HB3522: FIRESHEDS Act Forest Improvements through Research and Emergency Stewardship for Healthy Ecosystem Development and Sustainability Act
- 1Introduced (current step)
- 2Passed One Chamber
- 3Passed Both Chambers
- 4Became Law
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Summary
To amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to establish emergency fireshed management areas, and for other purposes.
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The FIRESHEDS Act amends a 2003 law about managing forests to prevent wildfires by creating new emergency fireshed management areas. A fireshed is a geographical region where forest management and prevention work can reduce wildfire risk across connected lands. The bill would let the federal government designate certain forest areas as emergency zones and take faster action to thin trees, remove dead wood, and reduce fuel that feeds fires. Congress has just introduced this bill, so it is in its earliest stage. The bill affects federal forest managers, private landowners whose properties border public lands, and communities near forests.
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