Forest Health Management (FHM) – Cooperative Lands

Dept. of Agriculture – Forest Service – State and Private Forestry

Wildfire-Specific Spending: No

Wildfire Activities Funded: “Mitigation”

372
TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS (IN MIL)
FY2017 – FY2026

Description

The Forest Health Management (FHM) – Cooperative Lands program provides technical assistance and 50% cost-share grants to states and territories to conduct surveying, monitoring, prevention, and suppression activities to mitigate the threat of pests and disease on nonfederal land. The U.S. Forest Service indicates that some of these activities, such as tree thinning, are related to wildfire risk reduction.

Additional Program Notes & TCS Insights

Prior to FY2014, Forest Health Management was funded jointly by USFS’s Wildland Fire Management (WFM) Other Operations and State and Private Forestry accounts.

Appropriations

Regular Supplemental IIJA IRA
FY2015 45,655,000 — — —
FY2016 40,678,000 — — —
FY2017 39,000,000 — — —
FY2018 41,000,000 — — —
FY2019 42,000,000 — — —
FY2020 44,000,000 — — —
FY2021 30,747,000 — — —
FY2022 36,747,000 — — —
FY2023 33,000,000 — —
FY2024 32,000,000 — —
FY2025 32,000,000 — —
FY2026 42,000,000 —

Last Updated: March 20, 2026

Received Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Funding: No

Received Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Funding: No

 
*In FY2021, the U.S. Forest Service implemented a new budget line item for salaries and expenses across all Forest Service programs – costs that had previously been incorporated into each program’s budget line item. This re-structuring makes it difficult to compare program spending before and after FY2021.