Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§7301 Purpose

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

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Supports teams using science to restore important forest landscapes. It promotes healthy ecosystems, stronger local economies, and social wellbeing. It uses local, national, and private resources together and aims to cut wildfire management costs by bringing back natural fire patterns and lowering the risk of unusual large fires. It also tests different restoration methods to see how well they improve ecosystems and watersheds, change wildfire behavior and costs, and whether using or selling leftover wood can help pay for treatments and help rural economies.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §7301

Conservation — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

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 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60