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Senate committee advances Good Neighbor Authority bill to expand state timber and fuels work
Summary
The Senate Minerals Committee unanimously approved Senate File 17 as amended to expand Wyoming's Good Neighbor Authority program, allowing the state forester to accept grants, donations and to use timber receipts and federal shared-stewardship funds to hire staff and run projects; committee members discussed projected $6 million in receipts.
The Wyoming Senate Minerals Committee on an unspecified date approved Senate File 17, a bill to expand the state's Good Neighbor Authority (GNA) work that allows the state forester to accept grants, gifts and donations and to use retained timber receipts and external funds to support increased project work and staffing.
Kelly Norris, Wyoming State Forester, testified the GNA is rooted in federal law (the Farm Bill) and lets the state sell federal timber through state contracting systems, retain proceeds in state accounts and prioritize on-the-ground projects. Norris said the program sold about "12,260,000.00 board feet of timber" last year and recently completed…
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