GAO's analysis of data from the departments of Agriculture and the Interior.
Numbers shown in parentheses indicate a decrease.
Acreage totals may not add due to rounding. GAO's analysis of data provided by the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior. Source documents indicated by parentheses and number. Although an overall decrease occurred during this 29-year period, the amount of land managed by the four agencies increased in 46 states and the District of Columbia by almost 21 million acres and decreased in 4 states by over 97 million acres, of which about 96 million acres were in Alaska. Furthermore, the overall decrease is skewed because of two unique situations in Alaska that resulted in the transfer of about 112 million acres of BLM land.