As more dangerous wildfires threaten Southern California, lawmakers say reforms to forest management are desperately needed, ...

House Natural Resources Chair Bruce Westerman said the Los Angeles disaster highlights the urgency of his forest management ...

A bill to speed forest-thinning on federal lands is poised to pass the House later this week. Another forest-related bill ...

The measures in Congress prompted by the wildfires so far address forest management, disaster funding and the powers of the ...

USFS H.R. 471 Fix Our Forests Act Meeting on Tuesday in the U.S. House January 19, 2025 - The Rural County Representatives of ...

The Fix Our Forests Act is just one piece of legislation expected to be introduced in response to the California wildfires.

Some Republican leaders insist that before California can get disaster aid, there will be conditions attached.

Harder helped introduce the Fix Our Forests Act with House Natural Resources Chair Bruce Westerman (AR-04) and a bipartisan ...

Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.). Westerman sponsored the ... President Trump, a longtime critic of how California manages its land, plans to visit the devastated area on Friday.

The legislation, introduced by Reps. Scott Peters (D-CA) and Bruce Westerman (R-AR), passed 279-141, with the support of 64 Democrats. The bill came as Democrats and Republicans have clashed over ...