Bill > S1662

This bill reauthorizes and modifies the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP), which supports collaborative efforts to improve forest health and resilience. The bill expands the program's scope by allowing proposals that address species and pathogen management, standardized monitoring, and federal support for collaborative groups. It broadens the types of eligible projects to include innovative implementation mechanisms like conservation finance agreements and good neighbor agreements, and prioritizes proposals that reduce wildfire risk across different land ownerships, including state, tribal, and private lands, particularly in wildland-urban interface areas. The bill also increases the maximum project duration from 10 to 20 years and the maximum annual funding from $2 million to $4 million per project, raising the per-project funding cap from $4 million to $8 million. Additionally, the program is extended through 2034, and the bill adds language supporting conflict resolution and collaborative governance approaches. These changes aim to enhance forest restoration, watershed health, and fire prevention efforts through more flexible and comprehensive collaborative strategies.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1662/all-info