Portable Skidder Bridges
Dept. of Agriculture – Forest Service – State and Private Forestry
Wildfire-Specific Spending: No
Wildfire Activities Funded: “Mitigation”,”Recovery”
Authorization:
P.L. 117-58
50
TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS (IN MIL)
FY2017 – FY2026
Description
The Portable Skidder Bridges program, established in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), awards grants to States and Indian Tribes to establish rental programs for portable skidder bridges, bridge mats, or other temporary water crossing structures to minimize stream bed disturbance on non-federal and federal land.Appropriations
| Regular | Supplemental | IIJA | IRA | |
| FY2015 | — | — | — | — |
| FY2016 | — | — | — | — |
| FY2017 | — | — | — | — |
| FY2018 | — | — | — | — |
| FY2019 | — | — | — | — |
| FY2020 | — | — | — | — |
| FY2021 | — | — | — | — |
| FY2022 | — | — | 10,000,000 | — |
| FY2023 | — | — | 10,000,000 | |
| FY2024 | — | — | 10,000,000 | |
| FY2025 | — | — | 10,000,000 | |
| FY2026 | — | 10,000,000 |
Last Updated: March 20, 2026
Received Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Funding: Yes – New
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.