United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2004-06-24 monographic deposited born digital 95 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-705 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-705 P0b002ee18039d8a8 f:d04705 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-705 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-705 GAO-04-705 Data collection Environmental monitoring Forest management National forests National policies Public lands Range management Environmental effects Risk assessments Wildland fires National Fire Plan Other Written Product A10661 Decades of fire suppression, as well as changing land management practices, have caused vegetation to accumulate and become altered on federal lands. Concerns about the effects of wildland fires have increased efforts to reduce fuels on federal lands. These efforts also have environmental effects. Congressional requesters asked GAO to (1) describe effects from fires on the environment, (2) assess the information gathered by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on such effects, and (3) assess the agencies' approaches to environmental risks associated with reducing fuels. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-705/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-705.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-705/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-705.pdf GAO-04-705 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-705 Other Written Product GAO-04-705; Wildland Fires: Forest Service and BLM Need Better Information and a Systematic Approach for Assessing the Risks of Environmental Effects; Data collection Environmental monitoring Forest management National forests National policies Public lands Range management Environmental effects Risk assessments Wildland fires National Fire Plan