Sec. 4. Giant sequoia lands coalition
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The Secretary, in consultation with the parties to such agreement, shall certify the Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition in accordance with the charter titled Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition Charter (or successor charter) signed during the period beginning June 2, 2022 and ending August 2, 2022 by each of the following: The National Park Service, representing Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. The National Park Service, representing Yosemite National Park. The Forest Service, representing Sequoia National Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monument.
The Forest Service, representing Sierra National Forest. The Forest Service, representing Tahoe National Forest. The Bureau of Land Management, representing Case Mountain Extensive Recreation Management Area. The Tribe, representing the Tule River Indian Reservation. The State of California, representing Calaveras Big Trees State Park. The State of California, representing Mountain Home Demonstration State Forest. The University of California, Berkeley, representing Whitaker’s Research Forest.
The County of Tulare, California, representing Balch Park. In addition to the duties specified in the charter referenced in subsection (a), the Coalition shall— carry out the Assessment under section 5; observe implementation, and provide policy recommendations to the Secretary, with respect to— Protection Projects carried out under section 6; and the Strategy established under section 7; facilitate collaboration and coordination on Protection Projects, particularly projects that cross jurisdictional boundaries; facilitate information sharing, including best available science as described in section 5(c) and mapping resources; and support the development and dissemination of educational materials and programs that inform the public about the threats to the health and resiliency of giant sequoia groves and actions being taken to reduce the risk to such groves from high-severity wildfire, insects, and drought.
The Secretary shall make personnel of the Department of the Interior available to the Coalition for administrative support, technical services, development and dissemination of educational materials, and staff support that the Secretary determines necessary to carry out this section.