AZ HR2003

House Resolution expressing support for proper forest management and landscape-scale forest restoration treatments across Arizona and the nation.

Cites that nearly 50,000 wildland fires burned over 8.7 million acres in 2020, with five of California's six largest fires on record occurring that year and killing 31 people.

Notes that timber sales in national forests have decreased 90 percent since the 1980s due to environmental lawsuits, resulting in higher tree densities that contribute to larger wildfires.

Identifies that fire seasons are now 78 days longer than in the 1970s and over 100 million acres of national forests have burned in the last 20 years.

Calls for implementing forest management improvements including strategically constructed fuel breaks and amending federal law to limit frivolous lawsuits, to reduce catastrophic fires while supporting jobs and economic revenue.