Table 1.
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.