TASK F (continued)
IFMAT I – 1993 II – 2003 III - 2013
Recommendation Implementation Status
Recommendations in Response to Task F Findings
Forest Management Plan (continued)
Implement a management and oversight structure to ensure effective trust oversight in implementing plans that reflect the visions of individual tribes for forest sustainability. (IFMAT II – Primary Recommendation (2), page 17)
Not implemented for tribes under BIA program.
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Forest Management Plan Development and Analysis
Tribal governments should periodically reevaluate their visions to reflect changing conditions and desires. (Recommendation 2, page III-14)
Tribal forest management plans are not being revaluated and updated on a regular basis. This is primarily due to funding and staffing limitations. Also contributing is the BIA policy on non-expiring plans. This has been reduced through the lack of support for the Integrated Resource Management plans and/ or not maintaining of the forest management plan. Each tribe should now have a forest management plan that lays out their tribal vision. Improving but not completely met. Shortage of multi-disciplinary planning staff makes it difficult to address key forest planning issues and perform fully integrated planning activities.
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Develop tribal Visions to guide forest management objectives and practices through inclusive and continuing tribal public involvement programs. (IFMAT II Additional - (A), page 19) Each tribal government should consider developing a collective tribal vision where one does not now exist to guide management of tribal forests. (Recommendation 1, page III-14) Ensure that coordinated resource management plans guide Indian forest management via clearly defined objectives, standards, operations plans, and monitoring procedures. (Recommendation F1, page V-48) Change the definition of sustained yield management to one that focuses on the protection of underlying ecological processes and forest productivity. (Recommendation F3(a), page V-49) I Improve forest planning analysis: Make plan results accessible to the lay reader – graphs, figures, charts, etc. (Recommendation F3(b), page V-49) Improve forest planning analysis: Develop and analyze diverse set of alternatives. (Recommendation F3(c), page V-49) Improve forest planning analysis: Provide detailed timber supply discussion under the plan recommendations. (Recommendation F3(d), page V-49) Improve forest planning analysis: Modernize harvest scheduling techniques and up-to-date sustainability check. (Recommendation F3(e), page V-49) Improve forest planning analysis: Increase emphasis on operational planning to implement forest plans and IRMPs. (Recommendation F3(f), page V-49). Broaden and deepen the assessment of the ability of FMPs to sustain tribal forests and their benefits – make ‘achieving the tribal vision on a continuing basis the definition of sustainability. (Recommendation F1, page 80)
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Appendix v – IFMAT I-III Crosswalk Table of Recommendations A-49
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