Indian Programs: Use of Forest Development Funds Should be Based on Current Priorities : Report to Congressional RequestersThe Office, 1991 - 32 pages |
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... according to the Bureau . GAO found , however , that the 1977 backlog of forest development needs was incomplete and imprecise and that data on accomplishments were not reliable . Further , the remaining backlog includes acres no longer ...
... according to the Bureau . GAO found , however , that the 1977 backlog of forest development needs was incomplete and imprecise and that data on accomplishments were not reliable . Further , the remaining backlog includes acres no longer ...
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... according to agency office and tribal officials , for fiscal years 1988 and 1989 , the reservation lowered its goal to 67.6 million board feet to more closely reflect tribal preferences . During these 2 years the reservation harvested ...
... according to agency office and tribal officials , for fiscal years 1988 and 1989 , the reservation lowered its goal to 67.6 million board feet to more closely reflect tribal preferences . During these 2 years the reservation harvested ...
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... According to agency office foresters at the five reservations we visited , the 1977 backlog did not include all acres needing timber stand improve- ment and reforestation at that time . For example , the Phoenix area office performed a ...
... According to agency office foresters at the five reservations we visited , the 1977 backlog did not include all acres needing timber stand improve- ment and reforestation at that time . For example , the Phoenix area office performed a ...
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... according to Menominee's forestry staff , these reve- nues are not adequate to meet the reservation's regular forest development needs , some of which are more commercially important than those included in the 1977 backlog . Similarly ...
... according to Menominee's forestry staff , these reve- nues are not adequate to meet the reservation's regular forest development needs , some of which are more commercially important than those included in the 1977 backlog . Similarly ...
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... According to Bureau regulations , these funds can , in turn , be used to reimburse tribes for tribal fund expenditures for forest management activities made in accordance with an approved budget and expenditure plan . Our prior report ...
... According to Bureau regulations , these funds can , in turn , be used to reimburse tribes for tribal fund expenditures for forest management activities made in accordance with an approved budget and expenditure plan . Our prior report ...
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5.7 million acres accommodating tribal preferences acres of commercial annual allowable cut annual timber harvests Apache approving timber sales April 24 area office backlog acreage base funding board feet Bureau and tribal Bureau of Indian Bureau officials Bureau reported Bureau's forestry program Colville commercial forest commercial Indian timberland commercial timberland Controls Over Forest current forest management Dedicated Funding Division of Forestry eliminate the 1977 estry fiscal year 1989 forest development backlog forest development funding forest development needs forest management deduction forest management plan forestry program staffing Fort Apache future forest productivity Highest Priority Forest identified Indian Affairs Indian forest land Indian self-determination Influence on Timber inventory of forest management deduction funds Management Plan Components Menominee needed forest development Priority Forest Development provide college regular forest development reservation's forestry program reservations we visited September 30 Strong Influence timber production timber sale area timber stand improvement tribal council tribes Yakima
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Page 10 - The Congress declares its commitment to the maintenance of the Federal Government's unique and continuing relationship with and responsibility to the Indian people through the establishment of a meaningful Indian self-determination policy which will permit an orderly transition from Federal domination of programs for and services to Indians to effective and meaningful participation by the Indian people in the planning, conduct, and administration of those programs and services.
Page 8 - Sustained yield" means the yield of forest products that a forest can produce continuously at a given intensity of management.
Page 10 - The passage of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, PL 93-638...
Page 14 - SNOWBOARDER board foot n (1896) : a unit of quantity for lumber equal to the volume of a board 12 x 12 x 1 inches — abbr.
Page 2 - ... a timber sales program that is supported by written tribal objectives and a long-range...
Page 28 - The Bureau, in its continuance of establishing policy incongruent with its own policies and that of CFR regulations, interpreted CFR 32.4 to read as to mean over-lapping boundaries. In effect, the Bureau does...
Page 3 - GAO believes it is no longer appropriate to continue using the 1977 backlog as the basis for providing dedicated funding for forest development.
Page 2 - GAO to determine, among other things, (1) the extent to which timber harvest goals on commercial Indian timberland are being achieved and (2) the progress being made in accomplishing needed forest development, including reforestation and timber stand improvement.
Page 11 - April 24, 1990, at the request of the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs, we...
Page 18 - These factors include poor timber market conditions and the ability of the reservation's forestry program staff to prepare and complete sales adequate to meet harvest goals.