The Benefits It Provides
19.3 Million Trust Forest Acres 19.3 Million Forest Acres
The Indian Forestry program provides many benefits to the tribes and their people. In 2019 alone, a relatively low year, the tribal forests harvested 342 million board feet of timber, returning to tribal forestry and other programs almost $50 million from the forest products harvested. While the timber harvested on tribal lands is down from its historic highs in the 1960’s and early 1970’s (Figure Intro.6), timber harvests continue to play a large role in the economic viability of tribes. In ways, the decline in Indian harvest parallels the decline in federal forests of the Forest Service and BLM with a shift from a timber production emphasis to a stewardship emphasis. As presented later in this assessment, more timber volume could be sold and harvested if the funding (and ultimately staffing) levels were increased to levels of other federal programs.
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Figure Intro.3. Forestry Self-governance program by number of trust acres. (Source: 2019 FPA report).
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Figure Intro.4. Forestry Self-governance program by number of trust acres. (Source: 2019 F&PA report). Staffing trends in across Indian Forestry programs is following the same program manage trend. Overall, staffing has decreased since 1991, the BIA-to-Tribal staffing ratio has compl flip-flopped over that period. In 1991 the BIA had a total of 1,479 (65%) employees to the working for tribal programs. By 2019 for the IFMAT-IV assessment, only 436 (24%) emplo were working for the BIA, while tribal employees nearly doubled to 1,394. This is showing the Indian Self-Determination authorities are working in allowing Tribes to manage their programs and they can provide staffing opportunities.
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Figure Intro.5. Staffing Trends for BIA and Tribal Programs. (Source: 2019 F&PA report). Figure Intro.4. Staffing Trends for BIA and Tribal Programs. (Source: 2019 FPA report). The Benefits It Provides The Indian Forestry program provides many benefits to the Tribes and their people. In 2019 a a relatively low year, the tribal forests harvested 342 million board feet of timber, returnin
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