RECEIPTS FROM NATIONAL FORESTS IN CALIFORNIA

The Forest Service, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, returns 25% of revenues from national forest activities to the states in which the lands are located. The state transfers the funds to the counties, where they are earmarked for roads and schools.

National forests occupy 20 million acres in California, one-fifth of the state’s land area. In Orange County, the Cleveland National Forest covers 54,343 acres, 10.6% of the county’s 511,437-acre total.

Statewide, timber-related receipts make up the majority of national forest income (96%) with recreation-related income second. In Orange County, where timber activity is confined to occasional cordwood sales, most of the income comes from recreational uses and from electronic sites (such as the array of antennae on Santiago Peak).

Payments from national forest receipts to timber-rich Siskiyou County in Northern California totalled more than $7 million for fiscal 1987, the highest in the state. Orange County had the second-lowest total at $16,720, just ahead of last-place San Luis Obispo County at $15,698.

WHERE THE RECEIPTS COME FROM

Fiscal year 1987 total actual receipts

Category Amount Timber and Forest Products Sales, $119,962,684.25 Settlement and Trespass K-V Collections (Funds for mitigation of 58,422,085.08 timber-related environmental impacts) Timber Purchaser Road Credits 18,803,879.47 Recreation (Special Uses) 5,355,839.63 Recreation (User Fees) 2,031,311.26 Land Uses 1,318,318.89 Grazing 519,720.69 Mineral Leases and Permits 320,651.84 Power 211,959.79 Total 206,946,450.90 Less: Acquisition of Lands Special Act 557,831.99 Total 25% Fund Payment Base 206,388,618.91

Source: U. S. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Regional Office

PAYMENTS TO COUNTIES FROM FOREST RECEIPTS

Payments to California counties from National Forest receipts (actual receipts)

Fiscal Year Fiscal Year County 1987 1986 Siskiyou $7,181,134.08 $7,547,225.92 Plumas 5,530,085.22 7,470,356.41 Trinity 4,889,844.30 4,700,152.02 Lassen 4,280,755.98 4,534,894.64 Shasta 3,512,132.90 4,048,937.96 El Dorado 3,087,226.17 2,815,363.72 Modoc 2,941,552.61 1,631,111.18 Tuolumne 2,496,162.42 1,233,184.10 Tehama 2,249,296.16 2,449,240.37 Sierra 1,911,084.72 1,342,243.81 Fresno 1,788,267.79 1,924,878.96 Placer 1,661,952.38 1,134,108.59 Del Norte 1,619,031.02 1,973,057.91 Humboldt 1,102,060.00 1,412,095.35 Alpine 835,351.38 561,821.37 Nevada 834,868.13 526,491.66 Butte 791,183.85 982,136.80 Tulare 718,134.60 1,051,166.41 Madera 714,764.26 754,929.42 Lake 529,480.96 717,737.03 Mariposa 519,082.87 352,944.69 Amador 489,584.24 446,723.28 Glenn 389,920.59 528,556.21 Mendocino 366,157.21 496,343.79 Calaveras 337.408.37 166,774.39 Mono 286,749.96 394,480.73 Kern 282,536.41 411,475.20 Inyo 252,877.05 354,703.83 Los Angeles 204,928.04 252,131.55 Yuba 201,443.38 208,685.47 San Bernardino 156,900.34 166,639.30 Colusa 135,115.94 183,156.18 San Diego 54,860.26 42,338.64 Santa Barbara 52,219.88 41,279.71 Riverside 51,550.02 43,501.39 Ventura 46,760.62 37,170.89 Monterey 25,310.03 20,007.52 Orange 16,720.27 17,029.22 San Luis Obispo 15,698.15 12,409.36 TOTAL $52,560,192.56 $52,987,484.98

Source: U. S. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Regional Office