Labrador Touts Resilient Forests Act

In a letter to constituents today, Congressman Raul Labrador touted the Resilient Federal Forests Act:

Idahoans know first-hand wildfire’s devastation. The most recent example is the Cape Horn Fire near the resort town of Bayview on Lake Pend Oreille. Hundreds of residents were evacuated this week and six homes destroyed. The U.S. Forest Service classifies 58 million acres, 30 percent of the agency’s land, at high risk for catastrophic fire. But just 3 million acres are treated annually to remove the brush and timber that feeds big fires. There’s a solution at hand. On Thursday, I was part of a bipartisan House majority that approved the Resilient Federal Forests Act. H.R. 2647 will improve forest health, reduce fire risk and restore ravaged landscapes. The bill streamlines forest management, bolsters firefighting funding and encourages timber harvest in projects developed through a collaborative process. It requires groups suing to block collaborative plans to post a bond covering the government’s legal costs should plaintiffs lose. More here .

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