...to testify before you today in this first oversight hearing directly related to the implementation of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (RPA). I commend this Subcommittee for the approach it has adopted for this hearing and those to follow. The...

...record of the oversight hearings held by your subconmlttee over the past three months on Implementation of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (RPA) PL 93-378. Since last July you have held oversight hearings In Washington, DC and at four locations...

...planning process used to develop procedures and arrive at decisions described in this statement meets the requirements of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (RPA) as amended by the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (NFMA) . The process includes actions required...

...forest and range research, and management of the 191-mi 11 ion-acre national forest system. This 1$ the third such program prepared by the Forest Service...requires the Forest Service to develop a program for all Its activities for the next four years and at least the next four decades. 1986-2030. Formulation of...

...programs with states and private landowners, forest and range research, and management of the 191-mi 11 ion-acre national forest system. This is the third...of 1974 (RPA). The first RPA program was developed in 1975 and it was updated in 1980. RPA requires the Forest Service to develop a program for all its...

...planning takes place within the overall planning framework structured by the implementing regulations of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (RPA), as amended by the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (NFMA), and of the National Environmental...

...PROCESS Regional planning takes place within the overall planning framework structured by the regulations of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (RPA), as amended by the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (NFMA), and of the National Environmental...

...social value of the rangelands would be chosen. This sort of economic planning concept underlies the requirements of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (RPA) and other 1970s legislation for the public lands. Nevertheless, such goals for comprehensive planning...

...Forest Service report on the US timber situation, an assessment prepared each decade as a requirement of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (RPA), specifically identified the potential impacts of global climate change, air pollution, and acid rain...

...required by the Government Performance and Results Act? Answer. It is important and timely to look at the requirements of the "Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act, of 1974 (RPA) and the "Government Performance and Results Act of 1993* (GPRA). In 1974, the RPA represented a fairly...