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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... Budget ; other congressional offices ; and other interested parties . This report was prepared under the direction of James Duffus III , Director , Natural Resources Management Issues , who may be reached on ( 202 ) 275-7756 if you have ...
... Budget ; other congressional offices ; and other interested parties . This report was prepared under the direction of James Duffus III , Director , Natural Resources Management Issues , who may be reached on ( 202 ) 275-7756 if you have ...
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... and ( 2 ) annually rank these needs to support the Bureau's budget requests for forest development funding . GAO recommends that the Congress discontinue funding to eliminate the Page 4 GAO / RCED - 91-53 Indian Programs.
... and ( 2 ) annually rank these needs to support the Bureau's budget requests for forest development funding . GAO recommends that the Congress discontinue funding to eliminate the Page 4 GAO / RCED - 91-53 Indian Programs.
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... budget . However , Yakima is still not able to accomplish all of the regular forest development work that it believes needs to be done . Some Bureau and tribal officials we spoke with believe that the yearly appropriations dedicated to ...
... budget . However , Yakima is still not able to accomplish all of the regular forest development work that it believes needs to be done . Some Bureau and tribal officials we spoke with believe that the yearly appropriations dedicated to ...
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... budget requests for forest development funding . We recommend that the Congress discontinue funding to eliminate the 1977 forest development backlog . Instead , we recommend that the Con- gress base funding on the Bureau's annual ...
... budget requests for forest development funding . We recommend that the Congress discontinue funding to eliminate the 1977 forest development backlog . Instead , we recommend that the Con- gress base funding on the Bureau's annual ...
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... budget and expenditure plan . Our prior report noted instances in which reimbursements with forest management deduction funds were being made for tribal expenditures that were not effective forest management expenditures and recom ...
... budget and expenditure plan . Our prior report noted instances in which reimbursements with forest management deduction funds were being made for tribal expenditures that were not effective forest management expenditures and recom ...
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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.