Forest Legacy Program

Dept. of Agriculture Forest Service State and Private Forestry

Wildfire-Specific Spending: No

Wildfire Activities Funded: Mitigation, Recovery

Authorization:
P.L. 101-624

U.S.C: 16 U.S.C. §2103c

1,421
TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS (IN MIL)
FY2015 – FY2024

Description

The Forest Legacy Program (FLP) provides grants to State agencies to purchase land or enter permanent conservation easements to protect forest areas from development. State agencies hold the interest in the land acquired with FLP funds.

Appropriations

Regular Supplemental IIJA IRA
FY2015 53,000,000 0
FY2016 62,347,000 0
FY2017 62,229,000 0
FY2018 67,025,000 0
FY2019 63,990,000 0
FY2020 63,990,000 0
FY2021 94,255,000 0
FY2022 83,813,000 0 0 700,000,000
FY2023 78,564,000 0 0
FY2024 92,255,000 0 0
FY2025 0
FY2026 0

Last Updated: October 17, 2024

Received Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Funding: No

Received Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Funding: Yes – Existing

Appropriations Notes

The Forest Legacy Program is funded through the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). Beginning in FY2021, the Great American Outdoors Act (P.L. 116-152) provided direct/mandatory funding for the LWCF, with allocations to the Forest Legacy Program determined annually by Congress. Beginning in FY2022, mandatory LWCF funding is subject to a sequestration reduction of 5.7 percent across all programs. Amounts sequestered from LWCF programs become available for obligation in the following year. Appropriations listed in this database (FY2021-FY2024) reflect total net budget authority (less current fiscal year sequestration, plus previous year sequestration).


Supplemental appropriations through the Inflation Reduction Act are available through September 30, 2031.