Review of environmental and policy conformance 1. Does your Region do auditing of forest plan implementation? 2. Does your region do auditing of timber sale administration, accountability? 3. Are tribal enterprises audited? 4. Is auditing part of the federal government’s trust responsibility? 5. Should the region being doing audits, or do you feel that a 3rd party audit would be a better approach? 6. Do you think a general definition of “state of the art forestry” would be a useful thing to have? If so, how would you define it? What are you doing in the Region to help ensure that Tribes are providing the data needed to highlight the effectiveness and efficiency of Indian forestry, and support budget requests? Forestry data is the primary tool used when supporting budget requests. Without full reporting from the 638 and Compact Tribes, may not capture an important portion of the data. Based on the level of success relevant to the methods used to engage Tribes, would improvements lie in relationship building; more frequent Central Office / Tribal interaction; legislative fixes? Closing: 1. Do you have any suggestions about how the Regional Office could better support the fulfillment of the Trust Responsibility?
16. Is detailing to other units impacting your ability to get the job done? 17. Have office consolidations helped or hindered delivery of services? Are further organizational changes needed? 18. Do tribal partnerships with, and funding from other federal agencies (e.g., NRCS) assist in your ability to fulfill the trust responsibility? Does the Regional Office partner? Infrastructure 1. Is access to adequate facilities challenging your ability to deliver services and be effective? 2. Are there infrastructure challenges that you experience (for example roads, logging, mills, personnel?) Handbooks, Outreach and Training 1. Are the BIA handbooks useful? Is regional and national office handbook direction consistent? 2. What types of technical assistance do you provide to tribes? What types of training? Do you have HR needs and issues? Enterprises 1. Do you believe trust responsibility extends to tribal enterprises? 2. What types of technical services does your region provide to tribal enterprises? Does the technical support include products marketing support? Is bench marking of logging and milling provided? 3. Do you feel that the tribes are receiving fair market value for their timber? If not, what could be done to improve this situation?
A-88 Assessment of Indian Forests and Forest Management in the United States
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