Agency: Department of Agriculture-Forest Service

Agency: Department of Agriculture – Forest Service   Description: To provide funding to States and Tribes for implementing restoration projects on Federal land pursuant to good neighbor agreements or other agreements to protect Tribal forest land or rangeland under the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004. Bill Section: 40804(b)(2)(B) Potential Cost:      $160,000,000 Timeline: FY22-26…

Agency: Department of Agriculture – Forest Service   Description: To provide financial assistance to facilities that purchase and process byproducts from ecosystem restoration projects. Bill Section: 40804(b)(3) Potential Cost:      $400,000,000 Timeline: FY22-26 Other TCS Resources: Biomass Subsidy Fact Sheet Senate Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework Should Bypass Biomass  

Agency: Department of Agriculture – Forest Service   Description: For grants to States and Tribes to establish loan, rental/lease, or cost-share programs for portable skidder bridges, bridge mats, or other temporary water crossing structures, to minimize stream bed disturbance on non-Federal land and Federal land. For State programs, entities that engage in primary (e.g., loggers)…

Agency: Department of Agriculture – Forest Service   Description: To provide financial assistance to States, Indian Tribes, and units of local government to establish and operate Reverse-911 telecommunication systems. Bill Section: 40803(c)(4) Potential Cost:      $30,000,000 Timeline: FY22-26 Other TCS Resources: Clearing the Smoke: A Closer Look at Federal Spending and Programs on Wildfire  

Agency: Department of Agriculture – Forest Service   Description: To develop and publish, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 5 years thereafter, a map depicting at-risk communities, including Tribal at-risk communities. The term “at-risk community” means a community within or adjacent to Federal land in which…

Agency: Department of Agriculture – Forest Service   Description: For preplanning fire response workshops and workforce training for staff, non-Federal firefighters, and Native village fire crews. Bill Section: 40803(c)(7)(B)(ii) Potential Cost:      $50,000,000 Timeline: FY22-26 Other TCS Resources: Clearing the Smoke: A Closer Look at Federal Spending and Programs on Wildfire  

Agency: Department of Agriculture – Forest Service   Description: To enter into an agreement with a Southwest Ecological Restoration Institute to compile and display existing data for hazardous fuel reduction or wildfire prevention treatments and for large wildfires, as well as facilitate coordination and use of existing and future interagency fuel treatment data. The Institute…

Agency: Department of Agriculture – Forest Service   Description: The Joint Fire Science Program is an interagency partnership between the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior that provides competitive funding for basic and applied wildfire science research programs. Bill Section: 40803(c)(9)(B) New or Existing: Existing Potential Cost:      $10,000,000 Timeline: FY22-26 TCS Notes:…

Agency: Department of Agriculture – Forest Service   Description: For collaboration and collaboration-based activities, including facilitation, certification of collaboratives, and planning and implementing projects under the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program. Bill Section: 40803(c)(10) New or Existing: Existing Potential Cost:      $100,000,000 Timeline: FY22-26 TCS Notes: The Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, started in 2009,…

Agency: Department of Agriculture – Forest Service   Description: For conducting mechanical thinning and timber harvesting that maximizes the retention of large trees to the extent that the trees promote fire-resilient stands or precommercial thinning in young growth stands for wildlife habitat benefits to provide subsistence resources. Bill Section: 40803(c)(11)(B)(ii) Potential Cost:      $400,000,000 Timeline:…