{"identifier":"/us/usc/t16/s7301","title":16,"num":"\u00a7\u202f7301.","heading":"Purpose","text":"\u00a7\u202f7301.\nPurpose\nThe purpose of this chapter is to encourage the collaborative, science-based ecosystem restoration of priority forest landscapes through a process that\u2014\n(1) encourages ecological, economic, and social sustainability;\n(2) leverages local resources with national and private resources;\n(3) facilitates the reduction of wildfire management costs, including through reestablishing natural fire regimes and reducing the risk of uncharacteristic wildfire; and\n(4) demonstrates the degree to which\u2014\n(A) various ecological restoration techniques\u2014\n(i) achieve ecological and watershed health objectives; and\n(ii) affect wildfire activity and management costs; and\n(B) the use of forest restoration byproducts can offset treatment costs while benefitting local rural economies and improving forest health.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t16/s7301.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s7301","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f7301."},{"t":"heading","text":"Purpose","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The purpose of this chapter is to encourage the collaborative, science-based ecosystem restoration of priority forest landscapes through a process that\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s7301/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" encourages ecological, economic, and social sustainability;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s7301/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" leverages local resources with national and private resources;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s7301/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" facilitates the reduction of wildfire management costs, including through reestablishing natural fire regimes and reducing the risk of uncharacteristic wildfire; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s7301/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" demonstrates the degree to which\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t16/s7301/4/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" various ecological restoration techniques\u2014"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t16/s7301/4/A/i","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(i)"},{"t":"content","text":" achieve ecological and watershed health objectives; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t16/s7301/4/A/ii","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(ii)"},{"t":"content","text":" affect wildfire activity and management costs; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t16/s7301/4/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" the use of forest restoration byproducts can offset treatment costs while benefitting local rural economies and improving forest health.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}