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Foreword

Director's Letter

Message from the Chief Financial Officer

The Bureau of Land Management

Accountability for Performance and Results

Blueprint Goal: Serve Current and Future Publics

Provide opportunities for environmentally responsible recreation

Provide opportunities for environmentally responsible commercial activities

Preserve natural and cultural heritage

Reduce threats to public health, safety,and property

Improve land, resource, and title information

Provide economic and technical assistance

Blueprint Goal: Restore and Maintain the Health of the Land

Establish and implement management standards and guidelines

Identify resources at risk

Restore public lands to healthy condition

Blueprint Goal: Promote Collaborative Management

Improve understanding of environmental, social, and economic conditions and trends

Promote community-based planning

Expand partnerships to implement on-the-ground activities

Blueprint Goal: Improve Business Practices

Improve business systems

Improve program accountability and performance

Deliver quality services to customers

Blueprint Goal: Improve Human Resources Management

Maintain a trained and motivated workforce

Institutionalize diversity and improve workforce composition

The BLM's Management Control Program

Accomplishments for Fiscal Year 1997

Redesigning the Evaluation Process

Audits

Financial Statements

Overview of the Financial Statements

Principal Financial Statements

Notes to Principal Financial Statements

Consolidating Comparative Statements by Fund Type

Stewardship Assets

Stewardship Lands

Natural Heritage Assets

Museum Collections

Heritage Properties

Supplemental Schedules and Information

Independent Auditors' Report

Administrative Jurisdictions