Table 55 .-- Cost of protection by Bureau of Land Management, 1950-58— 1 



Year 





Cost of 



protection in 



dollars 



Cost/ 

 (fraction 



acre 

 of cent) 





Pre- 

 suppression 



Suppression 



Total 



Alaska 



Other 

 states 



1950 





143,529 



6,422 



149,951 



0.07 



0. 34 



1951 





194,023 



89,139 



283,162 



.12 



.15 



1952 





198,316 



157,946 



356,262 



.16 



.21 



1953 





210,003 



180,588 



390,591 



.17 



.18 



1954 





230,695 



275 ,718 



506,413 



.22 



.19 



1955 





247,324 



239,941 



487,265 



.22 



.21 



1956 





287,813 



152,653 



440,466 



.20 



.33 



1957 





294,911 



584,000 



878,911 



.39 



.30 



1958 





395,551 



1,875,643 



2,271,194 



1.01 



.80 



Av. 





244,685 



395,783 



640 ,491 









Percent 



of acreage 



protected and 



total protection costs 











(Av. 1950-58) 







Place 





Pre- 

 suppression 



Suppression 



Total 

 Cost 



Acreage 



Alaska 





66 



60 



62 



62 





Other s 



tates 



34 



40 



38 



38 





1/ 



Fiscal 



Year Data. 



Based on 225 



million acres 



protected. 



Does 





not include contract protection 



costs . 







Source: Annual Reports of the Director, BLM (Statistical Appendix), 



163 



DPSU/63 



