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The Good Neighbor Authority (GNA) is intended to expand limited federal capacity to implement and plan forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration projects by facilitating partnerships with authorized states, counties, and federally recognized Indian tribes. The GNA authority specifically allows BLM to enhance state-federal relationships and addressing cross-boundary land restoration needs to include treating insect-and disease-infested trees; reducing hazardous fuels; any other activities to restore or improve forest, rangeland, and watershed health, including fish and wildlife habitat. This type of work has reduced wildfire risk to habitat, communities, and state trust lands; creates greater forest and watershed resilience against drought, insects, disease, and wildfire and expands much-needed work across state and federal lands. This program also supports the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Public Law 117-58, Section 40804(b) Ecosystem Restoration with IIJA funding limited to states and Indian tribes to conduct treatment on Federal lands. Section 40803 Wildfire Risk Reduction is not limited to state and Indian Tribes or Federal Lands.
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The Bureau of Land Management has used Good Neighbor to accomplish a number of treatments to forest, rangeland, and stream restoration. Treatments include forest thinning to improve resilience to wildfire, herbicide application to treat noxious weeds, and conducting fuels reduction treatments.
The Bureau of Land Management is continuing to treat forest and rangelands in fiscal year 2021 with new projects to conduct forest thinning, fuels reduction, and noxious weed treatments.
The BLM is continuing to implement forest, range, and watershed restoration treatments in FY23 as well as expanding Good Neighbor with States and Indian tribes through the IIJA and IRA. Example projects include invasive weed treatments, T&E species habitat restoration, and forest thinning to reduce fire risk.
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Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
