Last progress August 1, 2025 (4 months ago)
Introduced on August 1, 2025 by Ben Ray Luján
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
This bill lets the U.S. Forest Service team up with more local partners to restore damaged lands. The agency could use contracts, grants, or agreements with state forestry agencies, local nonprofits or businesses, colleges and universities, Tribal governments, and multi‑state coalitions to collect and store native seeds and to grow seedlings for replanting on public lands. The goal is to speed up revegetation and habitat recovery using plants that belong in each area . It also updates an existing forest restoration program to clearly include colleges and universities as eligible partners .
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