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R49480 The Good Neighbor Authority on Federal Lands: In Brief 2026-10-07T04:00:00Z 2026-10-10T05:08:37Z Active Reports Anne A. Riddle   Under the Good Neighbor Authority, the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior (“Secretaries”) may authorize specified nonfederal partners to conduct land management projects on certain federal lands in pursuit of specified land management goals. These land management goals include treating insect and disease infestations; reducing hazardous fuels; activities to restore or improve forest, rangeland, and watershed health, including fish and wildlife habitat; and specified work on certain NFS, BLM, NPS, and national wildlife refuge-managed roads. The authority allows agencies to collaborate with nonfederal partners to execute cross-jurisdictional land management projects. Partners may conduct commercial timber sales, retain any revenue, and use the revenue for specified purposes. Accordingly, the Good Neighbor Authority is often viewed as a tool for facilitating cross-boundary landscape management, leveraging partner resources, and increasing efficiency. Beginning in 2025, a related authority, colloquially known as the Good Neighbor Authority for Recreation, allows the Secretaries to authorize specified partners to conduct recreation enhancement or improvement services on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and National Park System lands, both in the Department of the Interior (DOI), and National Forest System (NFS) lands, managed by the Forest Service (FS) in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). This CRS report provides background, statistics, and a brief overview of some issues related to these authorities, including issues related to timber sales and associated revenues. https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/R/PDF/R49480/R49480.2.pdf https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/R/HTML/R49480.html

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