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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 · Sec. 403

Sec. 403. ACCELERATED INFORMATION GATHERING REGARDING FOREST-DAMAGING INSECTS

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## SEC. 403 ACCELERATED INFORMATION GATHERING REGARDING FOREST-DAMAGING INSECTS **[**[16 U.S.C. 6553](/us/usc/t16/s6553)**]** ###
(a)Information Gathering The Secretary, acting through the Forest Service and United States Geological Survey, as appropriate, shall establish an accelerated program— ####
(1)to plan, conduct, and promote comprehensive and systematic information gathering on forest-damaging insects and associated diseases, including an evaluation of— #####
(A)infestation prevention and suppression methods; #####
(B)effects of infestations and associated disease interactions on forest ecosystems; #####
(C)restoration of forest ecosystem efforts; #####
(D)utilization options regarding infested trees; and #####
(E)models to predict the occurrence, distribution, and impact of outbreaks of forest-damaging insects and associated diseases; ####
(2)to assist land managers in the development of treatments and strategies to improve forest health and reduce the susceptibility of forest ecosystems to severe infestations of forest-damaging insects and associated diseases on Federal land and State and private land; and ####
(3)to disseminate the results of the information gathering, treatments, and strategies. ###
(b)Cooperation and Assistance The Secretary shall— ####
(1)establish and carry out the program in cooperation with— #####
(A)scientists from colleges and universities (including forestry schools, land grant colleges and universities, and 1890 Institutions); #####
(B)Federal, State, and local agencies; and #####
(C)private and industrial landowners; and ####
(2)designate such colleges and universities to assist in carrying out the program.
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ACCELERATED INFORMATION GATHERING REGARDING FOREST-DAMAGING INSECTS
U.S.C.§ 6553
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