Sec. 7. Giant sequoia reforestation and rehabilitation strategy
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Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Coalition, shall develop and implement a strategy, to be known as the Giant Sequoia Reforestation and Rehabilitation Strategy, to enhance the reforestation and rehabilitation of giant sequoia groves that— identifies giant sequoia groves in need of natural or artificial regeneration, giving highest priority to groves identified under section 5(a)(1)(A)(i); creates a priority list of reforestation and rehabilitation activities; identifies and addresses— barriers to reforestation or rehabilitation including— regulatory and funding barriers; seedling shortages or related nursery infrastructure capacity constraints; labor and workforce shortages; technology and science gaps; and site preparation challenges; potential public-private partnership opportunities to complete high-priority reforestation or rehabilitation projects; a timeline for addressing the backlog of reforestation for giant sequoias in the 10-year period after the agreement is entered into under section 3; and strategies to ensure genetic diversity across giant sequoia groves; and includes program and policy recommendations needed to improve the efficiency or effectiveness of the Strategy.
The Secretary may incorporate the Strategy into the Assessment under section 5. Section 3(e)(4)(C)(ii)(I) of the Forest and Range-land Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 ( 16 U.S.C. 1601(e)(4)(C)(ii)(I) ) is amended— in item (bb), by striking and ; in item (cc), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: shall include reforestation and rehabilitation activities conducted under section 7 of the Save Our Sequoias Act. . Section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1133(d) ) is amended by inserting Nothing in this Act precludes reforestation (as defined in section 2 of the Save our Sequoias Act) activities to reestablish giant sequoias following a wildfire. after the period at the end.
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