State forests: forest management.
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No
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No
Current location
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Overview
This bill changes how California manages its state forests, shifting the focus from maximizing timber production to prioritizing biodiversity conservation, wildfire resilience, carbon storage, and public access. It redefines ‘management’ to include handling forest vegetation, water, and soils to achieve these goals, requiring forest practices to align with this new definition. The bill also repeals older provisions emphasizing old-growth timber and authorizes the state to acquire land for restoration and incorporates tribal knowledge into forest management.
Key provisions
- Redefines ‘management’ of state forests to prioritize biodiversity, wildfire resilience, carbon storage, and public access.
- Requires forest management practices to align with the new definition of ‘management’.
- Repeals provisions emphasizing old-growth timber and the retention of existing land base for timber production.
- Authorizes the state to acquire lands not assured of reforestation.
- Requires the incorporation of California Native American tribal sovereignty and traditional ecological knowledge in forest management.
- Allows research on demonstration state forest lands to inform management strategies.
- Permits timber harvesting within demonstration state forests to further specified objectives.
- Revises regulations regarding recreational user fees and their use in the Forest Resources Improvement Fund.
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