To establish Institutes to conduct research on the prevention of, and restoration from, wildfires in forest and woodland ecosystems of the interior West.

Bill: 108-hr-460
Sponsor: Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Arizona
Colorado
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Education
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal aid to education
Fire prevention
Forest conservation
Forest ecology
Forest fires
Forest health
Forest management
Forestry research
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Habitat conservation
Higher education
Idaho
National forests
Nevada
New Mexico
Professional education
Research centers
Restoration ecology
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Wildfire Prevention Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Chief of the Forest Service, to: (1) establish three Institutes (one each in Arizona at Northern Arizona University, New Mexico, and Colorado) to promote the use of adaptive ecosystem management to reduce the risk of wildfires, and improve the health of forest and woodland ecosystems in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah; and (2) assist the Institutes to promote such management.
Defines adaptive ecosystem management as a natural resource management process under which planning, implementation, monitoring, research, evaluation, and incorporation of new knowledge are combined into a management approach that is: (1) based on scientific findings and the needs of society; and (2) used to modify future management methods and policy.
Prescribes requirements for cooperation among the Institutes and Federal programs relating to ecological restoration, wildfire risk reduction, and wildfire management technologies.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House