Menu Search Account

LegiStorm

Get LegiStorm App Visit Product Demo Website
» Get LegiStorm App
» Get LegiStorm Pro Free Demo

Federal Lands: Land Acquisitions Involving Nonprofit Conservation Organizations

  Premium   Download PDF Now (34 pages)
Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date June 15, 1994
Report No. RCED-94-149
Subject
Summary:

In May 1992, the Interior Department's Office of Inspector General reported on problems it found with land acquisitions between nonprofit conservation organizations and three federal agencies--the Bureau of Land Management, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Park Service. The Inspector General said that the prices for some acquisitions exceeded fair market values, the related land appraisals were sometimes out of date or were not well reviewed, and nonprofits reaped financial windfalls on land acquisitions by the Interior Department. This report discusses the (1) extent to which agencies other than the Interior Department buy land from or with the help of nonprofits, (2) adequacy of controls for protecting the government's interest in such acquisitions, and (3) extent to which nonprofits realize large financial gains in such transactions.

« Return to search Government Accountability Office reports