Wildfire Prevention Act of 2025
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
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- Became Law
Overview
The Wildfire Prevention Act of 2025 aims to reduce wildfires on federal lands by increasing forest management activities like thinning and prescribed burns. It directs agencies to track hazardous fuels reduction, establish annual acreage goals for these treatments, and utilize livestock grazing for risk reduction. The bill also promotes the deployment of wildfire technology, streamlines environmental review processes, and provides local governments and tribes with a role in lawsuits concerning wildfire-related projects. Finally, it mandates the use of existing authorities for expedited environmental review.
Key provisions
- Establishes annual goals for increasing mechanical thinning and prescribed fire acres on federal land, with targets increasing over time.
- Directs the Forest Service and BLM to implement standardized data tracking for hazardous fuels reduction activities.
- Encourages the use of livestock grazing as a wildfire risk reduction tool.
- Mandates the use of existing authorities for expedited environmental review for high-risk lands.
- Provides local governments and Indian tribes with intervention rights in certain wildfire-related lawsuits.
- Establishes a pilot program for deploying and testing wildfire prevention, detection, communication, and mitigation technologies.
- Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to determine baseline treatments for fuels reduction and forest health.
- Modifies the National Forest Management Act to increase the amount of timber sales on National Forest System land.
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