STATES ESTIMATED TO RECEIVE $233.2 MILLION IN NATIONAL FOREST PAYMENTS Release No. 0209.97 Doris Celarier (202) 205-1134 Janet Sledge (202) 720-2065 jsledge@usda.gov STATES ESTIMATED TO RECEIVE $233.2 MILLION IN NATIONAL FOREST PAYMENTS WASHINGTON, June 27, 1997--Mike Dombeck, chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service, announced today an estimated $233.2 million in payments will be shared among 41 states and Puerto Rico from fiscal year 1997 National Forest receipts. Dombeck said receipts are collected from land-use fees and sale of resources on 191 million acres of national forests and grasslands. States use their share of the receipts for public schools and roads. "Providing advance estimates of the state payments helps local budget planners complete their work," said Dombeck. "The final payments will be based on actual receipts collected and may vary from the estimates announced today." Interim payments totaling 75 percent of the estimated state shares of national forest receipts will be made in October. The balance will be paid in December, when final revenue figures for fiscal year 1997 are available. Counties in some of the states also share in the national grassland and land utilization project receipts which are based on calendar year 1997 revenues. Dombeck said these receipts will be paid in March 1998. States received more than $255.7 million as their share of 1996 national forest revenues. Counties participating in the national grasslands program received $4.6 million in revenue from land use fees. State by state, the estimated 1997 payments are: PAYMENTS FROM PAYMENTS FROM NATIONAL FOREST LAND UTILIZATION FEE STATE RECEIPTS ON NATIONAL GRASSLANDS ALABAMA $ 1,089,923.75 ALASKA 1,364,450.92 ARIZONA 2,473,647.40 ARKANSAS 4,174,188.18 CALIFORNIA */ 33,344,102.78 $ 113.50 COLORADO 5,146,368.57 234,252.51 FLORIDA 780,385.03 12,500.00 GEORGIA 677,603.52 IDAHO 13,990,568.51 3,773.25 ILLINOIS 16,751.50 INDIANA 126,817.52 KANSAS 501,000.01 KENTUCKY 435,559.18 3,750.00 LOUISIANA 1,595,725.02 MAINE 25,176.46 MARYLAND 3,200.01 MICHIGAN 2,545,585.49 154,750.01 MINNESOTA 3,169,183.25 MISSISSIPPI 5,211,831.29 MISSOURI 1,146,694.05 MONTANA 9,070,824.99 NEBRASKA 27,292.50 2,650.00 NEVADA 322,850.81 NEW HAMPSHIRE 369,411.76 NEW MEXICO 959,288.37 5,887.25 NEW YORK 827.01 NORTH CAROLINA 319,895.79 NORTH DAKOTA 69.28 3,260,215.26 OHIO 18,751.23 772.97 OKLAHOMA 619,520.62 324,502.53 OREGON */ 90,788,151.65 8,800.00 PENNSYLVANIA 6,046,523.33 3,000.00 SOUTH CAROLINA 1,350,013.03 SOUTH DAKOTA 3,226,783.10 56,853.25 TENNESSEE 410,669.28 TEXAS 2,037,823.50 106,090.97 UTAH 1,655,660.01 VERMONT 101,256.43 VIRGINIA 540,206.77 WASHINGTON */ 28,242,334.50 WEST VIRGINIA 1,533,167.87 WISCONSIN 1,633,127.44 WYOMING 1,680,990.96 283,537.51 PUERTO RICO 7,500.02 --------------- ------------------ -------------- GRAND TOTAL $228,277,502.67 $4,965,649.03 */Estimated 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 1997 of 76% of the five-year average payments for fiscal years 1986-90 for those national forests affected by decisions on the northern spotted owl. The enactment of this legislation, causes the estimated payment to these states to be higher than they would have been if based solely on actual receipts. # NOTE: USDA news releases and media advisories are available on the Internet. Access the USDA Home Page on the World Wide Web at http://www.usda.gov