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. 2015 Sep 28;112(41):12723–12728. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1512542112

Table 1.

Lands managed by federal agencies, areas of individual ecosystems, and their changes as of 2050 from the baseline 2005 under IPCC SRES scenarios in the CONUS

Federal agency IPCC scenario Ecosystem and area, km2 %
Croplands Forests Grasslands Hay/pasture Mech_ disturbed Other Shrublands Wetlands Total
BLM Baseline (2005) 2,563 64,356 95,381 3,213 875 47,244 494,413 1,031 709,075 38.3
BOR 200 494 1,138 313 0 4,219 4,425 231 11,019 0.6
DOD 1,406 18,281 12,119 1,763 144 28,381 38,400 3,350 103,844 5.6
FS 7,213 557,150 95,900 11,375 7,956 23,075 127,700 18,750 849,119 45.8
FWS 2,681 4,744 5,694 1,350 63 9,356 18,125 12,781 54,794 3.0
NPS 244 32,550 8,738 431 38 17,094 44,975 6,944 111,013 6.0
Other 138 1,194 1,381 44 44 481 6,725 163 10,169 0.5
TVA 44 1,456 0 175 19 1,594 0 81 3,369 0.2
Sum 14,488 680,225 220,350 18,663 9,138 131,444 734,763 43,331 1,852,400 100
% of the total 0.8 36.7 11.9 1.0 0.5 7.1 39.7 2.3 100
2050, km2 Average* 19,429 668,721 216,729 23,798 15,467 135,013 729,863 43,381 1,852,400
Change % 34.1 −1.7 −1.6 27.5 69.3 2.7 −0.7 0.1 0
2050, km2 A1B 22,856 662,350 213,981 28,694 18,913 136,338 726,194 43,075 1,852,400
Change % 57.8 −2.6 −2.9 53.8 107.0 3.7 −1.2 −0.6 0
2050, km2 A2 20,144 664,325 217,231 24,875 16,856 135,700 730,106 43,163 1,852,400
Change % 39.0 −2.3 −1.4 33.3 84.5 3.2 −0.6 −0.4 0
2050, km2 B1 15,288 679,488 218,975 17,825 10,631 133,000 733,288 43,906 1,852,400
Change % 5.5 −0.1 −0.6 −4.5 16.3 1.2 −0.2 1.3 0

BLM, Bureau of Land Management; BOR, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior; DOD, Department of Defense; FS, Forest Service; FWS, Fish and Wildlife Service; NPS, National Park Service; TVA, Tennessee Valley Authority.

*

The average of the results from all A1B, A2, and B1 scenarios.

Change percentage by 2050 from the baseline 2005 land area of the same ecosystem.