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CED-82-39 1 (1982-02-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabcyp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE -- WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC RESThICTED - t tr ,e refe ned eutsde the Oenerr DEVELOPMENT DIVISION Accountng C',1- - '~ i c~apo~ B-206050 by :h , . FEBRUARY 9,1982 The Honorable Bob Packwood RELEASEDI III lIlIil iliIII The Honorable Mark 0. Hatfield 111 I ii1i1 1r1. United States Senate 117674 Subject: Proposed Consolidations of Smokejumper Bases in the Forest Service's Western Regions (CED-82-39) On October 8 and October 20, 1981, respectively, you both forwarded to us a copy of a letter from Ms. Bette C. Weaver concerning the closing of the Forest Service's Siskiyou Smoke- jumper Base in southern Oregon and asked us to respond to her concerns. A smokejumper base is a permanent, year-round site with facilities to train and house smokejumpers, assist clerical and supervisory personnel, and support aircraft which fly smoke- jumpers to a forest fire. The Siskiyou base is one of four smokejumper bases in the Service's region 6. The Service has decided to close the Siskiyou base and to maintain the region's three other bases as permanent facilities. In her letter Ms. Weaver said that the Service's decision to no longer use the Siskiyou base as a permanent facility should be delayed until a review can be made of the Service's plans and proposed expenditures to close, expand, or relocate smokejumper bases in regions 1, 4, and 5 which are contiguous to region 6. Ms. Weaver said that the Service has provided her with informa- tion on its plans to consolidate and close bases in region 6 but has refused to divulge any information on planned expenditures in the other regions and that sources within the Service indicated that millions are involved. She asked that our Office obtain the planned expenditure information. Ms. Weaver also asked that we look into the Service's prac- tices of leasing versus buying helicopters, planes, and other facilities. She said that the Service's leasing agreements seem to be strongly in favor of the lessors, according to her inside sources. (021001)

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