Sec. 2. Purposes
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The purposes of this Act are— to conserve and restore the eastside National Forests of the State; to create an immediate, predictable, and increased timber flow to support locally based restoration economies in the communities of the eastside National Forests of the State; to make the eastside National Forests of the State more resistant and resilient to, and to mitigate the effects of, climate change; to protect, restore, and increase old-growth forest stands and trees in the eastside National Forests of the State; to promote collaboration in the communities of the eastside National Forests of the State to respond to critical threats to forest and watershed health and to support natural resource- and restoration-based economies; to prioritize, strategically target, and accelerate projects to improve forest health and watershed health in old growth forests located in the eastside National Forests of the State; and to provide the Secretary, collaborative groups, and the public with independent scientific advice for restoring forest health and watershed health in the eastside National Forests of the State.