Introduced by California Congressmen John Garamendi (D) and Ken Calvert (R), the Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Bill (H.R.2771) “would give states the option to designate accredited, nonprofit land trusts to hold conservation easements purchased with federal funding from the U.S. Forest Service’s Forest Legacy Program,” according to a press release from the congressmen.
Garamendi said the bill “would unlock millions in federal funding to help states conserve working forestlands, create good-paying jobs, and support sustainable forest management practices that reduce wildfire risk.”
The congressman’s comments euphemistically suggest the bill would allow millions of federal dollars to fund subsidies for various types of logging operations on private lands:
- “Working forestlands” are commercial woodlands that are logged for timber.
- “Forest management practices that reduce wildfire risk” are logging under the guise of so-called forest health treatments.
Photo: H.R.2771 would provide access to millions of federal dollars to support forest management on private lands like those shown in this photo.
