Action Versus No Action Act

This bill changes the rules for environmental reviews of forest management projects on certain public lands. When the Forest Service or Department of the Interior conducts these reviews, they can only consider two options: doing the proposed forest management activity or doing nothing at all. The bill applies to forest projects in areas designated for insect and disease treatment, projects developed through collaboration, projects proposed by resource advisory committees, or projects covered by community wildfire protection plans. When considering the "no action" option, agencies must look at how doing nothing would affect forest health, potential losses of life and property, habitat diversity, wildfire risk, insect and disease problems, timber production, water supply, wildlife habitat, and other economic and social factors.

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