Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§7301 Purpose

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 92— - FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION › § 7301

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Promote teamwork and science-based work to restore important forest landscapes. The goals are to make forests healthier ecologically, economically, and socially; pool local, national, and private resources; lower wildfire management costs by restoring natural fire patterns; and test how restoration methods and using leftover wood help watershed health, cut fire costs, and pay for treatments while helping rural economies.

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Title 16, §7301

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The purpose of this chapter is to encourage the collaborative, science-based ecosystem restoration of priority forest landscapes through a process that—

(1)encourages ecological, economic, and social sustainability;

(2)leverages local resources with national and private resources;

(3)facilitates the reduction of wildfire management costs, including through reestablishing natural fire regimes and reducing the risk of uncharacteristic wildfire; and

(4)demonstrates the degree to which—

(A)various ecological restoration techniques—

(i)achieve ecological and watershed health objectives; and

(ii)affect wildfire activity and management costs; and

(B)the use of forest restoration byproducts can offset treatment costs while benefitting local rural economies and improving forest health.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 7301

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73