3.0.0 2895 2023-01-11T13:16:49Z 2023-01-11T13:16:49Z Senate S S 2009-12-17 111 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Hearings by 2010-06-04T19:59:34Z Referred to 2009-12-17T20:28:50Z 2010-06-04 sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-682. Committee 2010-03-10 sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-565. Committee 2009-12-17 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2009-12-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13385-13386) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-12-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2010-03-04 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Advisory bodies Alternative and renewable resources Ecology Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Fires Fishes Forests, forestry, trees Lakes and rivers Land use and conservation Oregon Public contracts and procurement Roads and highways Watersheds Wetlands Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2009-12-17 Introduced in Senate 2010-04-14T16:42:24Z Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Chief of the Forest Service, to manage certain forest, stream, grassland, wetland, alpine, and other land and water located in a covered area of Oregon to: (1) conserve and restore forest and watershed health; (2) reduce the risk of uncharacteristic natural disturbances from fire, insects, and disease; (3) allow for characteristic natural disturbances; and (4) increase the resistance and resiliency of the covered lands to uncharacteristic events. Requires the Secretary to implement ecological restoration projects in the covered area in order to achieve such goals.

Requires the delineation of each riparian habitat conservation area in a watershed for all permanently flowing streams, lakes, wetlands, seeps, springs, and intermittent streams.

Requires the conservation and restoration of aquatic and riparian resources within National Forest land in the covered area.

Establishes the Eastside Forest Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel to periodically advise the Secretary, collaborative groups, and the public about the development and implementation of forest and watershed management goals, the Eastside Landscape Forest Restoration Assessment, and ecological restoration projects. Requires the Restoration Assessment to include a 10-year restoration plan for the comprehensive ecological restoration of forest and watershed health in the covered area.

Subjects ecological restoration projects carried out under this Act to an environmental analysis. Provides for expedited judicial review of an action challenging a project developed under this Act.

Provides for: (1) the establishment of regional biomass projects; (2) stewardship contracting projects to carry out ecological restoration projects; and (3) the selection of a Deputy Regional Forester to serve as the principal agency contact for implementation of this Act.

]]> Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009 Display Title Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to restore forest landscapes, protect old growth forests, and manage national forests in the eastside forests of the State of Oregon, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-12-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s2895is/xml/BILLS-111s2895is.xml 2010-06-04 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-682. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.