■ Many FMPs do not integrate with other plans such as non-trust land management, woodland management, non- timber forest products (NTFP), transportation, tribal business, and hazardous fuels mitigation plans (F3). ■ Forest inventory work is lacking yet needed for developing modern forest plans. Forest Inventory and Planning (FIP, formerly the Branch of Forest Resource Planning, or BoFRP) is not able to keep up with the needs of the BIA and tribal Forest Management and Inventory Planning (FMIP) needs (F8). ■ The gap between the aggregate Allowable Annual Cut under current management plans and the volume offered for sale continues to grow (F6). ■ In many areas there is a lack of manufacturing infrastructure resulting in poor markets and in some areas no market for the harvested products (D11). ■ Suppression activities during large wildfire incidents are increasingly inconsistent with tribal goals (B6). 6. Cross cultural relationship building, and landscape-scale management projects are needed. ■ Indian forests are being showcased as models of good stewardship which should be applied to management of federal lands (J2). There is overwhelming tribal member support (82%) for involvement in the management of federal lands (V3) yet capacity and funding to carry out projects is limited (J1/J5/K7). Projects are also hindered by rotating leadership of federal partners
Maple syrup collection tube network run by the Passamaquoddy Tribe in Maine. PHOTO CREDIT: VINCENT CORRAO
■ Lack of additional timber sales that are “shelf ready” makes it difficult to take advantage of fluctuating market conditions. Few tribes have more than one year’s access to commercial volume for marketing purposes, reducing the opportunity to capture high market conditions (D4). ■ Few tribes complete the sale layout of their AAC volume and this shortfall in annual sale volumes results in annual revenue losses (D4). Most tribes lack the process to evaluate whether the tribe is
receiving fair market value for their forest products (D7). ■ Maintenance of planning inventories and Forest Management Plans (FMPs) is not keeping up, especially regarding climate change. FMPs are not updated to include new techniques and ideas such as monitoring, climate change, forest health, modern planning techniques, carbon goals and accounting, sustained yield management practices to promote forest resilience, and new approaches for calculating the AAC (F1/F2).
8 Assessment of Indian Forests and Forest Management in the United States
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