TASK E (continued)
IFMAT I – 1993 II – 2003 III - 2013
Recommendations in Response to Task E Findings Recommendation Implementation Status Transition From BIA Administration to Tribal Direct Operations of Forestry Programs (continued)
Tribal standards for evaluating trust responsibility are set forth in the tribal forestry regulations incorporated in the ITAMP approved by the Secretary for ITARA tribes. The trust evaluation which is a required part of the ITAMP is the review process for compliance with established trust standards for ITARA Tribes. Once tribal standards have been incorporated in the FMP and are approved by the BIA, these standards then meet the trust responsibility. Accomplished as part of IFMAT IV work and report. DOI/BIA standards and process for trust oversight remain unchanged. Established procedures for trust evaluations relating to compacts and ITAMPs are being implemented. Compact trust evaluations focus on internal controls, fiduciary/ accounting systems, and conflict of interest safeguards rather than technical management of the forest resource. Some improvement in FMPs defining tribal vision for forest and establishing trust standards consistent with vision. However, BIA and tribal resource managers still have no clear guidance as to the discharge and effect of the federal government’s trust oversight responsibilities. Recommendation for trust oversight commission not implemented.
Standards for evaluating the performance in meeting the trust responsibility should be agreed upon between each tribal government and the Secretary of the Interior. (Recommendation E1(b), page V-37)
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Evaluate the range of self-determination mechanisms (that is, direct BIA management, contracting, compacts, cooperative agreements) supporting the transition to tribal forest management and conduct a study that describes where all tribes with forests fall along this spectrum. (Recommendation 2, page V-38)
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Trust Oversight
Technical assistance should be separated from trust oversight. (Recommendation E1 (c), page V-37)
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Implement the trust oversight recommendations of IFMAT I. See Task G. (Recommendation E1, page 74)
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Appendix v – IFMAT I-III Crosswalk Table of Recommendations A-45
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