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Federal Wildland Fire Agency Prescribed Fire Acres Treated

Prescribed Fire Costs

 
Federal Wildland Fire Agency Prescribed Fire Acres Treated
Agency 1995 Acres 1996 Acres 1997 Acres 1998 Acres 1999 Acres
USDA Forest Service 570,300 617,163 1,097,658 1,489,293 1,379,960
Bureau of Indian Affairs 21,000 16,000 37,000 48,287 83,875
Bureau of Land Management 56,000 50,000 72,500 200,223 308,000
National Park Service 62,000 52,000 70,000 86,126 135,441
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 209,000 180,000 324,000 285,758 300,508
Total 918,300 915,163 1,601,158 1,889,564 2,240,105

 
Prescribed Fire Costs
Year Bureau of Land Management Bureau of Indian Affairs Fish and Wildlife Service National Park Service USDA Forest Service
Totals
1995
$ 0
$ 840,000
$ 0
$ 3,200,000
$ 16,406,000 
$ 20,446,000
1996
$ 1,200,000
$ 650,000
$ 0
$ 3,200,000
$ 24,500,000 
$  29,550,000
1997
$ 1,600,000
$ 800,000
$ 0
$ 4,600,000
$ 29,146,000 
$ 36,146,000
1998
$ 6,700,000
$ 2,268,000
$ 4,825,000
$ 7,000,000
$ 50,000,000 
$ 70,793,000
1999
$ 10,600,000
$ 6,300,000
$ 7,404,000
$ 9,800,000
$ 65,000,000 
$ 99,104,000