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June 13, 2017
Forest Service: FY2017 Appropriations and FY2018
Budget Request
The Forest Service (FS) is responsible for managing 193
million acres of land in the National Forest System (NFS);
conducting forestry research; and providing assistance to
state, local, private, and international forest owners. FS is
an agency within the Department of Agriculture, yet it
receives discretionary appropriations through the Interior,
Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill.
For FY2017, total FS discretionary appropriations were
$5.596 billion (P.L. 115-31, Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2017). This figure includes $342.0 million designated
as emergency funding and outside of discretionary spending
limits. In total, FY2017 discretionary appropriations were
12% lower than the FY2016 appropriations of $6.364
billion. For FY2018, the Administration requested $4.732
billion, 15% less than FY2017 enacted level.
FS discretionary appropriations for FY2017 were almost
entirely in seven main accounts (see Table 1 and Figure 1).
The largest share-a combined 57% ($3.175 billion)-went
to two accounts: the Wildland Fire Management (WFM)
and FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund accounts.
The WFM account funds activities related to the
management of unplanned and unwanted fires, including
suppression of wildfires. The FLAME account funds
emergency wildfire suppression activities under certain
specified circumstances. The FY2017 WFM and FLAME
appropriations are $733.9 million below the FY2016 levels
($3.909 billion combined). Note that the FY2016 combined
WFM and FLAME appropriations were substantially higher
than the combined FY2015 appropriations ($2.636 billion)
and included $700.0 million in emergency funding (and
designated outside of discretionary spending limits)
provided to the WFM account and an increase of nearly
$0.500 billion to the FLAME appropriation.
The next largest amount of FY2017 appropriations-27%
of the total ($1.513 billion)-went to the NFS account,
which funds activities related to the management of the
national forests and grasslands. The largest program within
the NFS account, Forest Products (which funds timber sales
planning and implementation), received $367.8 million in
FY2017.
Figure I. Share of Total FS FY2017 Appropriations
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Note: See Table I for account abbreviations.
Table I. Forest Service (FS) Discretionary Appropriations by Account
Account FY2016 Enacted FY2017 Enacted % Change FY2018 Request % Change
($ in millions) ($ in millions) from ($ in millions) from
FY2016 FY2017
Forest and Rangeland Research (FRR) $291.0 $288.5 -1% $259.0 -10%
State and Private Forestry (SPF) 237.0 216.9 -8% 118.0 -46%
National Forest System (NFS) 1,509.4 1,513.3 0% 1,747.4 15%
Capital Improvement & Maintenance (CIM) 348.2 348.0 0% 99.7 -71%
Land Acquisition (LA) 64.6 55.6 -14% 8.0 -86%
Wildland Fire Management (WFM) 2,386.3 [3,086.3] 2,833.4 -8% 2,495.0 -12%
FLAME 823.0 0.0 [342.0] -58% 0 -100%
Other- 4.9 4.9 0% 4.3 -12%
Total 5,664.3 [6,364.3] 5,254.3 [5,596.3] -12% 4,731.6 -15%
Source: P.L. 114-133 Division G; P.L. 115-31 Division G; FS FY2018 budget justification.
Notes: Figures in brackets represent total enacted appropriations, including funds provided outside of discretionary spending limits ($700.0
million in FY2016 and $342.0 million in FY2017). Percentage change is calculated using total figures, including funds subject to and outside of
discretionary spending limits.
a. In addition to the larger accounts listed, FS receives appropriations to several relatively small accounts, such as appropriations for the
Range Betterment Fund; gifts, donations, and bequests for research; and management of national forest lands for subsistence uses.
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