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Senate panel boosts forest‑health grant to $5 million, makes program effective immediately
Summary
Senators adopted standing committee amendments to House Bill 78 to increase the forest health grant program appropriation from $3 million to $5 million per biennium and change the effective date to immediate; sponsors said fuels reduction projects yield high returns and cited recent large wildfire acreage.
The Senate Committee of the Whole on Feb. 27 adopted amendments to House Bill 78 that increase appropriations for the proposed Forest Health Grant Program and make the program effective immediately.
Senator Hicks explained the bill as a cost‑share program run by the state forester to pay for fuels reduction, watershed protection, and habitat improvements. He told…
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