Federal Land and Water Management: Lessons Learned from Implementing Federal-Tribal Shared Decision-Making Agreements
What GAO Found Various federal land and water management agencies and Tribes have entered into shared decision-making agreements. Under these agreements, Tribes provide substantive input on federal natural and cultural resource management decisions over many years. The relevant federal agencies are the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, the Interior, and their subcomponents. The subcomponents include the U.S. Forest Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Park Service. GAO identified five lessons learned from the implementation of shared decision-making agreements between federal agencies and Tribes.
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What GAO Found Various federal land and water management agencies and Tribes have entered into shared decision-making agreements.
Under these agreements, Tribes provide substantive input on federal natural and cultural resource management decisions over many years.
The relevant federal agencies are the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, the Interior, and their subcomponents.
The subcomponents include the U.S.
Forest Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Bureau of Land Management, U.S.
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