FOREST SERVICE MAKES FINAL FY 2000 PAYMENTS TO STATES

USDA FOREST SERVICE PAYMENTS TO STATES FROM NATIONAL FOREST RECEIPTS (FISCAL 2000) *

INTERIM PAYMENT FINAL PAYMENT TOTAL PAYMENT

ALABAMA $ 356,750.48 $ 260,647.38 $ 617,397.86

ALASKA 1,613,467.51 690,246.09 2,303,713.60

ARIZONA 1,468,554.23 312,775.86 1,781,330.09

ARKANSAS 3,275,102.56 3,431,692.44 6,706,795.00

CALFORNIA 19,317,718.52 7,100,714.07 26,418,432.59

COLORADO 3,313,966.13 1,215,980.47 4,529,946.60

FLORIDA 583,390.67 361,508.60 944,899.27

GEORGIA 19,578.63 33,211.24 52,789.87

IDAHO 5,277,266.13 2,306,449.86 7,583,715.99

ILLINOIS 161,144.26 6,333,30 167,477.56

INDIANA 1,537.50 3,460.98 4,998.48

KENTUCKY 20,162.31 51,459.25 71,621.56

LOUISIANA 933,453.63 905,124.82 1,838,578.45

MAINE 20,479.22 6,436.83 26,916.05

MICHIGAN 2,875,610.66 980,580.91 3,856,191.57

MINNESOTA 3,021,254.60 1,050,761.51 4,072,016.11

MISSISSIPPI 4,138,408.21 2,366,049.69 6,504,457.90

MISSOURI 902,014.90 266,226.20 1,168,241.10

MONTANA 5,287,591.01 1,763,493.68 7,051,084.69

NEBRASKA 24,562.33 9,936.03 34,498.36

NEVADA 180,769.58 114,645.09 295,414.67

NEW HAMPSHIRE 302,191.64 94,990.19 397,181.83

NEW MEXICO 5 17,565.15 163,822.34 681,387.49

NEW YORK 5,694.94 2,783.39 8,478.33

NORTH CAROLINA 146,711.91 308,773.29 455,485.20

NORTH DAKOTA 53.45 18.53 71.98

OHIO 4,710.68 -7,827.44 -3,116.76

OKLAHOMA 587,146.61 662,578.45 1,249,725.06

OREGON 57,111,465.30 19,211,495.04 76,322,960.34

PENNSYLVANIA 2,009,521.07 972,129.64 2,981,650.71

SOUTH CAROLINA 517,826.32 58,995.34 576,821.66

SOUTH DAKOTA 2,270,739.92 799,454.28 3,070,194.20

TENNESSEE 168,413.51 205,099.48 373,512.99

TEXAS 431,587.85 234,219.32 665,807.17

UTAH 1,454,821.74 445,485.83 1,900,307.57

VERMONT 235,213.16 92,405.42 327,618.58

VIRGINIA 342,393.61 144,508.66 486,902.27

WASHINGTON 18,539,727.79 6,118,558.34 24,658,286.13

WEST VIRGINIA 1,147,335.78 -204,357.31 942,978.47

WISCONSIN 1,639,787.08 148,451.43 1,788,238.51

WYOMING 1,112,791.35 479,142.07 1,591,933.42

PUERTO RICO 248.00 20,671.28 20 919.28

TOTAL 141,338,729.93 53,189,131.87 194,527,861.80

* On October 30, 2000, (Public Law 106-393), H.R. 2389, the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Act) was signed into law by the President. This legislation ends rural communities’ historic dependence on timber sale receipts to finance school and road construction.

Counties will have the option of continuing to receive payments under the 25 Percent Fund Act, or electing to receive their share of the average of the three highest 25 percent payments made to the state during the period of fiscal year 1986 through fiscal year 1999 (the full payment amount).

Counties that elect to receive their full payment amount and would receive $100,000 or more, are required to reserve no less than 15 and no more than 20 percent of their distribution for forest restoration, maintenance or stewardship projects under Title II of the Act (Title II special projects), county projects under Title III (Title III projects) or both. The Act requires that consensus-based Resource Advisory Committees (RACs) be formed to recommend special projects funded under the Act. These committees are to be balanced and diverse with equal representation from industry, environmental groups and local people. The appointments to the RACs are to be made within 180 days of the law’s enactment.