Federal Lands: Land Acquisitions Involving Nonprofit Conservation
Organizations (Letter Report, 06/15/94, GAO/RCED-94-149).

In May 1992, the Interior Department's Office of Inspector General
reported on problems it found with land acquisitions between nonprofit
conservation organizations and three federal agencies--the Bureau of
Land Management, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Park
Service. The Inspector General said that the prices for some
acquisitions exceeded fair market values, the related land appraisals
were sometimes out of date or were not well reviewed, and nonprofits
reaped financial windfalls on land acquisitions by the Interior
Department. This report discusses the (1) extent to which agencies other
than the Interior Department buy land from or with the help of
nonprofits, (2) adequacy of controls for protecting the government's
interest in such acquisitions, and (3) extent to which nonprofits
realize large financial gains in such transactions.

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 REPORTNUM:  RCED-94-149
     TITLE:  Federal Lands: Land Acquisitions Involving Nonprofit 
             Conservation Organizations
      DATE:  06/15/94
   SUBJECT:  Real property acquisition
             Land management
             Agency missions
             Natural resources
             Fair market value
             Non-profit organizations
             Forest management
             Hydroelectric powerplants
             Conservation
             Internal controls

             
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