FINDINGS; PURPOSES.

SEC. 371. FINDINGS; PURPOSES.(a) Findings.—Congress finds that—(1) there is an increasing threat of wildfire in the Great Basin;(2) those wildfires—(A) endanger homes and communities;(B) damage or destroy watersheds and soils; and(C) pose a serious threat to the habitat of threatened and endangered species;(3) forest land and rangeland in the Great Basin are degraded as a direct consequence of land management practices (including practices to control and prevent wildfires) that disrupt the occurrence of frequent low-intensity fires that have periodically removed flammable undergrowth; and(4) additional scientific information is needed in the Great Basin for—(A) the design, implementation, and adaptation of landscape-scale restoration treatments; and(B) the improvement of wildfire management technology and practices.(b) Purposes.—The purposes of this subtitle are to—(1) support the Great Basin Restoration Initiative through the implementation of the Eastern Nevada Landscape Restoration Project; and(2) ensure resilient and healthy ecosystems in the Great Basin by restoring native plant communities and natural mosaics on the landscape that function within the parameters of natural fire regimes.120 STAT. 3044