Policy Update on the Fix Our Forests Act (FOFA)
February 12 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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Webinar
February 12, 2026
1:00 p.m. MST
Description
Introduced on January 16, 2025, the Fix Our Forests Act (FOFA) is a bill intended to provide new tools to federal land management agencies which will allow them to enhance forest management, reduce the consequential outcomes and risk of catastrophic fires, and restore forest health. In the time since its introduction, it has received input and recommendations for language and provision inclusions in the versions of the bill. The bill has passed the House and through the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee and is now awaiting action by the full Senate. This presentation from speakers with the Forest Stewards Guild and Alliance for Wildfire Resilience will cover what is included in the current bill, how it has changed since early 2025, what recommendations from The Report of the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission and The National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy have been incorporated, and what we might expect to happen next.
Speakers: Annie Schmidt, Managing Director of Partnerships for the Alliance for Wildfire Resilience; Esmé Cadiente, Deputy Director for the Forest Stewards Guild.