HR 2250 · 116th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources
Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act
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Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 312.(2020-02-04)
Plain Language Summary
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Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act This bill sets forth provisions concerning the restoration, economic development, and conservation of, and recreational access to, certain public lands in Northern California. The bill establishes the South Fork Trinity-Mad River Restoration Area, the Northwest California Public Lands Remediation Partnership, the Trinity Lake and Del Norte County visitor centers, the Horse Mountain Special Management Area, the Elk Camp Ridge National Recreation Trail, and the Sanhedrin Conservation Management Area. The bill designates specified federal lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, the North Fork Wilderness as the North Fork Eel River Wilderness, specified federal lands as potential wilderness areas, and specified segments of certain rivers and creeks and of a specified river estuary as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Also, the bill authorizes the utilization of certain forest residues for research and development of bio-based products that result in net carbon sequestration; authorizes initiatives to restore degraded redwood forest ecosystems in the Redwood Nati…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 2250, Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act
Feb 5, 2020As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 20, 2019
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Cosponsors (20)
20 Democrats