Today, U.S. Senators John Curtis (R-UT) and John Hickenlooper (D-CO) released a video on their bipartisan Fix Our Forests Act. This legislation will strengthen wildfire resilience by improving forest management, supporting fire-safe communities, and streamlining approvals for projects that protect communities and ecosystems from extreme wildfires.
“We don’t have any more time to waste to prevent more disasters in our own backyard,” said Curtis. “…So, we came together to negotiate this bipartisan bill—it is just too important of an issue.”
The bill, also introduced with U.S. Senators Tim Sheehy (R-MT) and Alex Padilla (D-CA), passed out of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry last week by a bipartisan vote of 18-5. Read more about the bill and Committee markup here.
