Public Land Statistics 2003 U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management TABLE OF CONTENTS Table No. WELCOME PART 1 LAND RESOURCES AND INFORMATION 1-1 Acquisition of the Public Domain, 1781-1867 --- Acquisitions (Map) 1-2 Disposition of the Public Domain, 1781-2003 1-3 Mineral and Surface Acres Administered by the BLM --- Public Lands, On-Shore Federal and Indian Minerals in Lands of the U.S. Responsibilities of BLM - Lower 48 States (Map) --- Public Lands, On-Shore Federal and Indian Minerals in Lands of the U.S. Responsibilities of BLM - Alaska (Map) 1-4 Public Lands Under Exclusive Jurisdiction of the BLM 1-5 Area of Oregon and California (O&C) Revested Lands --- Revested Lands (Map) 1-6 Withdrawals, Revocations, Modifications, and Extensions --- Principal Meridians and Base Lines (Map) 1-7 Cadastral Survey Actions Completed --- Cadastral Survey Costs & Benefits to BLM (Bar Graph) --- Cadastral Survey Field Accomplishments: Percentage of Work Performed by Agency (Pie Chart) --- Cadastral Survey Office Accomplishments: Percentage of Work Performed by Agency (Pie Chart) 1-8 Obligations of Appropriations Received PART 2 HEALTHY PRODUCTIVE LANDS 2-1 Percent of Rangeland Acreage by Ecological Status by State 2-2 Condition of Riparian-Wetland Areas 2-3 Resource Conservation and Improvement Accomplishments 2-4 Forest Development Accomplishments in Acres 2-5 Types of Wildlife Habitat on Public Lands 2-6 Estimated Number of Big Game Animals on Public Lands 2-7 Fish and Wildlife Habitat Improvements Completed 2-8 Emergency Fire Stabilization and Rehabilitation Projects TABLE OF CONTENTS Table No. PART 3 COMMERCIAL USES AND REVENUES GENERATED 3-1 Patents Issued 3-2 Patents Issued with Minerals Reserved to the United States 3-3 Rights-of-Way Workload 3-4 Number of Existing Rights-of-Way and Rental Receipts 3-5 Nonspecific Land Use Authorizations 3-6 Miscellaneous Land Use Authorizations 3-7a Summary of Authorized Use of Grazing District (Section 3) Lands (FY 2002) 3-7b Summary of Authorized Use of Grazing Lease (Section 15) Lands (FY 2002) 3-7c Summary of Authorized Use of Grazing District Lands and Grazing Lease Lands (FY 2002) 3-8a Summary of Authorized Use of Grazing District (Section 3) Lands (FY 2003) 3-8b Summary of Authorized Use of Grazing Lease (Section 15) Lands (FY 2003) 3-8c Summary of Authorized Use of Grazing District Lands and Grazing Lease Lands (FY 2003) 3-9a Grazing Permits In Force on Grazing District (Section 3) Lands 3-9b Grazing Leases In Force on Grazing Lease (Section 15) Lands 3-9c Grazing Permits and Leases In Force 3-10a Summary of Authorized Use of Grazing District Lands and Grazing Lease Lands for Billing Year 2001 3-10b Summary of Authorized Use of Grazing District Lands and Grazing Lease Lands for Billing Year 2002 3-11 Timber, Wood Products, and Non-Wood Product Sales 3-12 Forest Products Offered by State 3-13 Competitive Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Leasing 3-14 Noncompetitive Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Leasing 3-15 Other Oil and Gas Leasing Actions 3-16 New Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Activities on Federal Lands 3-17 Continuing Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Activities on Federal Lands 3-18 Federal Coal Leases, Licenses, Preference Right Lease Applications, and Logical Mining Units 3-19 Other Solid Mineral Leases, Licenses, Permits, and Preference Right Lease Applications 3-20 Disposition of Mineral Materials TABLE OF CONTENTS Table No. 3-21 Mineral Patents Issued 3-22 Adjudication of Mining Claims, Public Law 94-579 3-23 Notices and Plans of Mining Operations Filed with the BLM 3-24 Helium Operations and Revenues 3-25 Receipts from the Disposition of Public Lands and Resources 3-26 Statement of Receipts by Source 3-27 Receipts from Oil and Gas Right-of-Way Rentals, Rents, Bonuses, and Royalties 3-28 Allocation of Receipts to States and Local Governments by Program 3-29 Allocation of Receipts by Source and Fund 3-30 Payments to States (Including Local Governments) and Territories 3-31 Legal Allocation of BLM Receipts 3-32 Receipts from Mining Fees 3-33 Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act Financial Update PART 4 RECREATION AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES 4-1 Estimated Recreational Use of Public Lands Administered by the BLM 4-2 Estimated Recreational Use of BLM-Administered Public Lands for Recreation Activities under Various Fee Authorizations 4-3 Recreation Permits, Leases, and Passports on Public Lands Administered by the BLM by State 4-4 Estimated Number of Lake Anglers, Stream Anglers, and Related Expenditures on BLM-Managed Lands 4-5 Estimated Amount of Hunting and Related Expenditures on BLM-Managed Lands 4-6 Estimated Amount of Wildlife Viewing and Related Expenditures on BLM-Managed Lands PART 5 PRESERVE NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE 5-1 National Landscape Conservation System: Number and Size of Designated Areas 5-2 National Monuments within the National Landscape Conservation System 5-3 National Conservation Areas 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 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table No. 5-6 BLM Wild, Scenic, and Recreational Rivers 5-7 National Historic and Scenic Trails 5-8a Land Exchanges and Acquisitions: Federal Land Patented or Deeded Out through Exchange 5-8b Land Exchanges and Acquisitions: Non-Federal Land Acquired through Exchange 5-8c Land Exchanges and Acquisitions: Lands Acquired through Purchase and/or Donation 5-9 Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA) Acquisitions: Summary of Budget Authority 5-9a Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA) Acquisitions: Environmentally Sensitive Land Acquisitions 5-9b Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA) Acquisitions: Capital Improvements 5-9c Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA) Acquisitions: Parks, Trails, and Natural Areas 5-10 Federally Listed Threatened or Endangered and Candidate Plant Species 5-11 Federally Listed Threatened or Endangered and Candidate Animal Species 5-12 Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Populations 5-13 Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Removal and Adoption by Office 5-14 Cultural Resource Management Activities 5-15 BLM Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs) 5-16 Number and Size of Other Designated Special Management Areas (Non-NLCS Units) PART 6 PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND RESOURCE PROTECTION 6-1 Fires On or Threatening BLM Lands 6-2 Capital Improvements on Public Lands 6-3 Releases of Hazardous Substances on Public Lands Glossary BLM State Offices and Their Administrative Jurisdictions (Map) f batteries; asbestos; and illicit drug lab wastes. The number of discarded methamphetamine drug labs increased substantially over last year. Moreover, these highly toxic and explosive drug lab wastes are being found far afield of the more expected urban locations and in regions not previously plagued by this problem until the last few years. The remaining 10 percent of the hazardous substances releases had to do with fuel spills, mining wastes, and military accidents. WELCOME TO PUBLIC LAND STATISTICS 2003 Welcome to the 2003 edition of Public Land Statistics, published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM). We have once again designed the cover of this year’s publication to convey the Bureau’s complex and varied mission using visual imagery. The 80-plus tables inside the document tell the story of the BLM’s mission, programs, and accomplishments using numerical data and detailed footnotes. Two tables have been deleted from this year’s edition: Tables 2-9 and 2-10 could not be published because the data is no longer available. Additionally, livestock grazing data in Tables 3-7 through 3- 10 has been partially reformatted. Public Land Statistics is available on the Internet. Please visit our national homepage at: http://www.blm.gov/ Note that the data presented in the 2003 Public Land Statistics tables may not exactly match the data in other BLM publications covering Fiscal Year 2003 operations and accomplishments. This occurs because the databases that provide table data are not static; they are constantly being updated to provide the latest information, sometimes many months after the end of the fiscal year. We have presented the most current data available in this edition of Public Land Statistics. Your feedback and suggestions are always appreciated. We have included a comment card that you can cut out of the document, fold, and mail to our Headquarter Office. Any comments you provide will be used to help make Public Land Statistics as responsive to your needs as possible. We remain committed to publishing a Public Land Statistics each year that is timely, complete, and as helpful as possible to our readers. 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 over 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) was established in 1812 to oversee the surveying and disposal of the public lands.