Fire Program Statistics

Fire Program Statistics

2006 Non-WUI Treatments :: Great Lakes/Big Rivers Region

Refuge	# Treat	Rx Acres	Mech Acres	Other Acres	Total Acres
Agassiz NWR	13	3,905.0			3,905.0
Big Oaks NWR	12	6,827.0			6,827.0
Big Stone NWR	15	2,265.0			2,265.0
Crab Orchard NWR	8	543.0			543.0
Crane Meadows NWR	15	112.0			112.0
Cypress Creek NWR	3	70.0			70.0
Desoto NWR	21	493.0			493.0
Detroit Lakes WMD	19	2,423.0			2,423.0
Driftless Area NWR	2	36.0			36.0
Fergus Falls WMD	31	4,144.0			4,144.0
Fox River NWR	12	95.0			95.0
Glacial Ridge NWR	2	1,495.0			1,495.0
Great River NWR	3	342.0			342.0
Hamden Slough NWR	2	247.0			247.0
Horicon NWR	8	1,267.5			1,267.5
Iowa WMD	1	43.0			43.0
Leopold WMD	18	872.4			872.4
Litchfield WMD	24	3,588.0			3,588.0
Mingo NWR	5	171.0			171.0
Minnesoto Valley NWR	8	339.1	50.0		389.1
Morris WMD	25	2,986.2			2,986.2
Neal Smith NWR	16	2,445.0	36.0		2,481.0
Necedah NWR	3		410.0		410.0
Ottawa NWR	5	246.0			246.0
Port Louisa NWR	45	3,654.0	11.0		3,665.0
Rice Lake NWR	2	1,886.0			1,886.0
Seney NWR	15	1,598.4	60.0		1,658.4
Sherburne NWR	6	25.0	51.0		76.0
Shiawassee NWR	1	70.0			70.0
Squaw Creek NWR	17	654.0			654.0
St. Croix WMD	13	1,543.0		18.0	1,561.0
Swan Lake NWR	2	153.0			153.0
Tamarac NWR	4	5.1			5.1
Trempealeau NWR	6	137.6			137.6
Union Slough NWR	7	459.0	18.0		477.0
Upper Mississippi River-LaCrosse District	4	66.5			66.5
Upper Mississippi River-Savanna District	4	137.0			137.0
Upper Mississippi River-Winona District	6	69.0			69.0
Windom WMD	28	2,126.0			2,126.0
TOTAL	431	47,538.8	636.0	18.0	48,192.8

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages public land in every U.S. state and territory, including 550 national wildlife refuges and 70 national fish hatcheries.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages more than 75 million burnable acres, including 24 million acres of forest/brushland and 4 million acres of grassland.

More than 80% of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lands in the continental U.S. (and more than 90% in Alaska) include fire-adapted ecosystems with vegetation dependent on periodic fire.

An average of 500 wildfires burn 300,000 acres each year on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lands. The Service also burns more than 350,000 acres a year using prescribed fire.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service annual fire program budget is approximately $80 million.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employs more than 500 permanent fire professionals, along with 200 seasonal and temporary fire employees during fire season.

More than 2,000 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees are qualified to assist with wildland fire management on an interagency basis.

The U.S. Fish and Wildland Service Fire Management Program protects more than 700 communities and wildland-urban interface areas.

Historically, an acre was the amount of land tillable by one man behind an ox in one day. This measures 90% of a football field. There are 640 acres in a square mile.

More than 90% of the hazardous fuels reduction by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is completed using prescribed fire.