New Efforts in Congress to Keep Forestland Intact and Working Win Early Praise From Coalition

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today a coalition of conservation, sportsmen and forest management organizations and companies applauded the introduction of the Forest Conservation Easement Program (FCEP) Act of 2023. The bipartisan legislation will fill a critical gap and help keep private forestland intact and sustainably…

managed for timber, allowing the lands to continue providing numerous benefits to rural and urban communities. The legislation was introduced today in the U.S. House by U.S. Representative Trent Kelly, R-Miss., and U.S. Representative Annie Kuster, D-N.H., with the goal of including the legislation in the 2023 Farm Bill.