Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration
Dept. of Agriculture – Forest Service – National Forest System
Wildfire-Specific Spending: No
Wildfire Activities Funded: “Mitigation”
Authorization:
P.L. 111-11
U.S.C: 16 U.S.C. §7303
427
TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS (IN MIL)
FY2017 – FY2026
Description
The Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration program, started in 2009, provides 50% cost-share grants to regional U.S. Forest Service (USFS) offices for the implementation and monitoring of ecological restoration projects on priority forest landscapes. Eligible projects must cover at least 50,000 acres and be composed of primarily National Forest System land. By law, the project must, among other things, include plans to “reduce the risk of uncharacteristic wildfire, including through the use of fire for ecological restoration and maintenance and reestablishing natural fire regimes, where appropriate.”Appropriations
| Regular | Supplemental | IIJA | IRA | |
| FY2015 | 40000000 | 0 | — | — |
| FY2016 | 40000000 | 0 | — | — |
| FY2017 | 40,000,000 | 0 | — | — |
| FY2018 | 40000000 | 0 | — | — |
| FY2019 | 40000000 | 0 | — | — |
| FY2020 | 40000000 | 0 | — | — |
| FY2021 | 13787000 | 0 | — | — |
| FY2022 | 28000000 | 0 | 20,000,000 | — |
| FY2023 | 32,000,000 | 0 | 20,000,000 | |
| FY2024 | 31000000 | 0 | 20,000,000 | |
| FY2025 | 31000000 | — | 20,000,000 | |
| FY2026 | 31000000 | 20,000,000 |
Last Updated: March 20, 2026
Received Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Funding: Yes – Existing
Received Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Funding: No