Working Forest Lands
Dept. of Agriculture – Forest Service – State and Private Forestry
Wildfire-Specific Spending: No
Wildfire Activities Funded: “Mitigation”
Authorization:
P.L. 101-624
U.S.C: 16 U.S.C. §2103a
157
TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS (IN MIL)
FY2017 – FY2026
Description
Formerly known as the Forest Stewardship Program and renamed Working Forest Lands 2019, this program provides nonindustrial private forest landowners with financial and technical assistance to increase the economic and natural resource value of a forest, which may include funding for activities related to wildfire risk reduction. Funds are distributed to state forest agencies, who in turn provide assistance to private landowners.Appropriations
| Regular | Supplemental | IIJA | IRA | |
| FY2015 | 23,036,000 | — | — | — |
| FY2016 | 23,036,000 | — | — | — |
| FY2017 | 23,036,000 | — | — | — |
| FY2018 | 20,500,000 | — | — | — |
| FY2019 | 20,500,000 | — | — | — |
| FY2020 | 21,000,000 | — | — | — |
| FY2021 | 11,902,000 | — | — | — |
| FY2022 | 12,000,000 | — | — | — |
| FY2023 | 12,500,000 | — | — | |
| FY2024 | 12,000,000 | — | — | |
| FY2025 | 12,000,000 | — | — | |
| FY2026 | 12,000,000 | — |
Last Updated: March 20, 2026
Received Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Funding: No
Received Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Funding: No
*In FY2021, the U.S. Forest Service implemented a new budget line item for salaries and expenses across all Forest Service programs – costs that had previously been incorporated into each program’s budget line item. This re-structuring makes it difficult to compare program spending before and after FY2021.