Wildfire Suppression and Forest Management in the President’s Budget

The Obama Administration proposes a 19 percent increase in logging sales and increased funding to thin forests in the Fiscal Year 2015 budget released this week. The budget also endorses bi-partisan efforts in Congress to allow for off-budget wildfire suppression, similar to other natural disasters, when costs in a given year are excessive.

An additional $20 million would be spent on the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, funding ten additional restoration projects. Funding for hazardous fuels removal would increase 17 percent.

For additional information, please contact RCRC Legislative Advocate Cyndi Hillery at 916.447.4806 or chillery@rcrcnet.org.