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House subcommittee hears bill to add Utah to Southwest Ecological Restoration Institute network
Summary
A House Natural Resources subcommittee heard testimony on legislation to add Utah to the Southwest Ecologically Restoration Institute network and on the need for sustained federal funding for wildfire research and local forest management.
The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands on Wednesday considered HR 1045, the Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025, which would amend the Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2004 to add Utah to the network of Southwest Ecological Restoration Institutes (SWERIs).
Representative John Kennedy, sponsor of HR 1045, told the subcommittee the bill "amends that act with inclusion of Utah as a state that has one of these institutes" and said Utah State University has already authorized and provided startup funding for a Utah institute.
The bill’s proponents said a Utah institute would produce place‑based science to guide management in the…
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