The U.S. Forest Service fails to properly identify areas where workers can remove brush and dead wood that could fuel forest fires, potentially putting forests already at risk of burning in increased danger, according to a watchdog report.

In a report released with little fanfare, the Department of Agriculture’s Office of the Inspector General released a damning report on the Forest Service’s mismanagement of hazardous fuel reduction projects. Those projects are used to clear brush and dead wood from Forest Service land to limit the amount of potential fuel for wildfires.