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County staff brief supervisors on two federal bills: forest management reform and FEMA disaster funding changes
Summary
Coconino County’s lobbyist updated supervisors on two pieces of pending federal legislation: the Fix Our Forests Act to speed forest health and fuels projects and a FEMA reform bill to modernize disaster recovery funding and procedures; both measures advanced in committee.
County lobbyist and government affairs staff briefed the Coconino County Board of Supervisors Oct. 21 on two federal bills that could affect wildfire mitigation and post‑disaster recovery.
Keith Bridle summarized the Fix Our Forests Act, which passed the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee on a bipartisan 18–5 vote. The bill would accelerate forest‑health and hazardous fuels projects by streamlining…
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