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Show 606 HISTORY OF PUBLIC LAND LAW DEVELOPMENT tion. In 1965 the Forest Service reported that 208 purchases were approved for 29,056 acres of which 46 tracts were to be purchased through the Land and Water Conservation Fund. At the same time 12 individuals donated 1,354 acres to the forests. The next year 459 tracts containing 183,857 acres were approved for purchase. Among these were 211 tracts totaling 92,036 acres of outstanding values for intensive recreation development, hunting, fishing, hiking, swimming, boating, wilderness enjoyment, and other recreation pursuits.112 112 Forest Service Report, 1965, p. 14 and 1966, p. 22 The Park Service was also using its share of the Land and Water Conservation Fund to acquire more of the land within park and monument boundaries. There was little possibility that the Park Service would soon be able to close out private ownership in the seashore and mountain parks but the new Conservation Fund was making possible important gains. A quick summary of the lands managed by the Forest Service and by the Bureau of Land Management, and the timber sales and grazing fees may be useful. Income from mineral leases and permits for 1966 was nearly 150 percent greater than the total of income from timber sales and grazing fees. USFS and BLM Timber and Grazing Income, 1966 Forest and Range-lands in Acres Board Feet of Timber Cut Income from Timber Sales and Grazing Fees National Forests 186,497,010» 12,100,000,000 $173,900,000 Bureau of Land Management 175,818,952b 1,344,322,000 50,377,398* a Includes 20,741,947 acres in national forests in Alaska that are not subject to selection by the state as part of its allotment of federally granted land. b Exclusive of Alaska where the public lands produce little revenue to the government. c The heavily forested O & C lands in Oregon produce a high return that by law goes mostly to the state and the counties in which the land is located. |