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
445
TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS (IN MIL)
FY2015 – FY2024
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 | 40,000,000 | 0 | — | — |
| FY2016 | 40,000,000 | 0 | — | — |
| FY2017 | 40,000,000 | 0 | — | — |
| FY2018 | 40,000,000 | 0 | — | — |
| FY2019 | 40,000,000 | 0 | — | — |
| FY2020 | 40,000,000 | 0 | — | — |
| FY2021 | 13,787,000 | 0 | — | — |
| FY2022 | 28,000,000 | 0 | 20,000,000 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 32,000,000 | 0 | 20,000,000 | |
| FY2024 | 31,000,000 | 0 | 20,000,000 | |
| FY2025 | 20,000,000 | |||
| FY2026 | 20,000,000 |
Last Updated: October 17, 2024
Received Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Funding: Yes – Existing
Received Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Funding: No