Seedlings for Sustainable Habitat Restoration Act of 2025

TL;DR (AI)

• The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to enter into contracts, grants, and agreements to carry out ecosystem restoration activities, including native seed collection and seedling production.
• Eligible entities for these contracts, grants, or agreements include State forestry agencies, local private or nonprofit entities, institutions of higher education, Indian Tribes, and multistate coalitions.
• The bill expands collaborative forest landscape restoration activities to include the collection and maintenance of native seeds for revegetation and the production of seedlings, and allows institutions of higher education to participate in these activities.