State-by-State Accomplishments

Executive Order 13855 directed the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to promote active management of America’s forests and rangelands to improve conditions and reduce wildfire risk. The Order set specific goals for the Department of the Interior (DOI), including:

  • Treating 750,000 acres of DOI-administered lands to reduce fuel loads;
  • Treating 500,000 acres of DOI-administered lands to protect water quality and mitigate severe flooding and erosion risks arising from forest fires;
  • Treating 750,000 acres of DOI-administered lands for native and invasive species;
  • Reducing vegetation giving rise to wildfire conditions through forest health treatments by increasing health treatments as part of DOI's offering for sale 600 million board feet of timber from DOI-administered lands; and
  • Performing maintenance on public roads needed to provide access for emergency services and restoration work.

The following table summarizes the Fiscal Year 2019 accomplishments that align with the requirements of Executive Order 13855. These numbers reflect reporting as of December 30, 2019.

State Reduce Fuel Loads (acres treated) Water Quality & Erosion (acres treated) Invasive Species (acres treated) Timber Sales Offered (million board feet) Public Road Maintenance (miles)
Alabama 1,042 0 0 0 43
Alaska 46,522 0 0 10 166
Arizona 59,801 54 2,805 36 930
Arkansas 21,162 0 0 0 1,482
California 38,837 4,125 3,298 16 1,157
Colorado 25,512 13,155 6,351 12 1,018
Connecticut 1 0 0 0 2
Delaware 108 0 0 0 8
District of Columbia 0 0 0 0 1
Florida 216,796 11,373 18,184 0 4,598
Georgia 8,741 0 0 0 326
Hawaii 5,838 4,589 8,379 0 62
Idaho 213,852 750,083 610,599 21.5 1,124
Illinois 624 0 0 0 60
Indiana 3,750 0 0 0 15
Iowa 2,378 0 0 0 11
Kansas 8,461 0 0 0 23
Kentucky 234 0 0 0 12
Louisiana 3,106 0 0 0 227
Maine 41 0 0 7.4 9
Maryland 5,791 0 0 0 20
Massachusetts 122 0 0 0 24
Michigan 2,554 0 0 0.2 34
Minnesota 41,465 0 0 20 138
Mississippi 5,583 301 301 0.9 332
Missouri 3,998 0 0 0 87
Montana 46,090 3,996 7,080 18.5 1,897
Nebraska 11,315 0 0 0 70
Nevada 139,309 379,503 81,497 0 3,048
New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 5
New Jersey 88 0 0 0 53
New Mexico 59,004 400 16,447 3.4 1,182
New York 166 0 0 0 45
North Carolina 1,229 0 0 0 1,622
North Dakota 16,652 0 0 0 951
Ohio 0 0 0 0 12
Oklahoma 14,077 0 0 0 110
Oregon 132,500 142,417 103,358 303.3 3,818
Pennsylvania 191 313 0 0 49
Puerto Rico 300 251 0 0 25
Rhode Island 0 138,809 0 0 5
South Carolina 3,979 3,787 0 0 149
South Dakota 12,580 12,074 0 0 97
Tennessee 3,406 0 313 0 78
Texas 30,784 0 2,763 0.1 1,699
Utah 124,587 0 86,216 0.3 1,578
Vermont 0 0 0 0 3
Virginia 3,744 0 0 0 572
Virgin Islands 0 0 0 0 3
Washington 15,849 0 959 228 333
West Virginia 80 0 0 0 4
Wisconsin 5,769 0 0 67.6 29
Wyoming 81,741 0 78,276 5 2,124
Unaffiliated* 0 0 0 0 14,749
TOTAL 1,419,759 1,465,230 1,026,826 750.3 46,219

Work not reported by specific states.

Data Sources

Reduce Fuel Loads (acres treated)
Includes all reported on-the-ground accomplishments (except wildfires) from the Hazardous Fuels Reduction Module of the National Fire Plan Operations Reporting System1.

Water Quality & Erosion (acres treated)
Includes all reported on-the-ground accomplishments tracked by acre from the Restoration and Rehabilitation Module of the National Fire Plan Operations Reporting System1.

Invasive Species (acres treated)
Includes chemical, preventive mulching, preventive seeding treatment type accomplishments reported in the Hazardous Fuels Reduction and Restoration and Rehabilitation modules of the National Fire Plan Operations Reporting System1.

Timber Sales Offered (million board feet)
Includes board feet of timber offered for sale tracked by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Land Management forestry programs.

Public Road Maintenance (miles)
Summarizes annual road maintenance activities provided by each DOI bureau resulting from a comprehensive data call.

1 The National Fire Plan Operations Reporting System is a Federal interagency database for reporting and tracking fuels management, post-fire emergency stabilization, and burned area rehabilitation projects across the country.

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