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...
Jan 10, 2025
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship U.S. Forest Service Withdraws "Old Growth" ProposalOn Tuesday, the USDA Forest Service (USFS) announced the withdrawal of the notice of intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the National Old Growth Amendment, which was first released in draft...
Dec 13, 2024
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship State Finalizes New Property Insurance Ratemaking RegulationsOn December 13th, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced that the State had approved the final version of his proposed regulations on catastrophe modeling for insurance ratemaking, which are now in effect. The new regulations,...
Dec 10, 2024
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship California Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Q&AWhat is PILT? Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILT) was established in 1949 to offset adverse impacts to county property tax revenues that result when the State acquires private property for wildlife management areas. How...
Dec 10, 2024
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship About State Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT)California’s Payment-In-Lieu-of-Taxes (PILT) program was established in 1949 to offset adverse impacts to county property tax revenues that result when the state acquires private property for wildlife management areas. Fish & Game Code Section 1504...
Dec 10, 2024
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship Forestry ReformRCRC advocates strongly for increasing the pace and scale of forest management on California’s federal public lands. Most of these areas suffer from extreme overstocking of timber, creating an unhealthy forest that is susceptible to...