Congressional Corner
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texasforest facts
east texas
- total forest area = 12,129,900
- total timberland = 11,884,800
- softwood area = 5,194,600
- hardwood area = 6,690,200
- national forest system = 685,800
- other public = 262,200
- forest industry = 3,404,600
- nonindustrial private = 7,532,300
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virginiaforest facts
- total timberland = 15,467,000
- softwood area = 3,443,900
- hardwood area = 12,000,900
- national forest system = 1,650,300
- other public = 696,400
- forest industry = 1,024,200
- nonindustrial private = 12,096,100
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tennesseeforest facts
- total forest area = 14,404,600
- total timberland = 13,965,000
- softwood area = 1,468,900
- hardwood area = 12,402,000
- national forest system = 556,800
- other public = 1,011,400
- forest industry = 1,393,000
- nonindustrial private = 11,003,900
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south carolinaforest facts
- total forest area = 12,645,557
- total timberland = 12,454,900
- softwood area = 5,561,500
- hardwood area = 6,893,400
- national forest system = 560,000
- other public = 554,000
- forest industry = 2,394,300
- nonindustrial private = 8,946,685
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oklahomaforest facts
- total forest area = 5,418,300
- total timberland = 4,895,500
- softwood area = 1,098,600
- hardwood area = 3,796,900
- national forest system = 222,700
- other public = 359,500
- forest industry = 1,047,300
- nonindustrial private = 3,266,100
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north carolinaforest facts
- total forest area = 18,268,700
- total timberland = 17,684,400
- softwood area = 4,962,800
- hardwood area = 12,660,500
- national forest system = 1,105,400
- other public = 1,246,000
- forest industry = 1,498,700
- nonindustrial private = 13,834,400
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mississippiforest facts
- total forest area = 18,594,500
- total timberland = 18,587,300
- softwood area = 5,751,000
- hardwood area = 12,763,500
- national forest system = 1,106,600
- other public = 844,300
- forest industry = 3,237,600
- nonindustrial private = 13,398,800
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louisianaforest facts
- total forest arae = 14,117,181
- total timberland = 14,031,457
- softwood area = 5,803,169
- hardwood area = 8,228,288
- national forest system = 683,751
- other public = 965,326
- forest industry = 4,333,075
- nonindustrial private = 8,049,305
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kentuckyforest facts
- total forest area = 11,970,400
- total timberland = 11,647,900
- softwood area = 571,300
- hardwood area = 11,076,600
- national forest system = 590,300
- other public = 439,700
- forest industry = 278,800
- nonindustrial private = 10,339,100
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floridaforest facts
- total forest area = 16,221,197
- total timberland = 14,650,660
- softwood area = 7,437,788
- hardwood area = 7,212,872
- national forest system = 1,029,522
- other public = 1,802,250
- forest industry = 4,601,483
- nonindustrial private = 7,217,405
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georgiaforest facts
- total forest area = 24,726,400
- total timberland = 24,151,000
- softwood area = 10,761,600
- hardwood area = 13,079,500
- national forest system = 641,600
- other public = 1,225,300
- forest industry = 4,278,600
- nonindustrial private = 18,005,600
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arkansasforest facts
- total forest area = 18,818,400
- total timberland = 18,558,700
- softwood area = 5,745,600
- hardwood area = 12,778,800
- national forest system = 2,403,800
- other public = 978,200
- forest industry = 4,262,300
- nonindustrial private = 10,914,400
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alabamaforest facts
- total forest area = 22,946,659
- total timberland = 22,823,336
- softwood area = 9,712,567
- hardwood area = 13,110,769
- national forest system = 708,402
- other public = 652,702
- forest industry = 3,640,360
- nonindustrial private = 17,821,872
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nebraskaforest facts
- total forestland area = 1,251,700
- total timberland area = 1,161,000
- softwood area = 217,300
- hardwood area = 715,400
- national forest system = 352,292
- private lands = 1,100,000
RWU No./Name/Location | States Impacted | Continuing Resolution ($) FY 2008
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President’s Budget ($) FY 2009
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SRS-4155 - Bottomland Hardwoods, Stoneville, MS |
MS/AR
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4,567,963 | 4,144,342 |
SRS-4156 - Center for Forest Disturbance Science, Athens, GA
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GA | 917,499 | 911,082 |
SRS-4157 - Upland Hardwood Ecology and Management, Bent Creek NC
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NC/SC/AR/AL/TN | 2,772,397 | 2,752,720 |
SRS-4158 - Restoring Longleaf Pine Ecosystems, Auburn, AL
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AL/LA/SC | 2,126,954 | 2,111,901 |
SRS-4159 - Southern Pine Ecology, Monticello, AR
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AR/TX/LA | 2,341,378 | 2,324,803 |
SRS-4160 - Forest Genetics and Biological Foundations, Saucier, MS
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MS/NC | 3,239,239 | 3,216,292 |
SRS-4352 - National Agroforestry Center, Lincoln, NE
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NE/LA/VA | 831,777 | 823,592 |
SRS-4353 - Forest Watershed Science, Coweeta (Franklin), NC
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NC/SC/VA | 3,505,403 | 3,480,650 |
SRS-4552 - Insects, Diseases, and Invasive Plants, Pineville, LA
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LA/MS/GA/AL | 5,634,344 | 3,062,377 |
SRS-4703 - Forest Operations, Auburn, AL
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AL | 1,071,574 | 1,063,971 |
SRS-4704 - Utilization of Southern Forest Resources, Pineville, LA
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LA/GA/VA | 1,714,099 | 1,701,946 |
SRS-4801 - Forest Inventory and Analysis, Knoxville, TN
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TN | 14,667,945 | 15,103,023 |
SRS-4804 - Forest Economics and Policy, Research Triangle Park, NC
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NC/LA | 1,808,041 | 1,795,132 |
SRS-4854 - Forest Threats Assessment, NC Asheville, NC
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NC | 2,400,969 | 1,283,822 |
SRS-4952 - Understanding Changing Social and Natural
Systems, Gainesville, FL
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FL/GA | 594,952 | 590,704 |
SRS-4953 - Pioneering Research on Changing Forest Values, Athens, GA
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GA | 337,211 | 334,807 |
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Alabama A&M University, Huntsville, AL
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AL | 198,255 | 196,836 |
Facilities Maintenance, Asheville | NC | 707,000 | 707,000 |
TOTAL
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41,578,853 | 45,605,000 |
Southern Research Station Budget Impact Fiscal Year 2009
The FY 2009 President’s Budget includes $45,605,000 for the Southern Research Station, a decrease to the Station of $3,832,000 (7.8 percent) from the FY 2008 budget.
$1,010,000 would be redirected from other research for FIA; to annualize inventories in Oklahoma and Mississippi
The resulting $3,832,000 reduction is focused on four areas; invasives, global change, forest health monitoring, and termite research. Specifically in the President’s Budget would:
- Eliminate research on wood destroying insects, including termites, beetles, ants, and bees including many invasive species in Starkville, MS.
- Eliminate invasive plant and insect research in Athens, GA, Auburn, AL and Stoneville, MS.
- Eliminate the National Forest Health Monitoring Program.
- Reduce the global change research effort by $700,000 (more than 57 percent) and redirect remaining resources toward national evaluations of near-term effects on vegetation.