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Public Timber: Federal and State Programs Differ Significantly in Pacific Northwest

RCED-96-108 Published: May 23, 1996. Publicly Released: Jun 04, 1996.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO compared the timber sale programs of the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service with those of Washington and Oregon, focusing on: (1) the major differences between the programs; and (2) how these differences affect agency and state planning processes.

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Comparative analysisEnvironmental policiesForest conservationForest managementForest productsForestry legislationNational forestsRenewable natural resourcesState programsTimber sales