The Wyden Amendment (Public
Law 109-54, Section 434) authorizes the Forest Service to
enter into cooperative agreements to benefit resources within
watersheds on National Forest System lands. Agreements may
be with willing Federal, Tribal, State, and local governments,
private and nonprofit entities, and landowners to conduct
activities on public or private lands for the following purposes:
• Protection, restoration, and enhancement
of fish and wildlife habitat and other resources,
• Reduction of risk for natural disaster where public
safety is threatened, or
• A combination of both.
This authority was initially provided in FY
1998 and has been extended through the end of FY 2011. Since
the authorization does not provide for additional funding,
any dollars spent on private land must come from existing
appropriations
Wyden
Amendment Reauthorized
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