This comprehensive, bipartisan legislation restores forest health, increases resiliency to catastrophic wildfires, and protects communities by expediting environmental analyses, reducing frivolous lawsuits, and increasing the pace and scale of forest restoration projects. Led by House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Congressman Scott Peters (D-Calif.), it will provide agencies with critical tools to implement the most vital forest management projects immediately.
Legislation
H.R 471 - This bill establishes requirements for managing forests on federal land, including requirements concerning reducing wildfire threats, expediting the review of certain forest management projects, and implementing forest management projects and other activities.
119th Congress Press Releases
Resources
119th Congress Fix Our Forests Toolkit
The Fix Our Forests Act Section by Section
The Fix Our Forests One Pager
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