The Evolving Role and Progression of Self Governance in Forest Management
Previous IFMAT reports have noted an increasing trend of a reduction in BIA control and administration of reservation forestry programs to tribes taking over management of their trust forest lands under authorities provided in the
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (P.L. 93-638 – 1975), NIFRMA (1990), and more recently the Indian Trust Asset Reform Act (ITARA) (P.L. 114-178 – 2016). In the decade since IFMAT III, this trend has continued.
The following discussion examines the changes in the context of the federal trust responsibility as tribes transition from BIA control and administration to direct tribal operations in management of trust forest lands.
A discussion of timber harvest and ITARA at the Cow Creek Reservation site visit in Oregon. PHOTO CREDIT: VINCENT CORRAO
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