Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025

TL;DR (AI)

• The bill modifies the Emergency Conservation Program to include other emergency measures and changes payment rates for replacement, repair, or restoration of farmland or conservation structures.
• The bill expands the definition of wildfires under the Emergency Forest Restoration Program to include those not naturally caused if spread by natural causes, and those caused by the Federal Government.
• The bill allows the Secretary to offer owners of nonindustrial private forest land advance payments of up to 75% of emergency measure costs, which must be expended within 180 days or returned.