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 1994-02-01 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:T-RCED-94-116 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-94-116 P0b002ee18037cea3 f:trc94116 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-94-116 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-94-116 T-RCED-94-116 Forest management Interagency relations Public lands Renewable natural resources Land management Federal property management Federal agency reorganization Timber sales Use taxes National forests Testimony RCED Budgetary constraints and scientific findings on ecosystem management will challenge the Forest Service as never before to find new ways to achieve program goals with fewer resources. GAO testified that the Forest Service needs to work closely with Congress to get a better return on the sale or use of natural resources on public lands. It also needs to work with Congress and other federal land management agencies to find ways to work more efficiently and to manage federal lands so as to preserve the nation's natural resources and sustain their long-term economic productivity. GAO believes that a coordinated interagency strategy may be needed to link Forest Service reforms to changes being considered by other federal land management agencies. The goal would be to coordinate and integrate these programs, activities, and functions so that these agencies can function as a unit on the local level. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-94-116/html/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-94-116.htm GAO/T-RCED-94-116 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-94-116 Testimony GAO/T-RCED-94-116; Forest Service Management: Issues To Be Considered in Developing a New Stewardship Strategy; Forest management Interagency relations Public lands Renewable natural resources Land management Federal property management Federal agency reorganization Timber sales Use taxes National forests