TASK H (continued)
IFMAT I – 1993 II – 2003 III - 2013
Recommendation Implementation Status
Recommendations in Response to Task H Findings
Forest Planning Tribes should consider a desired-future-conditions (DFC) based approach to forest planning. (Recommendation H9, page 196) III
In recent development of FMPs, tribes are defining a tribal vision (DFC) for their forest and establishing trust standards consistent with vision. While emphasis for preparation of IRMPs has diminished and special funding ceased, tribes are developing FMPs which provide for coordinated management of multiple forestland resources. BIA technical services are still lacking and have been reduced even further due to significant funding reductions.
Implement coordinated planning and management. (Recommendation H2, page V-53)
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The most urgent use for the increased funding should be to rebuild the BIA technical services capacity, at least to the 1991 level, but hopefully far beyond, which will be necessary for trust reform, to support a forest health initiative, and bring forest plans into regulation. (Recommendation I3, page 90) The next highest use for the increased funding is for investment in the IRMP process. (Recommendation I4, page 90)
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The IRMP program has been stalled by the BIA due to funding constraints.
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Anchor Forest The Anchor Forest concept should be supported and expanded. Innovative tribal forest resource management techniques should be considered for portions of the federal forest estate. (Recommendation H4, page 195) III
Concept is addressed in Anchor Forest report. Increased emphasis on tribal/federal co-management agreements is providing opportunities to apply innovative tribal management practices on the federal forest estate. The Anchor Forest concepts are being implemented primarily through the Tribal Forest Protection Act on federal lands adjacent to reservations.
Anchor Forests concepts, such as those currently being piloted in Washington primarily through the Tribal Forest Protection Act, should be supported. (IFMAT III – Anchor Forests AF1, page 67) Anchor Forests can evolve when applicable federal agencies bring Indian tribes into collaborative and co- management programs. (IFMAT III – Anchor Forests AF2, page 67) Non-governmental organizations and federal resource agencies should underwrite costs of tribal purchases of private forestlands through loans, grants, tax incentives, and support so that these lands can be placed in trust status and perpetually remain in forestry. (IFMAT III – Anchor Forests AF3, page 67) Stewardship Contracting and TFPA are valuable and continue to be underutilized opportunities for tribes to assist fuels removals on federal lands. (IFMAT III – Anchor Forests AF4, page 67)
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More effort needs to be directed toward underwriting costs of tribal land acquisitions and the process of placing land into trust status needs to be timely and simplified.
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More stewardship contracting and TFPA projects need to be
implemented to assist in reducing wildfire risk due to high fuel loading on federal lands that are threatening tribal resources.
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A-56 Assessment of Indian Forests and Forest Management in the United States
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