Forest Resources Accountability Act

Key Points

• This bill stops a plan to build a permanent, year-round road and power lines through a specific part of the White River National Forest in Colorado. It aims to protect winter homes for wildlife by keeping access limited to existing dirt roads that are only open during certain parts of the year.
• The bill notes that the Forest Service lost 6,000 workers in 2025. Because of this, the agency has done 40 percent less work on clearing brush to prevent wildfires and 22 percent less work on fixing trails. The bill says the agency should focus on these safety tasks instead of building new roads.
• It asks the government to try to buy a 680-acre piece of private land called Berlaimont Estates from anyone willing to sell it. If the government buys the land, it would become a permanent part of the national forest for people to visit and for animals to live on.
• No federal tax money could be used to plan or build any year-round roads to this private property. Any access to the land would have to follow strict rules to make sure the forest and the environment are not harmed.

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