Task C Findings and Recommendations
C5 Finding
Recommendation Bureau needs to expand trainings that incorporate the needs of the tribes and builds skills and capacity for tribal workforce. ■ A training needs survey or other input mechanism should be created and disseminated to BIA and trial workforce by the BIA and/or ITC. ■ Based on this input, needed trainings should be developed and offered and opportunities to utilize existing training programs offered by other agencies identified. Recommendation Expand the “strike team” model to create small, experienced teams that can assist tribes in technical areas of need. ■ Technical areas of need include BAER, NEPA, geospatial analysis, forest inventory, hydrology, roads and carbon accounting and verification.
Tribes are not receiving access to a broad scope of trainings that would most benefit staff.
■ BIA training tends to be technical and compliance oriented (TAAMS, handbooks, etc.).
C6 Finding
The timber strike team model created by the BIA and located in Billings, MT shows promise and could be expanded, not only for timber sales but for BAER.
108 Assessment of Indian Forests and Forest Management in the United States
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