§3110 Tribal Forestry Programs

Summary

The Secretary must set up a program inside the Bureau of Indian Affairs to give money to tribal forestry programs. Working with tribes, the Secretary must make rules that say which tribes can get help, how much help each level gets, and how base funds are shared. The rules must pay for one professional forester for every eligible tribe, and one extra professional forester or one forest technician for each level of help a tribe qualifies for, including fringe benefits and support costs. If, in any fiscal year, there is not enough money to fully fund every level, the money for each level must be split evenly among the tribes that qualify for that level.