Implementation of 10-year national wildfire plan

(a) In general The Secretary of Agriculture shall, in coordination with the Secretary of the Interior, implement a 10-year National Wildfire Plan that— (1) includes— (A) hazardous fuels and prescribed fire activities to address wildfire risk; (B) vegetation, watershed, wildlife and fisheries habitat management to maintain habitat and improve ecological conditions, including— (i) protecting mature and old-growth trees and forests; (ii) maintaining habitat in a way that advances at-risk species recovery conservation; and (iii) completing consultations required under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); (C) management of recreation, heritage, and wilderness programs; (D) activities under the Joint Fire Science Program to address wildfire risk; (E) the activities required under this subtitle; (F) the activities included in— (i) the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (and successor documents); (ii) the Wildfire Crisis Strategy entitled Confronting the Wildfire Crisis: A Strategy for Protecting Communities and Improving Resilience in America’s Forests and dated January 2022 (and successor documents); (iii) the Wildfire Crisis Strategy Implementation Plan entitled Wildfire Crisis Implementation Plan and dated January 2022 (and successor documents); and (iv) the Wildfire Crisis Landscape Investments plan entitled Confronting the Wildfire Crisis: Initial Landscape Investments to Protect Communities and Improve Resilience in America’s Forests dated April 2022 (and successor documents); and (G) such other wildfire-related activities as determined appropriate by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, in accordance with existing law and regulations; and (2) in accordance with section 12203, prioritizes carrying out landscape-scale restoration projects. (b) Coordination In carrying out subsection (a), to the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary of Agriculture, in coordination with the Secretary of Interior, shall— (1) utilize cooperative forestry authorities and agreements, including but not limited to the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.); (2) solicit proposals from States, counties, and Tribes to address water quantity and quality concerns; (3) solicit proposals from States, counties, and Tribes for hazardous fuels treatments; (4) consider the long-term statewide assessments and forest resource strategies established in section 2A of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101a); and (5) provide priority to collaboratively developed projects.