3.0.0 220 2023-01-11T13:20:45Z 2023-01-11T13:20:45Z Senate S S 2011-01-27 112 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Hearings by 2011-05-18T20:07:32Z Referred to 2011-01-27T23:39:38Z 2011-05-18 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. 112-39. Committee 2011-01-27 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2011-01-27 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S340) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-01-27 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 2011-01-27 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Advisory bodies Ecology Fires Forests, forestry, trees Oregon Rural conditions and development Watersheds Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2011-01-27 Introduced in Senate 2011-02-14T19:15:01Z Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), through the Chief of the Forest Service, in a covered area of Oregon to seek to: (1) conserve and restore forest and watershed health and other ecosystems; (2) reduce the risk of, and increase the resistance and resiliency of the land to, uncharacteristic disturbances; (3) allow for characteristic natural disturbances; and (4) harvest wood to maintain adequate levels of industry infrastructure to accomplish such goals. Defines "covered area" as area selected by the Secretary that is within Oregon and that is not within the area covered by the Record of Decision for Amendments to Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management Planning Documents Within the Range of the Northern Spotted Owl, dated April 1994.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) implement covered area ecological restoration projects to help achieve the above goals, and (2) offer, and promptly implement, covered area mechanical treatment projects emphasizing sawtimber as a byproduct.

Requires each vegetation management project to protect and restore aquatic and riparian-dependent resources.

Establishes the Eastside Forest Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel to advise the Secretary, collaborative groups, and the public about the development and implementation of goals to improve forest and watershed health and related social and economic goals.

Requires the Secretary to develop a strategy to assist in the implementation of projects needed to accomplish the purposes of this Act.

]]> Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2011 Display Title Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the reforestation of forest landscapes, protection of old growth forests, and management of national forests in the eastside forests of the State of Oregon. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2011 Introduced in Senate 2011-01-27T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s220is/xml/BILLS-112s220is.xml 2011-05-18 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-39. 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.