe restoration projects. Table 5-9 shows acquisitions, 

accomplishments, and funding levels. For additional information, visit the SNPLMA website at 

http://www.blm.gov/snplma. 

Table 5-10. The Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (Public Law 105-263) became law in 

October 1998. The act provides for the orderly disposal of certain Federal land in Clark County, Nevada, 

and for the acquisition of environmentally sensitive lands in the State of Nevada. This table illustrates the 

number of acres sold and the number of acres acquired as a metric of the program’s success. 

Tables 5-12, 5-13a, and 5-13b. The BLM administers the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 

1971 (Public Law 92-195), which provides for the protection, management, and control of wild horses 

and burros on the public lands. A major responsibility under the act is to preserve a thriving natural 

ecological balance on the range. To do so, it is necessary to remove excess wild horses and burros, which 

are then offered to the general public through the adoption program. Tables 5-12, 5-13a, and 5-13b 

portray wild horse and burro populations, removals, and adoptions. 

Table 5-14. The BLM is steward for the Federal Government’s largest, most culturally diverse, and most 

scientifically important body of cultural resources. To carry out this stewardship responsibility, the 

BLM’s cultural resource management program is designed to inventory, evaluate, and manage cultural 

and paleontological resources on public lands under its jurisdiction. The BLM has inventoried more than 

23 million acres for cultural resources and has recorded more than 366,232 properties. 

Tables 5-15 and 5-16. The BLM provides special management prescriptions for public lands under a 

variety of special designations such as Areas of Critical Environmental Concern, Research Natural Areas, 

and National Natural Landmarks. Table 5-15 lists the present Areas of Critical Environmental Concern 

managed by the BLM. Table 5-16 lists numerous types of areas on the public lands having special 

management designations not already encompassed by the NLCS. 
199 

Table 5-1. NATIONAL LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION SYSTEM: 

 NUMBER AND SIZE OF DESIGNATED AREAS 

 AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 

 Type of Total BLM Total BLM 

NLCS Area Designation Number Acres Miles 

 ____________ ________ ____________ __________ 

 

National Monuments 

Presidential or 

Congressional 20 5,590,135 0 

National Conservation Areas Congressional 16 3,671,519 0 

Steens Mountain Cooperative 

 Management and Protection 

 Area Congressional 1 428,446 0 

Yaquina Head Outstanding 

 Natural Area Congressional 1 95 0 

Piedras Blancas Historic 

 Light Station Outstanding 

 Natural Area /a/ Congressional 1 18 0 

Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse 

 Outstanding Natural Area /b/ Congressional 1 63 0 

Wilderness Areas /c/ Congressional 221 8,711,938 0 

Wilderness Study Areas Administrative 528 12,760,472 0 

National Wild and Scenic Rivers Congressional 69 1,001,353 2,423 /d/ 

National Historic Trails Congressional 13 0 5,078 

National Scenic Trails Congressional 5 0 683 

Headwaters Forest Reserve Congressional 1 7,542 0 

Total 877 /e/ 32,171,581 /f/ 8,184 
200 

Table 5-1. NATIONAL LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION SYSTEM: 

 NUMBER AND SIZE OF DESIGNATED AREAS 

 AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014–concluded 

/a/ Area established by Congress in 2008 in Public Law 110-226. 

/b/ Area established by Congress in 2008 in Public Law 110-226. One hundred and twenty-six (126) 

 total acres are owned by six Federal and non-Federal entities. 

/c/ The Tabeguache Area in Colorado is, by act of Congress, to be managed like wilderness but is not 

shown here because it has not been officially designated as wilderness. 

/d/ The total may appear incorrect, because the number was rounded after addition. 

/e/ The White Mountains National Recreation Area is no longer a part of the NLCS per 

Public Law 111-11, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009. 

/f/ The actual total acreage (without overlapping units) is about 30 million. 
201

Table 5-2. NATIONAL MONUMENTS WITHIN THE NATIONAL LANDSCAPE CONS

 AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 

Unit Name—State 

BLM Administered Lands _____________ 

Other 

Federal Lands Managed in Unit ______________ 

State Land Inholdings ___________ 

Private Land Inholdings _____________ 

 Acres Acres Acres Acres 

Agua-Fria—Arizona 70,900 0 0 1,444 Grand Canyon-Parashant—Arizona 808,747 208,453 /a/ 23,205 7,920 Ironwood Forest—Arizona 128,734 299 /b/ 54,741 5,181 

Vermilion Cliffs—Arizona 279,568 0 13,438 683 Sonoran Desert—Arizona 486,600 0 3,900 5,900 California Coastal—California 3,937 0 0 0 Carrizo Plain—California 208,698 0 9,309 30,266 

Fort Ord – California 7,205 7,446 0 0 Santa Rosa and San Jacinto  Mountains—California 94,055 83,073 /c/ 45,889 /d/ 57,054 /e/ 

Canyons of the Ancients—Colorado 174,240 0 0 12,164 Craters of the Moon—Idaho 274,693 462,832 /f/ 7,950 6,851 

Pompeys Pillar—Montana 51 0 0 0 

Upper Missouri River Breaks

 —Montana 374,976 0 38,760 81,715 

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks

 —New Mexico 4,124 0 521 757 

Organ Mountains Desert Peaks  —New Mexico

496,330 0 0 0 

Prehistoric Trackways  —New Mexico 5,255 /g/ 0 0 0 

Rio Grande del Norte – New Mexico 242,555 0 0 0 Cascade-Siskiyou—Oregon 62,363 48 /h/ 0 23,699 

Grand Staircase-Escalante—Utah 1,866,134 0 0 13,977 San Juan Islands—Washington 970 0 0 0 Total Acres (National Monuments) 5,590,135 762,151 197,713 247,611 
202

 Table 5-2. NATIONAL MONUMENTS WITHIN THE NATIONAL LANDSCAPE CONS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014–concluded Note: Some figures have changed from last year owing to Geographic Information System recalculation of acres. The BLM 

State and private lands within nationally designated areas. “Total Acreage in Unit” (the sum of Federal lands, State 

longer being reported as of the 2013 edition. 

/a/ National Park Service. /b/ Department of Defense. /c/ Forest Service (60,073 acres); Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (trust/allottee/reservation; 23,000 acres). 

/d/ Includes California State Parks and Recreation, California Fish and Game, and University of California land. /e/ Private lands include 13,900 acres held in trust for the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. 

/f/ National Park Service. /g/ Designated via Public Law 111-11, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, Title 1 – Additions to the N

Preservation System. 

/h/ The Bureau of Reclamation manages 4 acres within this monument unit. 
203 

Table 5-3a. NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREAS WITHIN THE NATIONAL 

 LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION SYSTEM AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 Unit Name—State

BLMAdministered Lands_____________ Acres 

Other Federal Lands Managed in Unit____________ Acres 

State Land Inholdings___________ Acres 

PrivateLand Inholdings_________ Acres 

TotAcrin U___ 

Steese—Alaska 1,208,624 0 14,074 40 1

Gila Box Riparian—Arizona 21,767 0 0 1,720 

Las Cienegas—Arizona 41,972 0 5,307 0 San Pedro Riparian—Arizona 55,495 0 0 2,505 King Range—California 56,167 0 0 6,320 Dominguez-Escalante—Colorado 210,172 0 0 8,825 Gunnison Gorge—Colorado 62,844 552 0 1,673 McInnis Canyons—Colorado/Utah 123,430 0 0 823 Snake River Birds of Prey—Idaho 482,100 1,600 /a/ 41,200 4,800 Red Rock Canyon—Nevada 198,065 0 0 0 Sloan Canyon—Nevada 48,438 0 0 81 

Black Rock Desert, High Rock Canyon,

 Emigrant Trails—Nevada/California 799,165 0 0 17,776 El Malpais—New Mexico 230,000 0 0 32,960 /c/ Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave—New 

Mexico 24,977 0 0 2,981 

Beaver Dam Wash—Utah 63,478 0 6,492 2,127 

Red Cliffs—Utah 44,825 0 13,728 2,657 Total (National Conservation Areas) 3,671,519 2,152 80,801 85,288 3
204 

 Table 5-3a. NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREAS WITHIN THE NATIONAL LANDS CONSERVATION SYSTEM AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014–concluded 

Notes: Some figures have changed from last year owing to Geographic Information System recalculation of acres. The BL

jurisdiction over State and private lands within nationally designated areas. “Total Acreage in Unit” (the sum of F

lands, and private lands) is no longer being reported as of the 2013 edition. 

/a/ This acreage reflects military lands within the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area (NCA). /b/ Total does not include 9,300 acres of open waters that also exist within the exterior boundary of the Snake River B/c/ In El Malpais 2,500 acres are identified as “Indian Lands.” 
205 

Table 5-3b. OTHER CONSERVATION UNITS WITHIN THE NATIONAL LANDSCAP

 SYSTEM AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 

Unit Name—State 

BLM–Administered Lands

____________ 

Acres 

Other Federal Lands Managed in Unit

____________ 

 Acres 

State Land Inholdings

__________ 

 Acres 

PrivateLand Inholdin_______ Acres 

Steens Mountain Cooperative  Management and Protection Area —Oregon 428,446 0 0 67,683 

Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural

 Area—Oregon 95 0 0 0 

Headwaters Forest Reserve

 —California 7,542 0 0 0 Piedras Blancas Historic Light Station Outstanding Natural Area —California 18 0 0 0 Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area—Florida 63 0 0 0 

Total 436,164 0 0 67,683 

 Note: The BLM has no jurisdiction over State and private lands within nationally designated areas. The White M

Recreation Area is no longer a part of the National Landscape Conservation System per Public Law 111-1

Management Act of 2009. “Total Acreage in Unit” (the sum of Federal lands, State lands, and private land

reported as of the 2013 edition. 
206 

Table 5-4. DESIGNATED WILDERNESS WITHIN THE NATIONAL

LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION SYSTEM 

 AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 

Wilderness Area Name 

______________________

Administrative Unit 

___________________

BLM Acres

___________

Arizona

Aravaipa Canyon Safford Field Office 19,410

Arrastra Mountain Kingman Field Office 129,800

Aubrey Peak Kingman Field Office 15,400

Baboquivari Peak Tucson Field Office 2,040

Beaver Dam Mountains

 (3,667 acres in Utah) Arizona Strip Field Office 15,000

Big Horn Mountains Phoenix Field Office 21,000

Cottonwood Point Arizona Strip Field Office 6,860

Coyote Mountains Tucson Field Office 5,100

Dos Cabezas Mountains Safford Field Office 11,700

Eagletail Mountains Yuma Field Office 97,880

East Cactus Plain Lake Havasu Field Office 14,630

Fishhooks Safford Field Office 10,500

Gibralter Mountain Lake Havasu Field Office 18,790

Grand Wash Cliffs Arizona Strip Field Office 37,030

Harcuvar Mountains Lake Havasu Field Office 25,050

Harquahala Mountains Phoenix Field Office 22,880

Hassayampa River Canyon Phoenix Field Office 12,300

Hells Canyon Phoenix Field Office 9,951

Hummingbird Springs Phoenix Field Office 31,200

Kanab Creek Arizona Strip Field Office 6,700

Mount Logan Arizona Strip Field Office 14,650

Mount Nutt Kingman Field Office 28,080

Mount Tipton Kingman Field Office 31,520

Mount Trumbull Arizona Strip Field Office 7,880

Mount Wilson Kingman Field Office 23,900

Muggins Mountains Yuma Field Office 7,711

Needle’s Eye Tucson Field Office 8,760

 
207 

 Table 5-4. DESIGNATED WILDERNESS WITHIN THE NATIONAL 

 LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION SYSTEM 

 AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014–continued 

Wilderness Area Name 

______________________

Administrative Unit 

___________________

BLM Acres 

___________

Arizona–concluded 

New Water Mountains Yuma Field Office 24,600 

North Maricopa Mountains Phoenix Field Office 63,200 

North Santa Teresa Safford Field Office 5,800

Paiute Arizona Strip Field Office 87,900

Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs

 (21,332 acres in Utah) Arizona Strip Field Office 89,400

Peloncillo Mountains Safford Field Office 19,440

Rawhide Mountains Lake Havasu Field Office 38,470

Redfield Canyon Safford Field Office 6,600

Sierra Estrella Phoenix Field Office 14,400

Signal Mountain Phoenix Field Office 13,350

South Maricopa Mountains Phoenix Field Office 60,100

Swansea Lake Havasu Field Office 16,400

Table Top Phoenix Field Office 34,400

Tres Alamos Kingman Field Office 8,300

Trigo Mountains Yuma Field Office 30,300

Upper Burro Creek Kingman Field Office 27,440

Wabayuma Peak Kingman Field Office 38,944

Warm Springs Kingman Field Office 112,400

White Canyon Tucson Field Office 5,800

Woolsey Peak Phoenix Field Office 64,000

Total BLM Wilderness Acres in Arizona: (47 areas) 1,396,966

California 

Agua Tibia California Desert District 539

Argus Range California Desert District 65,726

Beauty Mountain Palm Springs Field Office 15,628

Big Maria Mountains California Desert District 45,384

Bigelow Cholla Garden California Desert District 14,645

 
208 

 Table 5-4. DESIGNATED WILDERNESS WITHIN THE NATIONAL 

 LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION SYSTEM 

 AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014–continued 

Wilderness Area Name 

______________________

Administrative Unit 

___________________

BLM Acres

___________

California–continued 

Bighorn Mountain California Desert District 26,543 

Black Mountain California Desert District 20,548 

Bright Star California Desert District 8,191

Bristol Mountains California Desert District 71,389

Cache Creek Ukiah Field Office 27,296

Cadiz Dunes California Desert District 19,935

Carrizo Gorge California Desert District 14,740

Cedar Roughs Ukiah Field Office 6,287 

Chemehuevi Mountains California Desert District 85,864

Chimney Peak California Desert District 13,140

Chuckwalla Mountains California Desert District 99,548

Cleghorn Lakes California Desert District 39,167

Clipper Mountain California Desert District 33,843

Coso Range California Desert District 49,296

Coyote Mountains California Desert District 18,631

Darwin Falls California Desert District 8,189

Dead Mountains California Desert District 47,158

Domeland California Desert District 39,379

El Paso Mountains California Desert District 23,679

Elkhorn Ridge California Desert District 11,001 

Fish Creek Mountains California Desert District 21,390

Funeral Mountains California Desert District 25,707

Golden Valley California Desert District 36,536

Granite Mountain Bishop Field Office 31,059

Grass Valley California Desert District 30,186

Hollow Hills California Desert District 22,366

Ibex California Desert District 28,822

Indian Pass California Desert District 32,419

Inyo Mountains California Desert District 125,075
209 

Table 5-4. DESIGNATED WILDERNESS WITHIN THE NATIONAL 

 LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION SYSTEM 

 AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014–continued 

Wilderness Area Name 

______________________

Administrative Unit 

___________________

BLM Acres 

___________

California–continued 

Ishi Ukiah District 199 

Jacumba California Desert District 31,358 

Kelso Dunes California Desert District 144,915

Kiavah California Desert District 41,000

King Range Arcata Field Office 42,695

Kingston Range California Desert District 199,739

Little Chuckwalla Mountains California Desert District 28,052

Little Picacho California Desert District 38,216

Machesna Mountains Bakersfield District 123

Malpais Mesa California Desert District 31,906

Manly Peak California Desert District 12,897

Mecca Hills California Desert District 26,356

Mesquite California Desert District 44,804

Newberry Mountains California Desert District 26,102

Nopah Range California Desert District 106,623

North Algodones Dunes California Desert District 25,895

North Mesquite Mountains California Desert District 28,955

Old Woman Mountains California Desert District 165,172

Orocopia Mountains California Desert District 51,289

Otay Mountain California Desert District 16,893

Owens Peak California Desert District 73,868

Pahrump Valley California Desert District 73,726

Palen/McCoy California Desert District 236,488

Palo Verde Mountains California Desert District 30,605

Picacho Peak California Desert District 8,860

Pinto Mountain Barstow Field Office 24,348

Piper Mountain California Desert District 72,192

Piute Mountains California Desert District 48,080

 
210 

 Table 5-4. DESIGNATED WILDERNESS WITHIN THE NATIONAL 

 LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION SYSTEM 

 AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014–continued 

Wilderness Area Name 

________________________

Administrative Unit 

___________________

BLM Acres 

___________

California–concluded 

Resting Spring Range California Desert District 76,312 

Rice Valley California Desert District 41,777 

Riverside Mountains California Desert District 24,004

Rocks and Islands

Rodman Mountains

Arcata Field Office

California Desert District

6

34,264

Sacatar Trail California Desert District 50,451

Saddle Peak Hills California Desert District 1,530

San Gorgonio California Desert District 39,233 

Santa Lucia Bakersfield District 1,807 

Santa Rosa California Desert District 58,878 

Sawtooth Mountains California Desert District 33,612 

Sheephole Valley California Desert District 188,169 

South Fork Eel River 

South Nopah Range 

Arcata Field Office 

California Desert District 

12,868 

17,059 

Stateline California Desert District 6,964 

Stepladder Mountains California Desert District 83,195 

Surprise Canyon California Desert District 24,433 

Sylvania Mountains California Desert District 18,682 

Trilobite California Desert District 37,308 

Turtle Mountains California Desert District 177,309 

Ventana Additions California Desert District 719 

Whipple Mountains California Desert District 76,123 

White Mountain Ridgecrest/Bishop Field Office 24,162 

Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Ukiah District 8,433 

Yuki Arcata Field Office 17,196 

Total BLM Wilderness Acres in California: (87 areas) 3,845,156

Colorado 

Black Ridge Canyons 

 (5,200 acres in Utah) McInnis Canyons NCA 70,380

 
211 

 Table 5-4. DESIGNATED WILDERNESS WITHIN THE NATIONAL 

 LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION SYSTEM 

 AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014–continued 

Wilderness Area Name 

________________________

Administrative Unit 

___________________

BLM Acres 

___________

Colorado–concluded 

Dominguez Canyon Dominguez–Escalante NCA 66,280 

Gunnison Gorge Uncompahgre Field Office 17,784

Powderhorn Uncompahgre Field Office 47,980

Uncompahgre Uncompahgre Field Office 3,390

Total BLM Wilderness Acres in Colorado: (5 areas) /a/ 205,814

Idaho 

Big Jacks Creek Boise District Office 52,753

Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers Boise and Twin Falls District Offices 89,820

Frank Church-River of No Return Coeur d’Alene District 802

Little Jacks Creek Boise District Office 50,930

North Fork Owyhee Boise District Office 43,391

Owyhee River Boise District Office 267,137

Pole Creek Boise District Office 12,529

Total BLM Wilderness Acres in Idaho: (7 areas) 517,362

Montana 

Lee Metcalf-Bear Trap Canyon Unit Dillon Field Office 6,347

Total BLM Wilderness Acres in Montana: (1 area) 6,347

Nevada

Arrow Canyon Las Vegas Field Office 27,502 

Becky Peak

Big Rocks

Ely Field Office

Ely Field Office

18,119

12,930

Black Rock Desert Winnemucca Field Office 314,835 

Bristlecone

Calico Mountains

Ely Field Office

Winnemucca Field Office

14,095

64,968 

Clover Mountains Ely Field Office 85,668

Delamar Mountains Ely Field Office 111,066 

 
212 

 Table 5-4. DESIGNATED WILDERNESS WITHIN THE NATIONAL 

 LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION SYSTEM 

 AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014–continued 

Wilderness Area Name 

________________________

Administrative Unit 

___________________

BLM Acres 

___________

Nevada–continued 

East Fork High Rock Canyon Winnemucca Field Office 52,618 

El Dorado Las Vegas Field Office 5,766 

Far South Egans Ely Field Office 36,299

Fortification Range Ely Field Office 30,539

Goshute Canyon Ely Field Office 42,544

Government Peak Ely Field Office 6,313

High Rock Canyon Winnemucca Field Office 46,465 

High Rock Lake Winnemucca Field Office 59,107

Highland Ridge 

Ireteba Peaks 

Ely Field Office 

Las Vegas Field Office 

68,623 

10,332 

Jumbo Springs Las Vegas Field Office 4,760 

La Madre Mountain Las Vegas Field Office 27,896 

Lime Canyon Las Vegas Field Office 23,710 

Little High Rock Canyon Winnemucca Field Office 48,355 

Meadow Valley Range Ely Field Office 123,508 

Mormon Mountains Ely Field Office 157,716 

Mount Charleston Las Vegas Field Office 2,178 

Mount Grafton 

Mount Irish 

Ely Field Office 

Ely Field Office 

78,754 

28,274 

Mount Moriah Ely Field Office 8,708 

Muddy Mountains Las Vegas Field Office 44,633 

North Black Rock Range Winnemucca Field Office 30,648 

North Jackson Mountains Winnemucca Field Office 23,439 

North McCullough Las Vegas Field Office 14,779 

Pahute Peak Winnemucca Field Office 56,890 

Parsnip Peak Ely Field Office 43,512 

Rainbow Mountain Las Vegas Field Office 20,184 

South Egan Range Ely Field Office 67,214 

 
213 

 Table 5-4. DESIGNATED WILDERNESS WITHIN THE NATIONAL 

 LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION SYSTEM 

 AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014–continued 

Wilderness Area Name 

________________________

Administrative Unit 

___________________

BLM Acres 

___________

Nevada–concluded 

South Jackson Mountains Winnemucca Field Office 54,536 

South McCullough Las Vegas Field Office 43,996 

South Pahroc Range 

Spirit Mountain 

Ely District Office 

Las Vegas Field Office 

25,671 

553 

Tunnel Spring Ely District Office 5,341 

Wee Thump Joshua Tree Las Vegas Field Office 6,489 

Weepah Spring Ely District Office 51,305 

White Rock Range Ely Field Office 24,249 

Worthington Range Ely Field Office 30,594 

Total BLM Wilderness Acres in Nevada: (45 areas) 2,055,681

New Mexico 

Bisti/De-Na-Zin Farmington Field Office 41,170 

Cebolla Rio Puerco Field Office 61,600

Ojito

Sabinoso

Rio Puerco Field Office

Taos Field Office

11,823

16,030

West Malpais Rio Puerco Field Office 39,540 

Total BLM Wilderness Acres in New Mexico: (5 areas) 170,163

Oregon 

Hells Canyon Vale District Office 946

Lower White River Prineville District Office 1,124

Oregon Badlands Prineville District Office 29,182

Soda Mountain Cascade Siskiyou NM 24,707

Spring Basin Prineville District Office 6,404

Steens Mountain Burns District Office 170,202

Table Rock Salem District Office 5,784 

Wild Rogue Medford District Office 8,604 

Total BLM Wilderness Acres in Oregon: (8 areas) 246,953

 
214 

 Table 5-4. DESIGNATED WILDERNESS WITHIN THE NATIONAL 

 LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION SYSTEM 

 AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014–continued 

Wilderness Area Name 

________________________

Administrative Unit 

___________________

BLM Acres 

___________

Utah 

Bear Trap Canyon St. George Field Office 40

Beaver Dam Mountains 

 (15,000 acres in Arizona) Cedar City District Office 3,667

Black Ridge St. George Field Office 13,107

Black Ridge Canyons 

 (70,380 acres in Colorado) 

Moab Field Office 

5,099 

Canaan Mountain St. George Field Office 44,447

Cedar Mountain Salt Lake District Office 99,428

Cottonwood Canyon St. George Field Office 11,667

Cougar Canyon St. George Field Office 10,648

Deep Creek St. George Field Office 3,291

Deep Creek North St. George Field Office 4,478

Doc’s Pass St. George Field Office 18,216

Goose Creek St. George Field Office 93

LaVerkin Creek St. George Field Office 453

Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs 

 (89,400 acres in Arizona) 

Kanab Field Office 

21,416 

Red Butte St. George Field Office 1,535 

Red Mountain St. George Field Office 18,689 

Slaughter Creek St. George Field Office 4,047 

Taylor Creek St. George Field Office 35 

Total BLM Wilderness Acres in Utah: (18 areas) 260,356

Washington

Juniper Dunes Spokane District Office 7,140

Total BLM Wilderness Acres in Washington: (1 area) 7,140

TOTAL BLM WILDERNESS ACRES IN UNITED STATES: 

 (221 designated areas) /b/

8,711,938

 
215 

 Table 5-4. DESIGNATED WILDERNESS WITHIN THE NATIONAL 

 LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION SYSTEM 

 AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014–concluded 

Note: Some figures may have changed from last year owing to Geographic Information System 

recalculation of acres. 

/a/ The Tabeguache Area in Colorado is, by act of Congress, to be managed as wilderness 

 but is not shown here because it has not been officially designated as wilderness. 

/b/ The total designated areas do not double-count the three units that are located in multiple 

states (Arizona, Colorado, and Utah). 
216 

Table 5-5. WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS WITHIN THE NATIONAL 

 LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION SYSTEM 

 AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 

State

 Number of 

Wilderness Study Areas

_______________________

 

Federal Acres 

_______________

 

Alaska 1 260,000 

Arizona 2 63,930 

California 67 821,870 

Colorado 54 548,209 

Idaho 44 655,512 

Montana 39 449,963 

Nevada 62 2,542,505 

New Mexico 57 960,335 

Oregon 87 2,645,791 

Utah 86 3,232,402 

Washington 1 5,554 

Wyoming 42 574,401 /a/ 

 

Total 528 /b/ 12,760,472 

/a/ Total acreage adjusted to reflect correction in previous data. 

/b/ Fourteen Wilderness Study Areas are in more than one state and are counted only once in this

 total. 
217 

 Table 5-6. BLM WILD, SCENIC, AND RECREATIONAL RIVERS AS OF SEPTEMBE

(Listed in Order of Designation) 

River _________________ 

Public Law Number and Date of Designation ___________________ 

Date Designated

___________ 

BLM Acres ___________ 

Wild Miles __________ 

Scenic Miles ____________ 

R

M__

Alaska Beaver Creek Public Law 96-487 12/02/80 71,040 111.0 0.0 Birch Creek Public Law 96-487 12/02/80 80,640 126.0 0.0 Delta Public Law 96-487 12/02/80 39,680 20.0 24.0 Fortymile Public Law 96-487 12/02/80 250,880 179.0 203.0 Gulkana Public Law 96-487 12/02/80 115,840 181.0 0.0 Unalakleet Public Law 96-487 12/02/80 51,200 80.0 0.0 State Total (6) 609,280 697.0 227.0 

California Amargosa Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 0 7.9 12.1 Cottonwood Creek Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 0 0.0 0.0 Klamath Secretary of the Interior 01/19/81 480 0.0 0.0 Merced Public Law 100-149 

Public Law 102-432 

11/02/87 10/23/92 

3,840 3.0 0.0 

Middle Fork & South  Fork (Eel) 

Secretary of the Interior 01/19/81 10,240 21.0 4.5 

North Fork American Public Law 95-625 11/10/78 3,840 12.0 0.0 Trinity Secretary of the Interior 01/19/81 5,490 0.0 0.0 Tuolumne Public Law 98-425 09/28/84 960 3.0 0.0 State Totals (8) 24,850 46.9 16.6 

Idaho 

Battle Creek Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 0 24.3 0.0 Big Jacks Creek Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 0 33.4 0.0 Bruneau River Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 0 39.0 0.0 Cottonwood Creek Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 0 2.6 0.0 Deep Creek Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 0 13.7 0.0 
218 

Table 5-6. BLM WILD, SCENIC, AND RECREATIONAL RIVERS AS OF SEPTEMBE

 –continued River ___________________ 

Public Law Number and Date of Designation ________________ 

Date Designated

___________ 

BLM Acres ____________ 

Wild Miles __________ 

Scenic Miles ____________ 

R

M__

Idaho–concluded 

Dickshooter Creek Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 0 9.5 0.0 Duncan Creek Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 0 0.9 0.0 Jarbidge Creek Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 0 28.2 0.0 Little Jacks Creek Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 0 12.4 0.0 North Fork Owyhee Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 0 14.7 0.0 Owyhee Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 0 65.6 0.0 Red Canyon Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 0 4.9 0.0 Sheep Creek Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 0 25.8 0.0 South Fork Owyhee Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 0 31.0 0.0 West Fork Bruneau Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 0 0.4 0.0 Wickahoney Creek Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 0 1.5 0.0 State Totals (16) 0 307.9 0.0 

Montana 

Upper Missouri Public Law 94-986 10/12/76 89,300 64.0 26.0 State Totals (1) 89,300 64.0 26.0 New Mexico Rio Chama Public Law 100-663 11/07/88 2,435 8.4 0.0 Rio Grande Public Law 90-542 

Public Law 103-242 

10/02/68 05/04/94 

20,416 49.3 12.0 

State Totals (2) 22,851 57.7 12.0 Oregon Clackamas Public Law 100-557 10/28/88 160 0.0 0.0 Crooked (Middle and  Lower) Public Law 100-557 10/28/88 5,696 0.0 0.0 Deschutes (Middle and  Lower) Public Law 100-557 10/28/88 38,400 0.0 20.0 
219 

 Table 5-6. BLM WILD, SCENIC, AND RECREATIONAL RIVERS AS OF SEPTEMBE –continued River ___________________ 

Public Law Number and Date of Designation ___________________ 

Date Designated

___________ 

BLM Acres ___________ 

Wild Miles __________ 

Scenic Miles ____________ 

R

M__

Oregon–concluded 

Donner und Blitzen Public Law 100-557 

Public Law 106-399 

10/28/88 10/30/00 

25,120 87.5 0.0 

Elkhorn Creek Public Law 104-333 11/12/96 960 2.4 0.6 Fish Creek Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 32 0.0 0.0 Grande Ronde Public Law 100-557 10/28/88 7,968 9.0 0.0 John Day (Main Stem) Public Law 100-557 10/28/88 47,200 0.0 0.0 John Day (South Fork) Public Law 100-557 10/28/88 15,040 0.0 0.0 Kiger Creek Public Law 106-399 10/30/00 1,360 4.3 0.0 Klamath Secretary of the Interior 09/22/94 3,520 0.0 11.0 North Fork Crooked Public Law 100-557 10/28/88 4,042 11.9 0.6 North Fork Owyhee Public Law 100-557 10/28/88 3,072 9.6 0.0 North Umpqua Public Law 100-557 10/28/88 2,688 0.0 0.0 Owyhee Public Law 98-494 10/19/84 38,400 120.0 0.0 Powder Public Law 100-557 10/28/88 3,744 0.0 11.7 Quartzville Creek Public Law 100-557 10/28/88 3,104 0.0 0.0 Rogue Public Law 90-542 10/02/68 15,040 20.6 0.0 Salmon Public Law 100-557 10/28/88 2,560 0.0 4.8 Sandy Public Law 100-557 10/28/88 4,000 0.0 3.8 South Fork Clackamas Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 192 0.6 0.0 

Wallowa Secretary of the Interior 07/23/96 3,200 0.0 0.0 West Little Owyhee Public Law 100-557 10/28/88 18,432 57.6 0.0 White Public Law 100-557 10/28/88 7,904 0.0 17.8 Wildhorse Creek Public Law 106-399 10/30/00 3,072 9.6 0.0 State Totals (25) 254,906 333.1 70.3 
220 

 Table 5-6. BLM WILD, SCENIC, AND RECREATIONAL RIVERS AS OF SEPTEMBE –concluded River ___________________ 

Public Law Number and Date of Designation ____________________ 

Date Designated

___________ 

BLM Acres ___________ 

Wild Miles ___________ 

Scenic Miles ____________ 

R

M__

Utah 

Bear Trap Canyon Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 0 0.1 0.0 Deep Creek Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 0 4.9 0.0 Goose Creek Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 0 0.4 0.0 Kolob Creek Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 0 2.0 0.0 LaVerkin Creek Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 0 7.6 0.0 Middle Fork Taylor  Creek Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 0 0.0 0.1 

North Fork Virgin  River Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 166 0.5 0.0 

Oak Creek Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 0 1.0 0.0 Shunes Creek Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 0 0.8 0.0 Smith Creek Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 0 1.3 0.0 Willis Creek Public Law 111-11 03/30/09 0 0.3 0.0 State Totals (11) 166 18.9 0.1 

BLM Totals (69) 1,001,353 1,525.5 352.0 

Note: As of the 2014 edition of Public Land Statistics, data in this table are organized by State.  There are minor mileage and acreage changes from year to year resulting from improved measurement and mapping 

final or updated comprehensive or resource management plans. In addition, private and State lands are excluded wit

corridors or areas when making mileage and acreage calculations. 
221 

 Table 5-7. NATIONAL SCENIC AND HISTORIC TRAILS

 AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 /a/

National Trail Name 

___________________ 

Date Authorized 

________________

State(s) 

______________________ 

Total BLM Miles 

_______________ 

SCENIC TRAILS 

___________________ 

    

 

Pacific Crest Oct. 2, 1968 California, Oregon 233

Continental Divide Nov. 10, 1978 Colorado, Idaho, Montana, 

New Mexico, Wyoming 

389 

Potomac Heritage Mar. 28, 1983 Maryland, Virginia 3 

Arizona Mar. 30, 2009 Arizona 46 

Pacific Northwest Mar. 30, 2009 Washington 12 

 

Subtotal—Scenic Trails (5) 683

___________________ 

HISTORIC TRAILS 

___________________

 

 

Oregon Nov. 10, 1978 Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming 848 

Mormon Pioneer Nov. 10, 1978 Wyoming 498 

Lewis and Clark Nov. 10, 1978 Idaho, Montana 369 

Iditarod /b/ /c/ Nov. 10, 1978 Alaska 149 

Nez Perce Oct. 6, 1986 Idaho, Montana, Wyoming 70 

Juan Bautista de Anza Aug. 15, 1990 Arizona, California 103 

California Aug. 3, 1992 California, Idaho, Nevada, 

Oregon, Utah, Wyoming 

1,493 

Pony Express Aug. 3, 1992 Nevada, Utah, Wyoming 596 

El Camino Real de 

 Tierra Adentro /b/ Oct. 13, 2000 New Mexico 60 

 Old Spanish /b/ Dec. 4, 2002 Arizona, California, 

Colorado, Nevada, 

New Mexico, Utah 

887 

Captain John Smith 

 Chesapeake 

Dec. 19, 2006 Maryland 2 

Star Spangled Banner May 8, 2008 Maryland 2 

Washington-Rochambeau 

 Revolutionary Route 

Mar. 30, 2009 Virginia 1 

 

Subtotal—Historic Trails (13) 5,078

Total—Trails (18) 5,761 /d/ 

 
222 

 Table 5-7. NATIONAL SCENIC AND HISTORIC TRAILS

 AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014–concluded 

/a/ This table is based on total field-estimated mileage for the congressionally designated route crossing 

BLM public lands and/or the best available field data for the actual trail location. The trail mileage 

accuracy varies by BLM Field Office, depending on the amount of National Trail Inventory 

completed, and the influence of the unique physical nature of National Historic Trails. 

/b/ The Department of the Interior delegated national trail administration responsibilities to the BLM for 

the associated trails. These responsibilities are shared with the National Park Service for the Old 

Spanish National Historic Trail and the El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail. 

/c/ The change in previously reported mileage results from improved data collection methodology. 

/d/ The total BLM mileage number is based on the congressionally designated route. 
223 

Table 5-8a. LAND EXCHANGES AND ACQUISITIONS, 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Federal Land and Minerals Patented or Deeded Out through Exchange 

State 

Number of 

Patents or 

Deeds Issued 

_____________ 

Number of 

Acres 

Patented or 

Deeded Out 

____________ 

Approved 

Appraised 

Value 

___________ 

Cash Equalization 

Payment Received 

by the BLM /a/ 

__________________ 

FLPMA /b/ 

New Mexico 1 2,518 $1,867 $1,867 

Total 1 2,518 $1,867 $1,867 

 

Act of Congress 

Utah /c/ 23 34,224 $0 $0 

Total 23 34,224 $0 $0 

 

FLPMA (Minerals Only)/b/ 0 0 $0 $0 

 

Act of Congress 

 (Minerals Only) 0 0 $0 $0 

 

Grand Total 24 36,742 $1,867 $1,867 

Note: Federal lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management patented or deeded out pursuant 

to Section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of October 21, 1976 

(Public Law 94-579; 90 Stat. 2756), and various acts of Congress. Public lands are patented by 

the United States, whereas acquired lands are deeded. 

 

/a/ Cash payments received by the United States are to equalize the value of the Federal land and the 

non-Federal lands involved in the exchange. 

 

/b/ Exchanges pursuant to Section 206 of FLPMA of October 21, 1976 (Public Law 94-579; 

90 Stat. 2756), and various acts of Congress. 

 

/c/ Patent issued pursuant to Utah Recreational Land Exchange Act of 2009, Public Law 111-53, 

August 19, 2009. Includes two quit claim deeds (for reconveyed lands). Acreage includes 

33,609 acres of surface mineral estate and 615 acres surface only estate. Value equalization 

payment of $6,000 was made by the United States (not received). 

 
224 

Table 5-8b. LAND EXCHANGES AND ACQUISITIONS, 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Non-Federal Land and Minerals Acquired through Exchange 

State 

Number 

of Deeds 

Received 

___________ 

Number of 

Acres 

Acquired 

__________ 

Approved 

Appraised 

Value 

______________ 

Cash 

Equalization 

Payment 

Made 

by BLM /a/ 

____________ 

FLPMA /b/ 

New Mexico 1 1,782 $0 $0 

Total 1 1,782 $0 $0 

 

Act of Congress 

Utah /c/ 18 20,161 $21,524,000 $6,000 

Total 18 20,161 $21,524,000 $6,000 

 

FLPMA (Minerals Only) /b/ 

None 0 0 $0 $0 

Total 0 0 $0 $0 

 

Act of Congress 

 (Minerals Only) 

Utah /d/ 3 4,873 $0 $0 

Total 3 4,873 $0 $0 

 

Grand Total 22 26,816 $21,524,000 /e/ $6,000 

Note: Lands acquired by the Bureau of Land Management pursuant to Section 206 of the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of October 21, 1976 (Public Law 94-579; 

90 Stat. 2756), and various acts of Congress.

/a/ Cash payments made by the United States are to equalize the value of the Federal lands and the 

non-Federal lands involved in the exchange.

/b/ Exchanges pursuant to Section 206 of FLPMA. 

 

/c/ Four of the 18 patents included 2,420 acres of mineral estate only; this acreage is reflected 

under Act of Congress (Minerals Only). 

 

/d/ Utah Recreational Land Exchange Act of 2009, Public Law 111-53, August 19, 2009. 

 

/e/ Combined value of all lands in exchange, including mineral estate only. Values could not be 

separated based on how parcels were appraised. 
225 

Table 5-8c. LAND EXCHANGES AND ACQUISITIONS, 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Lands Acquired through Purchase and/or Donation 

State Interest Acquired 

______________________________________________________________________

Fee 

________________________________ 

Easement 

 ________________________________ 

Number 

 of Actions

Cost Acres Number 

 of Actions 

Cost Acres 

Purchase 

LWCF /a/

Alaska 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 

Arizona 0 0 0 0 0 0 

California /b/ 45 3,486,350 5,880 0 0 0 

Colorado 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Eastern States 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Idaho 2 900,000 1,333 2 1,345,000 1,079 

Montana 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Nevada 0 0 0 0 0 0 

New Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 

North Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Oregon 3 454,000 360 0 0 0 

South Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Utah 2 1,400,000 166 0 0 0 

Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Wyoming 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Total 52 $6,240,350 7,739 2 $1,345,000 1,079 

 

Non LWCF /c/ 

Alaska 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 

Arizona 0 0 0 0 0 0 

California 5 82,875 182 0 0 0 

Colorado 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Eastern States 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Idaho 0 0 0 3 0 16 

Montana 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Nevada 0 0 0 0 0 0 

New Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 

North Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Oregon /d/ 0 0 0 3 1,120 37 

South Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Utah 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Wyoming 0 0 0 0 0 0 

 

Total 5 $82,875 182 6 $1,120 53 
226 

Table 5-8c. LAND EXCHANGES AND ACQUISITIONS, 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

Lands Acquired through Purchase and/or Donation–concluded 

State Interest Acquired 

 ___________________________________________________________________ 

Fee 

 _______________________________ 

Easement 

 ______________________________ 

Number 

of Actions Cost Acres 

Number 

of Actions Cost Acres 

Purchase–continued 

SNPLMA /e/ 

Nevada /f/ 1 $5,070,000 320 2 $3,560,000 357 

Total 1 $5,070,000 320 2 $3,560,000 357 

 

Total Purchases 58 $11,393,225 8,241 10 $4,906,120 1,489 

 

Number 

of Actions Value Acres 

Number 

of Actions Value Acres 

Donation 

Alaska /g/ 0 $0 0 1 $1,100,000 51 

Arizona 0 0 0 0 0 0 

California /h/ 6 40,127,920 6,183 3 0 6 

Colorado 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Eastern States 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Idaho 0 0 0 1 3,580 1 

Montana 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Nevada 0 0 0 0 0 0 

New Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 

North Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Oregon 0 0 0 0 0 0 

South Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Utah 2 2,000,000 14 0 0 0 

Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Wyoming 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Total 8 $42,127,920 6,197 5 $1,103,580 58 

 

Grand Total 66 $53,521,145 14,438 15 $6,009,700 1,547 
227 

Table 5-8c. LAND EXCHANGES AND ACQUISITIONS, 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014–concluded 

/a/ Funding from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-578; 

78 Stat. 897). 

 

/b/ Includes two Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service grants totaling $2,096,325 of 

donated value. 

 

/c/ Funding from various sources, including highway and fire mitigations, habitat compensation, and 

Wester Oregon receipts (timber sale access). 

 

/d/ Recriprocal right access easement acquisition with private property owner, no purchase cost. 

 

/e/ Funding from the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA) of 1998 

(Public Law 105-263; 112 Stat. 2343), as amended. 

 

/f/ Includes significant surface and underground water rights. 

 

/g/ Value includes an unapportioned fee and easement cost. 

 

/h/ Easement value included in the $40,000,000 value of the base donation. 
228 

Table 5-9. SOUTHERN NEVADA PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT ACT 

 BUDGET AUTHORITY, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

SUMMARY OF BUDGET AUTHORITY 

Allowable Expenditure Projects New Projects Budget Authority 

Categories /a/ Completed in Approved in Approved in 

 FY 2014 /b/ FY 2014 /c/ FY 2014 

_____________________ _____________ _____________ __________________ 

 

Parks, Trails, and Natural Areas 41 3 $1,383,805 

Capital Improvements 19 2 475,916 

Conservation Initiatives /d/ 21 4 1,608,376 

Environmentally Sensitive Land 

 Acquisitions 4 1 381,350 

Hazardous Fuels and Fire 

 Prevention 7 6 1,646,902 

Eastern Nevada Landscape 

 Restoration 5 3 1,262,450 

Multispecies Habitat 

 Conservation Plan 3 2 473,150 

Lake Tahoe Restoration Act 

 Projects /e/ 64 0 0 

Total /f/ 

Special Account Reserve (SAR) 

Grand Total Approved 

164 21 $7,231,949 

$1,500,000 

$8,731,949 

Note: The Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA) (Public Law 105-263) became 

law in October 1998. The act provides for the disposal of public land within a specific area in the 

Las Vegas Valley and creates a Special Account into which 85 percent of the revenue generated 

by land sales is deposited. Of the remaining 15 percent, 5 percent goes to the State of Nevada 

general education program, and 10 percent goes to the Southern Nevada Water Authority for 

water treatment and transmission infrastructure. The Special Account is not allocated as part of 

the Federal budget process, so any revenue in the account remains available until expended. 

 Special Account revenue finances public projects in several categories described in footnote /a/. 
229 

Table 5-9. SOUTHERN NEVADA PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT ACT 

 BUDGET AUTHORITY, FISCAL YEAR 2014–continued 

/a/ Allowable expenditures under the SNPLMA Special Account include the following: 

 Acquisition of environmentally sensitive lands in Nevada, with priority given to lands in 

Clark County. 

 Capital improvements at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Desert National Wildlife 

Refuge, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Great Basin National Park, and other 

areas administered by the BLM and the Forest Service in Clark, Lincoln, and White Pine 

counties and the Spring Mountain National Recreation Area. 

 Development of parks, trails, and natural areas in Clark, Lincoln, and White Pine counties 

and in portions of Washoe County and Carson City, Nevada, pursuant to a cooperative 

agreement with a unit of local or regional government. 

 Conservation initiatives on Federal land in Clark, Lincoln, and White Pine counties, and 

portions of Carson City, Nevada, administered by the Department of the Interior or the 

Department of Agriculture. 

 

 Development and implementation of a multispecies habitat conservation plan in Clark 

County. 

 Lake Tahoe Restoration Act projects. 

 Hazardous Fuels Reduction and Wildfire Prevention within the Lake Tahoe Basin, and the 

Nevada portions of the Carson Range and the Spring Mountain Range. 

 Eastern Nevada Landscape Restoration Projects including, but not limited to: fire 

management, fuels, forest, woodlands, rangelands, aspen and riparian communities, wildlife 

habitat, soils, and watersheds on Federal lands in White Pine County and/or Lincoln County, 

Nevada. 

 Reimbursement of costs incurred by the BLM for implementation of the act and to clear 

debris from and protect land within the disposal boundary and land reserved for affordable 

housing. 

/b/ All projects completed in Fiscal Year 2014 received approval and budget authority in 

Rounds 3–12. A round is a cycle or period of time for consideration and approval of projects. 

 

/c/ Round 14 projects were approved for funding by the Secretary on November 12, 2013. 

/d/ Owing to the interagency nature of many of the Conservation Initiatives, separate “subprojects” 

were set up with the eligible Federal agencies to implement 14 of the projects completed in Fiscal 

Year 2014. 

/e/ Lake Tahoe Restoration Act projects were funded in Rounds 5 through 12, during which time the 

$300 million authorized to be appropriated for projects at Lake Tahoe over 10 years was 

approved by the Secretary and allocated for that purpose. Therefore, no additional funds are 

being allocated to Lake Tahoe Restoration Act projects. 
230 

Table 5-9. SOUTHERN NEVADA PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT ACT 

 BUDGET AUTHORITY, FISCAL YEAR 2014–concluded 

/f/ Pre-Proposal Planning reserves approved by the Secretary in Round 6 funded 43 projects across 

the categories listed above to develop feasibility studies for future nominations. Of these, 38 

projects were completed in previous fiscal years, 3 were completed in Fiscal Year 2014, and 2 

remain active. 
231 

Table 5-10. SOUTHERN NEVADA PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT ACT 

LAND DISPOSAL AND ACQUISITIONS, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Land Disposal (1999–2014) /a/ 

 1999–2013 1999–2014 

 _____________________________ ________________________ 

 Total Average/Year 2014 Total 

Acres Disposed 28,057 /b/ 2,004.07 253 28,310 

Number of Parcels Disposed 618 44.14 33 651 

Gross Disposal Revenue $3,046,906,419 /c/ $217,636,173 $61,429,844 $3,108,336,263 

 

Environmentally Sensitive Lands Acquired (1999–2014) 

 1999–2013 2014 Total 

 __________ _________ ________ 

Acres Acquired 69,574 680 /d/ 70,254 

Note: The Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA) (Public Law 105-263) became law in 

October 1998. The act provides for the orderly disposal of certain Federal lands in Clark County, Nevada, 

in the Las Vegas Valley within a disposal boundary established by Congress. Revenues from SNPLMA 

are used for the acquisition of environmentally sensitive lands in the State of Nevada, with a priority for 

lands in Clark County, and for other purposes established by the legislation. Land has been acquired in 

several Nevada counties using funds in the SNPLMA Special Account. 

/a/ Land Disposal includes auctions (oral, Internet, sealed bid, and modified competitive), direct sales, 

patented Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) lands, affordable housing sales, and exchanges. 

 The Santini-Burton boundary and the CMA boundary (land conveyed to Clark County through the 

SNPLMA legislation) are both wholly within the SNPLMA Disposal Boundary. When Santini-Burton 

parcels outside the CMA boundary but within the SNPLMA Disposal Boundary are sold, the acres are 

included in total acres disposed, but no revenue from sale of those Santini-Burton parcels goes to the 

SNPLMA Special Account. 

/b/ Includes the acres disposed through conveyance to Clark County for the CMA and to the City of Henderson 

for the LTA. 

/c/ Reported gross revenue reflects revenue from all disposal methods, including that from R&PP sales, 

revenue from conveyances of CMA lands by Clark County, and revenue from conveyances of LTA lands 

by the City of Henderson. Forfeited land sale bid deposits and nominal proceeds from conveyances of 

“unknown” mineral rights in the early years of SNPLMA are not included in the land disposal revenue. 

 
232 

Table 5-10. SOUTHERN NEVADA PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT ACT 

LAND DISPOSAL AND ACQUISITIONS, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

 –concluded 

Reported gross revenue may reflect deposit amounts only (typically 20 percent of purchase price) for land 

sales held 6 months or less before the end of the fiscal year, in which case the balance of the purchase price 

will not be due, and thus not reported as revenue, until the next fiscal year. If any sale defaults, the number 

of acres disposed will be adjusted in the next fiscal year. 

/d/ “Acres Acquired” reflects total acres of environmentally sensitive land acquired (both fee and conservation 

easement) using SNPLMA funds by all SNPLMA-eligible Federal land management agencies. 
233 

Table 5-11. RESERVED 

This table number is reserved for use in a future edition of Public Land Statistics. 
234 

Table 5-12. WILD FREE-ROAMING HORSE AND BURRO 

POPULATIONS AS OF MARCH 1, 2014 

Administrative State Horses 

 _______ 

Burros 

 _______ 

Total 

 _____ 

Arizona 333 4,411 4,744 

California 4,086 1,922 6,008 

Colorado 1,205 0 1,205 

Idaho 668 0 668 

Montana 160 0 160 

Nevada 23,347 1,688 25,035 

New Mexico 146 0 146 

Oregon 3,120 60 3,180 

Utah 3,979 313 4,292 

Wyoming 3,771 0 3,771 

Total 40,815 8,394 49,209 

Note: Wild horse and burro populations on the range typically increase an average of 20 percent per 

year based on the annual foaling rates. 
235 

 Table 5-13a. WILD FREE-ROAMING HORSE AND BURRO ADOPTIONS, 

 BY STATE, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

 

 

Administrative 

State /a/

 Animals Adopted 

____________________________ 

 Animals Adopted 

 ______________________________ 

FY 1971–FY 2013 /b/ 

____________________________

FY 2014 

 ______________________________

Horses Burros Total Horses Burros Total 

Arizona 3,842 3,193 7,035 54 20 74 

California /a/ 19,408 6,982 26,390 210 78 288 

Colorado 7,607 910 8,517 129 27 156 

Eastern States /a/ 63,168 15,383 78,551 535 91 626 

Idaho 4,567 337 4,904 84 6 90 

Montana /a/ 10,079 1,323 11,402 1 0 1 

Nevada 4,480 336 4,816 64 7 71 

New Mexico /a/ 24,131 4,314 28,445 316 17 333 

Oregon /a/ 14,622 1,334 15,956 125 40 165 

Utah 6,466 587 7,053 93 16 109 

Wyoming /a/ 17,114 1,177 18,291 89 8 97 

National Program 

 Office /a/ 21,392 1,382 22,774 89 36 125 

Total 196,876 37,258 234,134 1,789 346 2,135 

Note: Mules are reported as burros. 

/a/ Before 1996 adoptions were reported by geographic state, including the District of Columbia. Since 

1996 adoptions have been reported by the BLM Administrative State. Beginning in 1999 adoptions 

conducted in the national centers, Elm Creek, Nebraska, and Palomino Valley, Nevada, have been 

reported under the National Program Office. California administers the wild horse and burro 

program in Hawaii; Eastern States Office administers the program in the 31 states east of and 

bordering on the Mississippi River, plus the District of Columbia; Montana administers the program 

in North Dakota and South Dakota; New Mexico administers the program in Kansas, Oklahoma, 

and Texas; Oregon administers the program in the State of Washington; and Wyoming administers 

the program in Nebraska. 

/b/ Historical adoption numbers have not been adjusted downward to account for animals that have 

been returned or re-adopted by BLM since 2009. Adjustments that have been made from 2009 to 

2014 will be reapportioned in the 2015 statistics. 
236 

Table 5-13b. WILD FREE-ROAMING HORSE AND BURRO REMOVALS, 

BY STATE, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Administrative 

State 

 

 Animals Removed /a/ 

 ______________________________

 Animals Removed /b/ 

____________________________ 

 FY 1971–FY 2013 

 ______________________________ 

 FY 2014 

____________________________ 

 Horses Burros Total Horses Burros Total 

Arizona 202 10,498 10,700 0 93 93 

California 16,758 9,605 26,363 135 58 193 

Colorado 4,221 0 4,221 3 0 3 

Idaho 3,287 0 3,287 39 0 39 

Montana 419 0 419 0 0 0 

Nevada 126,952 7,700 134,652 132 9 141 

New Mexico 708 11 719 0 0 0 

Oregon 16,594 11 16,605 51 8 59 

Utah 12,162 309 12,471 217 0 217 

Wyoming 35,404 3 35,407 1,112 0 1,112 

Total 216,707 28,137 244,844 1,689 168 1,857 

Note: Mules are reported as burros. 

/a/ Historical Forest Service territory removal numbers are incorporated in Administrative State totals. 

/b/ Removal numbers for Fiscal Year 2014 include 44 animals removed from Forest Service territories; 

 8 in Nevada; and 36 in Oregon. 
237 

Table 5-14. CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Administrative State 

Acres 

 Inventoried 

___________ 

Properties 

Recorded 

___________ 

Number of 

Study/Management 

Permits Issued 

or in Effect /a/ 

__________________ 

      

Alaska 8,122 135 19 

Arizona 13,477 213 51 

California 62,994 769 42 

Colorado 34,418 1,434 87 

Eastern States 0 3 0 

Idaho 31,379 395 19 

Montana 18,773 143 45 

Nevada 63,126 1,079 150 

New Mexico 41,783 652 113 

Oregon 39,049 335 65 

Utah 104,265 1,713 57 

Wyoming 64,154 846 83 

 

Total for Fiscal Year 

2014 

481,540 7,717 731 

 

TOTAL TO DATE 23,838,941 366,232 

 

/a/ Does not include collecting of paleontological resources. Permits are generally issued for 

1- to 3-year periods, so total to date is not shown. 

      
238 

 Table 5-15. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT AREAS OF 

 CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN (ACECs) AND 

 RESEARCH NATURAL AREAS (RNAs) AS OF 

 SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 

Geographic State Number 

 _________ 

 Acres 

__________

Alaska 52 8,682,156 

Arizona 59 992,314 

California 184 5,314,970 

Colorado 67 632,899 

Eastern States 1 54 

Idaho 95 636,171 

Montana 55 380,955 

Nevada 51 1,356,185 

New Mexico 154 1,293,630 

Oregon 

 –Washington 204 827,150 

Utah 60 721,603 

Wyoming 43 640,032 

Total 1,025 21,478,119 

Note: Adjustments to previously reported data are based on updated information. 
239 

 Table 5-16. NUMBER AND SIZE OF DESIGNATED SPECIAL 

 MANAGEMENT AREAS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 

Special Management Area 

Designation 

Type 

____________ 

Number 

________ 

 Total 

 Acres 

 __________ 

 

Total 

Miles 

_______ 

Lake Todatonten 

 Special Management Area Congressional 1 37,579 

Herd Management Areas Administrative 179 31,631,362 

Areas of Critical 

 Environmental Concern Administrative 1,025 21,478,119 

National Natural Landmarks Administrative 41 364,843 

Research Natural Areas Administrative 202 1,497,438 

National Recreation Trails Administrative 34 491.1 

National Back Country Byways Administrative 54 2,906 /a/ 

Globally Important Bird Areas Administrative 34 7,625,030 /b/ 

Significant Caves /c/ Administrative 1,050

/a/ The mileage includes those byways administratively designated under the BLM’s Back Country 

Byway program. In addition, the BLM is involved in the cooperative management of an additional 17 

byways, totaling 2,492 miles on public lands, that have been recognized by State or national 

designations. Collectively, these two categories make up the BLM’s byway program. 

/b/ The acreage for Globally Important Bird Areas is also contained within the San Pedro Riparian 

National Conservation Area and the Yaquina Head National Outstanding Natural Area. The total 

shown does not include15 BLM-owned Important Bird Areas with unreported acreage. 

/c/ Significant Caves are specially managed areas that the BLM started reporting in Fiscal Year 2008. 

Source: Information concerning Significant Caves comes from the Recreation Management Information 

 System (RMIS). 

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PART 6 

PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND RESOURCE PROTECTION 

The stewardship role of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which includes preserving and 

protecting natural and cultural resources, also extends to protecting public health, safety, and property. 

The BLM is responsible for reducing health and safety risks to employees and the public; maintaining 

facilities and infrastructure; and protecting public lands from illegal dumping of wastes, theft and 

destruction of Federal property, misuse of resources, and wildland fires. 

Nationally, on all lands (not just those lands protected by the BLM), 2014 saw an increase in the number 

of wildfires but a significant decrease in the acres burned in wildfires. Although the number of fires 

reported nationally increased in 2014 (from 47,600 in 2013 to 63,300 in 2014), wildfire occurrence across 

the nation was still 13 percent below the 10-year average. In 2014, about 3.6 million acres burned 

nationwide, which is less than half the 10-year average. 

Of particular concern, however, is that by the end of the calendar year, 461,545 acres of sage-grouse 

habitat had burned in eastern Oregon. While eight other States saw losses to sage-grouse habitat due to 

wildfire, the burned acres in Oregon represent 82 percent of the total BLM sage-grouse habitat acres 

burned in 2014. On a more positive note, the total amount of BLM-managed sage-grouse habitat burned 

in 2014 was small in comparison with other years. 

 

Table 6-1 summarizes the number of wildland fires and the acres burned during the Fiscal Year 2014 fire 

season on lands protected by the BLM or lands protected under cooperative agreements between the BLM 

and local fire agencies. A total of 2,950 BLM fires were reported on BLM lands and adjacent acres. This 

reflects a decrease of about 1,000 reported fires from Fiscal Year 2013. Acres burned on BLM lands and 

adjacent acres plunged dramatically from 2,091,319 in Fiscal Year 2013 to 1,029,140 in Fiscal Year 2014. 

Of all BLM states, Oregon had the most wildfire activity in 2014. BLM Oregon saw more than 709,000 

acres burned on BLM and BLM-protected lands. The fire season in Oregon was characterized by a period 

of dry lighting in July. Following the lightning storms, strong winds compounded the fire situation. 

Idaho was the second busiest BLM state for acres burned in wildfire, with a total of 134,133 acres 

scorched. 

Table 6-2 identifies the major type of capital improvements that support the management, use, and 

enjoyment of the public lands for commercial, recreational, and other purposes. The trend has been for 

the BLM’s inventory of fixed capital assets (buildings, roads, recreation sites, etc.) to increase over time. 

However, as the BLM implements its Asset Management Plan (AMP), which was developed in 2006, it 

will begin compiling a list of real property assets that are candidates for disposition. Any asset that is no 

longer critical to the mission, or that is in such poor condition that it is no longer cost-effective to 

maintain, will be identified for possible disposal. The AMP provides the framework for the BLM to 

streamline its portfolio of assets and optimize the maintenance of those assets that contribute most 

significantly to the BLM’s mission and strategic goals. 

Table 6-3 summarizes the releases of hazardous substances and other pollutants and contaminants 

discovered on public lands. Historically, approximately 60 percent of all hazardous waste sites on public 

lands result from commercial uses. Landfills, mines and mill sites, airstrips, and oil and gas sites account 

for almost half of these commercial activities. The other 40 percent have been caused by illegal activities, 

such as midnight dumping of agricultural and industrial wastes, wire burning, and illicit drug production. 
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In recent years, about 90 percent of the hazardous substance releases found on public lands have resulted 

from illegal dumping incidents involving debris or drums of biomedical, chemical, and petroleum wastes; 

pesticides; paints; batteries; asbestos; and illicit drug lab wastes. The remaining 10 percent of the 

hazardous substance releases have come from fuel spills, mining wastes, and military accidents. The 

number of drug labs has essentially leveled off and even decreased due to enforcement actions taken by 

both State and Federal law enforcement agencies. However, highly toxic and explosive drug lab wastes 

continue to be found far afield of the more expected urban locations and in regions not previously plagued 

by this problem until the last few years. 
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Table 6-1. FIRES ON OR THREATENING BLM LANDS, FISCAL YEAR 2014 

Number of Fires and Acreage per State by Protection Type 

Force Account Protection 

State 

 Fires  Suppressed  ______________ 

 Causes ______________ 

 Commercial  Forest /a/  ______________ 

Noncommercial Forest /b/  _______________ 

 Nonforest  Watershed /c/  ________________ 

 BLM  Fires 

NonBLM 

Fires

Lightning

Fires

Human 

Fires

BLM 

Acres

NonBLM 

Acres

BLM 

Acres

NonBLM 

Acres

 BLM 

Acres

 Non- 

 BLM 

 Acres

Alaska 13 0 12 1 321 0 63 82 1,252 0 Arizona 83 21 37 67 2 0 494 2 165 1,023 California 68 60 16 112 0 0 141 38 17,308 2,048 Colorado 227 12 197 42 533 68 8,306 12,133 101 0 Eastern States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Idaho 90 40 35 95 0 0 5 8 41,780 12,909 Mississippi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Montana 49 22 48 23 0 25 3,246 11,719 1,150 2,292 Nevada 285 47 192 140 2 1 10,987 1,875 3,340 1,023 New Mexico 54 11 31 34 0 0 6 0 636 2,004 North Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oregon 215 166 222 159 15,305 43 ,583 56,280 46,741 262,823 193,404 South Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Utah 217 48 208 57 0 0 4,160 920 15,197 6,053 Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wyoming 68 42 47 63 2 0 692 360 805 639 Total 1,369 469 1,045 793 16,165 43,677 84,380 73,878 344,557 221,395 
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 Table 6-1. FIRES ON OR THREATENING BLM LANDS, FISCAL YEAR 2014–conti

Number of Fires and Acreage per State by Protection Type 

Contract Protection 

State 

Fires Suppressed  _______________ 

Causes 

_____________ 

Commercial Forest /a/ 

_____________ 

Noncommercial Forest /b/ _______________ 

 Nonforest  Watershed /c/  ________________ 

BLM 

Fires

NonBLM 

Fires 

Lightning 

Fires

Human 

Fires

BLM 

Acres 

NonBLM 

Acres 

BLM 

Acres 

NonBLM 

Acres

 BLM 

 Acres 

 Non- 

 BLM 

 Acres

Alaska 2 82 33 51 0 0 2,883 9,080 0 22,619 Arizona 1 4 3 2 0 0 352 0 0 0 California 19 15 1 33 0 117 2 10 162 120 Colorado 12 30 30 12 0 0 128 602 0 15 Eastern States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Idaho 158 31 17 172 593 0 20,074 57,571 342 85Mississippi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Montana 24 32 39 17 8 0 39 524 2,228 1,935 Nevada 4 69 36 37 0 0 0 23,199 0 10New Mexico 13 29 20 22 0 0 8 38 0 22 North Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oregon 327 52 165 214 16,923 57,437 15,505 94 252 1,08South Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Utah 26 112 104 34 0 58 17 2,126 1,133 6,66Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wyoming 1 69 14 56 0 1 18 14 6 132 Total 587 525 462 650 17,524 57,613 39,026 93,258 4,123 33,544 

Grand Total 1,956 994 1,507 1,443 33,689 101,290 123,406 167,136 348,680 254,939 
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 Table 6-1. FIRES ON OR THREATENING BLM LANDS, FISCAL YEAR 2014–concNote: Non-BLM land includes other Federal lands, as well as State, privately owned, and other non-Federal lands. /a/ Land producing, or capable of producing, wood products such as sawtimber, posts, poles, etc., and not withdrawn 

/b/ Land not capable of yielding wood products, or commercial forestland withdrawn from timber use. /c/ Land that has never supported forests or that has been developed for nonforest use. Source: The National Fire Plan Operations and Reporting System (NFPORS). 
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Table 6-2. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ON PUBLIC LANDS, AS OF NOVEMBER 13

Administrative State or Office 

Number of Buildings ____________ 

Number of Administrative Sites _____________ 

Number of Recreation Sites __________ 

Miles of Roads _________ 

Miles of Trails _________ 

Alaska 377 52 106 28 1,246 Arizona 287 99 285 1,688 742 California 631 74 396 4,550 2,256 Colorado 302 53 376 4,063 1,165 Eastern States 15 /b/ 3 1 0 0 Idaho 381 41 265 8,207 3,804 Montana 283 33 /a/ 264 3,758 322 National Interagency  Fire Center 30 2 0 0 0 

Nevada 305 73 112 9,976 800 New Mexico 165 20 /a/ 90 5,177 313 Eastern Oregon 375 63 271 8,996 789 Western Oregon 518 67 191 14,303 556 Utah 523 61 395 7,669 2,433 Wyoming 149 30 85 3,888 47 Total 4,341 671 2,837 72,303 14,473 

/a/ Change/correction of ownership. /b/ Construction or acquisition of new inventory. 
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 Table 6-3. RELEASES OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES ON PUBLIC LANDS, 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014 

 Total as of September 30, 2014 /a/

________________________________________ 

 Activities During Fiscal Yea

______________________________

Geographic State 

Hazardous Substances and Other Pollutants Reported  /c/ _______________ 

 No Further  Action Planned 

/d/ 

______________ 

Studies and Searches  /e/ ___________ 

 Removal  Actions  /f/ 

_________ 

 Number of Sites Number of Sites Number Number 

Alaska 293 120 267 3 

Arizona 771 725 85 33 

California /h/ 1,342 902 3 82 

Colorado 264 151 25 149 Eastern States 2 1 0 0 Idaho 528 552 124 25 Montana 113 62 2 2 

Nevada 958 578 0 0 

New Mexico 188 184 0 0 Oregon 490 484 35 14 Utah 698 327 25 1 Washington 29 26 1 1 

Wyoming 300 238 0 2 Total 5,976 4,350 567 312 
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Table 6-3. RELEASES OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES ON PUBLIC LANDS, 

 FISCAL YEAR 2014–concluded 

/a/ Includes sites reported and sites archived in previous years and during Fiscal Year 2014. /b/ Includes work done by the BLM, other Federal and State agencies, and responsible parties during Fiscal Year 20/c/ Cases opened and potentially actionable under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 

 (CERCLA) of 1980, commonly known as the Superfund. /d/ The No Further Action Planned designation is commonly given to cases closed and administratively archived. /e/ Includes CERCLA multiphase investigations, monitoring, and searches for potentially responsible parties. /f/ Removal actions are relatively short-term, rapid responses to a release or threat of release. /g/ Remedial actions are longer-term responses consistent with a permanent remedy. /h/ Petroleum products are CERCLA hazardous substances under California State Law; data for California include 

. 
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GLOSSARY

ACEC (Area of Critical Environmental Concern):

Areas where special management is needed to protect important historical, cultural, scenic, and natural 

areas, or to identify areas hazardous to human life and property. 

Acquired lands:

Lands in Federal ownership that were obtained by the Government through purchase, condemnation, or gift 

or by exchange. Acquired lands constitute one category of public lands. (See Public lands.) 

Administrative site:

A reservation of public lands for use as a site for public buildings, ranger stations, or other administrative 

facilities. 

Administrative State:

Bureau of Land Management State Office having administrative jurisdiction. For example, the Montana 

State Office has administrative jurisdiction for Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota. See inside back 

cover for a complete list of State Offices and the respective areas of responsibility for each office. 

Allocation of receipts:

Determination of moneys paid, or to be paid, to other funds, counties, or States out of receipts collected 

during the fiscal year reported, as required or specified by law. 

ANCSA:

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of December 18, 1971 (Public Law 92-203, 85 Stat. 688). 

Animal unit:

A standardized unit of measurement for range livestock that is equivalent to one cow, one horse, five sheep, 

five goats, or four reindeer, all over 6 months of age. 

Application:

A formal request for rights to use, or obtain eventual title to, public lands or resources. 

Archaeological and historical site:

A site that contains objects of antiquity or cultural value relating to history or prehistory that warrant 

special protection. 

AUM (Animal Unit Month):

A standardized unit of measurement of the amount of forage necessary for the complete sustenance of one 

animal unit for a period of 1 month; also, a unit of measurement of grazing privileges that represents the 

privilege of grazing one animal unit for a period of 1 month. 

Big game habitat:

Habitat area used by big game animals at some time during their yearly life cycle. 

Boating:

Motorized boating includes tour boating, power boating, river running (commercial or noncommercial), 

etc. Nonmotorized boating includes sailing, canoeing, kayaking, and river running (commercial and 

noncommercial), and activity by other nonmotorized boats, such as rowboats. 
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Bonus:

The cash consideration paid to the United States by the successful bidder for a mineral lease, such payment 

being made in addition to the rent and royalty obligations specified in the lease. 

Cadastral survey:

A survey relating to land boundaries and subdivisions made to create units suitable for management or to 

define the limits of title. The distinguishing features of the cadastral surveys are the establishment of 

monuments on the ground to define the boundaries of the land and their identification in the records by 

field notes and plats. 

Camping:

Includes auto and trailer camping, along with other camping at developed sites, and backcountry camping. 

Candidate species:

Species designated as candidates for listing as threatened or endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service or National Marine Fisheries Service. (See Endangered species and Threatened species.) 

Carey acts:

The acts of August 18, 1894 (28 Stat. 372), and March 15, 1910 (36 Stat. 237, 43 U.S.C. Sec. 643), which 

provide for grants of desert lands to States for disposition to bona fide settlers. 

CCF: 

Hundred cubic feet; 100 units of true volume that measures 1 x 1 x 1 foot or its equivalent. This is the 

standard unit of measurement for Bureau of Land Management timber sales. It does not include bark or air 

volume. 

Ceded Indian lands:

Public lands to which Indian tribal title was relinquished to the United States by the Indians on condition 

that part or all of the proceeds from their sale or other disposition would be conveyed into the Treasury and 

held in trust for the Indians. 

Certification:

The act of final approval of a State selection by the Director of the BLM; the document that passes title to 

the selected lands to the State; or a document that attests to the truth or authenticity of the papers attached 

to it. 

CFR:

Code of Federal Regulations. 

Chaining:

Vegetation removal that is accomplished by hooking a large anchor chain between two bulldozers; as the 

dozers move through the vegetation, the vegetation is knocked to the ground. Chaining kills a large 

percentage of the vegetation, and is often followed a year or two later by burning or seeding. 

Color-of-Title Act:

The act of December 22, 1928 (43 U.S.C. Sec. 1068), as amended. Under the terms and provisions of this 

act, a patent may be issued for a parcel of not more than 160 acres of public lands in instances where claim 

to the lands has been based on a written instrument containing defective evidence of title. The parcel must 

have been possessed in good faith by a claimant, his ancestors, or grantors for more than 20 years. 
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Color-of-title entry:

A cash entry made by an applicant under the Color-of-Title Act. 

Competitive leasing:

Refers to leases issued by the United States where there are known minerals (or other resources such as oil 

and gas) or where inference of probable resources can be drawn from knowledge of the geology of the land. 

The lands are offered for lease by competitive bidding after publication of the offer of the lands for leasing. 

The lease is issued to the highest bidder, who is determined at a sale by public auction. (See Leasable 

minerals and Noncompetitive leasing.) 

Concession leases: 

Long-term authorizations for private parties to possess and use public lands to provide recreation facilities 

and services for a fixed period; these leases are authorized under 43 CFR 2920 and the Land and Water 

Conservation Fund Act. Recreation concession leases establish the obligations that the Bureau of Land 

Management and the concessionaire agree to in providing visitor services necessary for full enjoyment of 

the public lands or related waters.

Contract fire protection:

Fire protection given lands owned, leased, or controlled by the United States and administered by the 

Bureau of Land Management on which complete fire protection is extended through the use of fire 

protection forces and facilities contracted for by the Bureau of Land Management. 

Crossing permit:

An authorization issued for trailing livestock across Federal range for proper and lawful purposes. 

Cultural resources:

Remains of human activity, occupation, or endeavor that are reflected in districts, sites, structures, 

buildings, objects, artifacts, ruins, works of art, architecture, and natural features that were of importance in 

past human events. These resources consist of (1) physical remains, (2) areas where significant human 

events occurred, even though evidence of the event no longer remains, and (3) the environment 

immediately surrounding the actual resource. 

Desert Land Entry:

An entry of irrigable arid agricultural public lands for the purpose of reclamation, irrigation, and cultivation 

in part. 

Disposition:

A transaction that leads to the transfer of title of public lands, or resources on or in these lands, from the 

Federal Government. 

Early seral:

An ecological condition classification that means that the current vegetation is between zero and 

25 percent similar to the potential natural plant community. Early seral describes vegetation that is in 

“poor” condition. 

Eastern States:

Includes all states bordering on or east of the Mississippi River. 
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Emergency fire rehabilitation projects:

Any action taken to ameliorate the impacts of a wildfire to the land, including the physical and biological 

resources. These actions can include exclusion fencing, soil stabilization (such as revegetation), and 

watershed protection measures. Fire rehabilitation actions are necessary to prevent unacceptable resource 

degradation, minimize threats to public health and safety, prevent unacceptable off-site damage, and 

minimize the potential for the recurrence of wildfire. 

Endangered species:

Any animal or plant species in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range. (See 

Candidate species and Threatened species.) 

Entry:

An application to acquire title to public lands. 

Entry, allowed:

An application to acquire title to public lands that has been approved, either as an original entry or as a final 

entry. 

Ephemeral streams: 

Stream reaches where water flows for only brief periods during storm runoff events. 

Exchange:

A transaction whereby the Federal Government receives land or interests in land in exchange for other land 

or interests in land. 

Exchange lease (coal):

An exchange of coal resources when it is in the public interest to shift the impact of mineral operations 

from leased lands, or portions of leased lands, to currently unleased lands to preserve public resource or 

social values, and to carry out congressional directives authorizing coal lease exchanges. 

Federal land:

All classes of land owned by the Federal Government. 

Field examination:

An on-the-ground investigation of selected public lands with regard to valuation, land use, application for 

entry, mineralization, etc. 

Fire suppression:

Fire control activities concerned with controlling and extinguishing a fire, starting when the fire is 

discovered. 

Fishable stream:

A stream that currently supports a sport fishery on public lands. These streams are not necessarily 

accessible to the public. 

Fishing: 

Includes fishing from the shore and from a boat when the boating is secondary to the fishing activity. 

Included are warm-water, cold-water, and ice fishing; crabbing; seining; and gigging. 

FLPMA:

Federal Land Policy and Management Act of October 21, 1976 (Public Law 94-579, 90 Stat. 2743), 

commonly called the “Organic Act” for the Bureau of Land Management. 
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Force account fire protection:

Fire protection given lands owned, leased, or controlled by the United States and administered by the 

Bureau of Land Management on which complete fire protection is extended through the use of the 

protection forces and facilities supervised and operated by the Bureau of Land Management. 

Free-use permit:

A permit to a governmental agency or nonprofit group to use mineral materials, such as sand and gravel, or 

other resources at no charge. 

GDP (gross domestic product): 

The total value of all goods and services produced within an economy during a specified period. 

Globally Important Bird Areas (IBA): 

A network of sites and areas in North America identified and protected to maintain naturally occurring bird 

populations across the ranges of those species. IBAs are important for maintaining critical habitats and 

ecosystems. This network of areas encompasses lands critical to the conservation of some bird species and 

may include the best examples of the species’ habitat. IBAs help ensure species’ survival. 

Grazing district:

An administrative subdivision of the rangelands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management 

established pursuant to Section 3 of the Taylor Grazing Act to facilitate the management of rangeland 

resources. 

Grazing-fee year:

March 1 of a given calendar year through the last day in February of the following year. 

Grazing lease:

An authorization that permits the grazing of livestock on public lands outside the grazing districts during a 

specified period (Section 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act). 

Grazing lease lands:

Lands outside grazing districts that are owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the United States and 

administered by the Bureau of Land Management and that are subject to leasing for grazing purposes under 

the Alaska Grazing Law of March 4, 1927; Section 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act of June 28, 1934; the 

Oregon Timber Conservation Act of August 28, 1937; or the Reindeer Act of September 1, 1937. 

Grazing permit:

An authorization that permits the grazing of a specified number and class of livestock on a designated area 

of grazing district lands during specified seasons each year (Section 3 of the Taylor Grazing Act). 

Habitat disking and chaining: 

Involves use of heavy equipment to remove undesirable vegetation such as juniper trees (chaining) and 

sagebrush (disking). Usually done to induce the growth of more desirable species.

Hardrock minerals:

Locatable minerals that are neither leasable minerals (oil, gas, coal, oil shale, phosphate, sodium, 

potassium, sulphur, asphalt, or gilsonite) nor salable mineral materials (common variety sand and gravel). 

Hardrock minerals include, but are not limited to, copper, lead, zinc, magnesium, nickel, tungsten, gold, 

silver, bentonite, barite, feldspar, fluorspar, and uranium. 
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Herd Management Areas: 

Areas established for wild and free-roaming horses and burros through the land use planning process. The 

Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 requires that wild, free-roaming horses and burros be 

considered for management where they were found at the time Congress passed the act. The Bureau of 

Land Management initially identified 264 areas of use as herd areas. 

Homestead entry, original:

An original entry under the homestead laws; the first homestead entry that was made by an individual; or, a 

homestead entry that was made pursuant to the first homestead law, the Act of May 20, 1862 

(12 Stat. 392) as codified in Sections 2289–2291 of the Revised Statutes. (See Stock raising homestead.) 

Hunting: 

Includes big- and small-game hunting, waterfowl hunting, and trapping. 

Indian allotment:

An allocation of a parcel of public lands or Indian reservation lands to an Indian for individual use; also, 

the lands so allocated. 

Inholdings: 

Privately owned or State-owned lands located within the boundary of lands owned by the United States. 

Inland water area:

Includes permanent inland water surface, such as lakes, ponds, and reservoirs having 40 acres or more of 

the area; streams, sloughs, estuaries, and canals one-eighth of a statute mile or more in width; deeply 

indented embayments and sounds, other coastal waters behind or sheltered by headlands, or islands 

separated by less than 1 nautical mile of water; and islands having less than 40 acres of area. 

Lake (or pond):

A natural standing body of water. 

Lake improvements:

Consist of many different techniques to improve water temperature, oxygen content, silt load, etc. This 

may include the planting of ground cover in the lake watershed and the planting of shade trees. 

Lake Todatonten Special Management Area: 

Congress authorized the creation of the Lake Todatonten Special Management Area—a 37,579-acre parcel 

of public land in Interior Alaska for the protection of fish, wildlife, and habitat—in its Omnibus Parks and 

Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-333). The area was withdrawn by Public Land 

Order No. 7372 on December 15, 1998. 

Land area:

Includes dry land and land temporarily or partly covered by water, such as marshlands, swamps, and river 

floodplains; streams, sloughs, estuaries, and canals less than one-eighth of a statute mile in width; and 

lakes, reservoirs, and ponds having less than 40 acres of water-surface area. 

Late seral:

An ecological condition classification that means that the current vegetation is between 51 and 75 percent 

similar to the potential natural plant community. Late seral means that the vegetation is in “good” 

condition. 
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Leasable minerals:

Oil and gas; oil shale; coal; potash; phosphate; sodium; sulfur in Louisiana and New Mexico; gold, silver, 

and quicksilver in certain private land claims; and silica deposits in certain parts of Nevada. 

Lease:

An authorization to possess and use public land for a period of time sufficient to amortize capital 

investments in the land. (See Competitive leasing and Noncompetitive leasing.) 

License:

An authority granted by the United States to do a particular act or series of acts on public lands without the 

licensee possessing any estate or interest in the land itself. 

LMU (Logical mining unit):

An area of land in which the recoverable coal reserves can be developed in an efficient, economical, and 

orderly manner as a unit with due regard to conservation of coal reserves and other resources. An LMU 

may consist of one or more Federal coal leases and may include intervening or adjacent lands in which the 

United States does not own the coal. All lands in an LMU are under the control of one operator or lessee, 

can be developed as a single operation, and are contiguous. Formation of LMUs was authorized by the 

Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1976, which amended the Mineral Leasing Act 

(30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.). 

Locatable minerals:

Whatever are recognized as minerals by the standard authorities, whether metallic or other substances, and 

are found in sufficient quantity and quality to justify their location under the Mining Law of 1872, as 

amended. (See Hardrock minerals.) 

Lode claim:

A mining claim located for “veins or lodes of quartz or other rock in place” (30 U.S.C. 23). Lode claims 

may extend for 1,500 feet along the strike of the vein or lode and to a maximum of 300 feet on either side 

of the vein or lode. 

LU (Land Utilization) project lands:

Privately owned submarginal farmlands incapable of producing sufficient income to support the family of a 

farm owner and purchased under Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act of July 22, 1937. These 

acquired lands became known as “Land Utilization Projects” and were subsequently transferred from the 

jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to the U.S. Department of the Interior. They are now 

administered by the Bureau of Land Management. 

MBF:

Thousand board feet. A board foot is a unit of lumber measurement 1 foot long, 1 foot wide, and 1 inch 

thick, or its equivalent. It is the standard unit of measurement in the logging and lumber industry by which 

standing timber is measured and sold and manufactured lumber is merchandised. 

Mid seral:

An ecological condition classification that means that the current vegetation is between 26 and 50 percent 

similar to the potential natural plant community. Mid seral describes vegetation that is in “fair” condition. 

Mill site: A site located on nonmineral land and used for mining or milling purposes (30 U.S.C. 42). Mill 

sites are limited to 5 acres and may be located either by metes and bounds or by legal subdivision. 
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Minerals:

Organic and inorganic substances occurring naturally, with characteristics and economic uses that bring 

them within the purview of mineral laws; substances that may be obtained under applicable laws from 

public lands by purchase, lease, or preemptive entry. 

Mineral materials:

Minerals such as common varieties of sand, stone, gravel, pumice, pumicite, and clay that are not 

obtainable under the mining or leasing laws but that can be obtained under the Materials Act of 1947, as 

amended. 

Mineral permit:

A permit that authorizes prospecting for certain leasable minerals on public lands described in the permit. 

Mineral reservation:

Retention of the mineral estate by the grantor of a property; the grantee or patentee owns the land surface 

but not the minerals. 

Mining claim:

A mineral entry and appropriation of public land under the Mining Law of 1872, as amended 

(30 U.S.C. Sec. 22 et seq.). There are four types of mining claims: lode claims, placer claims, mill sites, 

and tunnel sites. Only tunnel sites may not be patented. A valid lode or placer claim contains a discovery 

of a valuable mineral deposit subject to location under the Mining Law of 1872. A valid mill site is one 

that is being used for the support of a mining or milling operation. A valid tunnel site is one that is being 

diligently worked and maintained. 

Mining claim location:

The staking and recordation of a lode or placer claim, mill site, or tunnel site on public land. A valid 

location is one that is properly located, recorded, and maintained under Section 314 of the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act of October 21, 1976, and the mining laws of the State where the claim or site 

is located. 

Multiple use:

A combination of balanced and diverse resource uses that takes into account the long-term needs of future 

generations for renewable and nonrenewable resources, including recreation, range, timber, minerals, 

watershed, and wildlife and fish, along with natural scenic, scientific, and historical values. 

National Back Country Byways: 

A program developed by the Bureau of Land Management to complement the National Scenic Byway 

program. Bureau of Land Management’s byways show enthusiasts the best the West has to offer—from 

the breathtaking thunder of waterfalls to geology sculpted by ancient volcanoes, glaciers, and rivers. Back 

Country Byways vary from narrow, graded roads, passable only during a few months of the year, to twolane paved highways providing year-round access.

National Conservation Areas: 

Areas designated by Congress so that present and future generations of Americans can benefit from the 

conservation, protection, enhancement, use, and management of these areas by enjoying their natural, 

recreational, cultural, wildlife, aquatic, archaeological, paleontological, historical, educational, or scientific 

resources and values. 

National Historic Trails:

Trails established to identify and protect historic routes. They follow as closely as possible the original 

trails or routes of travel of national historic significance. 
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National Monument: 

An area designated to protect objects of scientific and historic interest by public proclamation of the 

President under the Antiquities Act of 1906, or by Congress for historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric 

structures, or other objects of historic or scientific interest situated on the public lands. Designation also 

provides for the management of these features and values.

National Natural Landmarks: 

Areas having national significance because they represent one of the best known examples of a natural 

region’s characteristic biotic or geologic features. National Natural Landmarks must be located within the 

boundaries of the United States or on the Continental Shelf and are designated by the Secretary of the 

Interior. To qualify as a National Natural Landmark, the area must contain an outstanding representative 

example of the Nation’s natural heritage, including terrestrial communities, aquatic communities, 

landforms, geological features, habitats of native plant and animal species, or fossil evidence of the 

development of life on earth.

National Outstanding Natural Areas: 

Protected lands designated either by Congress or administratively by an agency to preserve exceptional, 

rare, or unusual natural characteristics and to provide for the protection or enhancement of natural, 

educational, or scientific values. These areas are protected by allowing physical and biological processes to 

operate, usually without direct human intervention.

National Recreation Area: 

An area designated by Congress to ensure the conservation and protection of natural, scenic, historic, 

pastoral, and fish and wildlife values and to provide for the enhancement of recreational values. 

National Recreation Trails: 

Trails established administratively by the Secretary of the Interior to provide for a variety of outdoor 

recreation uses in or reasonably close to urban areas. They often serve as connecting links between the 

National Historic Trails and National Scenic Trails.

National Scenic Trails: 

Trails established by an act of Congress that are intended to provide for maximum outdoor recreation 

potential and for the conservation and enjoyment of nationally significant scenic, historical, natural, and 

cultural qualities of the areas through which these trails pass. National Scenic Trails may be located to 

represent desert, marsh, grassland, mountain, canyon, river, forest, and other areas, as well as land forms 

that exhibit significant characteristics of the physiographic regions of the Nation. 

National Wild and Scenic Rivers:

Rivers designated in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System that are classified in one of three 

categories, depending on the extent of development and accessibility along each section. In addition to 

being free flowing, these rivers and their immediate environments must possess at least one outstandingly 

remarkable value: scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historical, cultural, or other similar 

values.

NLCS (National Landscape Conservation System): 

An organized system of Bureau of Land Management lands that have received special designation for their 

scientific, cultural, educational, ecological, and other values. The NLCS, formally established by 

Title II of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, includes national monuments, national 

conservation areas, wilderness, wilderness study areas, national wild and scenic rivers, national scenic and 

historic trails, and other units. 
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Noncompetitive leasing:

Refers to leases issued to qualified applicants for lands not specifically known or presumed to contain 

mineral or petroleum deposits in quantity. Such leases can be issued on a first-come, first-served basis or 

through a random drawing procedure. (See Competitive leasing and Leasable minerals.) 

Nonconsumptive trips:

Wildlife-associated recreation that does not involve fishing, hunting, or trapping. Nonharvesting activities, 

such as feeding, photographing, and observing fish and other wildlife, picnicking, camping, etc., are 

nonconsumptive wildlife activities. 

Nonexclusive sites:

Mineral material disposal areas, such as community pits or common use areas, that are designated, 

maintained, and managed by the Bureau of Land Management and from which many small disposals are 

authorized under the Materials Act of 1947, as amended. 

Nonoperating revenue:

Receipts of a miscellaneous nature, such as incidental receipts from taxes, fines, etc., that are not related 

specifically to, or received in the process of, conducting the normal and regular business of the Bureau of 

Land Management as it pertains to the management of public lands and resources. 

Nonuse:

An authorization issued to an applicant for nonuse of grazing privileges in whole or part; usually issued for 

one grazing season. 

O&C lands:

Public lands in Western Oregon that were granted to the Oregon central railroad companies (later the 

Oregon & California Railroad Company) to aid in the construction of railroads but that were later forfeited 

and returned to the Federal Government by revestment of title. The term “O&C” lands, as often used, also 

refers to the reconveyed Coos Bay Military Wagon Road lands, which are public lands in Western Oregon 

that were once granted to the State of Oregon to aid in the construction of the Coos Bay Military Wagon 

Road but that were later forfeited and returned to Federal ownership by reconveyance. 

Obligations:

Payments, and amounts that the Government is obligated to pay, for goods and services received (or 

contracted for future delivery) made from appropriations during the fiscal year indicated. 

Operator:

An individual, group, association, or corporation authorized to conduct livestock grazing on public lands. 

Original survey:

A cadastral survey that creates land boundaries and establishes them for the first time. 

Paleontology:

A science dealing with the life of past geological periods as known from fossil remains. 

Patent:

A Government deed; a document that conveys legal title to public lands to the patentee. Public domain 

lands are patented; acquired lands are deeded by the Government. 

Permit:

A revocable authorization to use public land for a specified purpose for as long as 3 years. 
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Placer claim:

A mining claim located for “all forms of deposits, excepting veins of quartz or other rock in place” 

(30 U.S.C. 35). A placer claim must generally be located by legal subdivision in conformance with the 

public land survey rather than by metes and bounds. A placer claim is limited to 20 acres per individual, 

although a placer claim may be as high as 160 acres for an association of eight or more persons. 

Corporations are limited to 20-acre claims. 

PLO (Public Land Order):

An order affecting, modifying, or canceling a withdrawal or reservation that has been issued by the 

Secretary of the Interior pursuant to powers of the President delegated to the Secretary by Executive Order 

9146 of April 24, 1942, or by Executive Order 9337 of April 24, 1943. 

Plugged and abandoned:

Refers to new wells that have been drilled to total depth during the reporting period and that did not 

encounter oil or gas in paying quantities. (Approved plugging and abandonment may or may not have yet 

occurred.) 

Potential natural community: 

An ecological condition classification that means that the current vegetation is between 76 and 100 percent 

similar to the potential natural plant community. Potential natural community describes vegetation that is 

in “excellent” condition. 

Prescribed burning:

See Prescribed fire projects. 

Prescribed fire projects:

Includes the Bureau of Land Management’s efforts to use fire as a critical natural process to maintain and 

restore ecosystems, rangelands, and forest lands, and to reduce the hazardous buildup of fuels that may 

threaten healthy lands and public safety. 

Private leases (acquired):

Refers to oil and gas leases between private parties that are in existence at the time the Federal Government 

purchases the mineral estate along with the surface as part of a Federal Government acquisition, for which 

a Bureau of Land Management serial number is assigned. 

Producible and service holes:

Wells with one or more producible oil or gas service completions. 

Producible completions (oil and gas):

Separate completions existing on producible (i.e., physically and mechanically capable of production of oil 

or gas) or service wells at the end of the reporting period; or, separate completions that are made during the 

reporting period on newly drilled wells. 

Producible leases:

Leases that have at least one producible well actually located within the lease, as of the last day of the 

reporting period; includes producible leases that received allocated production from wells located off the 

lease and that have no producible wells actually located on the lease, as of the last day of the reporting 

period. 

Protraction diagram:

A diagram representing the plan of extension of cadastral surveys over unsurveyed public lands based on 

computed values for the corner positions. 
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Public auction:

A sale of land through competitive—usually oral—bidding. 

Public domain lands:

Original public domain lands that have never left Federal ownership; lands in Federal ownership that were 

obtained by the Government in exchange for public domain lands or for timber on public domain lands; 

one category of public lands. 

Public lands:

Any land and interest in land owned by the United States and administered by the Secretary of the Interior 

through the Bureau of Land Management, without regard to how the United States acquired ownership, 

except for (1) lands located on the Outer Continental Shelf, and (2) lands held for the benefit of Indians, 

Aleuts, and Eskimos. Include Public domain lands and Acquired lands. (See definitions.) 

Public Land States:

The 30 States that made up the public domain at its greatest extent: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, 

California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, 

Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, 

South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. 

R&PP (Recreation and Public Purposes Act):

Act of June 14, 1926 (44 Stat. 741), as amended, that provides for the purchase or lease of public lands by 

(a) Federal, State, or local governmental units for any activity that serves the interest of the general public 

consistent with public policy, or (b) nonprofit organizations if the lands are to be used for recreation 

purposes in an established or proposed recreation project area. 

Receipts:

All money received and credited to the proper account as required by law. Does not include collections 

held by the U.S. Treasury pending future determination of disposition by the Bureau of Land Management. 

Reclamation homestead entry:

An entry initiated under the act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 338; 43 U.S.C., Sec. 643 et seq.), that provides 

for the issuance of patents to applicants who settle on and improve agricultural public land parcels not 

exceeding 160 acres within reclamation projects. 

Recreation concession lease:

A lease that is a long-term authorization for private parties to possess and use public land to provide 

recreation facilities and services for a fixed period. These leases are authorized under 43 CFR 2920 and the 

Land and Water Conservation Fund Act. Recreation concession leases establish the obligations that the 

Bureau of Land Management and the concessionaire agree to in providing visitor services necessary for full 

enjoyment of the public lands or related waters. 

Recreation visit:

A visit to Bureau of Land Management lands and waters by an individual for the purpose of engaging in 

any activities except those that are part of or incidental to the pursuit of a gainful occupation, whether for a 

few minutes or a full day. 

Reforestation: 

The reestablishment of forest cover, either naturally or artificially. 
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Rental:

The amount paid periodically (usually annually) by the holder of a lease or right-of-way grant for the right 

to use land or resources for the purposes set out in the lease or grant. 

Research Natural Areas:

Special management areas designated either by Congress or by a public or private agency to preserve and 

protect typical or unusual ecological communities, associations, phenomena, characteristics, or natural 

features or processes for scientific and educational purposes. They are established and managed to protect 

ecological processes, conserve biological diversity, and provide opportunities for observation for research 

and education.

Reserved lands:

Federal lands that are dedicated or set aside for a specific public purpose or program and that are, therefore, 

generally not subject to disposition under the operation of all of the public land laws. (See Revocation and 

Withdrawal.) 

Reservoir:

A human-made, standing body of water whose water levels may be controlled. 

Resurvey:

A cadastral survey to identify and re-mark the boundaries of lands that were established by a prior survey. 

Revocation:

Generally, an action that cancels a previous official act; specifically, an action that cancels a withdrawal. 

Revocation is usually done in conjunction with restoration, which opens the public lands. 

Right-of-way:

A permit or an easement that authorizes the use of lands for certain specified purposes, such as the 

construction of forest access roads or a gas pipeline. 

Riparian areas:

Lands adjacent to creeks, streams, and rivers where vegetation is strongly influenced by the presence of 

water. Excluded are such sites as ephemeral streams or washes that do not exhibit the presence of 

vegetation dependent on free water in the soil. Riparian areas may constitute less than 1 percent of the land 

area in the western part of the United States, but they are among the most productive and valuable of all 

lands. 

Salable minerals:

Sand, gravel, stone, soil, and other common-variety mineral materials disposed of through sales at not less 

than their appraised price or through free-use permits (see definition). 

Sale of materials:

A competitive or noncompetitive sale by contract at not less than the appraised price of materials (timber 

and mineral) under the Materials Act of 1947, as amended. 

Santini-Burton Act:

Act of December 23, 1980 (Public Law 96-586, 94 Stat. 3381) that provides for the orderly disposition of 

Federal lands in Clark County, Nevada, and also provides for the acquisition of environmentally sensitive 

lands in the Lake Tahoe Basin. 

Sawtimber: 

Logs of sufficient size and quality to be suitable for conversion into lumber or veneer. 
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Section 3: 

Lands administered under Section 3 of the Taylor Grazing Act. (See Grazing permit.) 

Section 15:

Lands administered under Section 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act. (See Grazing lease.) 

Service completion or hole:

Separate service completions that are for the benefit of oil and gas operations, such as water disposal, salt 

water disposal, water injection, gas injection, water source, steam injection, or monitoring. 

Site-based recreation activities (other than camping, hunting, or nonmotorized travel):

Includes sightseeing (the viewing of scenery; natural, historic, and archaeological sites; landscapes; or other 

features), picnicking, nature study and photography, mountain climbing and caving, gathering and 

collecting activities (mushrooms, rocks, and flowers), interpretation (guided and unguided touring, talks, 

and programs), and other environmental education events. 

Small game habitat:

Habitat area used by small game animals (including upland game species) at some time during their yearly 

life cycle. 

Small tract lease:

A parcel of public lands of 5 acres or less that has been found to be chiefly valuable for sale or lease as a 

home, cabin, camp, recreational, convalescent, or business site under the Act of June 1, 1938. 

SNPLMA (Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act):

Act approved October 1998 (Public Law 105-263) that provides for the disposal of public land within a 

specific area in the Las Vegas Valley and creates a special account into which 85 percent of the revenue 

generated by land sales or exchanges in the Las Vegas Valley is deposited. The remaining 15 percent goes 

to State and local governments. Revenue in the special account can be used for the acquisition of 

environmentally sensitive lands in Nevada; capital improvements; development of a multispecies habitat 

conservation plan in Clark County; and development of parks, trails, and natural areas in Clark County. 

Spawning bed development: 

Consists of efforts made to improve spawning conditions for fish. May include addition of appropriate 

natural materials, cleaning of gravels, creation of shelter, etc. 

Special land use permit:

A permit that authorizes the use of public land for a purpose not specifically authorized under other 

regulation or statute. 

Special recreation permit:

A permit that authorizes the recreational use of an area and is issued pursuant to the regulations contained 

in 43 CFR Subpart 8372, and 36 CFR Part 71. Under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act, 

implemented by these regulations, special recreation permits are required for all commercial use, for most 

competitive events, and for the individual, noncommercial use of special areas where permits are required. 

Special surveys:

Cadastral surveys that involve unusual application of, or departure from, the rectangular system. They 

often carry out the provisions of a special legislative act and include such work as small tract surveys; 

townsite surveys; island and omitted land surveys; homestead, homesite, trade and manufacturing site 

surveys; and also the survey and resurvey of portions of sections. Alaska special surveys are metes and 

bounds surveys of areas settled on or applied for under certain special land laws applicable to the State. 
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State Office:

The first-level administrative unit of the Bureau of Land Management field organization. It comprises a 

geographic area consisting of one or more States. 

Stock raising homestead:

A homestead not exceeding 640 acres initiated under the Stock Raising Homestead Act of 1916, which 

provided for the homesteading of lands chiefly valuable for grazing and for raising forage crops. Minerals 

in these lands were reserved to the United States. The provisions for stock raising homesteads were by 

implication repealed by the Taylor Grazing Act. 

Streambank stabilization: 

Accomplished for severe cases of erosion that are not natural, to include efforts to reduce streambank 

movement by adding materials to deflect water, planting vegetation, etc.

Stream with fishery potential:

A stream that does not currently support a sport fishery but that could be changed into a fishable stream 

with management (e.g., stocking, removal of barriers). 

Sustained yield:

The achievement and maintenance in perpetuity of a high-level annual, or regular periodic, output of the 

various renewable resources of the public lands consistent with multiple use. 

Threatened species: 

Any animal or plant species likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future throughout all or a 

part of its range. (See Candidate species and Endangered species.) 

Trespass:

An unauthorized use of Federal lands or resources. 

Tunnel site:

A site located for the development of a vein or lode or for the anticipated discovery of previously unknown 

veins or lodes. The locator of a tunnel site is given the right to all veins cut by the tunnel within 3,000 feet 

of its portal and to 1,500 feet along the length of each blind vein or lode cut. A tunnel site location lapses if 

not worked for a period of at least 6 months. 

Unlawful enclosures or occupancy:

Enclosures of public lands that are made or maintained by any party, association, or corporation without 

valid claim. 

U.S.C.:

United States Code. 

Vacant public land:

Public land that is not reserved, appropriated, or set aside for a specific or designated purpose. Such land is 

not covered by any non-Federal right or claim other than permits, leases, rights-of-way, and unreported 

mining claims. 

Visitor hour:

A unit used to measure duration of recreation use. A visitor hour involves the presence of a person on a 

recreation area or site for the purpose of engaging in recreation activities for either continuous, intermittent, 

or simultaneous periods aggregating 60 minutes. 
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Waterfowl habitat:

The total acreage of all wetlands, lakes, ponds, and reservoirs on Bureau of Land Management lands. 

Uplands used for nesting are not included. 

Water sports (other than boating or fishing):

Includes swimming, general water play, waterskiing, ski jumping, platter riding, and other similar activities 

that occur outside a boat. 

Wetland improvements:

Consist of techniques to restore wetlands to their proper functioning condition. Improvements may consist 

of establishing vegetation, such as willow, to reduce erosion and improve water retention. 

Wetlands:

Permanently wet or intermittently flooded areas where the water table (fresh, saline, or brackish) is at, near, 

or above the soil surface for extended intervals, where hydric wet soil conditions are normally exhibited, 

and where water depths generally do not exceed 2 meters (about 6 1⁄2 feet). Marshes, shallows, swamps, 

muskegs, lake bogs, and wet meadows are examples of wetlands. 

Wilderness:

An area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent 

improvement or human habitation, that is protected and managed so as to preserve its natural conditions 

and that (1) generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprint of 

human work substantially unnoticeable; (2) has outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and 

unconfined type of recreation; (3) has at least 5,000 acres of land or is of sufficient size as to make 

practicable its preservation and use in an unimpaired condition; and (4) may also contain ecological, 

geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value. 

Wild free-roaming horses and burros:

All unbranded and unclaimed horses and burros using public lands as all or part of their habitat. 

Winter sports: 

Include ice skating, skiing (downhill and cross-country), snowboarding, snowshoeing, sledding, 

snowmobiling, and tobogganing, as well as activities such as snow sculpture and general snow play. 

Withdrawal:

An action that restricts the disposition of public lands and that holds them for specific public purposes; 

also, public lands that have been dedicated to public purposes. (See Reserved lands and Revocation.) 

Woodlands:

Forest lands usually supporting open-grown, widely scattered trees of marginal merchantability and 

generally more valuable for watershed or wildlife protection purposes than for the production of timber for 

commercial purposes. 

WSA (Wilderness Study Area): 

An area having the following characteristics: (1) Size—roadless areas of at least 5,000 acres of public 

lands or of a manageable size; (2) Naturalness—generally appears to have been affected primarily by the 

forces of natures; and (3) Opportunities—provides outstanding opportunities for solitude or primitive and 

unconfined types of recreation. The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 directed the Bureau 

of Land Management to inventory and study its roadless areas for wilderness characteristics. 


Note: The tables presented in this report provide summary statistics at the geographic State level, in most cases, for all Bureau of Land Management lands. 

For additional information, contact the Office of External/Public Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, at the address or telephone number below. 

 Office Area of Responsibility Address and Telephone 

 Headquarters National U.S. Department of the Interior 

 Bureau of Land Management 

 20 M Street, S.W. 

 Washington, D.C. 20003 

 (202) 452-5125 

 Alaska State Office Alaska 222 West 7th Avenue, #13 

 Anchorage, AK 99513-7504 

 (907) 271-5555 

 Arizona State Office Arizona One North Central Avenue 

 Suite 800 

 Phoenix, AZ 85004-4427 

 (602) 417-9504 

 California State Office California 2800 Cottage Way, Suite W-1623 

 Sacramento, CA 95825-1886 

 (916) 978-4610 

 Colorado State Office Colorado 2850 Youngfield Street 

 Lakewood, CO 80215-7093 

 (303) 239-3672 

 Eastern States Office All States bordering 7450 Boston Blvd. 

 on and east of the Springfield, VA 22153-3121 

 Mississippi River (703) 440-1713 

 Idaho State Office Idaho 1387 S. Vinnell Way 

 Boise, ID 83709-1657 

 (208) 373-4016 

 Montana State Office Montana, North Dakota, 5001 Southgate Drive 

 and South Dakota Billings, MT 59101 

 (406) 896-5011 

 Nevada State Office Nevada 1340 Financial Boulevard 

 P.O. Box 12000 

 Reno, NV 89520 

 (775) 861-6586 

 New Mexico State Office New Mexico, Kansas, 301 Dinosaur Trail 

 Oklahoma, and Texas P.O. Box 27115 

 Santa Fe, NM 87502 

 (505) 954-2000 

 Oregon State Office Oregon and Washington 333 S.W. 1st Avenue 

 P.O. Box 2965 

 Portland, OR 97208 

 (503) 808-6027 

 Utah State Office Utah 440 W. 200 S., Suite 500 

 P.O. Box 45155 

 Salt Lake City, UT 84145-0155 

 (801) 539-4020 

 Wyoming State Office Wyoming and Nebraska 5353 Yellowstone Road 

 P.O. Box 1828 

 Cheyenne, WY 82003-1828 

 (307) 775-6015 

 National Interagency National 3833 South Development Ave. 

 Fire Center Boise, ID 83705-5354 

 (208) 387-5458