S. 1910 · 108th Congress
A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out an inventory and management program for forests…
Full title
A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out an inventory and management program for forests derived from public domain land.
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Directs the Secretary to carry out such program through: (1) remote sensing technology of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the United States Geological Survey; (2) emerging geospatial capabilities in research activities; (3) validating techniques; and (4) integration of results into pilot operational systems.
What it does: CRS summary · Reported to Senate without amendment · Apr 26, 2004
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
(Sec. 1) Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to use geospatial and information management technologies (including remote sensing imaging and decision support systems) to inventory, monitor, and identify National Forest System and private (with consent) forest stands.
Directs the Secretary to carry out such program through: (1) remote sensing technology of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the United States Geological Survey; (2) emerging geospatial capabilities in research activities; (3) validating techniques; and (4) integration of results into pilot operational systems.
Directs the Secretary to address: (1) environmental threats (including insect, disease, invasive species, fire, acid deposition, and weather-related risks and other episodic events); (2) forest degradation, and preventive management practices; (3) management practices; and (4) characterization of vegetation types, density, fire regimes, and post-fire effects. Directs the Secretary to designate a facility in the Ochoco National Forest headquarters in Prineville, Oregon, to address such issues, with particular emphasis on coniferous forest stands in the Western United States.
Directs the Secretary to develop an early warning system for catastrophic environmental forest threats.
Authorizes appropriations.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out an inventory and management program for forests derived from public domain land.
Latest action (Apr 26, 2004): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 477.
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Nov 20, 2003
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No recorded floor vote found.