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1 PACIFIC NORTHWEST AGRICULTURAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (PNASH) CENTER fishing farming forestry Promoting Safe and Sustainable Agricultural Workplaces and Communities (800)

2 Forest Ownership in the Conterminous United States Mark D. Nelson, Greg C. Liknes, and Brett J. Butler U.S. Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Forest Inventory and Analysis Map Description This map depicts the spatial distribution of forest land across the conterminous United States (CONUS), in 2007, differentiated into public vs. private forest land, and the percentage of corporate ownership of private forest land. Notable differences between eastern and western United States are evident on the map, as reported in Smith et al. (2009). Over two-thirds of western forest land is publicly owned, the majority of which is administered by the U.S. Forest Service as National Forests. In the East, more than 80 percent of forest land is privately owned. Corporate forest land is privately owned by an incorporated business, e.g., forest industry, timber investment management organizations (TIMOs), or real estate investment trusts (REITs). Concentrations of corporate forest land are seen in Maine and in portions of the Southeast, South Central, Lake States, and Pacific Northwest regions. No Data class represents private forest land where Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) plot data were insufficient to determine percentage corporate ownership. Information displayed on this map was derived from multiple sources. Maps produced by FIA are for graphic display to meet general reporting requirements. Sources and intended uses of FIA data are available at: Forest Public National Forest Other Public Forest Private 100% Corporate 0% Corporate No Data Suggested Citatiton Nelson, Mark D.; Liknes, Greg C.; Butler, Brett J Map of forest ownership in the conterminous United States. [Scale 1:7,500,000.] Res. Map NRS-2. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. Data Sources The forest/nonforest land/water classification is derived from the U.S. Forest Service s CONUS forest/nonforest dataset. Public and private land ownership class is derived from the Protected Areas Database of the United States: PAD-US 1.1 (CBI Edition) last accessed 9 June Nonforest Public Private Lakes and Rivers Corporate ownership of private forest land is derived from the Forest Service s 2007 RPA dataset, summarized over the Environmental Protection Agency s original EMAP grid 648 km 2 hexagon dataset. Political boundaries and basemap layers are from Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) Data & Maps. References Nelson, Mark D.; Liknes, Greg C.; Butler, Brett J Forest ownership in the conterminous United States: ForestOwn geospatial dataset [Database]. Version 1. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. Available at Smith, W.B.; Miles, P.D.; Perry, C.H.; Pugh, S.A Forest resources of the United States, Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-78. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 336 p. Scale: 1:7,500,000 Projection: Albers Equal Area Conic Central Meridian: 96 W Latitude of Origin: 40 N Datum: NAD ,000 Kilometers 22% 9% 22% West 47% Public Forest National Forest East 59% Private Forest Corporate 6% 13% 22% Publication date: July 2010 Miles ,000 Other Public Non-corporate

3 8 Prudhoe Bay Forest Ownership in Alaska Forest Ownership Kotzebue Acres 11,053,992 U.S. Forest Service National Park Service 11,354,280 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 32,515,255 Eagle Department of Defense Fairbanks Nome Tok 1,431,304 Bureau of Land Management 31,874,368 State of Alaska 46,462,312 Local Government 2,125,767 McGrath ANCSA Native Corporation 18,034,580 Glennallen Non ANCSA Private Anchorage 2,818,090 Non-Forest Valdez Total Bethel 157,669,948 Cordova Kenai Haines Seward 0 Juneau Homer Miles Dillingham Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry Sitka Kodiak Ketchikan Alaska Dept of Natural Resources Division of Forestry Forest Stewardship Program 101 Airport Road Palmer, AK MAP NOTES: Date: Jan 2007 Datalayer: owner_forest File name: sap_map8.mxd Map by: Hans Buchholdt, GIS Specialist, ADNR/DOF CONTACT INFORMATION: Hans Buchholdt, GIS Specialist Alaska Dept of Natural Resources Division of Forestry 550 W 7th Ave #1450 Anchorage, Alaska hans_buchholdt@dnr.state.ak.us Chris Maisch, State Forester Jeff Graham, Stewardship Coordinator 5/24/06 * Includes Data Themes: Alaska Forest non-forest classification by USFS Remote Sensi Applications Center (RSAC), 2004

4 What is the Work? Forest & Conservation (Forest Service) Workers are contracted and employed to help to develop, maintain, and protect forests. - Tree Planting - Clear and thin brush and trees - Prevent and suppress forest fires - Apply pesticides - Specialty Forest Product Harvesting floral greens (salal), stumps, tree cones, bark, moss, mushrooms. Logging Workers employed under small contract logging companies often less than 10 employees. Fallers, Buckers, Choke setters, Rigging slingers and chasers, Logging equipment operators

5 NW Forestry Fatalities Logging and Forest Service ID OR WA * Source: BLS, State CFOI submissions. * No data submitted for Idaho

6 Accepted Disabling Claims and Employment, Oregon Logging and Forestry Services Logging Empl. Employment ,999 6,584 4,470 4,418 5,260 5,030 3,587 3,672 5,345 3, Accepted disabling claims Forestry Empl. Logging Claims Forestry Claims Source: 2011 Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services

7 Source: 2010 Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services Accident Events, Oregon 2010

8 Source: 2010 Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services Nature of Injury, Oregon 2010

9 NW Forest Worker Newsletter