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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... identified opportuni- ties for increasing timber harvests and made a number of recommenda- tions to increase forest productivity . In 1977 and 1978 , respectively , the Congress began providing special funding to ( 1 ) significantly ...
... identified opportuni- ties for increasing timber harvests and made a number of recommenda- tions to increase forest productivity . In 1977 and 1978 , respectively , the Congress began providing special funding to ( 1 ) significantly ...
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... identified a backlog of needed forest development of about 1 million acres and the Congress began a program of dedicated funding to eliminate the backlog . Through the end of fiscal year 1989 , about $ 81 million had been appropriated ...
... identified a backlog of needed forest development of about 1 million acres and the Congress began a program of dedicated funding to eliminate the backlog . Through the end of fiscal year 1989 , about $ 81 million had been appropriated ...
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... identified since 1977 cannot compete for funding with acreage included in the backlog . Forest and forest development needs are continually changing , and forest development needs identified at any time may soon be out of date and may ...
... identified since 1977 cannot compete for funding with acreage included in the backlog . Forest and forest development needs are continually changing , and forest development needs identified at any time may soon be out of date and may ...
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... identified opportunities for increasing timber harvests and made a number of recommendations directed at increasing forest pro- ductivity through improved forest development . ( Forest development includes timber stand improvement and ...
... identified opportunities for increasing timber harvests and made a number of recommendations directed at increasing forest pro- ductivity through improved forest development . ( Forest development includes timber stand improvement and ...
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... identifying issues such as environmental , wildlife , and historical preser- vation that need to be resolved before trees can be harvested ; determining the type , size , and quantity of trees to be harvested and the manner in which the ...
... identifying issues such as environmental , wildlife , and historical preser- vation that need to be resolved before trees can be harvested ; determining the type , size , and quantity of trees to be harvested and the manner in which the ...
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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.