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Committee agrees to try adding forestry to agricultural disaster bill; debates scope and funding
Summary
Members discussed adding forestry to H.229 and to S60 language, weighed an opt-in funding model and administrative/legal limits, and asked staff to draft language for the next bill draft.
A legislative committee discussed whether to explicitly include forestry in H.229, a bill addressing disaster losses to working lands, and to add related language into S60, a draft section under committee consideration. Members asked staff to prepare text for the next draft so the measure would cover severe-weather losses to trees and other forest assets alongside farm losses.
The conversation centered on scope and funding. Supporters said adding forestry is “germane” to the committee’s charge and could benefit owners of forested land, loggers and small woodlot operators. Others…
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