Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) Country/Territory United States of America Document type Legislation Date 2003 (2020) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Energy, Environment gen., Fisheries, Forestry, Land & soil, Water, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Energy conservation/energy production Hazards Forest fires Flood Aquaculture Inland fisheries Forest management/forest conservation Forestry protection measures Policy/planning Subsidy/incentive Data collection/reporting Pests/diseases Ecosystem preservation Biodiversity Climate change Institution Contract/agreement Local government Soil conservation/soil improvement Soil pollution/quality Soil rehabilitation Classification/declassification Land tenure Water supply Basin/catchment/watershed Freshwater pollution Pollution control Water quality standards Wetlands Coastal zone management Groundwater Irrigation Inland waters Endangered species Dangerous animal/harmful animal Wild fauna Wild flora Protection of species Geographical area Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract This act concerns forest restoration. Its purposes are to reduce wildfire risk to communities, municipal water supplies, and other at-risk Federal land through a collaborative process of planning, prioritizing, and implementing hazardous fuel reduction projects; to authorize grant programs to improve the commercial value of forest biomass (that otherwise contributes to the risk of catastrophic fire or insect or disease infestation) for producing electric energy, useful heat, transportation fuel, and petroleum-based product substitutes, and for other commercial purposes; to enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health, including catastrophic wildfire, across the landscape; to promote systematic gathering of information to address the impact of insect and disease infestations and other damaging agents on forest and rangeland health; to improve the capacity to detect insect and disease infestations at an early stage, particularly with respect to hardwood forests; and to protect, restore, and enhance forest ecosystem components — to promote the recovery of threatened and endangered species; to improve biological diversity; and to enhance productivity and carbon sequestration. Full text English Website uscode.house.gov