The bill would reauthorize the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program through 2034. It adds standardized monitoring questions and indicators, and requires a federal staffing plan to support program collaboratives. It also gives added consideration to proposals using innovative tools such as conservation finance and good neighbor agreements, reducing wildfire risk across different land ownerships, restoring areas in the wildland-urban interface, and improving watersheds and drinking water sources. The bill changes certain program limits from 10 to 20 and from 2 to 4, and raises an amount specified in the program from $4 million to $8 million.
The bill could affect how forest restoration proposals are assessed and supported. It does not describe a direct benefit for individuals or specify which communities would receive support.
The bill raises a specified program amount from $4 million to $8 million. It does not state the total cost of the bill or provide a total appropriation.
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