Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008

A bill to establish a program at the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior to carry out collaborative ecological restoration treatments for priority forest landscapes on public land, and for other purposes.

2/5/2008--Introduced.
Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program to select and fund ecological restoration treatments for priority forest landscapes. Sets forth provisions concerning the eligibility criteria for, and nomination and selection of, collaborative forest landscape restoration proposals for carrying out such treatments. Requires the Secretary to establish a scientific advisory panel to evaluate, and provide recommendations on, any proposal with respect to:
(1) the strength of the ecological case of the proposal for landscape restoration and the proposed restoration strategies; and
(2) whether the proposal is likely to achieve reductions in long-term wildfire management costs.
Authorizes the Secretary to establish a technical advisory panel to evaluate, and provide recommendations on, any proposal with respect to whether the proposal is likely to reduce the relative costs of carrying out treatments resulting from the use of woody biomass and small-diameter trees and to provide local economic benefit. Establishes the Collaborative Forest Landscape Fund, to be used for paying up to 50% of the cost of carrying out ecological restoration treatments on National Forest System land for each proposal selected. Requires:
(1) creation of implementation work plans and budgets to implement proposals;
(2) submission of annual reports on the accomplishments of selected proposals;
(3) use of a multiparty monitoring, evaluation, and accountability process to assess the ecological, social, and economic effects of projects implementing proposals; and
(4) submission of reports every five years on the Program.

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Sponsor

• Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D, NM]
• and 10 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Daniel Akaka [D, HI]
  • Sen. Wayne Allard [R, CO]
  • Sen. Maria Cantwell [D, WA]
  • Sen. Larry Craig [R, ID]
  • Sen. Michael Crapo [R, ID]
  • Sen. Pete Domenici [R, NM]
  • Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D, CA]
  • Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA]
  • Sen. Ken Salazar [D, CO]
  • Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR]
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Committees

• Senate Energy and Natural Resources

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.2593

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
February 05, 2008

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• Added to calendar on Jun 16, 2008: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 802..
• Jun 16, 2008: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-370.
• May 07, 2008: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
• Apr 01, 2008: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
• Apr 01, 2008: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Date of scheduled hearing. SD-366. 2:30 p.m.
• Feb 06, 2008: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S681)
• Feb 05, 2008: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
• Feb 05, 2008: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S659-660)
• Introduced on Feb 05, 2008.

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Related Bills:

• H.R.5263

Related Issue Areas:

• Wood
• Water quality
• Water pollution control
• Water pollution
• 28 more
• Trees
• Transportation
• Small business
• Restoration ecology
• Public lands
• Private forests
• Performance measurement
• Old growth forests
• Non-native species
• National forests
• Lumber trade
• Job training
• Habitat conservation
• Government trust funds
• Forest roads
• Forest health
• Forest fires
• Forest ecology
• Forest conservation
• Fire prevention
• Federal advisory bodies
• Executive departments
• Environmental protection
• Emergency management
• Business
• Budgets
• Animals
• Natural resources

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August 19, 2008 THE DAILY BLADE: MSM “Cone Of Silence” On Obama’s Lies About His ...

3719/S. 2020) was first introduced by Rep. Jerome Nadler (D-NY) in the House and by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) Senate January 2004; and again (H. 5151/S. 2593) in April 2006 and a third time in the April 2007 (H. 1954/S. 1173). ...

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June 11, 2008 S. 2593, Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008

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June 05, 2008 Ch-ch-ch-changes

Seriously though, this is a nice message. We'll see if it's upheld. That's pretty much it for the interesting stuff. It closes with some more pretty fluff. Join me next time when I parse S. 2593, THE FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION ACT.

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