Seedlings for Sustainable Habitat Restoration Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3]
Introduced
Summary
Expands Forest Service authority to fund native seed collection and seedling production. This bill would let the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, enter into contracts, grants, or agreements to collect and maintain native seeds and to produce seedlings for revegetation and reforestation projects.
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- State forestry agencies, Indian Tribes, local private and nonprofit groups, and multistate coalitions would be eligible to receive contracts, grants, or agreements to collect native seed and produce seedlings for restoration work.
- Institutions of higher education would be added as explicit partners in the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, creating more opportunities for research and hands-on seed and seedling work.
- Restoration projects and reforestation efforts would gain more direct access to native seed resources and seedling production capacity to support revegetation on the ground.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
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More partners to collect seeds and grow seedlings
If enacted, the Forest Service would be able to fund or contract work to collect native seeds and grow seedlings for revegetation. Eligible partners would include state forestry agencies, tribes, colleges and universities, nonprofits, local private groups, and multistate coalitions. The bill would also let colleges and universities join the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program. That program’s agreements would clearly cover seed collection, seed maintenance, and seedling production, including material from managed seed orchards. Changes would take effect upon enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3]
NM • D
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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