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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... complete a large backlog of forest development needs . Both were intended to help the Bureau attain an annual allowable cut , that is , the average annual harvest volume that can be sustained over time at a given intensity of management ...
... complete a large backlog of forest development needs . Both were intended to help the Bureau attain an annual allowable cut , that is , the average annual harvest volume that can be sustained over time at a given intensity of management ...
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... complete the number of timber sales required to accomplish harvest goals . 1977 Backlog Does Not Represent Current Needs Recommendations GAO found that the 1977 backlog of forest development needs was incomplete and imprecise ...
... complete the number of timber sales required to accomplish harvest goals . 1977 Backlog Does Not Represent Current Needs Recommendations GAO found that the 1977 backlog of forest development needs was incomplete and imprecise ...
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... complete the required number of timber sales . Tribes participate in the Bureau's forest management planning process by establishing their preferences for forest use and the goals and objec- tives for the reservation's forestry program ...
... complete the required number of timber sales . Tribes participate in the Bureau's forest management planning process by establishing their preferences for forest use and the goals and objec- tives for the reservation's forestry program ...
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... complete and current forest management plans . These plans are intended to define the goals of the Indian owners for the forestry program and the use of the forest , as well as the options for achieving the goals . In fiscal year 1985 ...
... complete and current forest management plans . These plans are intended to define the goals of the Indian owners for the forestry program and the use of the forest , as well as the options for achieving the goals . In fiscal year 1985 ...
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... complete and current forest management plans for all reser- vations with commercially viable forest land . As reasons for delays in completing the plans , these officials pointed to ( 1 ) funding and staffing shortfalls caused by ...
... complete and current forest management plans for all reser- vations with commercially viable forest land . As reasons for delays in completing the plans , these officials pointed to ( 1 ) funding and staffing shortfalls caused by ...
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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.