Timber

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BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

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Socioeconomic Impacts from Timber

BLM-administered lands yielded $337 million worth of timber in Fiscal Year 2010. Overall, these lands provided $814 million worth of timber-related economic activity. Timber-related activity also helped to support about 3,700 jobs, most of them in Oregon. This table provides employment and economic output for each state. Economic output data are in millions of dollars.

SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS
Energy
Recreation
Timber
Grazing

State	Employment		Output ($million)
	Direct	Total	Direct	Total
Alaska	6	10	1.4	3.0
Arizona	1	1	0.1	0.3
California	110	281	20.9	53.7
Colorado	68	148	13.7	46.6
Eastern States	0	0	0.0	0.0
Idaho	86	206	18.5	35.9
Kansas	0	0	0.0	0.0
Montana	38	83	9.9	19.6
Nebraska	0	0	0.0	0.0
Nevada	22	47	4.1	7.5
New Mexico	13	26	3.2	9.4
North Dakota	0	0	0.0	0.0
Oklahoma	0	0	0.0	0.0
Oregon	889	2,736	245.9	595.1
South Dakota	9	16	1.4	2.5
Texas	0	0	0.0	0.0
Utah	32	73	5.6	15.3
Washington	24	63	6.6	15.5
Wyoming	35	56	5.7	9.7
Sum of States	1,333	3,748	337.1	814.4
National¹	1,333	3,748	337.1	814.4

¹ National timber impacts cannot be calculated due to technical limitations. Statewide totals are substituted.

About These Numbers

Data in the "Direct" column are an estimate of the BLM's economic contribution to local economies in terms of employment and other economic benefits directly associated with BLM-managed lands and resources. These benefits might be associated with river guides and other recreation outfitters, for example. Data in the "Total" column for each category of BLM activity demonstrate the agency's impacts, including indirect and induced benefits with, for instance, companies that manufacture outdoor gear and local service businesses in gateway communities.

National numbers may be larger than the sum of individual state numbers because the national number accounts for activity across state lines. For example, machinery production in California might be used to support mining activity in Wyoming. Employment benefits reflect an annual average for full- and part-time private sector jobs. Table totals may not add exactly, because of rounding. The data are preliminary and are subject to change based on further review.

Available for Download

A PDF version of the March 2011 publication, "A Sound Investment for America," is available for download at http://blm.gov/4q5c. The Department of the Interior's June 2011 economic report incorporates economic data on hardrock minerals that are not included in the BLM report.