Lawmakers in the House will reintroduce bipartisan legislation Tuesday to protect California’s declining number of giant sequoia trees from wildfire.
California Republican Rep. Vince Fong will lead the “Save our Sequoias Act,” his office said, joined by California Democratic Rep. Scott Peters.
Fong holds the seat vacated by former Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who had championed the bill during his time in Congress.
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The new legislation closely resembles the earlier version and would open the way to speedier forest management projects in and around giant sequoia groves, Fong’s office said. The sequoias are among the world’s oldest trees, and some of the largest, but have suffered in wildfires in recent years.
