NATIONAL FOREST RECEIPTS YIELD $256 MILLION TO STATES 
                                            Release No. 0638.96
                                                               
                                 Jim Petterson   (202) 720-4623
                                 Linda Feldman   (202) 205-1668

NATIONAL FOREST RECEIPTS YIELD $256 MILLION TO STATES 

     WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 1996--Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman announced
today $256 million in 1996 National Forest System receipts to be shared among
41 states and Puerto Rico. 

     On Oct. 9, the U.S. Department of Agriculture made interim payments of
$186 million to states based on estimated national forest revenues for the
year.  A final payment of $70 million, based on actual receipts collected
during the year, will be paid today, Glickman said.

     Actual fiscal year 1996 receipts collected from the sale and use of
national forest resources totaled $256 million.

     By law, 25 percent of the revenues collected by USDA's Forest Service
from the use of national forest system lands and resources are returned to the
states where the lands are located.  The states are required to use the funds
for schools and roads.  The funds are collected primarily from timber sales, grazing, recreation and other land uses on 191
million acres of national forest system lands.

     These payments do not include 25 percent of the 1996 national grassland
revenues.  Those payments are based on calendar year 1996 receipts and will be
made in March 1997.

     The three states receiving the largest payments are:  Oregon $95
million, California $36 million, and Washington $29 million.


        NATIONAL FOREST PAYMENTS TO STATES - FISCAL YEAR 1996

                                          ACTUAL
                                      INTERIM PAYMENT
STATE          TOTAL PAYMENT              MADE OCT. 9       FINAL PAYMENT


ALABAMA        $  2,049,877.80           $ 1,362,822.40    $   687,055.40
ALASKA            5,905,519.94             4,071,667.50      1,833,852.44
ARIZONA           1,631,749.08             1,196,211.69        435,537.39
ARKANSAS          6,648,382.02             4,022,558.13      2,625,823.89
CALIFORNIA*/     36,157,525.82            27,761,517.62      8,396,008.20
COLORADO          5,955,613.62             4,228,012.64      1,727,600.98
FLORIDA           1,066,315.90               842,609.89        223,706.01
GEORGIA             907,778.79               592,878.41        314,900.38
IDAHO            17,457,711.74            11,274,355.40      6,183,356.34 
ILLINOIS             27,727.21                10,441.14         17,286.07
INDIANA               7,410.94                 4,781.26          2,629.68
KENTUCKY            494,031.96               273,691.29        220,340.67
LOUISIANA         2,735,547.25             1,684,190.91      1,051,356.34
MAINE                34,773.87                21,740.51         13,033.36
MICHIGAN          2,384,195.64             1,734,520.61        649,675.03
MINNESOTA         3,179,462.34             2,171,599.22      1,007,863.12
MISSISSIPPI       8,276,153.99             6,118,317.39      2,157,836.60
MISSOURI          1,231,668.46               900,169.71        331,498.75
MONTANA           9,383,236.30             6,427,648.61      2,955,587.69
NEBRASKA             30,563.25                22,285.31          6,390.80
NEVADA              298,540.38               194,828.18        103,712.20
NEW HAMPSHIRE       510,233.26               318,933.15        191,300.11
NEW MEXICO          652,646.23               468,044.19        184,602.04
NEW YORK              6,375.28                 4,529.80          1,845.48
NORTH CAROLINA      692,308.54               466,947.93        225,360.61
NORTH DAKOTA             82.02                    62.07             19.95
OHIO                 11,399.70                22,820.84        -11,421.14
OKLAHOMA            883,416.06               561,390.72        322,025.34
OREGON*/         95,238,952.66            71,242,714.10     23,996,238.56
PENNSYLVANIA      6,207,364.12             4,425,012.26      1,782,351.86
SOUTH CAROLINA      960,281.44               789,369.77        170,911.67
SOUTH DAKOTA      2,349,598.42             1,684,725.90        664,872.52
TENNESSEE           319,484.79               253,868.48         65,616.31
TEXAS             4,337,308.72             3,034,281.01      1,303,027.71
UTAH              1,831,244.84             1,097,432.94        733,811.90
VERMONT             256,960.60               187,745.45         69,215.15
VIRGINIA            822,089.27               602,453.92        219,635.35
WASHINGTON*/     29,429,025.66            22,035,543.45      7,393,482.21
WEST VIRGINIA     1,860,935.47             1,144,295.02        716,640.45
WISCONSIN         1,621,386.26             1,013,496.51        607,889.75
WYOMING           1,844,048.53             1,305,519.48        538,529.05
PUERTO RICO          20,837.85                15,117.20          5,720.65
                                                                         

GRAND TOTAL    $255,719,766.02           $185,591,152.01    $70,126,726.87


     */  Final payments to California, Oregon and Washington were computed under a
provision of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993.  Section 13982 of
that Act provides for payments to States for fiscal year 1996 of 79 percent of
the 5 year average payments for fiscal years 1986-1990 for those national
forests affected by decisions on the northern spotted owl.  If based solely on
actual receipts, payments to these states would be lower.

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