1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated September 10, 2021Stewardship End Result Contracting: Forest Service and Bureau of Land ManagementStewardship end result contracting, often called stewardship contracting, is a Forest Service (FS) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) contracting mechanism that
2、allows these agencies to pursue land management goals by combining restoration services and forest product harvesting into a single project (see below). FS and BLM may “trade goods for services” in a given project by applying the value of harvested forest products toward the value of restoration ser
3、vices. These features make stewardship contracting an administrative efficiency tool, through which FS and BLM may reduce the complexity and cost of implementing restoration projects. The stewardship contracting mechanism allows FS and BLM to combine a contract for the sale of forest products with a
4、 contract for restoration services. FS and BLM also may enter into stewardship agreements, generally if the project provides mutual benefit to both the partner and the agency. Projects using either mechanism aim to achieve specified land management goals on lands in the National Forest System (NFS),
