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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... million acres of commercial Indian timberland primarily located on 107 reservations . The sale of timber from these lands is a significant source of income to the tribes - aver- aging about $ 77.1 million annually for fiscal years 1988 ...
... million acres of commercial Indian timberland primarily located on 107 reservations . The sale of timber from these lands is a significant source of income to the tribes - aver- aging about $ 77.1 million annually for fiscal years 1988 ...
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... 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 and spent , reducing the backlog by about half , according to ...
... 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 and spent , reducing the backlog by about half , according to ...
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... million acres of land in the United States were being held in trust by the federal government for Indians . Included in this total are almost 16 million forested acres managed by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs ...
... million acres of land in the United States were being held in trust by the federal government for Indians . Included in this total are almost 16 million forested acres managed by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs ...
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... million acres of commercial Indian timberland were required to have current and com- plete forest management plans . Table 2.1 shows the number and per- centage of reservations with current forest management plan components as of the ...
... million acres of commercial Indian timberland were required to have current and com- plete forest management plans . Table 2.1 shows the number and per- centage of reservations with current forest management plan components as of the ...
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... million acres . In fiscal years 1977-89 , the Congress appropriated and the Bureau spent about $ 81 million dedi- cated to eliminating the 1977 backlog . As of fiscal year 1989 , the Bureau reported that it had reduced the backlog by ...
... million acres . In fiscal years 1977-89 , the Congress appropriated and the Bureau spent about $ 81 million dedi- cated to eliminating the 1977 backlog . As of fiscal year 1989 , the Bureau reported that it had reduced the backlog 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.