Wildlife and Fisheries Habitat Management
Dept. of Agriculture – Forest Service – National Forest System
Wildfire-Specific Spending: No
Wildfire Activities Funded: “Mitigation”, “Recovery”
Authorization:
P.L. 86-797
U.S.C: 16 U.S.C. §670a-670g
685
TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS (IN MIL)
FY2017 – FY2026
Description
According to the U.S. Forest Service, the Wildlife and Fisheries Habitat Management program’s mission is to manage habitats and maintain “ecological conditions needed to maintain the diversity, viability, and productivity of plant and animal communities; and reforestation and revegetation efforts in support of ecological restoration and post-wildfire recovery.”Appropriations
| Regular | Supplemental | IIJA | IRA | |
| FY2015 | 140,466,000 | 0 | — | — |
| FY2016 | 140,466,000 | 0 | — | — |
| FY2017 | 140,466,000 | 0 | — | — |
| FY2018 | 136,430,000 | 0 | — | — |
| FY2019 | 137,000,000 | 0 | — | — |
| FY2020 | 138,000,000 | 0 | — | — |
| FY2021 | 20,727,000 | 0 | — | — |
| FY2022 | 22,000,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 24,000,000 | 0 | 0 | |
| FY2024 | 22,000,000 | 0 | 0 | |
| FY2025 | 22,000,000 | — | 0 | |
| FY2026 | 22,000,000 | 0 |
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.