Fremont-Winema National Forests

Healthy Forest Restoration Act

Some purposes of this Act are to reduce wildfire risk to communities, municipal water supplies, and other at-risk Federal land through a collaborative process of planning, prioritizing, and implementing hazardous fuel reduction projects; to enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health, including catastrophic wildfire, across the landscape; and to protect, restore, and enhance forest ecosystem components.

The law incorporates some changes in the way these types of projects are developed. This page provides links to information about the Act and how it is being implemented by the Forest Service.

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• January 7, 2003: The Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (PDF - 106K)
• January 9, 2004: Predecisional Administrative Review Process (PDF - 73K)
• January 4, 2001: Urban Wildland Interface Communities (PDF - 191K
• August 17, 2001: Urban Wildland Interface Communities (PDF - 276K)
• June 5, 2003: Categorical Exclusion for Hazardous Fuels Reduction Activities [Projects using this authority are not HFRA projects] (DOC - 46K) (PDF - 32K)
• May 2002: Collaborative Framework Implementation Plan (PDF - 80K)
• April 2002: Development of Course Scale Spacial Data for Wildland Fire and Fuel Management (RMRS-87)
• October 13, 2000: Protecting People and Sustaining Resources in Fire-Adapted Ecosystems: A Cohesive Strategy (PDF - 978K)
• February 2004: The Healthy Forests Initiative and Healthy Forests Restoration Act - Interim Field Guide
• Fire Regime and Condition Class Guidebook (PDF - 644K)

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