At the end of the 2015 legislative session last week, Governor Brown had signed six bills introduced by Nevada County’s Assemblyman, Brian Dahle, and had not taken action on three others. None of these bills directly impact Western Nevada County. But Dahle says one signed measure does provide additional flexibility to the Board of Forestry to write tree replanting standards that, he says, reflect on-the-ground conditions, instead of one-size-fits-all rules. Dahle says current law, passed in the 1970’s, mandates the Board to replant 300 trees per acre…

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Dahle says his biggest disappointment this year was the inability to get a biomass industry bill out of the Assembly. It would allow greenhouse gas reduction program money to be used to offset industry costs of utilizing forest waste…

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Dahle says mitigating costs would allow more forest waste to be removed, also reducing the wildfire danger. He says that will be big focus when the Legislature reconvenes in January. Dahle will also be seeking election to a third term next year.