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Iron Triangles:
The Timber – Forest Service Iron Triangle
Cut out the word boxes on the next page. Paste them to the chart, here below, to create an Iron Triangle that shows how each member
influences and is influenced by the others.
[influence]
[influence]
[federal agency]
[congressional
committee]
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[influence]
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[interest group]
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Members:
House and Senate
resource committees
and subcommittees
USDA Forest
Service
Lobbyists
for timber companies
Influences:
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Legislation
affecting
logging on
federal lands
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Clientele support for
agency programs
Information about
industry needs and
concerns
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Information about policy
and industry concerns
Campaign contributions
and election support
 Sympathetic
implementation of
policies affecting the
use of national forests
 Research and
technical information
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Authorization of
budget requests
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Technical information to
justify programs
Responsiveness to the
needs of members’
constituents
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