White Oak Resilience Act of 2024

The White Oak Resilience Act of 2024 creates a federal program to restore white oak forests, which provide critical habitat for wildlife and support ecosystem health. It establishes a coalition of federal agencies, land-grant universities, and landowners to coordinate restoration efforts and make policy recommendations, while funding 5 pilot projects on national forests and federal lands for white oak regeneration. The bill also sets up a voluntary grant program to help private landowners improve white oak habitats, requires a strategy to address shortages in white oak tree seedling supply, and supports research to enhance white oak resilience to climate stressors like drought and pests.