Seedlings for Sustainable Habitat Restoration Act of 2023

This bill amends existing federal laws to authorize the USDA Forest Service to fund native seed and seedling programs. It allows the agency to provide contracts, grants, or agreements to state forestry agencies, local nonprofits, and universities for collecting native seeds and producing seedlings. These funds will support habitat restoration projects by enabling the collection of native seeds and the production of seedlings for replanting degraded lands. The key mechanism is creating a formal process within current law to streamline these conservation activities, directly affecting state and local conservation groups working on ecosystem recovery.