Agency: Department of the Interior

Agency: Department of the Interior   Description: To establish and implement a pilot program to provide to local governments financial assistance for the acquisition of slip-on tanker units to establish fleets of vehicles that can be quickly converted to be operated as fire engines. Bill Section: 40803(c)(5) Potential Cost:      $50,000,000 Timeline: FY22-26 Implementation Status/Rulemaking: …

Agency: Department of the Interior   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)(i) Potential Cost:      $50,000,000 Timeline: FY22-26 Implementation Status/Rulemaking:    DOI has supplemented workforce training funds each year since the IIJA was implemented. Most recently, $12.4 million was announced…

Agency: Department of the Interior   Description: For entering into contracts, including stewardship contracts or agreements, the purpose of each of which shall be to restore ecological health on not fewer than 10,000 acres of Federal land, including Indian forest land or rangeland, and for salaries and expenses associated with preparing and executing those contracts.…

Agency: Department of the Interior   Description: To establish a Working Capital Fund that may be accessed by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture to fund requirements of contracts to restore ecological health on Federal lands, including cancellation costs and periodic payments over the span of the contract period Bill Section:…

Agency: Department of the Interior   Description: To provide grants to States, territories, and Indian Tribes for implementing voluntary ecosystem restoration projects on private or public land that prioritizes funding cross-boundary projects and requires matching funding. Bill Section: 40804(b)(4) Potential Cost:      $400,000,000 Timeline: FY22-26  

Agency: Department of the Interior   Description: Allocates $200 million for post-fire restoration activities to be implemented within three years following the containment of a wildland fire. This funding is part of a broader commitment by the Department of the Interior (DOI) to manage and mitigate wildfire risks, restore ecosystems affected by fires, and enhance…

Agency: Department of the Interior   Description: For entering into an agreement with the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish and operate a program that makes use of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite Program to rapidly detect and report wildfire starts in all areas in which the Secretary of the Interior…

Agency: Department of the Interior   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)(i) Potential Cost:      $100,000,000 Timeline: FY22-26 Other…

Agency: Department of the Interior   Description: Provides funding for the planning and conducting of prescribed fires and related activities by the DOI. This allocation is part of a larger $3.369 billion authorized for wildfire risk reduction activities between fiscal years 2022 and 2026. Bill Section: 40803(c)(13)(A) Potential Cost:      $250,000,000 Timeline: FY22-26 Other TCS…

Agency: Department of the Interior   Description: For developing or improving potential control locations, including installing fuelbreaks, with a focus on shaded fuelbreaks when ecologically appropriate. Bill Section: 40803(c)(14)(A) Potential Cost:      $250,000,000 Timeline: FY22-26 Other TCS Resources: Clearing the Smoke: A Closer Look at Federal Spending and Programs on Wildfire