Table 3.13 — /Area of the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS) and endorsed 

 administration^ additions in the contiguous United States by ecosystem and managing 



agency, July 1, 1979 

 (Acres) 





Total 



existing 



NWPS 



units 



Existing NWPS units 



Total 



endorsed 



areas 



NWPS proposals endorsed by 

 the Administration' 



Ecosystem 



Managing agency 



Managing agency 





National 



National 



Fish and 



National 



National 



Fish and 





Forest 



Park 



Wildlife 





Forest 



Park 



Wildlife 







Service 



Service 



Service 





Service 



Service 



Service 



Forest land: 



















Eastern forest: 



















White-red-jack pine 



565,837 



563,510 







2,327 



2,830 



2,830 











Spruce-fir 



418,658 



250,230 



131,880 



36,548 



235,976 



39,070 



195,500 



1,406 



Longleaf-slash pine 



39,309 



23,432 



14,109 



1,768 



39,230 



39,230 











Loblolly-shortieaf pine 



















55,070 



54,480 







590 



Oak-pine 



115,670 



26,990 



79,579 



9,101 



80,153 



79,990 







163 



Oak-hickory 



125,229 



98,420 



10,529 



16,280 



268,681 



174,180 



90,191 



4,310 



Oak-gum-cypress 



1,278,073 







823,305 



454,768 



11,655 



10,320 







1,335 



Elm-ash-cotton wood 



7,275 







7,198 



77 



5,800 



5,800 



9 







Maple-beech-birch 



61,030 



61,001 







29 



270,281 



152,660 



117,000 



621 



Total 



2,611,081 



1,012,483 



1,066,600 



520,898 



969,676 



558,560 



402,691 



8,425 



Western forest: 



















Douglas-fir 



1,465,188 



1,464,833 







355 



1,183,910 



677,910 



506,000 







Ponderosa pine 



1,507,068 



1,390,444 



114,989 



1,635 



2,470,546 



2,109,040 



304,888 



56,618 



Western white pine 



30,808 



30,808 











293,600 



151,600 



142,000 







Fir-spruce 



6,168,970 



6,093,937 



75,033 







7,328,799 



3,661,195 



3,667,604 







Hemlock-sitka-spruce 



















2,439,900 



2,199,900 



240,000 







Larch 



484,337 



484,337 



























Lodgepole pine 



473,542 



473,542 











715,967 



103,800 



612,167 







Redwood 



25,047 



4,751 



20,296 























Western hardwoods 



77,025 



77,025 











26,700 



26,700 











Total 



10,231,985 



10,019,677 



210,318 



1,990 



14,459,422 



8,930,145 



5,472,659 



55,618 



Other forest: 



















Chapparal-mountain shrub 



645,741 



614,175 



30,605 



961 



503,890 



466,890 



37,000 







Pinyon-juniper 



270,311 



202,591 



67,720 







1,210,459 



650,875 



383,874 



175,710 



Total 



916,052 



816,766 



98,325 



961 



1,714,349 



1,117,765 



420,084 



175,710 



Total, forest land 



13,759,118 



11,860,026 



1,375,243 



523,849 



17,143,447 



10,606,470 



6.296,224 



240,753 



Range land: 



















Grasslands: 















.- 





Plains grasslands 



132,419 







86,792 



45,447 



189,580 



28,000 







161,580 



Prairie 



12,315 



12,315 











49,219 



8,400 







40,819 



Mountain grasslands 



104,176 



99,102 



5,074 







80,800 



67,800 



13,000 







Desert grasslands 



98,770 



48,510 



50,260 







228,000 



87,000 



141,000 







Wet grasslands 



474,358 







460,886 



13,472 



6,345 







440 



5,905 



Desert 



30,243 







30,243 







24,000 



24,000 











Alpine 



2,877,902 



2,877,972 











2,381,358 



1,273,645 



1,107,713 







Total 



3,730,253 



3,037,899 



633,435 



58,919 



2,959,302 



1,488,845 



1,262,153 



208,304 



Shrublands: 



















Sagebrush 



163,707 



118,357 



13,000 



32,350 



1,772,689 



385,920 



86,000 



1,300,769 



Desert shrub 



954,094 



222,807 



731,289 







3,768,413 



60,900 



2,071,882 



1,635,631 



Southwestern shrubsteppe 



149,929 



30,046 



79,975 



39,908 



511,250 



5,000 



506,250 







Total 



1,267,730 



371,210 



824,262 



72,258 



6,052,352 



451,820 



2,664,132 



2,936,400 



Total, range land 



4,997,983 



3,409,109 



1,457,697 



131,177 



9,011,654 



1,940,665 



3,926,285 



3,144,704 



Total, forest and 





2 



3 













range land 



18,757,101 



15,269,135 



2,832,940 



655,026 



26,155,101 



12,547,135 



10,222,501 



3.385.457 



'Administration endorsement is a position favoring the addition of land area to 

 the National Wilderness Presen/ation System that reflects the support recom- 

 mendation of the White House. Office of fulanagement and Budget, and the 

 Department of Agriculture and the Department of Interior. 



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^Includes 12.000 acres of Bureau of Land Management lands adjacent to 

 National Park Service lands. 



'Includes 113 acres of Bureau of Land Management lands adjacent to National 

 Park Service lands. 



