Blm and the Forest Service Land Exchanges Need to Reflect Appropriate Value and Serve the Public Interest

Land exchanges -- trading Federal lands for lands that are owned by corporations, individuals, or state or local governments who are willing to trade -- have long been used by the Dept. of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management & the Forest Service as a tool for acquiring nonfederal land & disposing of Federal land. In 1998 each agency announced several initiatives designed to improve its land exchange program. This report determines: the agencies' use of land exchanges since 1989; the extent to which the agencies ensure that their land exchanges meet exchange requirements; & the effect of the agencies' recent efforts to improve the management of their exchange programs.Hill, Barry T. is the author of 'Blm and the Forest Service Land Exchanges Need to Reflect Appropriate Value and Serve the Public Interest' with ISBN 9780756703004 and ISBN 075670300X.