This bill renews and expands the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, which funds partnerships between federal agencies, states, tribes, and private landowners to restore forest health and prevent destructive wildfires. The legislation broadens the program's scope by allowing projects to address disease pathogens in addition to species concerns, adding standardized monitoring requirements, and prioritizing innovative approaches like conservation financing and cross-ownership restoration efforts that span state, tribal, and private lands. The bill increases the maximum federal funding per project from $4 million to $8 million annually and raises the cap on the total number of active projects from 10 to 20, while also extending the program's authorization through 2034. The changes particularly emphasize wildfire risk reduction in wildland-urban areas and watershed health improvements. The bill enjoys bipartisan support from senators representing forest-heavy states like Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, and Montana.
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