Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act

Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act

This bill directs the Forest Service to establish within its Region 1 under an arbitration pilot program an alternative dispute resolution process in lieu of judicial review for the arbitration of projects that:

are developed through a collaborative process, are carried out under the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, or are identified in a community wildfire protection plan, have as a purpose hazardous fuels reduction or mitigation of insect or disease infestation, and are located in a wildland-urban interface.