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Advocates and DNR urge full funding for wildfire resilience account in SB 5,893 hearing
Summary
Staff said SB 5,893 would transfer Climate Commitment Act proceeds into a dedicated wildfire resiliency account to reach a $125 million per‑biennium target; wildfire responders, private forest owners, and DNR urged full funding, warning cuts could eliminate pass‑through grants and detection systems.
The Senate Ways and Means Committee on Jan. 29 heard testimony on Senate Bill 5,893, an appropriations bill that would transfer money from the Climate Commitment Act’s Natural Climate Solutions account into a dedicated wildfire response, forest restoration and community resilience account.
Committee staff said the account was created in 2021 with an intent of roughly $125 million per biennium and that SB 5,893 would add $65 million to help reach that target in combination with enacted budget transfers and a governor-proposed $30 million transfer. "This makes an appropriations from one of the accounts of the…
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