Cooperative Wildlife Management Areas

Designated trails (in miles)

NATIONAL FORESTS &
(USFS/Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)
Multi-use Angelina National Forest
Ranger Multi-use Mountain
Hiking non- Bannister 25,658 acres
District Motorized Bike
Angelina
Davy
2.7
motorized
Davy Crockett National Forest
Alabama Creek 14,561 acres
GRASSLANDS IN TEXAS
Crockett 22 52 Sabine National Forest FINGERTIP FACTS
Sabine 1 Moore Plantation 26,455 acres FOREST SUPERVISOR – Eddie Taylor
Sam
Houston 120 85 20 Caddo National Grassland
Caddo/LBJ 0 92 4 Caddo 16,150 acres
TOTALS 147.7 144 85 24 Sam Houston National Forest THE ORGANIZATION: Four National Forests and
two National Grasslands comprising 675,816
Sam Houston 162,984 acres acres in 15 counties make up the National
Minerals Forests & Grasslands in Texas. Forest Supervisor
Permitted wells 299 Wilderness Areas Headquarters is in Lufkin. Approximately 140
Reserved/Outstanding Mineral Acres 203,339 Angelina National Forest employees make up the workforce.
2000 Soil Resource Inventory – Order II: 675,832 acres completed. Turkey Hill 5,473 acres
This completes the Order II update for the NFGT. Upland Island 13,331acres Angelina National Forest
Established in 1934
Davy Crockett National Forest
Ranger District Office in Zavalla
Designated miles of roads Big Slough 3,639 acres Acres: 153,334
State County USFS Sabine National Forest Acres per county: Angelina, 58,684; Jasper, 21,023;
San Augustine, 64,389; Nacogdoches, 9,238
1,836 1,598 2,394 Indian Mounds 12,369acres
Sam Houston National Forest Davy Crockett National Forest
Established 1934
Ongoing research projects Little Lake Creek 3,855 acres Ranger District Office in Ratcliff
Wildlife (8) & Fisheries (2) 10 Botanical 3 Acres: 160,467
Silvicultural 1 Insects 1 Acres per county: Houston, 93,155; Trinity, 67,312
Archeology 2 Chemical 0
Long-term Soil Productivity 1 TOTAL 18 Sabine National Forest
Established 1934
Ranger District Office in Milam
Grazing – 5,000 AUMs graze on 17,438 acres. There are 70
Acres: 160,798
active allotments Acres per county: Jasper, 64; Sabine, 95,454, San
Augustine, 4,287; Shelby, 59,212; Newton, 1,781
NEPA decisions completed
Year Decision Memos Decision Notices Sam Houston National Forest
FY12 47 1 Established 1934
FY13 45 9 U.S. Department Ranger District Office in New Waverly
of Agriculture Acres: 163,030
FY14 35 3
Forest Service Acres per county: Montgomery, 47,801; San Jacinto,
FY15 22 3 60,632; Walker, 54,597
Southern Region
FY16 13 0
January 2017 Caddo and Lyndon B. Johnson National
Grasslands Established in 1935 and 1937 respectively
Ranger District Office in Decatur
The USDA is an equal opportunity provider Acres: 38,186
and employer. Acres per county: Montague, 61; Wise, 20,252; Fannin,
17,873
Budget Secure Rural Schools Timber harvested (CCF) Law enforcement data
FY13 $16,151,137 CY12 $2,570,943 Year Amount Value Year Warnings Incidents Violations
FY14 $15,143,935 CY13 $2,485,336 FY12 56,280 $2,152,997 FY12 727 964 1,013
FY15 $15,099,177 CY14 $2,318,022 FY13 75,798 $3,016,505 FY13 492 950 505
FY16 $15,151,500 CY15 $2,218,714 FY14 43,441 $1,356,129 FY14 297 734 243
FY17 $15,151,500* CY16 $2,012,069 FY15 48,979 $1,419,567 FY15 296 756 297
* awaiting FY17 budget passage FY16 52,210 $2,132,701 FY16 507 960 455

Prescribed fires Wildfires Red-cockaded woodpecker population

Year
Acres
Year Number
Acres Potential Breeding Groups (PBG) may consist of 2 or more birds Phone Numbers
Treated Burned Angelina Davy Crockett Sabine Sam Houston Supervisor’s Office 936-639-8501
FY12 98,947 CY12 34 954 FY14 64 82 49 254 Forest Supervisor Eddie Taylor 936-639-8506
FY13 121,968 CY13 50 475 FY15 63 84 50 261 Angelina National Forest
FY16 67 88 55 274
FY14 100,470 CY14 20 566 Ranger Kimpton Cooper 936-897-1068
FY15 84,205 CY15 39 563 Caddo/LBJ National Grasslands
Habitat acres treated
FY16 85,659 CY16 63 1,742 Year Planted (seedlings) Naturally Regenerated Ranger Jeff Stoney 940-627-5475
FY12 398 (268,500) 0 Davy Crockett National Forest
Timber sold hundred cubic feet (CCF) Ranger Gerald Lawrence 936-655-2299
Year Green Salvage Total FY13 108 (92,000) 94
FY14 579 (322,000) 0 Sabine National Forest
FY12 42,337 20,585 62,923
FY15 0 0 Ranger Kimpton Cooper 409-625-1940
FY13 60,487 6,068 66,555
FY16 3 (500) 0 Sam Houston National Forest
FY14 71,209 76 71,209
Ranger Warren Oja 936-344-6205
FY15 82,478 22,611 105,089 Watershed improvement
FY16 96,890 0 96,890 Age classification acres completed Congressional contacts
0-20 Years Old 1.2% FY13 716 U.S. Senators
Stewardship 21-50 Years Old 24.6% FY14 438 John Cornyn (R) 202-224-2934
Volume Stewardship KV/SAI Stumpage Retained 51-90 Years Old 31.5% FY15 0 Ted Cruz (R) 202-224-5922
Year
Sold (CCF) Work Value Collection Value Receipts 91+ Years Old 42.7% FY16 0
U.S. Representatives
FY12 31,831 $450,513 $51,064 $601,869 $100,292
Special areas Kevin Brady (R) 202-225-4901 District includes
Wilderness (5 areas) 38,483 acres Sam Houston, Davy
FY13 64,192 $900,422 $816,651 $1,954,439 $124,133
Scenic 4,757 acres Crockett
Research Natural Areas 605 acres John Ratcliffe (R) 202-225-6673 District includes
FY14 40,944 $473,785 $993,486 $2,761,837 $1,294,566 Caddo
Streamside Management Zones 49,800 acres
Louie Gohmert (R) 202-225-3035 District includes
Experimental Forest 2,600 acres Angelina, Sabine
FY15 71,453 $733,831 $58,544 $4,029,581 $3,237,196
RCW Habitat Management Areas 250,000 acres William Thornberry (R) 202-225-3706 District includes LBJ

FY16 78,147 $549,671 $372,987 $4,168,999 $3,246,341 Developed recreation sites

Managed by USFS 26
TOTALS 286,567 $3,108,222 $2,292,567 $13,516,725 $8,002,528 Managed by Recreation Resource Management (Double Lake) 1
Managed by San Augustine County (Townsend) 1
Managed by Sabine River Authority (On Toledo Bend) 6
Timber value: 9.09 million CCF valued at $1 billion
Approximately 3.7 million visits to the NFGT yearly.
Net annual timber growth: 30,000,000 cubic feet