H.R. 2709 · Passed House · Environmental Protection

Save Our Sequoias Act

Sponsor: Vince Fong (R-CA)

What it does

• Provides statutory authority for the Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition and sets out its duties for conserving giant sequoias in California.
• Requires the coalition to submit and annually update a Giant Sequoia Health and Resiliency Assessment and share it for use in other plans.
• Requires a coalition website with the assessment, educational materials, searchable grove information, and a database tracking reforestation and rehabilitation costs and status.
• Declares a seven-year emergency on certain public lands, allowing officials to carry out protection plans against wildfire, insects, and drought.
• Requires Interior to develop a Giant Sequoia Reforestation and Rehabilitation Strategy and establishes programs and funds to support conservation.

Official summary

Save Our Sequoias Act This bill provides for the conservation of giant sequoia trees ( Sequoiadendron giganteum ) in California. Specifically, it provides statutory authority for the Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition and outlines the coalition's duties. The coalition must submit a Giant Sequoia Health and Resiliency Assessment and annually update it. The information from the assessment must be made available so the information can be integrated into certain other plans. The coalition must also create and maintain a website that contains the assessment, educational materials, searchable information about individual giant sequoia groves, and a searchable database to track the status and costs of reforestation and rehabilitation activities. In addition, the bill declares an emergency on certain public lands and allows officials to carry out protection plans during the emergency to respond to the threat of wildfires, insects, and drought. The emergency expires after seven years. The Department of the Interior must develop and implement a Giant Sequoia Reforestation and Rehabilitation Strategy. Finally, the bill establishes a variety of programs and funds to support the conservation of…

Latest action

Sep 16, 2026: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources