Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§7301 Purpose
Title 16 › CHAPTER 92 — FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION › § 7301
Summary
Supports groups using science to restore priority forests. It promotes ecosystem and community health, combines local, national, private resources, lowers wildfire costs by restoring natural fire patterns, and measures how restoration techniques and byproducts affect forest health, fires, costs, and 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
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102