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RCED-85-16 1 (1984-11-06)

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REPORT BY THE US,



General Accounting Office







Forest Service's Program To

Identify Unneeded Land For

Potential Sale Is Stalled


In March 1983 the Department of Agriculture's Forest
Service identified about 6 million acres of its 191
million acres for further study to determine if the land
was needed or could be made available for sale. The
Service was responding to the President's February
1 982 Executive Order 1 2348 asking federal agencies
to identify and sell real property no longer needed to
meet agency objectives.
Service officials believe that if the land is further
studied, substantially less than the 6 million acres
would be offered for sale. However, the Service has
limited sale authority and has decided not to studythe
land further for potential sale until its sale authority is
expanded. The Congress has stated in legislation that
it does not intend to grant additional sale authority
until the Service specifically identifies unneeded land.

In a separate effort, the Service is developing land use
management plans for each of its forests, but the
Service's instructions for preparing the plans do not
require the Service to review the 6 million acres
identified for further study, GAO recommends that, to
help resolve the impasse over direct sale authority,
the Service modify its planning effort to review the
need for the 6 million acres, develop a specific list of
unneeded land, and submit the list to the Congress.





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