United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-05-17 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:RCED-94-124 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-124 P0b002ee180372e99 f:rc94124 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-124 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-124 RCED-94-124 Forest management Interagency relations Public lands Renewable natural resources Land management Federal property management Federal agency reorganization Timber sales National forests Use taxes Oregon National Performance Review President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control (Grace Commission) Letter Report RCED

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), part of the Interior Department, and the Forest Service, part of the Agriculture Department, together manage 7.2 million acres of land in western Oregon. Both agencies manage portions of these lands for timber production and have parallel forestry organizations in several locations. This report examines the possibility of the two agencies consolidating their forestry duties. GAO summarizes these agencies' past and ongoing reorganization efforts and the potential legal and other constraints affecting any consolidation. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-124/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-124.htm GAO/RCED-94-124 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-124 Letter Report GAO/RCED-94-124; Forestry Functions: Unresolved Issues Affect Forest Service and BLM Organizations in Western Oregon; Forest management Interagency relations Public lands Renewable natural resources Land management Federal property management Federal agency reorganization Timber sales National forests Use taxes Oregon National Performance Review President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control (Grace Commission) Title 16 Section 1601et seq. Title 16 Section 528-531 16 U.S.C. 1601et seq. 16 U.S.C. 528-531 Title 43 Section 1181a Title 43 Section 1701et seq. 43 U.S.C. 1181a 43 U.S.C. 1701et seq.