National Forests & Grasslands in Texas
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Cooperative Wildlife Management Areas Designated trails (in miles) (USFS/Texas Parks and Wildlife Department) Multi-use Angelina National Forest Ranger Multi-use Mountain NATIONAL FORESTS & Hiking non- District Motorized Bike Bannister 25,658 acres motorized Davy Crockett National Forest Angelina 2.7 GRASSLANDS IN TEXAS Davy Alabama Creek 14,561 acres Crockett 22 52 Sabine National Forest FINGERTIP FACTS Sabine 1 Moore Plantation 26,455 acres FOREST SUPERVISOR – Eddie Taylor Sam Houston 120 85 20 Caddo National Grassland Caddo/LBJ 0 92 4 Caddo 16,150 acres TOTALS 147.7 144 85 24 Sam Houston National Forest THE ORGANIZATION: Four National Forests and two National Grasslands comprising 675,816 Sam Houston 162,984 acres acres in 15 counties make up the National Minerals Forests & Grasslands in Texas. Forest Supervisor Permitted wells 299 Wilderness Areas Headquarters is in Lufkin. Approximately 140 Reserved/Outstanding Mineral Acres 203,339 Angelina National Forest employees make up the workforce. 2000 Soil Resource Inventory – Order II: 675,832 acres completed. Turkey Hill 5,473 acres This completes the Order II update for the NFGT. Upland Island 13,331acres Angelina National Forest Established in 1934 Davy Crockett National Forest Ranger District Office in Zavalla Designated miles of roads Big Slough 3,639 acres Acres: 153,334 State County USFS Sabine National Forest Acres per county: Angelina, 58,684; Jasper, 21,023; San Augustine, 64,389; Nacogdoches, 9,238 1,836 1,598 2,394 Indian Mounds 12,369acres Davy Crockett National Forest Sam Houston National Forest Established 1934 Ongoing research projects Little Lake Creek 3,855 acres Ranger District Office in Ratcliff Wildlife (8) & Fisheries (2) 10 Botanical 3 Acres: 160,467 Silvicultural 1 Insects 1 Acres per county: Houston, 93,155; Trinity, 67,312 Archeology 2 Chemical 0 Long-term Soil Productivity 1 TOTAL 18 Sabine National Forest Established 1934 Grazing – 5,000 AUMs graze on 17,438 acres. There are 70 Ranger District Office in Milam Acres: 160,798 active allotments Acres per county: Jasper, 64; Sabine, 95,454, San Augustine, 4,287; Shelby, 59,212; Newton, 1,781 NEPA decisions completed Year Decision Memos Decision Notices Sam Houston National Forest FY12 47 1 Established 1934 FY13 45 9 U.S. Department Ranger District Office in New Waverly of Agriculture Acres: 163,030 FY14 35 3 Forest Service Acres per county: Montgomery, 47,801; San Jacinto, FY15 22 3 Southern Region 60,632; Walker, 54,597 FY16 13 0 January 2017 Caddo and Lyndon B. Johnson National Grasslands Established in 1935 and 1937 respectively Ranger District Office in Decatur The USDA is an equal opportunity provider Acres: 38,186 and employer. Acres per county: Montague, 61; Wise, 20,252; Fannin, 17,873 Budget Secure Rural Schools Timber harvested (CCF) Law enforcement data FY13 $16,151,137 CY12 $2,570,943 Year Amount Value Year Warnings Incidents Violations FY14 $15,143,935 CY13 $2,485,336 FY12 56,280 $2,152,997 FY12 727 964 1,013 FY15 $15,099,177 CY14 $2,318,022 FY13 75,798 $3,016,505 FY13 492 950 505 FY16 $15,151,500 CY15 $2,218,714 FY14 43,441 $1,356,129 FY14 297 734 243 FY17 $15,151,500* CY16 $2,012,069 FY15 48,979 $1,419,567 FY15 296 756 297 * awaiting FY17 budget passage FY16 52,210 $2,132,701 FY16 507 960 455 Prescribed fires Wildfires Red-cockaded woodpecker population Acres Acres Potential Breeding Groups (PBG) may consist of 2 or more birds Year Year Number Phone Numbers Treated Burned Angelina Davy Crockett Sabine Sam Houston Supervisor’s Office 936-639-8501 FY12 98,947 CY12 34 954 FY14 64 82 49 254 Forest Supervisor Eddie Taylor 936-639-8506 FY13 121,968 CY13 50 475 FY15 63 84 50 261 Angelina National Forest FY16 67 88 55 274 FY14 100,470 CY14 20 566 Ranger Kimpton Cooper 936-897-1068 FY15 84,205 CY15 39 563 Habitat acres treated Caddo/LBJ National Grasslands FY16 85,659 CY16 63 1,742 Year Planted (seedlings) Naturally Regenerated Ranger Jeff Stoney 940-627-5475 FY12 398 (268,500) 0 Davy Crockett National Forest Timber sold hundred cubic feet (CCF) Ranger Gerald Lawrence 936-655-2299 Year Green Salvage Total FY13 108 (92,000) 94 Sabine National Forest FY12 42,337 20,585 62,923 FY14 579 (322,000) 0 Ranger Kimpton Cooper 409-625-1940 FY13 60,487 6,068 66,555 FY15 0 0 Sam Houston National Forest FY14 71,209 76 71,209 FY16 3 (500) 0 Ranger Warren Oja 936-344-6205 FY15 82,478 22,611 105,089 Watershed improvement FY16 96,890 0 96,890 Age classification acres completed Congressional contacts 0-20 Years Old 1.2% FY13 716 U.S. Senators Stewardship 21-50 Years Old 24.6% FY14 438 John Cornyn (R) 202-224-2934 Volume Stewardship KV/SAI Stumpage Retained 51-90 Years Old 31.5% FY15 0 Year Ted Cruz (R) 202-224-5922 Sold (CCF) Work Value Collection Value Receipts 91+ Years Old 42.7% FY16 0 U.S. Representatives FY12 31,831 $450,513 $51,064 $601,869 $100,292 Special areas Kevin Brady (R) 202-225-4901 District includes Wilderness (5 areas) 38,483 acres Sam Houston, Davy FY13 64,192 $900,422 $816,651 $1,954,439 $124,133 Scenic 4,757 acres Crockett Research Natural Areas 605 acres John Ratcliffe (R) 202-225-6673 District includes FY14 40,944 $473,785 $993,486 $2,761,837 $1,294,566 Caddo Streamside Management Zones 49,800 acres Louie Gohmert (R) 202-225-3035 District includes Experimental Forest 2,600 acres FY15 71,453 $733,831 $58,544 $4,029,581 $3,237,196 Angelina, Sabine RCW Habitat Management Areas 250,000 acres William Thornberry (R) 202-225-3706 District includes LBJ FY16 78,147 $549,671 $372,987 $4,168,999 $3,246,341 Developed recreation sites Managed by USFS 26 TOTALS 286,567 $3,108,222 $2,292,567 $13,516,725 $8,002,528 Managed by Recreation Resource Management (Double Lake) 1 Managed by San Augustine County (Townsend) 1 Managed by Sabine River Authority (On Toledo Bend) 6 Timber value: 9.09 million CCF valued at $1 billion Approximately 3.7 million visits to the NFGT yearly. Net annual timber growth: 30,000,000 cubic feet .