Agency: Department of the Interior

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: For the salaries and expenses of Federal wildland firefighters. Bill Section: 40803(c)(2)(A) Potential Cost:      $120,000,000 Timeline: FY22-26 Other TCS Resources: Clearing the Smoke: A Closer Look at Federal Spending and Programs on Wildfire  

Agency: Department of the Interior   Description: To acquire technology and infrastructure for each Type I and Type II incident management team to maintain interoperability with respect to the radio frequencies used by any responding agency. Bill Section: 40803(c)(3) Potential Cost:      $10,000,000 Timeline: FY22-26 Other TCS Resources: Clearing the Smoke: A Closer Look at…

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  

Agency: Department of the Interior   Description: For contracting or employing crews of laborers to modify and remove flammable vegetation on Federal land and for using materials from treatments, to the extent practicable, to produce biochar and other innovative wood products, including through the use of existing locally based organizations that engage young adults, Native…

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: To establish a program to plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned wells located on Federal land. The program will identify orphaned wells and distribute funding, with priority given to wells with high environmental and public health risks. The program must seek to identify potentially responsible parties. Additionally, the program…