United States. Congress

“ ESTABLISHMENT- There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be known as the `Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund', to be used to pay up to 50 percent of the cost of carrying out and monitoring ecological restoration treatments on National Forest System land for each proposal selected to be carried out under subsection (d) . ”

“ PURPOSE. The purpose of this title is to encourage the collaborative, science-based ecosystem restoration of priority forest landscapes through a process that— (1) encourages ecological, economic, and social sustainability; (2) leverages local resources with national and private resources; (3) facilitates the reduction of wildfire management costs, including through reestablishing natural fire regimes and reducing the risk of uncharacteristic wildfire; and (4) demonstrates the degree to which— (A) various ecological restoration techniques— (i) achieve ecological and watershed health objectives ”

“ INCLUSION- The advisory panel shall include experts in ecological restoration, fire ecology, fire management, rural economic development, strategies for ecological adaptation to climate change, fish and wildlife ecology, and woody biomass and small-diameter tree utilization. ”