S 2474 · 107th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public Lands Planning and Management Improvement Act of 2002
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Introduced2
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.(2002-05-08)
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Public Lands Planning and Management Improvement Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to conduct no more than two levels of planning for Federal lands (lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management and lands in the National Forest System) comprised of: (1) multi-use planning in the form of resource management plans for designated planning units; and (2) site-specific or area-specific planning for management activities. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Public Lands Monitoring Fund and the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a Forest Lands Monitoring Fund. Requires the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service, in developing resource management plans, to ensure that the plan is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of endangered or threatened species or result in the destruction of habitat of critical species. Repeals renewable resource program provisions of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resource Planning Act of 1973. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to contract with private persons and entities to perform service to achieve land management goals for the Federal lands. Sets forth provisions regardin…
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