The national park system is at a crossroads. ABSTRACT: This testimony discusses GAO’s December 1992 transition series report entitled Natural Resources Management Issues (GAO/OCG-93-17TR). Natural Resources Management Issues. September 10, 1992. Recreation Concessioners Operating on Federal Lands. July 13, 1992. FINDINGS: GAO found that: (1) between October 1987 and June 1990, fish and wildlife activities involving Forest Service staff participation totalled over $202 million; (2) such activities included revegetation of streamside areas, fencing installation, and erosion control projects to maintain or improve fish and wildlife habitat or provide for the recovery of endangered species; (3) of the $202 million, $154.6 million came from congressional appropriations to the national forest system and the remaining $47.8 million came from such outside sources as state and local governments; (4) from fiscal year (FY) 1988 through FY 1989, outside funding for fish and wildlife activities directly involving Service staff increased from about $14.7 million to about $16.7 million and totalled about $16.4 million for the first 9 months of FY 1990; and (5) financial support from outside sources included $32.1 million in cost-sharing arrangements between the Service and outside sources, $15.7 million in work performed by the Service but paid for by outside sources, and $14.7 million for activities in which the Service was not involved. Rangeland Management: Current Formula Keeps Grazing Fees Low. March 12, 1991. Mineral Resources: Hardrock Mining Reclamation. May 11, 1995. January 31, 1991. Forest Service: Factors Affecting Timber Sales in Five National Forests. Financial Management: Native American Trust Fund Management Reform Legislation. Each day, GAO issues a list of newly available reports and testimony.
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GAO published a list and abstracts of its natural resources-related reports and testimony issued from January 1991 through December 1995, regarding such issues as: (1) land and natural resources management; (2) the National Park System; (3) national forests; (4) concessioners; (5) recreation activities; (6) financial management; (7) endangered species and wildlife conservation; (8) wetlands conservation; (9) fisheries; (10) wilderness areas; (11) grazing fees and rangeland management; (12) mine reclamation; (13) oil and mineral production and transport; (14) water resources, quality, and pollution control; (15) timberlands and timber sales; and (16) Native Americans and tribal lands.