Figure A.1. Indian timber harvest, AAC, and revenue.
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since 2009, tribal contributions to the forestry program across Indian Country have been pressured from reduced harvests (Figure A.1), shifting tribal goals, limited staff capacity, and inadequate funding. For many tribes, forest management deductions (FMD) accounts are exhausted. Planting and thinning backlogs are evidence that forest investments have been inadequate (see discussion under Task B). Decreased BIA funding has increased reliance on outside non-recurring grants (soft money), such as from NRCS. Grant writing, administration,
and reporting is costly in terms of staff time. Tribes are increasingly reliant upon NRCS funding for conservation projects with some staff managers claiming more than half of their time is spent in grant writing, administration, and reporting. The 2019 F&PA reports $2.8 million were received as outside grants from other federal programs. Data on outside forestry grants and contracts are likely incomplete. Fire preparedness and hazard fuel reduction budgets that rose significantly in response to the
National Fire Plan (2000) have risen only marginally over the last 10 years in real terms (Table A.1). In Table A.3 hazardous fuel reduction is included as part of forestry costs. This follows an IFMAT III recommendation to further integrate hazardous fuel reduction activities with forestry. Congress and the Forest Service recognized the interdependence of the two activities in recent budgets and now also present hazardous fuels as part of the National Forest budget instead of part of the Wildland Fire Budget. Although the Forest Service
Table A.2. Category 1 and 2 programs below minimum funding mandated by NIFRMA as prescribed under 25CFR 163.36.
Tribal Program Funding
All P.L. 93-638
Partial P.L. 93-638 All Compact
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TPA Funding Level Zero Funding Reported
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3 3 8
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Pct of Program Underfunded 56% 43% 68% 75% 58% Notes: Based on 2 GS09/Step 5 personnel, 2019 GS salary plus 40% fringe (OPM “Rest of US” schedule). The chart does not include BIA-serviced tribes.
56 Assessment of Indian Forests and Forest Management in the United States
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