North Rim and Kaibab National Forest Restoration Act of 2026

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S3785 (introduced; subcommittee hearing held in Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee) would authorize forest restoration measures on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and the Kaibab National Forest in northern Arizona. The bill is a site-specific public-lands restoration authorization rather than a broad policy change; effects on farmers, ranchers with grazing permits, and adjacent rural communities would depend on final scope of authorized treatments (e.g., fuels reduction, watershed, and vegetation management).

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