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Managing the Public Lands
A Snapshot of pre- and post-FLPMA Management
1976 & 2000
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Highlighted Area |
Pre-FLPMA 1976 |
Post-FLPMA 2000 |
|---|---|---|
| Acres Managed |
450 million surface 822 million mineral estate administered |
264 million surface 700 million mineral estate administered |
| BLM Employees | 4,530 | 10,000 |
| Types of Primary BLM Disciplines (not comprehensive) | Range Conservationists, Land Surveyors, Geologists, Foresters, Administrative Assistants | In addition to types of jobs in 1976: Wildlife Biologists, Wild Horse and Burro Specialists, Recreation Specialists, Economists, Hydrologists, Archaelogists, Sociologists, and Land Use Planners. |
| Proximity of BLM lands to communities | Records show that in the West, cities having a combined population of 35 million people are within a three-hour drive of 66 million acres of BLM lands. | More than 4,100 communities with a combined population of 22.2 million people are located within 25 miles of BLM lands. |
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Land Exchanges Patents or deeds issued Acres patented or deeded |
53 36,991 acres |
244 135,850 acres |
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Recreation sites Managed by BLM Fee Sites |
326 0 |
3,191 335 |
| Wild and Scenic Rivers | 3 Wild and Scenic Rivers | 36 Wild and Scenic Rivers |
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Areas of Critical Environmental Concern Acres |
0 0 |
838 14,045,540 |
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Historical & Archeological Properties recorded Acres inventoried |
11,076 1,133,956 |
235,574 14,416,221 |
| Percentage of country's onshore oil and natural gas provided from Federal lands | 6% Oil and Gas |
11 % Natural Gas 5 % Oil |
| Millions cubic feet (Mcf) of Natural Gas Produced on Federal Land | 1,080 million Mcf | 2,139 million Mcf |
| Barrels of Oil Produced on Federal Land | 168,000,000 | 108,000,000 |
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Coal Production on Federal land - Total (short tons-2000 lbs) - WY Coal Production |
54,782,326 |
404,787,030 325,180,000 |
| AUMs livestock grazed | 10.1 million | 9.8 million |
| Acres of National Conservation Areas and National Monuments | 57,000 acres | 19 million |
| Number of Threatened and Endangered species | 177 species of animals and plants | 511 species of animals and 736 species of plants. |
| Acres of Designated Wilderness and Wilderness Study Areas Managed by BLM | 0 | 23,445,495 |
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