Landscape-Scale Restoration Program
Dept. of Agriculture – Forest Service – State and Private Forestry
Wildfire-Specific Spending: No
Wildfire Activities Funded: “Mitigation”
Authorization:
P.L. 110–234
U.S.C: 16 U.S.C. §2109a
543
TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS (IN MIL)
FY2017 – FY2026
Description
The Landscape-Scale Restoration Program was originally established to support cross-boundary forest restoration projects. In the 2018 Farm Bill, the program was modified to encourage science-based projects that restore priority landscapes or address issues/landscapes identified in State Forest Action Plans. Funding is implemented through 50% cost-share competitive grants awarded through the State for projects on state or private land. Projects must include plans “to reduce the risk of uncharacteristic wildfires,” among other objectives.Appropriations
| Regular | Supplemental | IIJA | IRA | |
| FY2015 | 14000000 | — | — | — |
| FY2016 | 14000000 | — | — | — |
| FY2017 | 14000000 | — | — | — |
| FY2018 | 14000000 | — | — | — |
| FY2019 | 14000000 | — | — | — |
| FY2020 | 14000000 | — | — | — |
| FY2021 | 14000000 | — | — | — |
| FY2022 | 14000000 | — | — | 400,000,000 |
| FY2023 | 17,000,000 | — | — | |
| FY2024 | 14,000,000 | — | — | |
| FY2025 | 14,000,000 | — | ||
| FY2026 | 14,000,000 | — |
Last Updated: March 20, 2026
Received Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Funding: No
Received Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Funding: Yes – Existing
Appropriations Notes
Supplemental appropriations through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) are available through September 30, 2031. Of this funding, $150 million is to assist underserved forest landowners – beginning, in high poverty areas, federally recognized tribes, limited resource producers, or veterans – in climate mitigation or forest resilience practices (Sec. 23002(a)(1)), $150 million to support the participation of underserved forest landowners in emerging private markets for climate mitigation or forest resilience (Sec. 23002(a)(2)), and $100 million to support the participation of forest landowners who own less than 2,500 acres of forest land in emerging private markets for climate mitigation or forest resilience (Sec. 23002(a)(3)).
*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.