Iron County Record | 1960-01-21 | Page 8 | Public Land Management Report Rendered

Public Land Management Report Rendered Bureau of Land Management is responsible for the conservation, conserva-tion, management, and development develop-ment of more than 477 million acres of the Nation's public I lands, it was revealed by Secre-I Secre-I tary of the Interior Fred A. Sea-ton, Sea-ton, In his annual report. According to the report Seaton pointed out that in Its program and operations during the fiscal year 1959, Bureau receipts totaled over $136,700,000 of which some $31 million were distributed to 27 public land states. Appropria- tlons for the Bureau's management manage-ment operations during that same year amounted to $26,910,100; for construction $5,685,000, and $086,713 for range improvements. ; Enough timber was harvested from BLM lands last year to build more than 100,000 average homes. These lands also yielded enough oil to heat more than 5 million homes for a year and enough forage to feed more than 11 million livestock and big game for an average of 4 months, the report indicated.