Wildfire Reduction Market Expansion Act of 2026

Section 2: This section includes materials generated from forest products manufacturing and wood products manufacturing, such as wood residuals, paper residuals, sawdust, wood, wood chips, shavings, bark, sanderdust, and paper recycling residuals, as renewable biomass. This is positive because it utilizes manufacturing by-products that might otherwise go to waste.

Section 2: This section includes trees, shrubs, and parts of trees or shrubs from non-Federal land managed under a forest sustainability certification program, classified as forest land for taxes, or certified by the landowner for long-term timber production. This provides clear pathways for private landowners to utilize forestry materials.

Section 2: This section includes vegetation obtained from within defensible space of a structure or infrastructure asset, or from wildfire risk reduction activities within the wildland-urban interface. This is beneficial as it encourages clearing materials that pose wildfire risks around buildings and communities.