Tongass National Forest: Process Used to Modify the Forest Plan
RCED-00-45
Published: Apr 17, 2000. Publicly Released: May 03, 2000.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Tongass National Forest's revised forest plan, focusing on the: (1) process used by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to modify the management direction in the 1997 plan and decide the appeals on the basis of the modified plan; (2) reasons the administration chose to use the process; and (3) reactions to the modifications and the process.
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