High Quality Forests Act

Summary

High Quality Forests Act - Requires the revision of the management plans for certain Federal lands in Washington State that were withdrawn from the public domain and that are suitable for timber production to provide for: (1) timber harvest rotations of between 150 and 200 years; (2) shelterwood and seed tree regeneration cut systems; (3) periodic thinning and intermediate harvesting to enhance old growth species while maintaining timber production; and (4) no removal of lands from reserves for old growth or old growth-dependent species for at least 20 years.

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Timeline

1. 2 August 1991

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 2 August 1991

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 5 August 1991

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · undated · Official file

Documents

2 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 2 August 1991

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Sponsors

• Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA] · R · Sponsor
• · sseg00 · Standing

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