National Forest Facts

"America has 749 million acres of Forestland, 14 million acres more than in 1920"
US Department of Agriculture, 2004

Number of Forests:
1905: 83 forest reserves
2005: 155 National Forests and 20 National Grasslands

Number of Acres:
1905: 63 million
2005: 192 million

Budget:
1905: $400,000
2005: $4.1 billion

Number of Employees:
1905: 270
2005: 37,648

U.S. Population:
1905: 76 million
2005: 290 million

WILDERNESS:
Approximately 100 million acres (400,000 km²) are designated as wilderness in the United States. This accounts for 4.71% of the total land of the country; however, 54% of wilderness is in Alaska, and only 2.58% of the continental United States is designated as wilderness. Wikipedia Encyclopedia

BLM Facts:
2006: 258,000,000 acres
2006: 7,600,000 acres of Wilderness in 177 parcels