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
TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS (IN MIL)
FY2017 – FY2025
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 | 53000000 | — | — | — |
| FY2016 | 62347000 | — | — | — |
| FY2017 | 62229000 | — | — | — |
| FY2018 | 67025000 | — | — | — |
| FY2019 | 63990000 | — | — | — |
| FY2020 | 63990000 | — | — | — |
| FY2021 | 94255000 | — | — | — |
| FY2022 | 83813000 | — | — | 700,000,000 |
| FY2023 | 78,564,000 | — | — | |
| FY2024 | 92,255,000 | — | — | |
| FY2025 | 94,225,000 | — | ||
| FY2026 | Not Available | — |
Last Updated: March 20, 2026
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.