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The Forest Service's headquarters provided us with the number of hazardous fuel
reduction projects by region and national forest that were identified for
implementation in fiscal year 2001 as of July 18, 2001, the most recent date for which
this information was available (see encl. I). Each of the agency's nine regional offices
provided us with the names of projects that had been appealed or litigated, the
national forest where the projects were located, the names of appellants or litigants,
and the project's status as of early July 2001(see encl. II).
In summary, as of July 18, 2001, the Forest Service had completed the necessary
environmental analyses and had decided to implement 1,671 hazardous fuel reduction
projects in fiscal year 2001. Of these projects, 20 (about 1 percent) had been
appealed and none had been litigated. Appellants included environmental groups,
recreation groups, private industry interests, and individuals.
You asked that we provide you with the requested information as quickly as possible.
Therefore, as agreed, we did not verify the information that the Forest Service
provided to us.
We conducted our review in July and August 2001 in accordance with generally
accepted government auditing standards.
We are sending copies of this letter to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Forests and
Public Lands, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; the Ranking
Minority Member, Subcommittee on Forests & Forest Health, House Committee on
Resources; interested congressional committees; and the Chief, Forest Service. The
letter is also available on GAO's home page at http://www.gao.gov.
Please call me at (202) 512-3841 if you or your staff have any questions about this
letter. Key contributors to this letter were Charles Cotton and Alan Dominicci.
Barry T. Hill
Director, Natural Resources
and Environment
Enclosures (2)GAO-01-1114R Fuel Reduction Projects
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