Bill > S202

This bill reauthorizes the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, which is a federal program that supports collaborative efforts to restore and manage forests on public and private lands. Key provisions of the bill include: expanding the program's scope to address forest pathogens and standardized monitoring, requiring a federal staffing plan to support collaboratives, and prioritizing proposals that use innovative implementation mechanisms, reduce wildfire risk, and enhance watershed health. The bill also increases the maximum annual funding from $4 million to $8 million and extends the program's authorization from 2023 to 2032.