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.