Jan 31, 2025
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship California Legislators Urge U.S. House Leadership to Reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) ProgramOn January 27, a bicameral bipartisan group of twenty-three California Legislators sent a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, strongly urging them to reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination...
Jan 24, 2025
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship U.S. Senators Call on Treasury Department to Swiftly Publish Data on Impact of Natural Disasters on Homeowners InsuranceOn January 17, Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) joined Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and six other Senators in urging the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Federal Insurance Office (FIO) to immediately publish data and analysis...
Jan 24, 2025
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship Fix Our Forests Act Heads to U.S. SenateThe Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 471), passed the U.S. House of Representatives on January 23, 2025, with a bipartisan vote of 279-141. This legislation, sponsored by House Natural Resources Chair Bruce Westerman (R-AR) and Representative Scott...
Jan 24, 2025
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship Congress Introduces Variety of Bipartisan Measures to Strengthen Wildfire Resilience and RecoveryIn the wake of, and continuing battle with, the Los Angeles fires, several pieces of bipartisan legislation have been introduced, or reintroduced, in efforts to strengthen Wildfire Resilience and Recovery. On January 17, Sen. Alex...
Jan 24, 2025
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship Bill of the Week: Assembly Bill 1 (Connolly) – Residential Property Insurance: Wildfire RiskRCRC supports Assembly Bill 1, authored by Assembly Member Damon Connolly (D-San Rafael). The measure would require the California Department of Insurance (CDI) to identify and consider additional property-level and community-wide wildfire mitigation measures to...
Jan 17, 2025
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship Fix Our Forests Act Reintroduced and Slated for Consideration on House FloorOn January 16, House Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-AR-04) and Representative Scott Peters (D-CA-50) announced the reintroduction of the Fix Our Forests Act, a bipartisan bill aimed at strengthening resiliency through active forest management....
Jan 17, 2025
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship Congressmember Vince Fong Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Help Fight WildfiresOn January 14, U.S. Representative Vince Fong (R-CA-20), along with Representative Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04), introduced the bipartisan ACERO Act. This legislation authorizes NASA’s Advanced Capabilities for Emergency Response Operations (ACERO) project to develop technology for drones...
Jan 17, 2025
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship U.S. House Leadership is Urged to Reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) ProgramOn January 16th, Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-03) sent a letter urging House Leadership to immediately prioritize a three-year extension of the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program. The SRS program provides vital funding to address school...
Jan 10, 2025
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship TORCH Act Introduced to Promote Healthy Forest ManagementOn January 3, the first day of the 119th Congress, Representative Doug LaMalfa (R-Butte) introduced the Targeted Operations to Remove Catastrophic Hazards (TORCH) Act, which aims to reduce wildfire risk and improve forest health. The...
Jan 10, 2025
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship Bipartisan California Congressional Delegation Applauds President Biden’s Major Disaster Declaration for Los Angeles County FiresOn January 8, California’s U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff led 47 bipartisan members of the California Congressional delegation in urging President Biden to grant Governor Gavin Newsom’s request for a major disaster declaration...