Forest Service Timber Sales Program

Questionable Need for Contract Term Extensions and Status of Efforts to Reduce Costs Gao ID: T-RCED-92-58 April 28, 1992

This testimony centers on two issues concerning the timber sales program run by the Forest Service. GAO discusses (1) a 1-year extension in the length of timber sales contracts in response to dramatic reductions in the prices for wood products and (2) the Forest Service's response to a fiscal year 1991 directive to reduce costs in its timber sales program.

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