Congress 108 - HR 460 - To establish Institutes to conduct research on the prevention of, and restoration from, wildfires in forest and woodland ecosystems of the interior West.

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Animals Arizona Colorado Congress Congressional reporting requirements Economics and Public Finance Ecosystem management Education Emergency Management Environmental assessment Environmental Protection Federal aid to education Fire prevention Forest conservation Forest ecology Forest fires Forest health Forest management Forestry research Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Habitat conservation Higher education Idaho National forests Nevada New Mexico Professional education Public Lands and Natural Resources Research centers Restoration ecology Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Utah

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Wildfire Prevention Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Chief of the Forest Service, to: (1) establish three Institutes (one each in Arizona at Northern Arizona University, New Mexico, and Colorado) to promote the use of adaptive ecosystem management to reduce the risk of wildfires, and improve the health of forest and woodland ecosystems in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah; and (2) assist the Institutes to promote such management.

Defines adaptive ecosystem management as a natural resource management process under which planning, implementation, monitoring, research, evaluation, and incorporation of new knowledge are combined into a management approach that is: (1) based on scientific findings and the needs of society; and (2) used to modify future management methods and policy.

Prescribes requirements for cooperation among the Institutes and Federal programs relating to ecological restoration, wildfire risk reduction, and wildfire management technologies.

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Feb 13, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Feb 12, 2003

Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
Feb 12, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Feb 12, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
Jan 29, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 29, 2003

Introduced in House

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