Statement from Boone and Crockett Club on House Passage of Legislation Including Tribes and Counties in Good Neighbor Authority with Forest Service

MISSOULA, Mont. – This afternoon, the Boone and Crockett Club applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for overwhelmingly passing H.R. 1450, the Treating Tribes and Counties as Good Neighbors Act. Good Neighbor Authority allows the USDA Forest Service to enter into agreements with state forestry agencies to conduct…

management projects on national forests to improve their ecological resilience and reduce the threat from catastrophic wildfires. The legislation passed by the House today would allow the Forest Service to enter into similar agreements with tribes and counties to ensure projects can be implemented across land ownership types.