Federal fuel management operations in the South

A Summary of Knowledge of Hazardous Fuels Management in Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) Forests

Fuel management operations by Federal agencies in the South during 2003-2006 (acres)

		Wildland-Urban Interface			Non-Wildland-Urban Interface
		Fire	Mechanical	Total	Fire	Mechanical	Total	Grand total
Alabama	2003	76,884	16	76,900	-	-	-	76,900
	2004	82,391	6,336	88,727	-	-	-	88,727
	2005	84,804	12,313	97,117	157	282	439	97,556
	2006	69,112	3,602	72,714	3,529	5,190	8,719	81,433

Arkansas	2003	133,402	3	133,405	27,621	-	27,621	161,026
	2004	188,283	24,673	212,956	35,874	21,955	57,829	270,785
	2005	125,371	19,881	145,252	30,924	23,815	54,739	199,991
	2006	94,602	20,123	114,725	17,400	17,946	35,346	150,071

Florida	2003	178,216	259	178,475	147,651	381	148,032	326,507
	2004	150,480	5,052	155,532	85,042	390	85,432	240,964
	2005	158,615	6,832	165,447	121,254	15,917	137,171	302,618
	2006	88,627	3,316	91,943	85,125	5,655	90,780	182,723

Georgia	2003	23,551	466	24,017	2,595	-	2,595	26,612
	2004	44,385	1,450	45,835	12,002	1,832	13,834	59,669
	2005	27,416	708	28,124	20,674	157	20,831	48,955
	2006	31,668	22,711	34,379	18,069	1,658	19,727	74,106

Louisiana	2003	80,593	560	81,153	33,752	-	33,752	114,905
	2004	102,401	10,829	113,230	45,645	3,484	49,129	162,359
	2005	90,226	6,666	96,892	59,318	3,421	62,739	159,631
	2006	83,057	4,455	87,512	19,817	3,467	23,284	110,796

Mississippi	2003	264,855	605	265,460	6,598	466	7,064	272,524
	2004	251,924	10,496	262,420	16,820	672	17,492	279,912
	2005	256,138	18,879	275,017	10,312	27	10,339	285,356
	2006	101,385	117,052	218,437	2,847	846	3,693	222,130

N. Carolina	2003	30,751	129	30,880	2,762	-	2,762	33,642
	2004	29,761	332	30,093	16,823	6	16,829	46,922
	2005	41,155	1,855	43,010	6,862	172	7,034	50,044
	2006	45,227	338	45,565	19,846	740	20,586	66,151

S. Carolina	2003	53,751	139	53,890	18,997	-	18,997	72,887
	2004	48,230	2,137	50,367	21,381	485	21,866	72,233
	2005	55,273	4,997	60,270	6,109	1,248	7,357	67,627
	2006	48,508	6,951	55,459	12,990	283	13,273	68,732

Texas	2003	29,845	1,379	31,224	30,400	69	30,469	61,693
	2004	93,420	7,682	101,102	67,152	516	67,668	168,770
	2005	83,621	41,914	125,535	84,891	13,560	98,451	223,986
	2006	101,892	40,892	142,784	34,945	3,584	38,529	181,313

Virginia	2003	7,548	19	7,567	2,648	-	2,648	10,215
	2004	7,046	1,545	8,591	8,648	5,706	14,354	22,945
	2005	12,757	1,331	14,088	4,400	5,382	14,354	23,870
	2006	7,916	2,462	10,378	1,870	5,625	7,495	17,873

All	2003	879,396	3,575	882,971	273,024	916	273,940	1,156,911
	2004	998,321	70,532	1,068,853	309,387	35,046	344,433	1,413,286
	2005	935,376	115,376	1,050,752	344,901	63,981	413,454	1,459,634
	2006	671,994	221,902	873,896	216,438	44,994	261,432	1,155,328

Total		3,485,087	411,385	3,876,472	1,143,750	144,937	1,293,259	5,185,159

Graphical summaries of total treated acreage by category

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Excel file with above data

Based on data found at the Healthy Forests website (www.healthyforests.gov) under reports for individual states

This website was updated on 19 Feb. 2007 by D. Marshall, UGA

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