A Review of the President's Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request for the U.S. Forest Service

Senate Appropriations Committee
   Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
124 Dirksen

10/04/2024 at 02:30PM

Subcommittee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2025 Request for the U.S. Forest Service. The budget request is $8.9 billion; $6.5 billion for base programs and $2.39 billion for the wildfire suppression cap adjustment in the Wildfire Suppression Operations Reserve Fund.

Witness:

  • Randy Moore, Chief, U.S. Forest Service

The request includes:

  • $58 million for recreation, heritage and wilderness (+$18M from 2024)
  • $33 million for vegetation and watershed management (+$3M from 2024)
  • $207 million for hazardous fuels reduction (+$31.55M from 2024)
  • $315.6 million for forest and rangeland research (+$15.6M from 2024)
  • $25 million to address the urgent need for maintenance of employee housing.