NFEPA - Table 2

TABLE 2
EASTERN, MID-WESTERN AND SOUTHERN ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION AREAS
POSSIBLE ACREAGES BY PROJECT
State Ecosystem Protection Areas	Existing NFS Wilderness	Possible Total Area	Possible Acquisition Area
Total	1,311,149	3,513,500	697,000

Alabama 1. Sipsey	24,922	64,100	10,100
Arkansas 6. Hurricane Creek	15,307	58,300	4,000
Florida 12. Big Gum Swamp 13. Bradwell Bay	13,660 24,602	73,200 54,800	21,300 200
Georgia 14. Cohutta (also in Tennessee)	44,970	115,800	16,500
Indiana 15. Charles C. Deam	12,945	59,900	12,000
Kentucky 17. Clifty	12,026	69,600	22,600
Maine 18. Caribou-Speckled Mountain	12,000	72,000	16,000
Michigan 19. Sylvania	18,327	61,900	13,100
Minnesota 20. Boundary Waters Canoe Area	809,772	1,530,000	355,000
Missouri 21. Irish	16,117	58,100	22,000
New Hampshire 24. Pemigewasset 25. Presidential Range-Dry River 26. Sandwich Range	45,000 27,380 25,000	121,000 147,400 81,000	1,000 11,000 1,000
North Carolina 29. Southern Nantahala (also in Georgia)	23,423	134,000	30,000
Oklahoma 30. Upper Kiamichi (also in Arkansas)	9,754	71,600	7,600
Pennsylvania 33. Hickory Creek	8,570	56,900	16,200
South Dakota 34. Black Elk	9,826	64,000	7,200
Tennessee 35. Citico Creek (also in North Carolina)	29,788	77,100	8,500
Texas 36. Upland Island 37. Indian Mounds	13,331 12,369	66,600 50,400	18,000 27,000
Vermont 39. Breadloaf 40. Lyle Brook	21,480 15,503	61,400 100,500	8,000 10,000
Virginia 41. Mountain Lake (also in West Virginia)	11,025	70,900	23,500
West Virginia 43. Cranberry	35,864	130,900	25,000
Wisconsin 44. Headwaters	18,188	62,100	10,200

Eastern United States Twenty-six Ecosystem Protection Areas Areas in Twenty-one States	1,311,149	3,513,500	697,000

There are eighteen other Ecosystem Protection Areas in twelve western States. The acreage will be determined through the Forest Service Planning process, utilizing the full public participation procedures provided therein, within three years of the passage of this act. Therefore, these figures are preliminary estimates.

Source: Existing NFS Wilderness; Land Areas of the National Forests in 1997. Possible Total Area and Possible Acquisition Area; Estimates by Habitat for Wildlife in October, 2002.