[House Hearing, 114 Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] HEARING TO REVIEW THE 2015 FIRE SEASON AND LONG-TERM TRENDS ======================================================================= HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION __________ OCTOBER 8, 2015 __________ Serial No. 114-30 [GRAPHIC NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT] Printed for the use of the Committee on Agriculture agriculture.house.gov ____________ U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 97-183 PDF WASHINGTON : 2016 ____________________________________________________________________________ For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office, http://bookstore.gpo.gov. For more information, contact the GPO Customer Contact Center, U.S. Government Publishing Office. Phone 202-512-1800, or 866-512-1800 (toll-free). E-mail, [email protected]. COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, Texas, Chairman RANDY NEUGEBAUER, Texas, COLLIN C. PETERSON, Minnesota, Vice Chairman Ranking Minority Member BOB GOODLATTE, Virginia DAVID SCOTT, Georgia FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma JIM COSTA, California STEVE KING, Iowa TIMOTHY J. WALZ, Minnesota MIKE ROGERS, Alabama MARCIA L. FUDGE, Ohio GLENN THOMPSON, Pennsylvania JAMES P. McGOVERN, Massachusetts BOB GIBBS, Ohio SUZAN K. DelBENE, Washington AUSTIN SCOTT, Georgia FILEMON VELA, Texas ERIC A. ``RICK'' CRAWFORD, Arkansas MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM, New Mexico SCOTT DesJARLAIS, Tennessee ANN M. KUSTER, New Hampshire CHRISTOPHER P. GIBSON, New York RICHARD M. NOLAN, Minnesota VICKY HARTZLER, Missouri CHERI BUSTOS, Illinois DAN BENISHEK, Michigan SEAN PATRICK MALONEY, New York JEFF DENHAM, California ANN KIRKPATRICK, Arizona DOUG LaMALFA, California PETE AGUILAR, California RODNEY DAVIS, Illinois STACEY E. PLASKETT, Virgin Islands TED S. YOHO, Florida ALMA S. ADAMS, North Carolina JACKIE WALORSKI, Indiana GWEN GRAHAM, Florida RICK W. ALLEN, Georgia BRAD ASHFORD, Nebraska MIKE BOST, Illinois DAVID ROUZER, North Carolina RALPH LEE ABRAHAM, Louisiana JOHN R. MOOLENAAR, Michigan DAN NEWHOUSE, Washington TRENT KELLY, Mississippi ______ Scott C. Graves, Staff Director Robert L. Larew, Minority Staff Director ______ Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry GLENN THOMPSON, Pennsylvania, Chairman FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM, New STEVE KING, Iowa Mexico, Ranking Minority Member SCOTT DesJARLAIS, Tennessee ANN M. KUSTER, New Hampshire CHRISTOPHER P. GIBSON, New York RICHARD M. NOLAN, Minnesota DAN BENISHEK, Michigan SUZAN K. DelBENE, Washington RICK W. ALLEN, Georgia ANN KIRKPATRICK, Arizona MIKE BOST, Illinois (ii) C O N T E N T S ---------- Page DelBene, Hon. Suzan K., a Representative in Congress from Washington, submitted report................................... 73 Lujan Grisham, Hon. Michelle, a Representative in Congress from New Mexico, opening statement.................................. 4 Newhouse, Hon. Dan, a Representative in Congress from Washington, submitted letter............................................... 87 Thompson, Hon. Glenn, a Representative in Congress from Pennsylvania, opening statement................................ 1 Prepared statement........................................... 3 Witnesses Tidwell, Thomas L., Chief, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C................................ 6 Prepared statement........................................... 7 Submitted questions.......................................... 88 Haeberle, Rod, Owner, Haeberle Ranch, Okanogan, WA............... 30 Prepared statement........................................... 32 Topik, Ph.D., Christopher, Director, Restoring America's Forests, North America Region, The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA.... 44 Prepared statement........................................... 46 Litzenberg, Erik J., Fire Chief, Santa Fe Fire Department, Santa Fe, NM; on behalf of International Association of Fire Chiefs.. 54 Prepared statement........................................... 55 Priddy, (Ret.), COL Ronald N., Director of Government Affairs, 10 Tanker Air Carrier, Albuquerque, NM............................ 58 Prepared statement........................................... 59 HEARING TO REVIEW THE 2015 FIRE SEASON AND LONG-TERM TRENDS ---------- THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2015 House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry, Committee on Agriculture, Washington, D.C. The Subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10:00 a.m., in Room 1302 of the Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Glenn Thompson [Chairman of the Subcommittee] presiding. Members present: Representatives Thompson, Lucas, Benishek, Allen, Bost, Newhouse, Lujan Grisham, Kuster, Nolan, DelBene, Kirkpatrick, Costa, and Aguilar. Staff present: Haley Graves, Josh Maxwell, Mollie Wilken, Patricia Straughn, Skylar Sowder, Stephanie Addison, Faisal Siddiqui, Evan Jurkovich, Lisa Shelton, Liz Friedlander, Matthew MacKenzie, Nicole Scott, and Carly Reedholm OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. GLENN THOMPSON, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM PENNSYLVANIA The Chairman. Good morning, everyone. This hearing of the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry, to review the 2015 fire season and long-term trends, will come to order. We will open with some opening statements. Good morning again, and welcome to today's hearing of the Conservation and Forestry Subcommittee to review the 2015 fire season and the long-term trends. This year, western states, including Alaska, have experienced yet another catastrophic fire season with over 9 million acres burned to date. Now, this continues an alarming trend where the average number of acres burned each year has nearly doubled since the 1990s. As such, the amount that the government spends on suppressing these wildfires has also doubled, while the dollars Congress has allotted for fighting these fires have remained nearly the same. When the fire-suppression funding falls short, the financial burden falls on the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior to cover firefighting costs from their non-fire budgets. Now, these fire transfers are halting the programs and activities that promote forest health and hazardous fuels reduction, and it is impacting local Forest Service personnel nationwide. This year alone, over 50 percent of the Forest Service budget has gone towards wildfire suppression, and the USDA expects this figure to grow. To many, the solution seems simple: Congress should allot more funding for fire suppression. However, that is not necessarily the only solution. While the budget and the fire- suppression funding are issues that must be addressed, we must also look at the culture of how we have been managing our National Forests. Forest Service decisions have significant consequences, and we must make sure that policies are in place to keep our forests healthy. Healthy forests require active management, in the form of mechanical thinning, prescribed fires, and other activities, to ensure that they do not become overgrown tinderboxes. Healthy National Forests are more sustainable for generations to come, due to decreased risk of catastrophic fires and invasive species outbreaks. Unfortunately, much of our National Forest System is unhealthy. In fact, Forest Service staff has identified up to \1/4\ of the 193 million acres of the National Forest System as ``wildfire at risk.'' As I mentioned earlier, it is true that the number of acres burned have doubled in recent years compared to the 1990s. However, over the same time, the number of forest fires has stayed constant, or in some years, even declined. Our National Forests are facing an epidemic of declining health, which is in direct correlation to the policies that have led to a dramatic decrease in managed acres. The Forest Service has drastically reduced timber harvest from almost 13 billion board feet in the late 1980s to only 3 billion board feet of timber in recent years. And it is no wonder that the number of acres affected by catastrophic wildfires has doubled. This loss of forestland could potentially increase, especially if we do not find a comprehensive solution to this problem. The Agricultural Act of 2014 provided the tools for the Forest Service to successfully manage our National Forests. These provisions allow for expedited planning for projects, and it reauthorizes programs to allow the Forest Service to streamline projects, such as timber sales and restoration projects, or projects across neighboring jurisdiction. To build on the efforts of the 2014 Farm Bill, the House recently passed H.R. 2647, the Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2015. Now, this legislation is an earnest attempt to give the Forest Service more authority and much-needed flexibility to address these challenges of process, funding, litigation, necessary timber harvesting, and essential active management. While the Administration has publicly opposed H.R. 2647 because of a few provisions, there is much more from this legislation that will serve to reduce the catastrophic wildfires. There is not a single solution to solving the wildfire issue. I hope that today's hearing will allow us to continue a dialogue to identify comprehensive solutions. We are very fortunate to have Forest Service Chief Tidwell testify. Chief, you have been great before about working with this Committee and being here, and sharing your perspectives even between hearings. I want to thank you for your communication and your partnership on this as we deal with this challenging issue. I hope to hear from the Chief on his experience with wildfire issues and what tools he has at his disposal, and what tools he needs to further prevent and suppress wildfires. I also look forward to hearing the testimony of our distinguished witnesses on our second panel. These individuals will be able to speak firsthand about the consequences of catastrophic wildfires, and the need to find comprehensive solutions to address this issue. [The prepared statement of Mr. Thompson follows:] Prepared Statement of Hon. Glenn Thompson, a Representative in Congress from Pennsylvania Good morning, and welcome to today's hearing of the Conservation and Forestry Subcommittee to review the 2015 fire season and long term trends. This year, western states, including Alaska, have experienced yet another catastrophic fire season with over 9 million acres burned to date. This continues an alarming trend where the average number of acres burned each year has nearly doubled since the 1990s. As such, the amount the government spends on suppressing these wildfires has also doubled, while the dollars Congress has allotted for fighting these fires have remained nearly the same. When fire suppression funding falls short, the financial burden falls on the Forest Service and Department of the Interior to cover firefighting costs from their non-fire budgets. These fire transfers are halting the programs and activities that promote forest health and hazardous fuels reduction, and it is impacting local Forest Service personnel nationwide. This year alone, over 50% of the Forest Service budget has gone towards wildfire suppression and USDA expects this figure to grow. To many, the solution seems simple--Congress should allot more funding for fire suppression. However, that is not necessarily the only solution. While the budget and fire suppression funding are issues that must be addressed, we must also look at the culture of how we have been managing our National Forests. Forest Service decisions have significant consequences, and we must make sure that policies are in place to keep our forests healthy. Healthy forests require active management--in the form of mechanical thinning, prescribed fires, and other activities--to ensure they do not become overgrown tinderboxes. Healthy National Forests are more sustainable for generations to come due to decreased risk of catastrophic fires and invasive species outbreaks. Unfortunately, much of our National Forest System is unhealthy. In fact, Forest Service staff has identified up to \1/4\ of the 193 million acres of the National Forest System as ``wildfire at risk''. As I mentioned earlier, it is true that the number of acres burned have doubled in recent years compared to the 1990s. However, over the same time, the number of forest fires has stayed constant or in some years even declined. Our National Forests are facing an epidemic of declining health, which is in direct correlation to policies that have led to a dramatic decrease in managed acres. The Forest Service has drastically reduced timber harvest from almost 13 billion board feet in the late 1980's to only 3 billion board feet of timber in recent years. It is no wonder that the number of acres affected by catastrophic wildfire has doubled. This loss of forestland could potentially increase, especially if we do not find a comprehensive solution to this problem. The Agricultural Act of 2014 provided the tools for the Forest Service to successfully manage our National Forests. These provisions allow for expedited planning for projects, and it reauthorizes programs to allow the Forest Service to streamline projects, such as timber sale and restoration projects, or projects across neighboring jurisdictions. To build on the efforts of the 2014 Farm Bill, the House recently passed H.R. 2647, the Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2015. This legislation is an earnest attempt to give the Forest Service more authority and much needed flexibility to address these challenges of process, funding, litigation, necessary timber harvesting, and essential active management. While the Administration has publicly opposed H.R. 2647 because of a few provisions, there is much from this legislation that will serve to reduce catastrophic wildfires. There is not a single solution to solving wildfire issues. I hope that today's hearing will allow us to continue a dialogue to identify comprehensive solutions. We are very fortunate to have Forest Service Chief Tidwell testify before the Subcommittee today. I hope to hear from the Chief on his experience with wildfire issues and what tools he has at his disposal and what tools he needs to further prevent and suppress wildfires. I also look forward to hearing the testimony of our distinguished witnesses on our second panel. These individuals will be able to speak first-hand about the consequences of catastrophic wildfires and the need to find comprehensive solutions to address this issue. I now recognize the Ranking Member, Ms. Lujan Grisham, for her opening statement. The Chairman. I now am pleased to recognize the Ranking Member, Ms. Lujan Grisham, for her opening statement. OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM NEW MEXICO Ms. Lujan Grisham. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I really appreciate your calling today's hearing to review the 2015 fire season and long-term wildfire trends. Although wildfires have occasionally been discussed in Committee hearings, it has, in fact, been more than 10 years since a wildfire-specific hearing has been held. In this time, the cost, the size, and the intensity of these fires have been dramatically increasing. This deserves our Committee's and Congress' attention, and this timely hearing allows us to discuss--I agree with the Chairman--a variety of ways that we can help mitigate, prevent, and fight wildfires. This year's wildfire season has devastated much of the western United States. Many Members on this Committee have either experienced devastation caused by wildfires in their states or districts this year, have experienced it in the past, or know that it might just be a matter of time before wildfires impact their constituents. This fire season has resulted in the Forest Service spending $1.7 billion fighting fires. We have seen more than 9 million acres burned, thousands of homes destroyed, and 13 firefighters have lost their lives in the line of duty. I am thankful and grateful that New Mexico avoided any big fires this year, but I know firsthand how devastating fires can be. For 3 years in a row, New Mexico endured some of the biggest fires the state had ever seen. The Whitewater Baldy Complex, Los Conchos, and the Gila fires devastated our land, our resources, and our communities. In this last fiscal year, Fiscal Year 2015, the Forest Service spent $700 million more than what Congress initially appropriated, and as a result, the agency had to transfer funds from non-fire programs to support the immediate emergency needs of fire suppression. I was pleased to see that we supported getting that $700 million supplemental request in the CR, but fighting for those supplemental requests is not the best method to assure that we have the resources that we need to address wildfire. Unfortunately, this is becoming the norm and not the exception. Since 2004, the Forest Service has needed some eight supplemental appropriations, and this fire borrowing trend has been terribly disruptive to the Forest Service's ability to carry out its Congressional-mandated mission. Just this fire season, the Southwest region, which includes New Mexico and Arizona, lost more than $15 million to fire borrowing. This affected several important projects in New Mexico, and put on hold the Santa Fe National Forest Moya Oso Project, which is a wildland urban interface fuels reduction project; the El Medio Forest Renewal Project, which is a thinning project that would have harvested 315 acres in the Carson National Forest; and the riparian restoration at Three Pueblos Project, which is a forest restoration collaboration project among the pueblos of Ohkay Owingeh, Santa Clara, and Nambe. Unfortunately, these types of projects that are put on hold are exactly the kinds of projects that, in fact, prevent future wildfires. To make matters worse, fire borrowing is only part of the problem. The rising 10 year suppression cost average for wildfires means less funding is going to non-fire Forest Service employees and programs each year. Because of this, the Forest Service now has fewer resources for recreation, research and development, and road maintenance. There are also fewer resources to carry out NEPA analysis, timber contracts, timber salvage, controlled burns, and other Forest Service management activities. A number of factors contribute to the increase in size and intensity of wildfires, including drought, climate change, and poorly managed forests. But the Forest Service currently lacks the resources necessary to mitigate any of these factors. I am a cosponsor of H.R. 167, the Wildfire Funding Disaster Act. Now, this is the budget fix that the Forest Service needs. I am open to discussing how H.R. 167 can fit with other policy proposals to address our forest needs, but first and foremost, we must fix the wildfire budget so the Forest Service can do the work that everyone on this Committee expects it to do. Again, Mr. Chairman, I thank you for holding today's hearing, and I look forward to hearing from our witnesses. The Chairman. I thank the gentlelady, and I was not aware of the fact we were making history today together chairing this hearing, the first time in 10 years to address wildfires. Let's just hope at the end of this hearing we have made history by identifying some good potential solutions to deal with the problem. The chair would request that other Members submit their opening statements for the record so the witnesses may begin their testimony, to ensure that there is ample time for questions. The chair would like to remind Members that they will be recognized for questioning in order of seniority for Members who were present at the start of the hearing. After that, Members will be recognized in order of their arrival. I appreciate the Members' understanding. Witnesses are reminded to limit their oral presentations to 5 minutes, and all written statements will be included in the record. Before I introduce our first panel, I would just ask that we all pause for a moment of silent prayer, remembering those brave heroes; those members of the United States Forest Service, our firefighters, who have lost their lives over the years, and particularly this last year. Amen. I am very pleased to welcome our first panel. Really, a gentleman that has been before this Committee a lot, and that is appreciated. Chief Tidwell, you are a great partner, and it is great to welcome you back again on an issue that I know is of significant concern to you, and something that you work diligently to try to come up with the right types of solutions. And we are looking forward to hearing some of that, so I am honored to welcome Mr. Tom Tidwell, Chief of the United States Forest Service. Chief Tidwell, please begin when you are ready. STATEMENT OF THOMAS L. TIDWELL, CHIEF, U.S. FOREST SERVICE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WASHINGTON, D.C. Chief Tidwell. Mr. Chairman, Members of the Subcommittee, first of all, thank you for having the hearing, and also thank you for giving me the opportunity to present our thoughts about the 2015 fire season, and also what we have, the task in front of us. As predicted, this fire season, being hotter, dryer, and on average, 78 days longer, coupled with historic 4 year drought in California, record low snow packs in Oregon and Washington, we had a historic fire season. At one time, we had 27,000 people out on fires. That is in addition to all the folks doing initial attack. We have never, ever had that level of resources out during any one fire season before. I will tell you, the men and women of the Forest Service, and all the Federal agencies, the state agencies, the county, local fire, our contractors, they just did an outstanding job, when I looked at what we were up against this year, and we all owe them a debt of gratitude for the work, the service that they provided. But once again, we had another tragic fire season. And I appreciate the recognition of the folks that we lost this year, not only the Forest Service, but other firefighters from other agencies. While we are going to continue to have large wildfires, we can change the consequences, we can change the level of fire severity, we can change the risk to our homes, to our firefighters, but we are going to need to act. So first of all, the things we are continuing to do, to have the resources to suppress fires. We continue this year, once again, 98, almost 99 percent of almost every fire we took initial attack on, we suppressed during initial attack. So we have the firefighters, we have the large air tankers that we need, we have the helicopters, we have the engines, and working together with all of our partners, we have really the best response in the world. It is a model for the rest of the world about how to suppress fires. The second part of it, we have to keep increasing the acres that we are treating to reduce the hazardous fuels. In 2014, 4.6 million acres, by far the most we have ever treated in a given year to reduce the threat and restore our National Forests. We have also increased timber harvest by 18 percent since 2008. We have also reduced our unit cost by 26 percent. And we are doing this through our long-term stewardship contracts or our collaborative forest landscape restoration projects, using our new authorities--thank you for the Farm Bill of 2014. We are doing this, at the same time there is 39 percent fewer Forest Service employees today than what we had 15 years ago. And we are making steady progress, but it is not enough. We have to fix the funding issue. There is just no question. I want to thank you for the CR for repaying the money that we had to transfer. That will make a significant difference to our communities, to the public, to be able to get that work back online. But we also have to stop the erosion of the rest of our programs that occurs from having to increase the portion of our budget to fire suppression every year. Folks have seen our reports. In 1995, 16 percent of the Forest Service budget went into fire: 2015, it is 52 percent. We expect by 2025, it will be 67 percent. This has had a tremendous impact on our ability to carry out our mission to reduce fuels, but to also provide the recreational services, to have the road system, everything that the public relies on. So that is the second thing we have to address. Another couple of key points for you to think about. Since 2003 to 2015, the cost of fire suppression went up $740 million. Our budget didn't go up $740 million. In addition, between Fiscal Year 2015 and Fiscal Year 2017, with the last couple of fire seasons we have had, the 10 year average of cost for fires goes up another $239 million. And that is going to continue. Without our budget being able to go up at the same rate, which is not possible in these economic times, we have to find a fix to be able to first stop the transfer, and I appreciate the work that you have done to be able to recognize that, but that is just part of the problem. We also have to stop how we are eroding the rest of the programs because of the increased cost of fires. And I wish I could change the situation we have on the landscape. I wish our fire seasons were shorter, I wish we had more precip, I wish it was cooler, but I can't change that. The other thing I can't change is that 50+ million acres that you referenced, Mr. Chairman, it is at high risk. There are a lot of homes out there. It is another big cost-driver for us. And I understand why people want to live out there. I want to live there. I understand that. That is not going to change. But the reality of it, it increases the cost of fire suppression. So we have to do a combination. Fix the fire-funding issue, stop the erosion of the rest of our programs, and at the same time, we have to expand the work that we are doing. In our Fiscal Year 2016 budget, we had a proposal that would have significantly increased the amount of acres that we were treating, and including the amount of biomass, saw timber, that would come off of these lands. We can do this. And I really appreciate the work of this Committee. I want to thank you again for the 2014 Farm Bill. What you did there to add those additional authorities are going to really help us as we move forward. And I really appreciate the way you did that, because you did it in a way to give us additional authorities that maintain the public trust so that our collaboratives feel good about those authorities, and we can go out there and we are implementing that. In fact, we have 20 projects this year that are using those new authorities. So thank you very much, I appreciate letting me have an extra minute, and I look forward to your questions. [The prepared statement of Mr. Tidwell follows:] Prepared Statement of Thomas L. Tidwell, Chief, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to present the views of the Forest Service regarding the 2015 fire season and long term trends. Increasingly severe fire seasons are one of the greatest challenges facing the nation's forests and 2015 was no exception. Fire now consumes greater than 50 percent of the Forest Service budget and the agency needed to transfer funding from non-fire accounts to cover the cost of fire suppression again this year. To reduce the threat of wildland fire, the Forest Service is accelerating restoration and management of the National Forests through innovative approaches and increased collaboration, though it is clear that more work needs to be done. We are at a critical moment in the history of the Forest Service. Urgent action is needed in order to address the program disruption and associated deterioration of capacity to effectively manage our National Forests caused by the continually increasing percentage of our budget that is dedicated to wildfire suppression activities. We remain willing and ready to work with Congress to improve our tools to better manage our forests, but the most important action Congress can make now in advancing the pace and scale of forest restoration is to fix the fire funding problem. Review of the 2015 Wildfire Season During this fire season, there were 24 days at National Preparedness Level 5--the highest level--meaning all available ground and air assets are committed to priority work. Severe drought across the West has increased fire severity in several states. Washington State among others, has recorded a record season of severe wildfires. Drought-ridden California has also experienced tremendous fire activity. The Forest Service, in coordination with our fire response partners, mobilized over 27,000 firefighters along with numerous airtankers, helicopters, fire engines and other assets through our integrated, interagency suppression efforts. Every state, Puerto Rico, and the Pacific Islands, along with the military and international support, has provided people and equipment this season to help manage over 50,000 wildfires. In total, over 9 million acres burned across the United States including over 5 million acres in Alaska. These fires destroyed over 2,500 single residences; however, the greatest losses involved the fatalities of 13 wildland firefighters who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect the lives of others. Our thoughts and prayers will forever be with their family and friends. This year, fire funding represents 52% ($2.159 billion) of the agency's budget. Between last fiscal year and this year, for example, the suppression budget, using a rolling 10 year average, grew by $115 million and non-fire programs were reduced by that amount, requiring the agency to forego opportunities to complete vital restoration work and meet public expectations for other services the agency provides such as outdoor recreation, facility maintenance, research and more. On Aug. 13th, the Forest Service projected that the agency would not have sufficient suppression funds to last through the end of the fiscal year. The only option available was to use the agency's transfer authority. The agency developed a strategy to transfer up to $450 million from current year discretionary and permanent and trust balances. Upon implementation of the transfer strategy, it was determined that $450 million was insufficient to cover the suppression costs to the end of the fiscal year. Therefore, the Forest Service identified an additional $250 million to transfer from discretionary and permanent and trust fund balances to pay for suppression costs through the end of September. This year's transfer strategy has canceled or postponed several projects including critical bridge inspections, road repairs, prescribed burns and other restoration projects. In total, the Forest Service spent approximately $1.7 billion on fire suppression in Fiscal Year 2015 (FY 2015). At the height of the season, the cost of wildland fire suppression was as much as $243 million in a week. Long-Term Fire Trends and Budget Issues The Forest Service's fire budget is based on the 10 year average cost of fire suppression. When fighting fires in a given year costs more than Congress appropriates (as was the case in FY 2015), the agency is forced to transfer additional funds from already depleted non-fire programs. Fiscal Year 2015 marked the eighth time since FY 2002 the Forest Service needed to transfer funds to pay for fire suppression. These transfers are highly disruptive to the planning and execution of numerous programs. When funding is transferred from other programs to support fire suppression operations, these programs are unable to accomplish priority work and achieve the overall mission of the agency. The ability of programs to achieve established targets are impacted as projects are often put on hold or canceled. The problem of fire transfer comes on top of an underlying budget shift. Over the past 2 decades, fires have increased in severity, intensity and cost as fire seasons have lasted more than 70 days longer, drought and increased temperatures contribute to dangerous conditions, and as more people have moved into fire-prone areas. These factors have led to a dramatic increase in the cost of the 10 year average. As documented in a recently released report,\1\ the cost of fire suppression has soared in the past 20 years and is having a debilitating impact on the Forest Service budget and non-suppression activities. In 1995, fire made up 16 percent of the Forest Service's annual appropriated budget--this year, for the first time ever, more than 50 percent of the budget will be dedicated to fire. Along with this shift in resources, there has been a corresponding shift in staff, with a 39 percent reduction in all non-fire personnel. Left unchecked, the share of the budget devoted to fire in 2025 could exceed 67 percent. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ http://www.fs.fed.us/about-agency/budget-performance/cost-fire- operations. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Wildland Fire Cost Consumes Forest Service BudgetThis dramatic shift in funding and personnel to fire programs and away from non-fire programs has significant impacts on the ground. These impacts matter for communities across the country, east to west-- not just to the communities most impacted by fire. For example:
In FY 2013 and FY 2014, twenty-one facilities projects were deferred to future years, including sewer system repairs, air tanker base repairs, water system improvements, dam repairs and wastewater system rehabilitation. Three-quarters of Forest Service trails are not being maintained to standard, with a range of negative effects; the trails backlog was valued at $314 million in 2012--with other recreation infrastructure needs, the backlog puts small businesses and communities that depend on recreation jobs and dollars at risk. Funding for the Vegetation and Watershed Management program has declined by 24 from FY 2001 to FY 2015 impacting the ability to support resource restoration projects on the Nation Forest System (NFS). Other programs, like research and state and private partnerships, are also impacted. We are again proposing a revised funding strategy for wildfire suppression. The FY 2016 President's Budget proposes discretionary funding for suppression at a level represented by 70 percent of the 10 year average of fire suppression costs. This level of funding provides for suppression of 98 percent of the fires we fight. In addition, up to $855 million for the Forest Service, and $200 million for the Department of the Interior, would be made available under a disaster funding cap adjustment to meet funding needs for fire suppression above the base appropriation. This strategy would provide increased certainty in addressing growing needs for fire suppression funding while better protecting non-suppression programs from funding transfers that diminish their effectiveness. Moreover, it would allow us to stabilize the pace and scale of our investments in restoring forested landscapes, helping forests adapt to the growing effects of climate change, and better prepare communities in the wildland/urban interface for future wildfires. Increasing the Pace and Scale of Restoration Fire plays a beneficial role in maintaining the ecological stability of many landscapes, and the Forest Service is working with partners to restore healthy, resilient, fire-adapted ecosystems. Our goal, especially near homes and communities, is to prepare forests and grasslands to resist stresses such as drought and recover from disturbances, including wildfires. Our large-scale restoration projects are designed in part to restore fire-adapted forest types across large landscapes, including the reintroduction of periodic wildland fire where safe and effective. The capacity to increase the pace and scale of landscape restoration can, over time, begin to check the growth of both wildfire cost and share of the Forest Service budget. The Forest Service, together with diverse partners, is making a difference through implementation of the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, Watershed Condition Framework, Integrated Resource Restoration pilot projects, Western Bark Beetle Strategy, finalization of the 2012 forest planning rule, efficiency improvements for the National Environmental Policy Act and timber and stewardship contract processing, prescribed burns and managed wildfire, and market support programs for forest products. The Forest Service has increased the impact and rate of restoration nationally. In 2014, the agency accomplished treatments on 4.6 million acres to restore watershed function on NFS land and to reduce the threat of fire in the wildland-urban interface on NFS and state and private lands. This represents an increase of nearly 400,000 acres (nine percent) compared to 2011 accomplishments despite mounting challenges such as record droughts, longer and drier wildfire seasons, a reduction in non-fire personnel to support the agency's mission, and a rapidly increasing percentage of the budget being spent on wildland fire management. We have achieved efficiencies by investing in collaborative approaches to forest restoration across the country as a way to develop better projects, to work across larger landscapes, to build public support for forest restoration and management, and to reduce the risk from litigation. Dozens of collaboratives across the country are enabling the Forest Service and our partners to get more work done. These collaboratives are locally led groups from local communities, environmental groups, forest industry, and others and are designing projects that address forest restoration, supply wood to local mills, conserve watersheds and provide a range of other benefits. In addition, the 2014 Farm Bill expanded current authorities and provided several new authorities to increase the pace and scale of restoration including: Forest Restoration through Stewardship Contracting The farm bill provided permanent authority for stewardship contracting. Stewardship contracts help the Forest Service achieve land and natural resource management goals by funding forest health and restoration projects, stream restoration, hazardous fuel removal, and recreation improvements. In many areas, stewardship contracting will allow the agency to build larger projects, treating more acres, with broader public support. Since 2008, acres treated through stewardship contracts and agreements have nearly tripled. We are also working to improve the efficiency of planning timber sales and stewardship contracts. In 2014, we exceeded our targets by producing 2.8 billion board feet of timber. Our timber harvest has increased 14 percent since 2008. The agency is achieving these results despite the fact that since 1998, NFS staff was reduced by well over \1/3\. If the President's FY 2016 budget proposal were in place this year, approximately $300 million would be available for non-fire programs. Forest Service is estimating that would equate to 1 million additional acres treated and an increase of 300 million board feet. Forest Restoration through Expanded Insect and Disease Designations The 2014 Farm Bill also added authority to the Healthy Forest Restoration Act to authorize designation of insect and disease treatment areas and provided categorical exclusions (CEs) for insect and disease projects on areas as large as 3,000 acres. The Forest Service received letters from 36 states requesting designations under the insect and disease provisions. In response, we designated approximately 46.7 million acres of National Forest System lands. Currently, 20 projects have been proposed under the provision; the Forest Service intends to use the CE provision for 16 of the projects and streamlined Environmental Assessments for the remaining four. The initial 16 projects will help the agency and its partners better understand and implement the new CE authority while additional projects are proposed, planned, and authorized. The Forest Service will expand planning and implementation of projects within designated areas in FY 2016 and beyond. Forest Restoration through Projects under the Good Neighbor Authority The Forest Service completed the requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act to move forward with developing the new Good Neighbor Agreement templates necessary to carry out projects with the states. The Forest Service worked closely with states to collaboratively develop the new templates, which were approved by the Office of Management and Budget on June 24, 2015. Since then, the agency has entered into agreements with Pennsylvania, Utah, and Wisconsin to carry out forest, rangeland and watershed health activities on the National Forests in those states. On many of our National Forests, Burned Area Emergency Response, or BAER teams, are at work using their authorities to stabilize riverbanks and watersheds to prevent flooding and protect water supplies as a result of this year's fire activity. But that's not enough. Land managers lack the necessary funding to assist with the repair of thousands of miles of fire-damaged roads, to quickly remove the hazard trees that line those roads, and to restore trail-heads and campgrounds critical to rural recreation businesses. We remain interested in ideas that will help us pursue treatment at the landscape scale quickly, efficiently, and in a reasonable time to address problems before they can worsen. As a general matter, the Forest Service welcomes legislation that incentivizes collaboration and expands the toolset we can use to complete critical work on our nation's forests, without overriding environmental laws, mandating harvest levels, or requiring new layers of zoning on the NFS. Conclusion The frequency and intensity of wildfire, the rising cost of resources needed to deploy for emergency response against the spread of wildfire, and the way that fire suppression is paid for all combine to constrain the agency's capacity to realize additional gains in land management and restoration through efficiencies and partnerships. Although the Forest Service has, in recent years, made great strides in the pursuit of efficiencies--we are treating more acres with fewer people, there is a limit to what the agency can achieve going forward unless Congress solves the wildfire budget challenge we face. We are at a critical moment in the history of the Forest Service. Urgent action is needed in order to ensure that that Forest Service does not become further hindered by the continually increasing percentage of our budget that is dedicated to wildfire suppression activities. The most important action Congress can make now in advancing the pace and scale of forest restoration is to fix the fire funding problem. The Chairman. Thank you very much. It is helpful if you turn that on. The request that you made, and what many of our Members outside of this Subcommittee, and certainly outside the Agriculture Committee, don't realize is if the Forest Service, if we allow them to do their job, you are a revenue producer. We don't need to be looking for other parts of the government for funding if we are getting the barriers out of your way. With the value of saw log timber alone, you look at the variance from where we were at the peak of harvesting in the 1990s, late 1980s, and today, it is a 10 billion board feet difference, and look at the value of that. I think that is why I am excited about this hearing and the solutions that we are going to talk about today. My first question for you, Chief, is how has litigation affected the Forest Service's active forest management? Has it had an impact? Chief Tidwell. Well, this year, we had, out of 316 projects that would have resulted in saw timber and biomass, we had 16 of those litigated. So there will be a slowdown of those 16 projects. The biggest impact for this year was no bids. We had over 50 of our sales that we received no bids on. Our folks had to go back, repackage those to be able to find a way in these very difficult markets to be able to move forward. But as I look at--and we are probably going to be at 97 percent of our target again this year, with the tremendous work that we did. As I looked at the big change this year, it was no bids. It is something we are going to have to address, be able to find some different ways to be able to move forward so that we can get folks out in the woods to be able to remove the saw timber, the biomass. The Chairman. Following up on that, because I agree, I mean when it comes to healthy forests, and I like to say then wealthy rural communities, or more wealthy rural communities, it is not just about looking at the barriers that we know we are dealing with, primarily probably in this hearing, but it is the market for our timber that helps to drive the active management, and it is the value of the timber. I know you have a lot of great people working under your leadership on the research side, the laboratory side. I am blessed in North Warren to have amazing scientists up there that are--and I have been down to the southeastern Pennsylvania, just a lot of good people. Of your team, what kind of things are we looking at in terms of influencing market and value? Chief Tidwell. Well, we have our research scientists to continue to do work to be able to find ways to increase using green building materials; wood, in buildings. Secretary Vilsack, he put out the competition to get a couple of companies to actually demonstrate how we can use wood in commercial buildings. So we are moving forward with that to be able to show that we can use wood to go maybe eight, ten, maybe even twelve stories, to be able to expand the markets. We also want to encourage more wood in buildings. It is a green building material. It takes less energy than steel and concrete. And we need to find more markets for the wood that needs to be removed, the small diameter material. Our wood--our Forest Products Lab developed a product called the cross- laminated timber. It is stronger than natural wood, it is more heat-resistant, and it is the tool that we will be able to use to use in these tall commercial buildings. We also need to look at ways to make it economically viable to use biomass for energy production, to be able to remove that small diameter material, along with all the saw logs. We are also working to maintain the pellet industry in the Southeast. It is being challenged that it is not sustainable. So our scientists are working to be able to show that, yes, that is also a sustainable forestry practice, so that we can maintain those markets. So those are the thing that we are going to continue to work on. But it is essential that we be able to expand our current markets and look for new markets to be able to use the amount of biomass that needs to come off of not only the National Forests, but we also need to maintain our private-land forests. And I will tell you, without the markets, those are the forests that are probably even most at risk. The Chairman. Well, thank you, Chief. I am pleased to report I had a conversation with United States Trade Ambassador Froman---- Chief Tidwell. Yes. The Chairman.--this past week, and obviously, my conversations have been about where--with the TPP there was just some recent announcements on, where were we in terms of forest products, from saw logs to those that have been cut, the furniture, pellets, and it was just good news. Currently today, there are like $800 million in tariffs that really hinder our ability to export what we are harvesting off our forests, and get made into something. We harvest it here, and we sell it there. Specifically, obviously, in the Asian countries with the TPP. And that was good news. Those are eliminated, at least with this current TPP proposal, and that speaks well for future markets. I am pleased to recognize the Ranking Member for 5 minutes of questioning. Ms. Lujan Grisham. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And welcome, Chief Tidwell. I really want to just continue and, to the highest degree of maybe having some more specificity, that the Chairman has initiated with you. So we know that we have an insufficient budget, even if we weren't borrowing. The Chairman. Thanks to you too. Ms. Lujan Grisham. You are very welcome. So we know that if you weren't borrowing, we have an insufficient budget, because you mentioned that we have an incredible increased cost to deal with the fire suppression issues. So a stagnant budget isn't going to get us there. That, while we have an opportunity to have a resource-driven environment by taking fuel out of the forests, marketing those products, we have limitations with the current economy, our ability to engage in a global economy, that we don't have the infrastructure for in many places. Given the economic conditions in my state, we have lost workers that we would have to have investments to even replace those, which I would really encourage you to think about getting done in my state. So what are some specific approaches to front-loading the budget, having reliability and predictability about that budget, about spending enough time and energy to both reduce costs by knowing how you might do that more effectively, and control those costs, and then to create opportunities for a resource-driven investment right back into forest management and wildfire suppression? Can you give me some more specifics about how we might create an agenda that this Committee could launch in this Congress? Chief Tidwell. Well, it goes back to my opening comments about fixing our budget situation with fire suppression. I appreciate the recognition and support to stop the transfer, that very disruptive practice that, almost every year now, impacts our operations in August and September. And I cannot thank you enough for the $700 million in the continuing resolution, the additional money to pay back. But we lose a big part of the field season, and we have lost that forever. And so, yes, we will be able to continue to bring those projects back on-line, but we lost a field season. There are a lot of inefficiencies. The---- Ms. Lujan Grisham. In fact, we spend more money in addition to the increased cost for fire suppression because of this sort of revolving borrowing environment that we---- Chief Tidwell. We do. It not only slows down the work, but just imagine the disruption that occurs when we have to contact all of our offices to find out, okay, which projects can we postpone, which things are available, get them to stop their regular work and be able to work on just gathering up all this information and send it back to Washington, we make the choices about--and I tell you, we go to great lengths to minimize the impacts of having to transfer money, but there is no question there are significant impacts. So that is part of it. The second part of it, when it comes to the way that we budget for annual suppression is using the 10 year rolling average. And as I mentioned before, since 2003 it has gone up $740 million. Between 2015 and 2017, it will go up another $239 million. And so under a constrained budget, all that--that money has to come from all the other programs, and many of those are the programs that we use to restore our forests, to provide the services that the public demands. So we need---- Ms. Lujan Grisham. To mitigate fires. Chief Tidwell. Yes. So we need an approach that does both; stops the transfer, and then finds a way that we don't have to erode our programs. And that is one of the things why we were supportive of this idea of taking one or two percent of these very large fires, the ones that threaten our communities, and funding those like we fund a natural disaster. And so that the 98 percent, 99 percent of all fires would still be covered under the Forest Service's budget, but it is that one to maybe two percent that, I will tell you from my personal view, when I look at these fires, when I see the pictures, when I talk to our firefighters, they are a natural disaster in every sense of the word. When I look at the devastation from tornadoes and hurricanes, and I see what happens with these few wildfires, they just need to be considered a natural disaster. And then if those could be funded under the proposed or under a cap adjustment, the way we fund other natural disasters, that would eliminate this growth of our 10 year average, allow us to continue to budget for 98, 99 percent of the fires, and then the other key part of it is that free-up about $300 million in our budget constraint. And that would give the flexibility for us to be proactive, to do more timber harvest, to do more hazardous fuels, to restore more watersheds, and we can actually get ahead of this. But we are making very good progress, and I am very proud of what our folks are doing, what they are accomplishing with all the challenges that they have. But we need to accelerate this. We need to be in a different place so that 10 years from now that we can look back and say, because of the decisions we made this year, we made a change. Ten years from now, we can change the fire regimes, we can reduce the threat, but it is going to take increasing our pace and scale. So we need to fix the budget. The second part of it, the toolkit that we have that was expanded with the 2014 Farm Bill, the good neighbor authority, to be able to use the Healthy Forest Restoration Act authorities on our large projects, the additional CE, the way it was constructed, very helpful tools that our folks are going to work with it. Our collaboratives find those very supportive. They want to expand on that. But I need to really stress, when we are talking about using categorical exclusions, it is a good tool for small projects, but we have to be thinking much larger: 3,000 acres of the farm bill, great CE, but we need to be looking at hundreds of thousands of acres at a time. The work that we have done in Arizona, the work that we have done up in the Black Hills in South Dakota, the work that we're doing in eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, I can go on and on. We need to be looking at areas like 100,000, 200,000 acres at a time, and that is the work that needs to be done. So the CE authorities are very helpful. It gives us that opportunity to do that short-term very, very, most urgent work, and at the same time for us to be able to look at these larger landscapes. Ms. Lujan Grisham. Thank you. I am way over time. I am very grateful for that thoughtful answer, and for the Chairman's support. Thank you. The Chairman. The gentlelady's time has expired. The gentleman from Illinois, Mr. Bost. Mr. Bost. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you, Chief. I have a couple of quick questions, if I can. And all politics, I guess, is local, but this is a national issue, but I live right on the edge of one of our smallest forests, the Shawnee. Chief Tidwell. Yes. Mr. Bost. And I have some specific concerns there to find out what is being done as far as fire suppression. I know that the Shawnee is one of the few forests that we don't allow recreational off-road vehicle use, for whatever reason. Does that stop the ability, when a fire breaks out, the ability to access our--when we look at the other forests around the nation, I am a little worried because we haven't had a forest fire in Shawnee for some time, but if something does break out, would that---- Chief Tidwell. No, it would not. Mr. Bost. Okay. Chief Tidwell. When we have a fire breakout, we take whatever steps are necessary to deal with that, and if that means that is using off-road vehicles to be able to get firefighters to that, if it means bringing in bulldozers, helicopters, whatever it takes, we will do that. Mr. Bost. I know that the---- Chief Tidwell. It is one of the---- Mr. Bost.--the argument is---- Chief Tidwell.--things that---- Mr. Bost.--many people in the community believe that we should have that access, for hunting and everything else. I was just wondering as far as trails and things like that whether it would be--I know you would want--you would get there, I understand that---- Chief Tidwell. Yes, we are--and on that issue, that is something that needs working through the local communities to be able to find the right mix of uses out there. And there is a lot of competition for--especially on your forest, people want to get out there for the recreation, and to be able to find that right mix. I also know there is a lot of equestrian activity, which is great country for folks to be able to go out and ride and stuff. And so those are issues that the local forest, working with the communities, they need to come to agreement to find that right balance of those uses. But when it comes to fire suppression, we are going to do what we need to do, and that is one of the reasons why we have such a high success rate. Mr. Bost. That is going to lead me to my other question when you start talking about locals, because being born and raised there all my life, and I have watched certain things occur, and I trust you and the Forest Service to be very wise in properly managing the forest; one, to protect it from fire, and two, to use it in the best possible way. I know that we have had our local community, some that were pass-through of our community, that have protested any time that you have tried to do select or clear-cutting to make the forest more viable, make it safer. Are you still dealing with that type of problem, or do you have that problem everywhere else in the United States, or is it just locally that we have that great problem? Chief Tidwell. That used to be a major problem for us across the country years ago, but that has changed---- Mr. Bost. Okay. Chief Tidwell.--because we have been able to bring the science to the communities to be able to show the work that we are proposing to do on the National Forests is what is necessary to maintain the forest health, the forest resiliency, and that is what drives our work. It is driven by what the land needs, to be able to provide that full mix of benefits. When the public understands that, it is a lot easier for them to come together and to say, ``Okay, we understand why you need to do this, now let's talk about how and where and the timing of it.'' That is a lot easier discussion to have. But we have made great headway. I mean today, you think about it, we have many conservation groups and environmental groups that work with us on our collaboratives, that even stand up with us when we get sued in front of a judge, saying that, ``Yes, this project needs to go forward, this timber sale needs to go forward.'' That is how things have changed because of our collaborative work, and helping folks to understand we are doing what the land needs to be able to maintain the forest health, and yes, biomass needs to be removed. And if we can do it as saw timber and help cover the cost, that is a better way for all of us. The public benefits, everyone benefits. It also creates a tremendous number of jobs. And we need the industry. We need the jobs; we need the folks that do the work. So they have to make money, we want them to make money, and we want to be able to do more of it so we can expand those jobs. Mr. Bost. Thank you. And, Mr. Chairman, I yield back. The Chairman. The gentleman yields back. I am pleased to recognize the gentlelady from Washington State, Ms. DelBene, for 5 minutes. Ms. DelBene. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And, Chief Tidwell, thank you so much for being here. I am very, very pleased that the Subcommittee called this hearing. It is long overdue. This is the first hearing solely on wildfires that the Agriculture Committee has held since 2003, and as it happens, I was working on a bipartisan letter with broad support, requesting a hearing on this very issue, when eventually we heard that a hearing was being called. This is one of the most crucial issues for my district, for my state, the State of Washington, and for many others. In fact, our region, as you know, has been severely impacted, and dedicated firefighters lost their lives. So it deserves our utmost attention. I spoke to folks at the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, and I wanted to give you an idea of some of the local impacts that fire funding has had. Dollars taken from non-fire programs put in jeopardy the very programs that reduce the threat of catastrophic fires, protect communities, and deliver a multitude of other benefits. This includes such initiatives as restoration work that would help prevent catastrophic fires, protecting watersheds and cultural resources, and providing the infrastructure and programming that supports thousands of recreation jobs and economic growth in rural communities. The largest initial transfers of funds to fire operations will come from the restoration fire salvage operations, grants to states, and upkeep of recreation facilities. The Mt. Baker- Snoqualmie National Forest has been impacted by fire borrowing, funds scheduled to support forest road maintenance, aquatic organism passages for fish and other species, as well as recreation issues such as trail maintenance and sanitization projects, have been delayed or deferred. And so when we hear that feedback right in our region, I was wondering, Chief Tidwell, are you seeing those same impacts across the country with wildfire funding draining other accounts across the Forest Service? Chief Tidwell. Yes, and last year we put out a report on the fire impacts from Fiscal Year 2012 and Fiscal Year 2013. We will be pulling together that information again from the impacts of this fire season. And the thing that is so important to understand is, once again, we do go to great lengths to minimize the impact as much as we possibly can. However, just think about the roadwork. When we are not able to do the road maintenance that is needed, like when we are late in the field season, that is when we get impacts to the roads because, when it does rain, we do get snow, we get run-off, then we have impacts to those roads, and so it is a much greater cost because we weren't able to get out there and clear out the culverts before the wintertime. This is just one example of how disruptive this practice is, and no one is to blame. I am not putting any blame on anyone, it is just the system that we have had in place for budgeting, it doesn't work anymore. And so these are the things that--the accumulation of these impacts is incredible. When I think about having to move $700 million versus how much work we can get done with $700 million, it is tremendously significant, and we will be pulling together a list of more of the impacts to help folks really understand. But once again, with the proposal that came out of the last year's Congress with the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, the Congressional Budget Office score is neutral. It doesn't create any more costs, it just stops this disruptive practice, and at the same time it provides less of an impact to the 10 year average on the rest of our programs. So there are some options there for us to be able to move forward and address this, but it is going to take both to stop the transfer, and we have to find a way to stop the erosion of the rest of the programs. Those are the things that we want to continue to work with this Committee to be able to find those solutions. Ms. DelBene. And I also want to point out that outdoor recreation as an industry is a huge economic driver in our state, and making sure access roads are available has a huge impact on many businesses and jobs in our region as well. You mentioned the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, does the Administration support that---- Chief Tidwell. Yes. Ms. DelBene.--and, if so, why? Chief Tidwell. The Administration supports it because it addresses both parts of the fire suppression issue; the transfer and then it slows down the growth of the 10 year average, and it also provides $300 million, or $400--excuse me, $400 million of flexibility under budget constraint for us to be able then to request additional funds to be proactive on these issues. Ms. DelBene. Thank you. Mr. Chairman, my time has expired, but I wanted to ask for unanimous consent to submit to the record the USDA report, The Rising Cost of Fire Operations: Effects on the Forest Service's Non-Fire Work. The Chairman. Without objection. [The information referred to is located on p. 73.] Ms. DelBene. Thank you so much---- The Chairman. Thank you. Ms. DelBene.--and I yield back. Thank you. The Chairman. I am pleased to recognize Mr. Benishek, from Michigan, for 5 minutes of questioning. Mr. Benishek. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Hi, good to have you here, Chief Tidwell. A couple of things that came up earlier, and I hope I didn't miss some questions on this, but you talked about the no-bid issue---- Chief Tidwell. Yes. Mr. Benishek.--and from talking to the people that I talked to about harvesting in the forest, it is not about the market so much, it is about the procedure for getting a bid done in the Forest Service, and it is difficult for loggers to bid in the Federal forests because of the way the rules are. I mean the size of the cut---- Chief Tidwell. Yes. Mr. Benishek.--the lengthy process, the lawsuits, that is the issue, not so much the market. You made it sound like it was the market. Well, believe me, we have a lot of mills in my district that need timber, but they have kind of given up on going to the Forest Service to get wood because it is too onerous. I understand the funding issue. We need to fix this fire- funding issue. Chief Tidwell. Yes. Mr. Benishek. I mean that is going to be our responsibility to do that. I will get into that a little bit more later, but, the procedures--and this is one of the reasons why we have had this problem over the past 20 years. It has been more and more difficult to harvest out of the forest, and that is why we are in the situation we are now with the fires. So what can you do to streamline--what should we do to streamline the process of getting the timber out of the forests? Chief Tidwell. Well, you are fortunate in your part of the country there is still a fairly strong market. And we didn't have any--I don't think we had any no-bids from your part of the country. It came from other parts of the country. But we are constantly looking at how to improve our processes. That is one of the reasons we have been able to reduce our unit costs on our timber sales by 26 percent over the last few years. The other thing that we are looking at is making it easier for folks to not only bid, and to make sure that we are putting out offers of what they need. Part of the problem we had this time was some of the projects were too large, and our contractors and our purchasers, they weren't interested in that so we had to repackage it. So we have to do a better job to make sure that we are in sync with not only the market, but also what the purchasers---- Mr. Benishek. What---- Chief Tidwell.--need as far as the size of the---- Mr. Benishek. What percentage of---- Chief Tidwell.--sale. Mr. Benishek.--the sales are stopped by lawsuits? Chief Tidwell. Well, this year, out of 311, there were 16 projects that were litigated this year and slowed down this year, and so that will have an impact on---- Mr. Benishek. You are saying only 16 projects---- Chief Tidwell.--on the---- Mr. Benishek.--through the country were shut down by---- Chief Tidwell. Sixteen out of the 311. These are projects for timber sales, stewardship, contracting projects. Mr. Benishek. All right, let me ask another question about this disaster harvesting. Chief Tidwell. Yes. Mr. Benishek. After Katrina, apparently, the Forest Service was able, in 60 days, to get the necessary permitting done to get the timber that was damaged by the hurricane ready to go. But now, apparently, that is not possible with a fire disaster. My information says, like over a year even to get that consideration, and then it is to the point where the wood is no good. So what can be done there to make an easier process to at least salvage some of the money that is laying on the ground, or potentially, to help you out? What can we do there? Chief Tidwell. Well, the reasons we were so successful with Katrina was a couple of things. We did salvage close to 300 million board feet over a very large area; several states, and we were able to use our categorical exclusions to be able to cover those projects. I think it took a little bit longer than what you said, but we were very quick to be able to move that. The reason we were able to do that was, first of all, there was the public trust because it was very clear we needed to do this for public safety and for forest health, to be able to prevent---- Mr. Benishek. Doesn't that same statement---- Chief Tidwell.--a large---- Mr. Benishek.--hold true in a fire situation? Chief Tidwell. Well, we have it in many places. The other thing we did in Katrina, we didn't spend a lot of time arguing about getting every single stick, every log out of there. Quickly, we said this is what we are going after. The areas of concern, like in riparian areas, we are just leaving that alone. Everybody was okay with that. So we didn't spend all those days having those discussions. And then the other thing that is so important, we had the staff. Katrina was 10 years ago? We had a lot more people, we had a lot more foresters out there. Today, we have 49 percent fewer foresters today than what we had in 2000. So we had the people that could quickly move. Now, if you look at what we did last year in California, or the year before, following the Rim Fire, we went after 300 million acres---- Mr. Benishek. Well, why---- Chief Tidwell.--on one fire. Mr. Benishek.--why can't you use the categorical exclusion for fires? Chief Tidwell. Well, with the Rim Fire, we looked at treating a much larger area. So instead of removing 300 million board feet over several states, over multiple forests, we went for 300 million off of one forest, off of that one fire. We were able to move the roadside salvage rather quickly, and then we did the larger project that also included the restoration work, and we were able to get it done in a year, and then we struggled to be able to get anybody to take the material. And the reason for that is that the mills in that vicinity, they have a lot of private timberland. It burned too, and so there was just no market. They needed to remove their saw timber, which they did, but then there is all this additional saw timber. And if we were able to have moved that to a different part of the country, somehow had a transportation subsidy, or somehow to be able to move it to a different mill, we would have been able to sell more of it. But that has been the struggle. And so you get these big fires in one location, it just saturates the market. And we don't have the ability to be able to move that material to different parts, even to the West, and we would have been able to find a buyer for the rest of it. We are still working to try to get more of it done. But the difference is that, on these large-scale projects, when you are looking at 100,000, 200,000 acre restoration project, you need to take the time to involve the community, local officials, to be able to determine what needs to be done. And yes, it takes some time, but we were able to get that project done in a year, to be able to complete the EIS, but at the same time, without a stronger market, it is difficult for us, in that case, very difficult to be able to move the material. Mr. Benishek. So is there a minimum price you have to ask for the timber? Chief Tidwell. There is. There is a minimum price, and part of what we are looking at--we also have a system where we appraise the material. And so that is---- Mr. Benishek. Okay, well, that doesn't seem to---- Chief Tidwell. You base---- Mr. Benishek.--you have to understand it is a fire sale. You are not going to get the same price going in the woods after a fire than you are going to get out of raw timber. I mean, come on. Chief Tidwell. Yes. Mr. Benishek. I mean it is a lot more work, it is more dangerous there is a lot of stuff going on. The Chairman. The gentleman's time has expired. Mr. Benishek. I am sorry. The Chairman. That is all right. Good questions. Good discussion. I am pleased to recognize for 5 minutes of questioning the gentlelady from Arizona, Mrs. Kirkpatrick. Mrs. Kirkpatrick. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member, and my colleague from Washington, for having this hearing. Chief Tidwell, I also want to thank you and your office for being so responsive and accessible to me about these forest issues. And I want to thank the Secretary and you for your support of the Four Forest Restoration project, which is a very collaborative, innovative forest health timber industry type of model that we believe can be used nationwide. But as you know from our discussions, I am very practical. I grew up in a timber community. We lost a generation of loggers and lumber mills and all of that knowledge, and trying to bring it back has been a little more difficult than we expected it to be because we just lost that knowledge. And I have always wanted to see those logging trucks back on the highway, and I saw them this summer. Not as many as I wish. I want to talk with you. I have been back in the forests on those roads and I have really seen a disintegration of the roads. And that is harming some of the logging companies to be able to get back into that forest and harvest those logs. And so do you have a budget specifically for roads? I am just trying to get an idea of what it would take from a very practical standpoint to bring those roads up to a standard where our trucks can get in there and harvest the wood. Chief Tidwell. We do have a budget line item for road maintenance. It is another one of the budget line items that has been significantly impacted over the years because of the cost of fires. And in the past, years, decades ago when the saw timber had a much higher value than it does today, it was able to cover a lot of the maintenance costs on those roads. But with the saw timber and the biomass that needs to be removed today, it is a part of the problem we have with our appraisal system. The market isn't strong enough to be able to cover the costs of that road maintenance work, plus to remove the timber. So it is one of the things we have had to look at to take out those costs to maintain the road. The problem with that is, after you put the log trucks across the road, they are going to impact those gravel roads, and if we aren't maintaining it, the next year, the public can't get in there either. Short-term it works for a year or 2, but long-term, we have to find a system so that we can maintain the road system for the public access, but at the same time to be able to access it for logging and biomass removal. So that is a good example of what has happened over time to our budget, is the loss of our road funding that has occurred, to be able to stay up with the maintenance to provide access for everyone. Mrs. Kirkpatrick. I really appreciate your thoughts on that, and I just want you to know that is a top priority of mine. I am also on the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and roads are so important to this whole idea of healthy forest management and fire prevention that I think we sometimes forget. The other thing, I really appreciated your comment about expanding the market for wood products. And I would like your thought about what kind of incentives we could put in place to actually help expand the market. Chief Tidwell. Well, we had the incentive in the farm bill that would subsidize the transportation of biomass that we were able to very effectively use in places to be able to really get that industry started. And there is some benefit to be able to have incentives when you are trying to create new industry, and so they can figure out the economics and stuff they need some assistance over, ideally, over the few years. That is one benefit that we have seen. I think another way is with our long-term stewardship contracts where we guarantee that there is going to be X amount of work for the next 10 years. The purchasers then can take that to the bank. They can borrow money on that contract, they can invest in equipment, the can invest in personnel, create more jobs, because they are guaranteed either they will have the work to do or we will then pay them. So either way, the banker is happy with it. That is another area we need to continue to be able to expand. The other is with our collaboratives. Like what you did with the farm bill, with the CE, where you required the collaborative effort, that is a tremendous incentive to bring people together to be able to use this new tool, to be more efficient, more effective, and be able to get some more projects moving forward. Also, when we look at the use of wood in this country, and it kind of got a bad name for years because people were so worried about why we were doing the work, and today, with the understanding that we need to use wood to be able to restore our forests, it is like it is a good thing to do; to use it for furniture in our buildings. And the more than we can find ways to help folks to understand that it saves energy, it is a green building material, and by doing that, it provides the economic activity so that we can restore our forests, reduce the hazards. So those are some of the things that we want to continue to work on. Mrs. Kirkpatrick. Thank you. My time has expired, but I look forward to working with you more about this, and again, I appreciate your testimony here today. I yield back. The Chairman. I am pleased to recognize the gentleman from Georgia, Mr. Allen, for 5 minutes. Mr. Allen. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Did I turn it off? There we go. Sorry. As a small business owner and in the construction business, we elected to not do work with the Federal Government because of things like, for example, Davis-Bacon and other things---- Chief Tidwell. Yes. Mr. Allen.--like that. Are you under the same requirements, Federal contracting, for loggers in the Forest Service as we are in the, say, with the General Services Administration and folks like that, like Davis-Bacon, are you required to implement Davis-Bacon? Chief Tidwell. When we are doing a service contract under the Federal acquisition regulations, we follow Davis-Bacon. Mr. Allen. Okay. Chief Tidwell. Under a timber sale, contract, we have some different flexibilities. Mr. Allen. Right. Right. Well, I guess what you probably should do is talk with some of these folks who are great contractors out there and maybe see what you can do to make that process a little more attractive; because, frankly, it is a lot easier to do work in the private-sector than it is for the government. Chief Tidwell. Yes. Mr. Allen. Going back to the collaboration effort, we are going to hear testimony from some of our ranchers here lately about their issues as far as being good neighbors. And I don't think the government has been a very good neighbor. We have created some real problems for our private landowners because we have not done some things--I mean we deal with the pine bark beetles down South. Can you tell me what can you do to collaborate with our neighbors and be more neighborly, and what restrains you from doing what they are doing--we have a 40 percent sustainable rate in Georgia. We grow 40 percent more trees than we cut. Chief Tidwell. Yes. Mr. Allen. I mean we are doing a lot of really good things. Can you learn from them? Can you collaborate and say, hey, let's be good neighbors and we want to do some of the same, what is restraining you from doing that? Chief Tidwell. Yes, it goes back to our funding issue and the lack of staff. But the things we are doing is we are looking at large landscapes that include not only the private land, but also the public land to be able to look at what we can be doing by working together. Working with NRCS and using their authorities. We are doing these pilot projects, what we call our Two Chiefs Projects, where we bring NRCS authorities and their funding, along with the Forest Service's authorities, and work with the private landowner to be able to do work on their land and on the National Forest at the same time. It produces efficiencies with contracts, it allows us to address the issues over a much larger scale, whether it is something to deal with the Southern Bark Beetle, whether it is to deal with invasive, about improving overall watershed conditions, improving forage conditions. So it is an example that we want to continue to expand on. We want to be a better neighbor. With the good neighbor authority that we have with the 2014 Farm Bill, it expands our ability to be able to work across lines so that, when it comes to forest pest issues, they don't have a border, they don't stop when they hit a boundary on private ground or on National Forest. Mr. Allen. Well, so you say your only restraint is funding? Chief Tidwell. Well, there is no question that if we had the staffing that we had 15 years ago where we would have 40 percent more employees out there, we could be doing a better job to be a good neighbor, to be able to be working with our adjacent landowners. There is no question about that. But that being the case, these are the other things we are working on. Mr. Allen. Well, obviously, the forestland belongs to the people---- Chief Tidwell. Yes. Mr. Allen.--of this country, and we all have an interest in protecting that forestland. And public-private partnerships are working well everywhere because, like I said, we can get things done a lot faster and a lot quicker on the private side than, say, you are capable of doing. So I would ask you to investigate ways that we can manage our forests so that we don't have these problems. Obviously, the fires are a problem, and I am just about out of time, but what is the biggest thing that is keeping you from preventing forest fires, other than money? Chief Tidwell. It is the climate. Having hotter, dryer fire seasons that are now 78 days longer, on average, that when we get, say, 300, 500 lightning starts in one day, one night we will get 98, 99 percent of them, but there will be that one that gets away. And with the conditions that we have, how dry the fields are, when we are dealing with places like in southern California, where you have 4 years of extensive drought, that is the problem. So it is going to take a combination of continuing our suppression resources, our suppression efforts, but we also need to be able to expand thinning out these forests so that when we do get that start, it is a lot easier for the firefighters to be able to suppress that fire and reduce the threat to our communities. So it is kind of a twofold problem. We need the resources, we need to fix the budget, and then we need to expand the work that we are doing on the landscape. The work that we have done in the South, it is an example for the rest of the country about how people came together years ago, figured out what needed to be done on the landscape, and make the difference. Mr. Allen. Well, we want to work with you. My time is up and I yield back. The Chairman. The gentleman yields back. I am pleased to recognize the gentlelady from New Hampshire for 5 minutes of questioning. Ms. Kuster. Thank you very much, and thank you to our Chairman and Vice Chairman, and to Chief Tidwell for being with us today. I am going to start with just a very brief personal story because I come from New Hampshire, and I want to get into questions about how fighting fires in the West are reducing resources in the Northeast, but I had a personal experience this summer. We all went out to my niece's wedding in Washington State, beautiful cascades, 22 of us, had a wonderful time, really beautiful area. My brother moved out there 40 years ago as a logger, and now he builds second homes for Dot.com millionaires, it is a really nice area. But the week after we came home, his town, not only the town but the road and the neighborhood where sadly, the three firefighters died in Twisp, Washington, and when I reached him on the phone that night and I said, ``Are you okay,'' he said, ``No, we have all been evacuated, my pregnant niece, my nephew, and it was a very harrowing few days.'' And I just want to thank you and all of the firefighters out there. It was a sheer miracle. He went back up to the house that he had left some sprinklers, and at midnight, 20 guys on a crew showed up and two tanker trucks and saved his home. And I am just incredibly grateful. And I want to go out to all the firefighters across the country, and I am so sorry for the family that lost their 21 year old son, headed back to college, and the three folks who died. So I want to start with that, that this is an issue that is impacting all of us across the country, but just to return to the impact on your budget and what this means for the rest of us, and I just want to weigh-in. I think my colleagues on both sides of the aisle want to solve this budgetary problem. I am interested in your approach of pulling off one or two percent of these very large catastrophic fires. And having been out there for a week, I can certainly say that all through the West, the dryness, the drought, and whole communities being lost. Our colleague, Mike Thompson, talks about the loss of homes, middle-class families that cannot afford to rebuild. So could you just comment, if you will, on the impact on lost timber sales, and you have gotten at it a little bit, but if we could go back to that, lost timber sales for us back east, and I am concerned if we run into a drought, we are going to be facing wildfires on both sides of the country. If you could get to that. Chief Tidwell. Well, one specific example of that on the Colville National Forest in eastern Washington, we had two or three of our collaborative forest landscape scale projects that were teed-up to get started on, and all three of those projects--all three of them were timber sales, all three of them did burn. Ms. Kuster. Geez. Chief Tidwell. So we lost the investment of all the planning to do the work. We will be able to get in there and do salvage and recovery on some of the material and stuff, and be able to accomplish many of the objectives, but, that is one specific example, on the other hand, I give our folks credit. They had planned the projects in the right place to make a difference---- Ms. Kuster. Right. Chief Tidwell.--they were just a year--they needed one more year to get the work done. But we do lose every year. We lose some of our--actually, timber sales that are prepped, ready to go. In fact, they had fires that burned through active timber sales this year. We tried to get the folks back in there as quick as we can to be able to remove that material and stuff. But you have to remember that our timber sales are focused on improving the forest health, reducing hazardous fuels, because we do a lot of hazardous fuels reduction with our timber sales. Almost every single one of them provides that benefit, along with improving the forest health. So it has an impact on both. It also has an impact on our purchasers, our loggers, that we just have to be able to keep them in work so that they are around to be able to do the work. And so that is another consequence that I am also worried about is to being able to-- we need to increase the work that we are doing on a sustainable basis so folks can make the investments, expand their businesses to be able to do more of this work. Ms. Kuster. Well, on behalf of the rest of the country, I really want to emphasize that testimony and make sure that our colleagues on both sides of the aisle can work together. This is such a rare issue, can I say, where we have a solution. Many of our issues in Congress we don't have a solution, and we clearly have a solution in front of us, and I hope we can work together. And then just in closing, Mr. Chairman, if I could put in a shameless plug for our new biomass caucus, Bruce Westerman, Republican from Arkansas' 4th District, and I have just started a biomass caucus, and I want to invite my colleagues on both sides of the aisle because it is a wonderful solution to some of those timber products that aren't going to go into board feet. But thank you very much. The Chairman. No objection to shameless plugs. The gentlemen from California, Mr. Costa and Mr. Aguilar, are not Members of the Subcommittee but have joined us today, and pursuant to Committee Rule XI(e), I have consulted with the Ranking Member and we are pleased to welcome them to the questioning of witnesses. I am pleased to recognize, at this time, Mr. Costa, from California, for 5 minutes of questioning. Mr. Costa. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and the Ranking Member for holding this important Subcommittee hearing. It is timely, and I hope that, on a bipartisan basis, we will come up with some efforts to try to deal with what is becoming not just a western states problem, but a national problem because of the impacts on the budget. I too support H.R. 167, and I have a number of questions, so I am going to get to the heart of the matter and I will submit the rest when time runs out. I think it is a misnomer now though to say the fire season, because it is no longer a season. With these drought conditions, we are really talking about, in places like California and certain areas, 365 days a year when you look at the impact. So let me just give you some quick examples. January 1 through September 26, which was a couple of weeks ago, we had 5,496 fires on California lands that burned 305,000 acres. On Federal land, we had 1,869 fires that burned over 501,000 acres. Combined, these fires, in a 9 month period, a total of 7,365 fires that have burned over 806,000 acres, and the year is not over. And obviously, a week ago we had 26 fires going on concurrently in California, thousands and thousands of people--and, of course, my heart also goes out to those firefighters and those that have lost their lives, and their families. The average last year was, to give you a comparison, we had 3,818 fires last year, for 190,000 acres. So it has become exponentially a real problem. Let me get to the questions quickly because of my time. As you said, Chief Tidwell, and we thank you for your service and your team, the budget that was authorized to be appropriated of a little over $1 billion. You are now up to $1.7 billion in expenditures. In that situation, what impact do you see these programs having on their funding being reappropriated? Chief Tidwell. Well, with the $700 million that we received in the CR to repay this, we will be able to go back and be able to implement a lot of that work this coming year. The thing that we have lost though is that field season, that 3 or 4, 5 weeks that, even with the money now coming, to get the crews back out there, to do the road maintenance work, to do the sale prep for the next projects, to do the inventory and monitoring work that is so essential that--because without that data, we are not---- Mr. Costa. Now, are we---- Chief Tidwell.--able to---- Mr. Costa. We have conversations---- Chief Tidwell.--be able to move forward. Mr. Costa.--with the California Fire Chief, Ken Pimlott, who you work with, and he talked about the reductions of Federal expenditures and how it has serious impacts on local operations, and without a proper funding mechanism, it further complicates the efforts for the men and the women who are on the ground fighting the fires, both at the state and local levels. What can be done to provide the maximum amount of assistance to boots on the ground for our firefighters? Chief Tidwell. Well, stop the transfer, stop the erosion of our proactive programs so that we can create a safer environment for our firefighters so they are at less risk, to be able to protect communities and be able to suppress these fires. Mr. Costa. Right, and that is an important point, and the other Members and I concur with the comments that they have made previously. Because we are not able to do proper forest management and these fires, what we have now are fire behaviors that have changed. They previously burned with less intensity. Today, they are burning with more intensity, and they are staying under the tops of the trees. And in many cases being good forest restoration, we are seeing fires burning hotter and more extensive because we have more biomass out there. And then for California in drought conditions, it is further compounded because the water that normally would recharge into our aquifer is going to support this additional biomass that normally we would clean and move out of there. So it further complicates the efforts. Do you think, Chief Tidwell, we would be able to better manage the budget situation if we had a 10 year average cost of wildfire firefighting management budgeted? Chief Tidwell. If if we can budget for and cover the full cost of our fire season is--we have to find some solution. The problem with the 10 year average is the---- Mr. Costa. But the change in the climate, we don't know what 10 year averages are anymore. Chief Tidwell. We can't---- Mr. Costa. I get it. Chief Tidwell. Exactly, sir. We just---- Mr. Costa. What can be better done to manage the forests in order to reduce the size and the intensity of these fires? Chief Tidwell. A combination of two things. Get out there and increase the acres that we are thinning, increase the forest resiliency through removal of biomass, and then also the use of prescribed fire in the back country. It is going to take all of the tools available to make a change in the fire regime. Mr. Costa. Well, my time has expired. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the work of this Subcommittee, and I commit to working with all of you. You know that old definition of insanity is: ``Doing things the way you have always done them and expect different results,'' and this applies here and we need to come up and figure out a way to do it better. The Chairman. I thank the gentleman for joining us today. I am pleased to recognize the other gentleman from California, Mr. Aguilar, for 5 minutes. Mr. Aguilar. Thanks so much, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the opportunity and the invitation to be here and to share some of the concerns and the questions that I have as well. Chief Tidwell, I represent San Bernardino County, which is just adjacent and includes the San Bernardino Mountains that are just north, and have caused considerable wildfire issues locally as well. Earlier this year, there was a fire that started June 17, and reached 90 percent containment on the 4th of July: 31,000 acres were burned and nearly $40 million in damages. And it is speculated, as you have discussed, that the prolonged amount of time that it burned was as a result of dead vegetation and other issues that had not been managed. If you could continue to kind of walk me through that piece. What role timber sales and controlled burns play in the prevention of fires, and how your budget continues to be crowded out because of the catastrophic fires in that top one percent. And specifically, what programs continue to be affected by that budgetary crowding out. Chief Tidwell. Well, first of all, we need to recognize that the conditions we face today are a result of the climate change that we are experiencing where, with these hotter, drier, longer fire seasons, we need to remove more of the biomass off of the landscape through a combination of mechanical treatments, timber sales, and also using prescribed fire to reduce the amount of biomass. The second part of it is that, when you look at these one percent of these large fires, there is no question they should be a--they are a natural disaster, and we ought to find a way to budget for it appropriately, and then free-up our ability to be proactive on the work. What has been impacting our programs that affect our ability is that, if you look at over time how much capacity we have lost with 39 percent fewer employees that are outside of our fire organization, they are the folks that would do the veg. work, vegetation management, the watershed improvement work, they are the folks that would be dealing with improving the roads, doing the road maintenance. They are also the folks that put the planning together so that we know what we need to do to be able to work with the communities. So it has had an overall impact on our ability to manage. And it is not just one program. By maintaining funding, say, in our forest management program, that in itself is not enough. The way that we work, everything is interrelated, and it is the way we go about our mission. And if you just have one program that you are able to maintain the funding at, you are still going to be impacting our ability to get all the work done. And that is the thing that folks need to understand. When it comes to forest health, it is not only forest products, it is not only haz fields funding, it is also our using salvage sale funding and choosing our KV funding, it is also using our road funding. It takes all of that to be able to manage these forests for the public. Mr. Aguilar. And it affects every other line item that you have within your budget, and that is clear---- Chief Tidwell. It does. Mr. Aguilar.--as well as the fires in the West, as Mr. Costa mentioned, affecting some of the work that needs to be done out in the East as well. The definition of the top one percent of catastrophic fires, I understand from a budgetary standpoint that we would want to be cautious with that. How would you define that? Would it be by acreage, by damage, by manpower, what would rise to that level of that top one percent of catastrophic fires? Chief Tidwell. Well, there are several proposals out there, even going back to the language, it was in the FLAME Act that we are currently working under, and also in the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, but really what they are are the fires that, because of the size, the complexity, and the threat. So if you look at just the top ten fires in Fiscal Year 2015 so far this year, those are the ones that CNN has covered, all the other networks, the news covers, just those top ten fires, $280 million. That is just ten, and that is not even a fraction of-- I mean it is a fraction of one percent of all the fires that we deal with. Those are the type of fires that we believe should be considered a natural disaster. Those large-scale fires, the ones that burn for weeks, the ones that burn through the communities, those are the ones that we would look at--and we want to work with the Committee to be able to come up with the criteria and have a way to say, ``Yes, these are the fires that we want to fund this way.'' Mr. Aguilar. In order to have that flexibility, I know that you need that flexibility in order to protect our communities, and it is something that we need to do. I appreciate your time. And thank you so much again, Mr. Chairman. The Chairman. The gentleman yields back. Chief, thank you so much for being here and for your testimony and for your leadership. It is very much appreciated. With that, I am pleased to call our next panel to the table. On the second panel we will have Mr. Rod Haeberle, owner of Haeberle Ranch in Okanagan, Washington. Hopefully I got that close, Rod. Okay. I am also pleased to welcome to the second panel Dr. Christopher Topik, Director of Restoring America's Forests at The Nature Conservancy. I would yield to the Ranking Member for introduction of the next two witnesses. Mr. Lujan Grisham. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. We have two New Mexicans here, and I am delighted that you are here to share your experiences. As you have heard in testimony by my colleagues and by myself, we all have personal experiences, unfortunately, with severe wildfires. And so, Mr. Chairman, I would like to welcome Chief Erik Litzenberg, and he is the Fire Chief for the Santa Fe Fire Department, and he is testifying today on behalf of the International Association of Fire Chiefs. So welcome, Chief. And I also want to welcome Colonel Ronald Priddy. He is the Director of Government Affairs for 10 Tanker Air Carrier from Albuquerque, which is, of course, the heart of my district. I want to thank you both for making the trip. And, Mr. Chairman, thank you for yielding to me. The Chairman. I thank the gentlelady. Welcome to the hearing. And we will get started. Sir, Mr. Haeberle, if you would go ahead and proceed with your 5 minutes of testimony. STATEMENT OF ROD HAEBERLE, OWNER, HAEBERLE RANCH, OKANOGAN, WA Mr. Haeberle. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for allowing me to speak today. Log it, graze it, or watch it burn is the subject of my testimony to you today. In 1975, while I was working for Crown Zellerback lumber company, the Spotted Owl endangered species controversy began. Shortly thereafter, with no bonding or scientific proof, a 37 stamp on a letter of protest for each timber sale was enough to begin voiding the timber industry where I worked. The result was no logging, no resource to the mill, and the eventual closure and dismantling of the mill for scrap. Along with that, loggers and millworkers lost their jobs, merchants lost business in town, and the domino effect led to a tremendous downturn in the local economy. Since that time, logging has nearly diminished in the Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest in Washington State. The unintended consequences of the environmental movement that began 40 years ago in our forest is an ecosystem that has become densely overgrown. The canopy has completely closed in most places and underlying forage has been diminished by high volumes of underbrush and debris. These forest conditions have resulted in unhealthy forests that are prone to disease and wildfire. As a result, firefighting has become big business. The 2015 fires in Okanogan County have scorched 509,739 acres and is still growing. It has cost an estimated $100 million. Firefighting practices over the last 40 years have also changed. Initial attack by smokejumpers, bulldozer hot-lining, and aircraft drops of water or retardant onto fires immediately, immediately after they are reported is a concept of days gone by. Today, hours and hours, sometimes days, pass before the fire is attacked properly. Too much time is wasted determining who has authority over the fire. Then resource division is notified and the priority authority orders the determined resources after they have gone through all of the channels. In the meantime, the fire gets away from them. One Blackhawk helicopter loaded with water should be available for immediate initial attack. Backed up by other resources as necessary, this could potentially extinguish nearly every fire before ever reaching any significant magnitude. Recently, back-burns have been used more extensively. The frequency and magnitude of their use has become the subject of a lot of controversy with local firefighters. This year, many of them were failures, resulting in huge economic losses of timber and grazing land. Fire briefings for firefighters and contractors are mandatory each morning at 6:00 a.m. They inform expected weather including humidity, temperature, wind, and dryness of fuels. Safety, radio channels, aerial programs, human resources, updates, sports updates, and fire-updated maps are provided. Division supervisors with their assigned personnel are included in these briefings. The break of daylight is the lowest temperature, highest humidity part of the day. Consequently, the early morning hours of the day will yield the most production on ground and aerial results. Again, these are opportunities that are wasted on a daily basis. Local personnel should be used in selecting dozer lines rather than out-of-area people. This year's fire had a large amount of out-of-state division supervisors who did not know old logging roads or areas where dozers could have been less jeopardized, and saved many more structures and acres from burning. Noxious weeds, after a fire, will germinate very prolifically with spring moisture, and do. If they are eradicated before going to seed, they will be eliminated or reduced significantly. If they are ignored and left to go to seed, they will take over large tracts of ground and eventually crowd out desired forage for wildlife and livestock. Noxious weed management should be a continued and ongoing effort. Fire in well-managed property can be used as a valuable tool in cleaning up low-lying ground fuels and stimulate forage growth without destroying valuable timber. These forests are a savings account for future generations, both in economic value and the health of our planet. Selective timber harvest, prescribed burning, reseeding, noxious weed control, and flexible grazing programs are key to reducing the fuel load that drive the magnitudes of these fires. Immediate initial response to wildfires by aggressive air attacks would come at an overall price savings. In my opinion, the continued neglect of our forests that leads to their eventual destruction and the loss of enormous savings of economic wealth and environmental stability should be a crime punishable by law. Let's make the commitment to spend a fraction of what we have spent fighting the fire, and spend it instead on proactive measures to sustain healthy forests. Hire people to selectively log appropriate densities of the trees, thinning underbrush and debris, and using low- intensity fires in late fall and winter to clean the forest floor. Doing so will create an abundance of vegetation for wildlife and livestock grazing, which converts into edible protein and vitamins for humans. Log it, graze it, or watch it burn, and watch it burn we have. Let's pay it forward to the future generations by renewing our forests and rebuilding our economy in a partnership that honors best practices in the management of our natural resources. Thank you. [The prepared statement of Mr. Haeberle follows:] Prepared Statement of Rod Haeberle, Owner, Haeberle Ranch, Okanogan, WA Okanogan Complex Fires Black Canyon and Squaw Creek Fires. 8- 16-15. ``Log it, graze it, or watch it burn'' is the subject of my testimony to you today. In 1975, while working for Crown Zellerback lumber company, the Spotted Owl endangered species controversy began. Shortly thereafter, with no bonding or scientific proof, a 37 cent stamp on a letter of protest for each timber sale was enough to begin voiding the timber industry. The result was no logging, no resource to the mill and the eventual closure and dismantling of the mill for scrap prices. Along with that, loggers and mill workers lost their jobs. The merchants in town lost business. The domino effect led to a tremendous downturn in the local economy. Since that time, logging has nearly diminished on the Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest in Washington State. The unintended consequences of the environmental movement that began 40 years ago in our forest is an ecosystem that has become densely overgrown. The canopy has completely closed in most places and underlying forage has been diminished by high volumes of underbrush and debris. These forest conditions have resulted in unhealthy forests that are prone to disease and wildfire. As a result, fire fighting has become big business. The 2015 fires of Okanogan County have scorched 509,739 acres and is still growing. It has cost an estimated $100 million. Fire fighting practices over the last forty years have also changed. Initial attack by smoke jumpers, bulldozer hotlining and aircraft drops of water or retardant onto fires immediately after they are reported is a concept of days gone by. Today hours and hours, sometimes days pass before the fire is attacked properly. Too much time is wasted determining who has authority of the fire. Then resource division is notified and the priority authority orders the determined resources after they have gone through all of the channels. In the meantime the fire gets away from them. One Blackhawk helicopter loaded with water should be available for immediate initial attack. Backed up by other resources as necessary this could potentially extinguish nearly every fire before ever reaching any significant magnitude. Recently, backburns have been used more extensively. The frequency and magnitude of their use has become the subject of a lot of controversy with local firefighters. This year many of them were failures resulting in huge economic losses of timber and grazing land. Fire briefings for fire fighters and contractors are mandatory each morning at 6 o'clock a.m. They inform expected weather including humidity, temperature, wind and dryness of fuels. Safety, radio channels, aerial programs, human resources, updates, sports updates, and fire updated maps are provided. Division supervisors with their assigned personnel are included in the briefings. The break of daylight is the lowest temperature, highest humidity part of the day. Consequently the early morning hours of the day will yield the most productive on ground and aerial results. Again, these are opportunities that are wasted on a daily basis. Local personnel should be used in the selecting dozer lines rather than out of area people. This years fire had a large amount of out of state division supervisors who did not know old logging road or areas where dozers could have been less jeopardized and saved many more structures and acres from burning. Noxious weeds, after a fire will germinate very prolifically with spring moisture. If they are eradicated before going to seed they will be eliminated or reduced significantly. If they are ignored and left go to seed they will take over large tracts of ground and eventually crowd out desired forage for wildlife and livestock. Noxious weed management should be a continued ongoing program. Fire in well managed property can be used as a valuable tool in cleaning up low lying ground fuels and stimulate forage growth without destroying valuable timber. These forests are a savings account for future generations both in economic value and the health of our planet. Selective timber harvest, prescribed burning, reseeding, noxious weed control, and flexible grazing programs are key to reducing the fuel load that drive the magnitudes of these fires. Immediate initial response to wildfires by aggressive air attacks would come at an overall price savings. In my opinion, the continued neglect of our forests that leads to their eventual destruction and the loss of enormous savings of economic wealth and environmental stability should be a crime punishable by law. Let's make the commitment to spend a fraction of what we have spent fighting the fire and spend it instead on proactive measures to sustain healthy forests. Hire people to selectively log appropriate densities of trees, thinning underbrush and debris, and using low intensity fires in late fall and winter to clean the forest floor. Doing so will create an abundance of vegetation for wildlife and livestock grazing which converts into edible protein and vitamins for humans. ``Log it, graze it, or watch it burn!'' and watch it burn we have. Let's pay it forward to future generations by renewing our forests and rebuilding our economy in a partnership that honors best practices in the management of our natural resources. Exhibit A Okanogan County Complex Fire Daily Progression [GRAPHIC NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT] Light teal = carlton complex 2014--256,108 acres 332 homes destroyed and 149 other structures Cost $60 million Lives lost = 2 (heart attack protecting home, complications from fall fighting fire to protect home) Okanogan, tunk block and North Star Complex 2015--509,739 acres 96 homes destroyed, 95 cabins and 38 other structures Cost estimated $100 million (fires still burning on north star) Lives lost = 3 (Twisp River Fire all fire fighters) Exhibit B [GRAPHIC NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT] Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest unmanaged and waiting for a high intensity burn. Picture taken 10/01/2015.
Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest unmanaged and waiting for a high intensity burn. Picture taken 8/24/2015. Exhibit C [GRAPHIC NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT] Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest unmanaged and high intensity burn. Picture taken 8/24/2015. Exhibit D [GRAPHIC NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT] Washington State Department of Natural Resource Land that was logged, thinned, prescriptively burned, and grazed by cattle. Picture taken 10/01/2015. Exhibit E [GRAPHIC NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT] Tripod Fire 2006 burned approximately 240,000 acres. Picture taken 10/01/2015. Exhibit F [GRAPHIC NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT] Cattle lead away from the fires. [GRAPHIC NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT] Cattle that were unable to escape. [GRAPHIC NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT] Exhibit G [GRAPHIC NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT] Noxious weeds after the fires--regrowth after Carlton Complex fires of 2014. Exhibit H To Whom it may concern, I am writing this letter to bring some light to the events that have led to the largest wildfire that our beloved Washington State has ever experienced. There has been decades of mismanagement brought forth by special interest groups, whether or not anyone wants to acknowledge the fact that lobbyist control more of the government than the people that vote. Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, USFS, Dept. of Natural Resources, and BLM have historically shown a disregard for what an actual healthy forest or range consists of. It does not take more than a mile or 2 of driving, riding, or hiking through any of these agencies areas of responsibilities to see that we, as a nation, are in direct threat at any given moment of another devastating event, similar to the one that just passed. Whether it is an endangered bird, a threatened species of fish, or the newest addition, the re-introduction of the grey wolf, our governing agencies time and time again, have not, do not, nor have they shown, any equality when it comes to decision make about the health of our public lands. What better people to engage in the process of management than the people whose livelihood depends the very health and longevity of these lands. For everything that has been addressed in recent history, our voices have fallen on deaf ears. Only now, after the most devastating wildfire in states history, do we hold your attention? With that being said, there are some major issues regarding how catastrophes like this could be avoided. Time and time again throughout this incident, decisions were made miles from the actual fire line that had a direct deficit to the act of engaging the fire correctly and completion of that task. Miles of dozer line placed in locations where anyone with minimal fire behavior knowledge would have known better. Through treed thickets, when there was greatly more desirable ground that would be faster, more efficient, and have a greater impact on the control of this incident. Being treated like ``local idiots'' by agency officials only to be asked for information and direction after it was out of hand. To have multiple strike teams, engine crews, hand crews drive by active fire, threatening homes, farms, and ranches, manned by local people and have ``resource management'' personnel direct and effort worth the raising of the pyramids, drive past to a location to protect a group of ``homes'', when in reality the structures are all recreational and to no one's surprise, located on or near National Forest. Every owner of these ``homes'' has a roof over their head somewhere else, not so for the those that were passed by for 6 days. These are just a few of the things that I take issue with not only as a landowner, but as a former Washington State DNR firefighter. Time and time again, local ranchers, farmers, contractors and average people, pulled together to gain the upper hand. Only to be told ``You're not doing it right'', or ``we don't do structure protection''. It is a testament to the hardiness of the residents of this county, to stand up and ignore the ignorance of the agencies involved and continue to help their neighbor. There needs to be an end to the arrogance of the controlling powers and some humbleness injected into the system that allows the desecration of land ``WE THE PEOPLE'' have built. Local resources need to be utilized, period. Too many times, locals engaged in initial attack, many on their own property, were told to pull off, go to the command center, and get ``checked in''. There are hundreds of combined years of wildfire knowledge imbedded within the residents of this county and to have that ignored is an atrocity. There needs to be a system in place that our local agency, without question, can call upon resources that are in the immediate area instead of out of state. The timeline for response MUST be drastically reduced. The phrase ``there just aren't any resources'' is an excuse, not the answer. There is too much ``technology'' involved in this process. A simple list of local loggers, construction contractors, farmers, and ranchers with equipment capable of aiding any effort, should be maintained by, and carried with, agency fire officials in their home area. A list in Wenatchee, 90 miles away, does no good to the forester that happens by a lightning strike near Conconully. Time is of the essence. Peter Goldmark, Commissioner of Public Lands, requested and received, millions of dollars to add to the firefighting readiness of our state. I now ask, where was that spent? After last year's Carlton Complex, promises were made, and broke less than 10 months later. ``Fire managers'' is a term not to be used in one of the worst drought years in history. August is not the time of year to ``manage'' a fire, but to engage and stop. Policies and practices of letting fire run it's natural course is not a viable choice. It would be, if there were acts to actively reduce the ``Fuel loading'' in our forests. Grazing, logging, and thinning are just a few of the methods to be utilized. As I end this letter, I look out the window, to the land our family homesteaded before the 1900's, to realize that my son, will not live long enough, to see the scars of this tragedy, be healed and view this land as his ancestors once did. And that, brings true sorrow my soul. Sincerely, Chad Stansbury, Riverside, WA. Exhibit I October 3, 2015 United States House of Representatives, Committee on Agriculture. We are a family of third, fourth and fifth generation cattle ranchers in the Okanogan Valley, having lived in the Scotch Creek area since 1945. The lightning strike Lime Belt fire started 10 miles northwest of our ranch and followed an almost direct path to our doorstep. The result was a major impact on our ranch and the ability to make a living. This fire started on United States Forest Service (USFS) ground but quickly spread to the 8,694 acre Scotch Creek Wildlife Area. It is owned by Washington Department Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and was purchased in 1991 as a sharp-tail grouse habitat. Prior to the purchase, this land was a working cattle ranch and was largely grazed and cultivated. Wildlife thrived in that environment but, as a result of the programs introduced by the WDFW, they have been forced to find feed elsewhere due to much of the land being allowed to lie fallow. The lack of disturbance to the soils from practices such as grazing and farming allowed massive amounts of fire fuels to be added to this land which borders our 980 acre ranch both to the north and west. When the fire reached this land there was little fighting that could be done safely as it moved rapidly and with intense heat. If this property had been more aggressively managed and a fuels reduction program in use, this fire could have been possibly contained before it reached adjoining areas. Immediate and aggressive action on the part of the USFS and Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to control this fire would have produced a different outcome and losses most likely been negligible. It is rumored that DNR firefighters had to watch it burn as they had not been authorized to enter USFS lands. The time wasted waiting for the approval to fight the fire only helped fuel the ensuing firestorm. USFS, DNR, WDFW and local rural fire districts all worked hard to stop this fire but with little success as it rapidly reached the Scotch Creek Wildlife Area. These lands were a tinderbox waiting for the match and once lit, could not be contained. The fire went around or lightly scorched cultivated areas and burned hot through the undisturbed land and fence lines which border our property. The few areas WDFW had plowed and had allowed new weeds to grow were spared. The small portion of a dry land alfalfa field that, for the first time in many years had irrigation was not touched while the rest of the field had minor scorching. The majority of the Scotch Creek Wildlife area has been severely damaged. When the fire reached our ranch which has been grazed consistently, the fire still spread but without the intensity which was seen on WDFW lands. Our cattle were on a grazing permit we have with the USFS at the time of the fire. We lost almost 100% of our fall and spring grazing due to the fire. The majority of this is a 900 acre lease we have with the DNR. Their normal policy following a fire does not allow grazing to return for about 3 years. The remaining available land was scorched by the fire and at this time will provide no feed when cattle are shipped home from the mountains. We will have to begin supplementing with processed feed (baled alfalfa mostly) in mid to late October through June when they return to the permit in the mountains. Normally, the cattle would graze until the snow flies which is sometime between November and December. They are fed daily throughout the winter until the grass has grown enough to provide enough feed to allow grazing. This has created a burden of having to purchase extra feed to sustain the healthy condition of our animals. A ball park estimate of feed costs would be about $30,000 which breaks down to 150 ton at $200.00 a ton. This is to feed 125 cow/calf pairs, six bulls and three horses for the additional 4 to 5 months that they would normally graze on the ranch. Not included in this is the feed that the many deer and other wildlife that have come to live in our alfalfa fields consume daily. In a normal year we often have up to ten deer in our alfalfa almost every night. That number is now more like 100 head. What the predators eat leaves less for the cattle. The number of predators has also increased. The burned skull and front quarters of a cougar has appeared in our yard and at least two cougars have attacked dogs just outside their owner's homes. One cougar approached a neighbor in her yard, and luckily she was able to get quickly into her home and shut the door. She has pictures of the cougar with its front feet on her door peering in. Predator and wildlife control should become a major part of any fire restoration program. Besides pasture loss, there is approximately 25 miles of fencing that will need to be repaired or replaced. Fifty-four tons of hay was burned as well, but we were luckier than many as it was insured. Our ranch will also need to look at reducing our cattle numbers to match available resources. Of concern with this possibility is the need to meet the quota set by the USFS for maintaining our permit. Many ranchers may be faced with this same issue and it would be advantageous to all concerned if the USFS could provide a temporary program to assist with these changing needs. Such as allowing earlier access to our permit and longer grazing periods if range readiness is met or a temporary reduction in the number of cattle needed to fill the permits. We are not alone in this disaster and other ranchers in our area are faced with these same issues as well as others such as loss of animals. Cattle is the second largest crop produced locally in the largest county in our state. The economic impact of this fire is devastating to ranchers and we need your assistance to get back up and going again. Sincerely, Wade and Kevin Cunningham. Jake and Kelsie Cunningham. Exhibit J October 2, 2015 RE: Okanogan Complex Fires, Okanogan, WA 2015 To Whom it may concern, I write this letter having just returned from a 60 mile drive through our region in north central Washington. Plumes of smoke still rise from the hillsides, many of which are ready to slough if and when the rains come, homes and property destroyed and black for as far as the eye can see. I think it is important to hear from individuals who choose to live in this area due to the beauty and wonderful outdoor opportunities, along with those who make a living working with and on the land. It is heartbreaking to see the devastation that has been caused by this summers wildland fires. I first want to commend the line troops who spent countless hours protecting land and property. The firefighters were courageous and dedicated to their mission. I was home when the lightning struck north of our home which was soon thereafter to become the Blue Lake/Limebelt Fire. The trees immediately smoldered and attempts were made by local ranchers to contain the fire. Over the next 4 days, the fire grew and broke several containment attempts, eventually consuming all of the Limebelt south to the north City limits of Omak. While forest/land management strategies can be discussed endlessly, there are a few strategies we believe will make a significant difference in future responses. 1. Pre-stage state and Federal Firefighting resources in areas of high drought with the ability to promptly move resources as the need arises with the intent that the fight is prompt and intended to put the fire out as soon as possible when near populated areas. 2. Remove any financial incentive to let fires grow. 3. Listen to and incorporate local fire departments as soon as practicable. The local departments in this area are all volunteer. The folks fighting the fire are fighting for their livelihood and are knowledgeable as to local resources, access routes and prompt strategies to address the fire. 4. Remove the disincentive to put the fire out at the earliest possible moment. 5. Work in the off season to address the communication and training deficits. It is amazing to me that there are so many facets of a fire response with very little in the way of common goals and leadership. As a career law enforcement professional, I cannot imagine nor should the community be satisfied with officers handling a fast moving violent riot with a variety of responders who cannot talk with each other and do not have the same goals and mission. It is inexcusable that in this day and age that communication and command and control in a fast moving and potentially deadly wildland fire remains a significant challenge. 6. Coordinate and fund land management strategies. The Blue Lake/ Limebelt Fire quickly became out of control as it traveled through the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife Scotch Creek Wildlife Area. The Wildlife area had acre after acre of tall, dry grass and sage, allowing the fire to explode once it reached the area. This area was reserved for Sharped Tail Grouse, which at this point will be lucky to survive after the fire. 7. Develop a proactive strategy to anticipate the legal attacks against active forest and land management. I cannot believe the U.S. Court system is not nimble enough to allow safe and realistic forest management strategies. It will take creative lawyering and persistence that if not undertaken will result in no forests and immeasurable loss. It is not an acceptable strategy to wait until the cause of action is filed before trying to implement a strategy. Forward thinking and strong leadership is needed if we are to be successful in addressing the quagmire currently in place. The loss to this area has yet to be fully appreciated. The drive today demonstrated we have significant issues in front of us as the years progress. Between the environmental challenges, housing challenges and continued economic viability of the region, there is much work ahead. I appreciate the opportunity to express my concerns and hope the information shared from this region is able to positively impact decisions and strategies important to all. Sincerely, [GRAPHIC NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT] Linda Pierce, Okanogan, WA. Exhibit K To: House Agriculture Committee Re: H.R. 167--Wildfire Disaster Funding Act Date: October 1, 2015 Recent wildfires have devastated almost \1/3\ of Okanogan County, including Federal, Tribal, state and private lands. The fires have burned through vast acreages of farmland, forestlands and shrub steppe habitats without regard to landownership or usage. Just as fires know no boundaries, noxious weeds do not respect fence lines or ownership, freely spreading to new areas, replacing desired crops, invading rangelands, and pristine wildlife habitats. Funding of noxious weed control programs within Federal agencies is already insufficient given the scope of landownership. The current funding mechanism for catastrophic wildfire suppression further decreases the already inadequate funding levels, when the remaining funds are pulled from noxious weed control programs to fund fire suppression efforts. Many noxious weeds, such as cheat grass, intensify fire activity and cycles, making those fires extreme and difficult to control. The more difficult the fire, the more funding pulled from controlling noxious weeds, increasing infestations of cheat grass and other weeds, and the process escalates. The Okanogan County Noxious Weed Control Board supports H.R. 167, the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act. This Act will make paying for fire suppression activities the same as other natural disasters and end the ineffective practice of ``fire borrowing''. H.R 167 will allow Federal noxious weed programs the ability to do what they were intended to do, namely control noxious weeds and provide the stewardship necessary of good Federal land managers. Anna Lyon, Manager, Okanogan County Noxious Weed Control Board Exhibit L September 9, 2015 Hon. Hal Rogers, Chairman, Hon. Nita Lowey, Ranking Minority Member, House Appropriations Committee; Hon Thad Cochran, Chairman, Hon. Barbara Mikulski, Ranking Minority Member, Senate Appropriations Committee; Hon. Ken Calvert, Chairman, Hon. Betty McCollum, Ranking Minority Member, House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee; Hon. Lisa Murkowski, Chairwoman, Hon. Tom Udall, Ranking Minority Member, Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee. Dear Chairman Rogers, Chairman Cochran, Chairman Calvert, Chairman Murkowski, Ranking Minority Member Lowey, Ranking Minority Member Mikulski, Ranking Minority Member McCollum, and Ranking Minority Member Udall: The catastrophic wildfires engulfing western states this summer are further proof of the need for Congress to support the management of our nation's forestlands in a collaborative effort of Federal agencies, industry and the local residents most directly affected by these fires. The National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) represents the nation's 3,000 conservation districts and their governing boards. Established under state law, conservation districts are local units of government charged with carrying out natural resource management programs created or adjusted based on local needs. Conservation districts are directly connected to local populations and landowners. Conservation districts work with Federal, state, Tribal and other local agencies to provide technical assistance to landowners and other partners to address natural resource issues. With respect to forests and grasslands, conservation districts are involved in a wide range of activities, including non-industrial private forest management, wildfire prevention and fuels reduction, biomass production and utilization, forest pest management, wildlife habitat management and urban forestry. Recently, the Okanogan Conservation District proved to be an invaluable resource for assisting FEMA and state and Federal land management agencies for rapid emergency response during the 2014 Carlton Complex Fire in Washington. The district assisted with the identification and evaluation of priority areas in need of immediate recovery, and provided conservation for both private and public lands. The 2015 fires far surpass the area burned in 2014 and conservation districts are already formulating plans to deal with the aftermath. The Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) will be a crucial part of those plans and funding limitations must not stand in the way of program delivery. It is critical that Federal policies support the uninhibited flow of vital information between agencies and partners that will allow natural resource concerns to be addressed, private and public property protected and all life, especially human, fully cared for. Along with dozens of other forestry and conservation organizations, NACD has offered its support of the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act (H.R. 167, S. 235, S. 1645), which aims to limit the impact wildfire spending can have on the funding of agency programs designed to improve forest health conditions. NACD fully supports increased funding for wildfire prevention, management and restoration of our public forests and rangelands; legislation that expedites analysis required by the National Environmental Policy Act; policies and budgets that allow conducting effective prescribed fire, pre-suppression activity and silvicultural treatments; and increased pre- and post-fire grazing on at-risk public lands. We ask for passage and full funding of the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act in addition to increased funding for programs that can be used to reduce fuels such as the Chiefs Joint Landscape Restoration Partnership, the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and the EWP. These programs are critical to providing the necessary resources to bring about significant change on a landscape level. Sincerely, [GRAPHIC NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT] Lee McDaniel, President, National Association of Conservation Districts. Supplemental Washington Forest Management: Success Versus Federal Failure [GRAPHIC NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT] The Chairman. Thank you, sir. I am pleased to recognize Dr. Topik, for 5 minutes. STATEMENT OF CHRISTOPHER TOPIK, Ph.D., DIRECTOR, RESTORING AMERICA'S FORESTS, NORTH AMERICA REGION, THE NATURE CONSERVANCY, ARLINGTON, VA Dr. Topik. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and Ranking Member. I greatly appreciate you having the hearing. The Nature Conservancy has a long and extensive history of working with both good and bad fire. We focus on science-based conservation action with many collaborators, to help make communities safer and fire-resilient. I believe that working together, we can turn around the current negative fire trends that put our communities, our infrastructure, lifelines, our clean water, our wildlife, and our great outdoors all at risk. It won't be easy and it won't be fast. I am going to talk about three things today. First, we need to fix the wildfire funding. Second, we need to expand opportunities for communities to become fire-adapted. We haven't talked about that enough. And we need to implement the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy. So first, we need to fix the way Federal firefighting is funded. This should be done like other major disasters; not out of the operating accounts that we need to care for our lands and waters. And this can be done now with the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, and it shouldn't be tied to other issues. Without success here, everything else is at risk. The Wildfire Disaster Funding Act is the one proposal that can access the disaster funding cap, it minimizes impacts from fire borrowing, and it addresses the increasing cost of emergency firefighting over time that the Chief talked so much about. The current Federal budgeting system is broken. It prevents decent business practices at our agencies. The uncertainty of funding and amounts, timing, and fund withdrawals has large impacts. The emergency fire funding shortfalls also harm key projects. Not to pander, but for instance, in the East about 56 million board feet of timber was impacted by loss of marking contracts and agreements in Fiscal Year 2013. In Pennsylvania, road repair, invasive species treatment, timber stand improvement, wetland restoration, erosion control projects were canceled or delayed. And I just learned that on the Allegheny National Forest, certain specific Hemlock Woolly Adelgid protection projects were canceled, and some vital research on decline of black cherry was halted due to emergency fires sucking up the Federal resources. In New Mexico, we know that hazardous fuels management, road decommissioning, oil and gas trails, and land acquisition projects have all been canceled. Well, second, the most cost-effective and undervalued solution to harmful fire is structured engagement within and among the communities that are at risk. It is essential to help develop local skills and visions for communities to protect themselves and their surroundings. Different places will have different needs, and different cultures will generate different solutions. Very modest investment by Federal, states, Tribes, industries will yield much more fire-resilient communities. Community mitigation and homecare actions can have huge benefits. For example, the analysis of the Waldo Canyon fire in Colorado by the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety. I especially want to do a shout out for the relatively new but immensely promising Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network. In just 2 years, it is helping 17 places, ranging from small communities to huge cities like Austin. It helps local people figure out what they need to do to deal with fire, and its national network brings best practices and lessons learned to a wider application faster. Soon, this network will expand, and I hope it does a lot more. And finally, way too much discussion on the Hill is focused on timber harvest as the solution to the fire problem. We know that many of the most damaging fires have been in woodlands, brush chaparral, and areas that are not even suitable for commercial timber. For instance, the Valley fire destroyed 1,958 structures in California last month, and cost close to $60 million to suppress. And many of the most deadly and impactful fires have been in southern California, chaparral and woodlands, where forestry is not relevant, but defensible space creation is essential. And forest thinning is certainly important in needed areas where it can reduce fire danger, especially when followed by controlled burns, but it is one of many solutions. There is a good plan that we should implement; that is, we all need to get the governments at all levels in the U.S., with industry and private sectors, to fund and implement the three legs of the Cohesive Strategy. First, that includes resilient landscapes, fire-adapted communities, and safe and effective fire response. But right now, fire response in America commands nearly all the available resources. As a nation, we don't seem to hesitate to respond in massive fashion during immediate emergencies, but we are not good at funding preparedness and mitigation that we all know has a great return on investment. I do, however, want to commend the U.S. Fire Administration and DHS for some exciting recent progress. But, however, the imbalance that we see prevents us from taking the community-based steps that are needed, and it doesn't allow us to properly manage forests, shrub lands, grasslands with good fire and good forestry. We need Federal investments in collaborative forest landscape restoration and other proactive land management projects, as well as investments in science to yield faster and more effective treatments. Greater Federal involvement in cost-share projects with states and Tribes, as well as county and local governments will yield greater results, and the shared decision-making reduces conflict. I hope this Committee will work with other Committees of jurisdiction to establish new ways of increasing community capacity to engage in this new collaborative stewardship. Again, please, three things. Pass the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, implement and fund our National Cohesive Strategy that is 4 years in the making, and expand opportunities for our communities to be better adapted and durable to fire. We at the Conservancy are happy to work with the Committee and any others to help formulate new ways to incentivize partner investments for healthy forests and watersheds. Thank you very much. [The prepared statement of Dr. Topik follows:] Prepared Statement of Christopher Topik, Ph.D., Director, Restoring America's Forests, North America Region, The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA Using Natural Solutions and Community Engagement To Reduce Damaging Impacts of Wildfire in the United States I am pleased to be here today to discuss the current fire season, and more importantly, what actions citizens and the Congress need to take to change the current outlook of damaging long-term trends. I want to thank Chairman Thompson and Ranking Member Lujan Grisham for inviting The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to participate in this hearing. Personal Background: My name is Christopher Topik; I am the Director of The Nature Conservancy's Restoring America's Forests Program. The Nature Conservancy is an international, nonprofit conservation organization working around the world to protect important lands and waters for people and nature. Our mission is to conserve the lands and waters upon which all life depends. I have been working on forest ecology, management and policy full time since 1980 and since 1995 I have been deeply involved at the national level on fire management policy and funding issues. A key feature of my work on the Hill for 15 years involved fire issues, including efforts to enhance the hazardous fuels reduction, devise and implement the National Fire plan in 2001, the FLAME Act of 2009, the Joint Fire Science Program, and numerous oversight hearings and foster independent investigations on fire policy and practice. For the past 4 years I have had the honor and great experience of working for The Nature Conservancy throughout the United States. My specific project features thirteen large scale forest restoration partnership efforts with the USDA Forest Service and many others that touch down in 23 states. I have had the opportunity to visit all of these sites and to examine in some detail how collaborative methods can foster community engagement that provides the basis for forest restoration and accomplishments on the ground, benefiting people, water and wildlife. I also work closely with the Fire Learning Network, a 12 year partnership led by The Nature Conservancy but including hundreds of partners, and the recent offspring, the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network. Also of note to this hearing, for the past 3 years I have served on the USDA Federal Advisory Committee (FACA) for Implementation of the National Forest System Land Management Planning Rule as a conservation or watershed organization representative. I also have been involved with and deeply committed to the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy, which I believe offers the greatest hope to get all levels of government to work together for a balanced, science driven cohesive effort to deal with good and destructive fire in the U.S. Introduction: No doubt others at today's hearing will discuss the damaging aspects of the current fire season and the projections for continued fire stresses in the future. We are already experiencing longer fire seasons, more frequent drought and extreme weather, heavy fuel loadings due to past over-zealous fire suppression, and the suburbanization of our wildlands putting more people and infrastructure at risk. I want to use my short time here today to discuss steps that can help turn around the current negative trends we are seeing that affect budgeting, community safety and the continued provision of clean water, wildlife and our outdoor open space. In short, I believe that citizens, society, and governments can foster greater use of natural solutions to learn to live with fire and to reduce catastrophic fire. But this takes commitment, including funding at all levels of government and industry, to perform strategic actions that make our communities and fire-prone lands fire resilient. I also am concerned that much of the previous discussion on the Hill has focused too much on timber harvest as the solution to the fire problem when we know that the tremendously damaging fires experienced have been largely in woodland, brush, and areas that are not suitable for commercial tree harvest, such as the Valley fire which destroyed 1,958 structures in California last month and cost close to $60 million to suppress.
Today I will begin by urging Congress to reform the way that fire suppression is currently funded; absent that fix, other actions will continue to be more challenging and less likely to succeed. Then I will discuss the need to fund and implement the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy by all governmental levels, and the opportunities to engage more sectors to devise innovative projects and support. Finally, I will discuss administrative techniques to enhance the efficiency and scale of fire risk reduction projects and the need for the use of more ``good'' fire to reduce mega-fire risk. This includes community engagement and investment in proven techniques to network fire adapted communities. I. Need for Fire Suppression Funding Fix Fire response is the only kind of natural disaster that consumes regular Federal agency appropriations thereby limiting operations on our vast Federal public lands. The current fire suppression funding model and cycle of transfers and repayments has negatively impacted the ability of Federal and state agencies to implement conservation activities. If we don't fix the current inadequate system for funding fire suppression, we will continue to have many barriers to the cooperative and cohesive work that is needed to make communities and lands safer and fire resilient. The USDA Forest Service (USFS) and Department of the Interior (DOI) are the two entities responsible for Federal fire suppression. Fire suppression funding levels are currently based on the previous 10 year average of suppression costs. The 10 year average includes early years when suppression levels were lower and recent years when suppression costs have been very high. For example, in Fiscal Year (FY) 2004, $597 million was allocated to suppression by these two departments, and in FY 2015, $1.6 billion was allocated, but the Forest Service required an additional $700 million to cover emergency needs. State fire suppression expenditures doubled from 1998 to 2014 to $1.6 billion. And this does not include the additional $1.4 billion these Departments spent in FY 2015 in the preparedness accounts to support the fire staff and apparatus. The result is that (with ground conditions worsening, climate change, and increased populations moving closer to forests) the Federal 10 year average does not provide the levels necessary for actual emergency suppression needs. However, when suppression money runs out, both the USFS and DOI have authority to transfer funds (also known as `fire borrowing') from within their budgets to make up for the shortfalls, impacting non-suppression programs. Unfortunately, the cost of suppression has significantly increased, leading to transfers on an almost annual basis. The transfers lead to canceled and delayed projects impacting overall agency budgets and programs, including many conservation programs important to society and TNC. And even the common, seasonal threat that fire borrowing will occur impacts the efficiency of government actions and can halt partnering and shared fire risk reduction projects from happening during the small windows of time available. I do not advocate that we stop fire suppression activities. The values of nature and people deserve and require that we take appropriate fire suppression actions during fire emergencies. Certainly care needs to be exercised regarding fire suppression costs, but protecting life and property are the key requirement of government. I do think there is an unrealized opportunity to manage fire incidents so where safe, benefits of wildfire can accrue. This may or may not save immediate money on the suppression end, but it certainly will reduce costs of fuel treatments and also reduce future fire risk. Currently, the USFS and DOI are impacted in two ways, at the front end and back end of the fiscal year. As suppression costs continue to rise, USFS and DOI budgets remain relatively flat. Therefore as more funding is allocated to the 10 year average for suppression, less is allocated to all other areas of the USFS and DOI budgets. Programs are short-changed at the beginning of the budget process as more is allocated to suppression and less to the programs. As an example, the 10 year average at the USFS increased $115 million from FY15 to FY16. That added funding comes out of the hides of other programs in the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations budget. In 10 years, suppression is projected to increase another $700 million per year. And yet, as the 10 year average for suppression consumes more of the USFS and DOI budgets, it remains insufficient to fund suppression through the end of the fiscal year. As the USFS and DOI flex their transfer authorities, programs are hit again when their budgets are transferred from to make-up for the suppression shortfall. In many cases, even the threat of transfer has impacts--when the agency is directed to stop spending--can halt important agency activities. There are dozens and dozens of examples of the negative impacts of these fire transfers, for example: In the East, approximately 56 million board feet of timber was impacted by loss of marking contracts and agreements in FY 2013. In Pennsylvania, roads repair, invasive species treatment, timber stand improvement, wetland restoration, and erosion control projects were canceled or delayed, and visitor requests and needs were not met due to the delayed hiring of recreation positions resulting in postponed planned recreation programs and projects in FY 2012. In New Mexico, hazardous fuels management, road decommissioning, and land acquisition projects were canceled in FY 2012. In FY 2013, oil and gas, Continental Divide trails, and land acquisition projects were delayed or canceled. In most years, transfers are repaid through an emergency supplemental. However, oftentimes this does not translate into projects ``picking up where they left off,'' and the repayments are often redirected to other projects. This past year the Forest Service had to transfer $700 million from non-suppression programs. I do thank the Congress for the recently enacted short-term Continuing Resolution for FY 2016 that includes an emergency supplemental repayment for those transfers. Emergency supplementals are not always used to repay transfers. Over $1 billion of transfers from FY 2012 and FY 2013, combined, came off the top of the following Fiscal Years' (FY 2013 and FY 2014) Interior appropriation bills, leaving less for the remaining agencies and programs funded by the Interior appropriations bill. What was a strain only to DOI and USFS became a strain on all agencies and programs funded through the Interior appropriations bill. This cycle of ineffective fire suppression funding is inefficient and unsustainable. I urge the Congress to pass the bipartisan Wildfire Disaster Funding Act (H.R. 167, S. 235, WDFA) to break this cycle and guarantee up-front funding for firefighters while reducing the need to transfer funds from non-suppression accounts. The solution to fire funding must be three-fold and include: 1. access disaster funding, 2. minimize impacts from transfers, and 3. address the increasing costs of suppression over time. The purpose of disaster funding is to provide assistance for ``expected'' disasters, like hurricanes, floods, and tornados. Like for these types of disasters, there is an expectation for fire funding needs. The argument can therefore be made that fire response be funded similarly to other natural disasters in order to reduce inefficiencies within agency budgets. On a yearly basis, the USFS and DOI plan for a wildfire season that will require suppression funding. Unfortunately, there has not been room in their budgets to fully account for suppression because of the significant impacts to other agency programs, including the very ones--like restoration and hazardous fuels reduction--that would reduce the risk and cost of fire activities. The Wildfire Disaster Funding Act (WDFA) was introduced in the 113th Congress and reintroduced at the very beginning of the new 114th Congress. It is the most bipartisan piece of legislation offered so far in this entire Congressional session and now has well over 100 cosponsors in the House. WDFA aims to improve the fiscal planning for expected disasters by funding a portion of Federal firefighting through a budget cap adjustment to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011. This would relieve the USDA Forest Service (USFS) and Department of the Interior (DOI) from the increasing costs of suppression and the impacts that result from transfers when suppression funding is exhausted before the end of the fiscal year. WDFA provides the three-fold solution necessary to solve fire funding: (1) access disaster funding, (2) minimize impacts from transfers, and (3) address the increasing costs of suppression over time. II. Need for Balanced Implementation of the Three Legs of the Cohesive Strategy The National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (Cohesive Strategy) is the most meaningful way to get all layers of government, finally, working together: including cities, counties, states, Tribes and our Federal Departments of Agriculture, Interior, Defense and Homeland Security. This is vital because impacts of fire affect most aspects of life in our country, including our water supplies, the air we breathe, the recreational open space that we cherish, our wildlife and fish, and vital wood products that are needed by society. The Nature Conservancy is deeply engaged in these issues at the national policy level. We are also engaged in many projects at the state and local levels that help get work done on the ground, and help train communities and broaden the constituency for conservation action. The Cohesive Strategy action plan was the result of an intense 4 year, multi-government level collaboration that produced an action plan in April of 2014. All levels of government, especially Congress, need to provide resources and engagement to make this work. If implemented and supported, disaster cost will be reduced, while enhancing many other benefits to society and nature. The Cohesive Strategy has three goals: resilient landscapes, fire-adapted communities, and safe and effective fire response. Currently, most governmental resources and attention go to fire response in the form of fire suppression. This work is vital to protect people and resources. Yet, as discussed above, these emergency actions have largely over-shadowed the need for the other two legs of the Cohesive Strategy stool. I fear the United States now has a very unstable programmatic `stool', with one very long leg for fire suppression and two very short legs for the vital work to make communities and landscapes more fire resilient and safer. Congress, the states, Tribes, counties and cities, working with citizens and using science, need to increase funding and attention to implement a more balanced approach to fire management in America. The work to restore and maintain resilient landscapes is at the heart and soul of The Nature Conservancy's activities. We've been performing controlled burns for more than 50 years on our properties. We have tremendous experience in this arena. Since 1988 The Conservancy has burned over 2 million acres safely. The Conservancy values fire as a conservation tool and as a means to reduce the risk of damaging fires and reduce the incidence of mega-fires. The Conservancy for over 12 years has run the Fire Learning Network in cooperation with the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior (http:// www.conservationgateway.org/fln). The Fire Learning Network is a terrific program that helps bring together science and stakeholder engagement skills to create enabling conditions for the restoration of fire adapted ecosystems. Also, my project, ``Restoring America's Forests'' includes 13 major forest demonstration sites that touch down in parts of 23 states. We are working with local partners including the Forest Service and the Interior Bureaus to tackle, solve, and share methods on some of the prickliest issues in forest management. We also work hard on the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, a key effort to implement new methods of forest and fire management with citizen involvement. The second part of the Cohesive Strategy, enhancing fire adapted communities, is also a vital area where we help withstand fire losses and help communities learn to live with fire. The stated goal of members of the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network (http:// facnetwork.org) is ``to help society live safely with wildfire.'' This program is discussed in greater depth below. The third part of the Cohesive Strategy, fire response, means more than just better firefighting; it also means enhanced ability to manage wildfire to get beneficial result from events while protecting key infrastructure. It's also important for fire response that we and many others work with communities before emergencies, so they know what to expect when fire emergencies happen. This is a key part of community engagement. It's vital we all, including NGOs like TNC, stay engaged and help communities and help all the myriad layers of government work together. All taken together, this is what's needed for us to help accomplish common, locally based visions that will help protect communities, enhance our environment and habitats, and our watersheds to continue to provide natures bounties of water, air, wildlife, open space, and various products. III. Innovative Funding at State and Local Levels for Risk Reduction Projects The fire problem is an issue that needs much more than a Federal response. There are many opportunities for states, Tribes, counties, cities and the private sectors to increase their collaborative work to enhance both the wildlands that surround them as well as enhance community fire resistance and forest resilience. TNC is committed to partner and collaborate across the country to help build coalitions needed to create new state and local sustainable revenue streams to improve forest health and protect water supplies in order to meet society's growing demands for water. I believe the Wildland Fire Leadership Council, a formal body that includes all levels of government, has the ability to encourage and foster greater action that invests in projects, local building and community guidelines or codes, and pooled resources to reduce fire danger in the long term. Many industries are negatively impacted by fires and they should consider increasing their roles in risk reduction. For instance, just last week I participated in a disaster forum here in the House, sponsored by the Property Casualty Insurers Association. The insurance industry has a long history of successful involvement in various risk reduction actions. So it is encouraging that they are looking to increase their engagement in the wildfire issue. Similarly, there are great opportunities for tourism and recreation, and all industries and agriculture that require healthy, sustainable sources of fresh water. Banking and electric utilities are also threatened, let alone the 44 million people at risk that live in wildland/urban interface and intermix. Currently, fire trends are a major stressor to water, especially in the arid regions of the West where water sources are in the forested mountains that are at risk of catastrophic fires. The Rio Grande Water Fund, discussed by our TNC staffer Laura McCarthy at this Committee's hearing on April 29, 2015, is another excellent way of creating partnerships to generate innovative solutions to prioritize work and deliver additional funding for fire risk reduction, forest improvement, and water security efforts. IV. Efficient Forest and Fire Management There is a lot that can and must be done to increase efficiency at all levels of government action despite the shortage of funding and resources required to do fire risk reduction and community safety projects. I think we need careful analysis to see where forestry projects and other actions are needed and will have a greater return in investment to reduce fire risk. I believe that there are many areas where forest conditions are unhealthy, especially in the fire driven, lower elevation pine forests of the West, South and Southeast. The model of extensive forest thinning to reduce fire risk is appropriate in some places, but there are more areas, at higher risk of fire, where it is not applicable. We should not get too distracted from the need to provide defensible space and community safety as the best way to deal with fire in many areas, especially many highly populated ones. The Agricultural Act of 2014 included a provision to provide enhanced authorities for the Forest Service in areas where insects and disease may be a concern. I very much would like to see how that authority, and others, can foster larger scale and scope projects before we remove the public input and science based analysis currently required for forestry projects under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). I also see a lot of opportunities to use existing authorities with much more intensity to foster more large, cross boundary projects. There may also be legislative opportunities to increase the use of large scale NEPA projects that provide the analysis and clearances for many projects over wide areas. This could act similar to programmatic NEPA in many areas where forest thinning, followed by controlled fire, is the necessary treatment. Similarly, I think that the categorical exclusion from detailed environmental analysis provision of the NEPA can be used more broadly where the landscape and impacts are well understood and previous and ongoing monitoring demonstrate the efficacy of the treatments. Categorical exclusions should not be given just for the good intent of project proponents; there needs to be clear and transparent triggers, including public involvement and sound science, before fast tracking projects. I think investment in monitoring would also lead to better future projects, informed by previous results, and this then can be used to foster faster, bigger and more effective work in the future, including the use of programmatic scale and categorical exclusion for routine work. My work on the USDA Federal Advisory Committee (FACA) sanctioned National Advisory Committee for Implementation of the National Forest System Land Management Planning Rule has shown me how the new forest planning regulation for the Forest Service can lead to better integration of projects and community needs for fire resistance. Forest plans guide all activities for at least 15 years, so they offer a direct way to involve the public in ascertaining where and when work needs to get done on the ground with the greatest impact to the broader landscape, including towns and watersheds. We need to encourage local governments, especially counties and Tribes, to engage in the forest planning process and use it to reduce fire risk to nature and communities. Climate change is exacerbating the fire problem as our forests are becoming warmer, drier and subject to both more extreme weather events and longer fire seasons. The Forest Service itself expects severe fires to double by 2050, according to the U.S. Global Change Research Program. The third biggest fire year since 1960 was in 2012, with 9.3 million acres burned--the Forest Service is estimating 20 million acres to burn annually by 2050. This year so far over 9 million acres have burned and October historically has featured devastating fires in California. We are already seeing these impacts: the Four Corners region of the Southwest has documented temperature increases of 1.5-2 Fahrenheit over the last 60 years. The recent comprehensive climate science synthesis for the U.S. Forest Sector suggests that, whereas currently forests sequester fully thirteen percent of the nation's fossil fuel carbon emissions, trends in forest cover loss due to fire, urbanization and other impacts will make forests a net emitter of carbon by the end of the century. This is another major reason why society should invest in keeping forests as forest. Besides all the historical and substantial benefits of forests mentioned above, maintaining forest cover is probably one of the most cost effective ways our nation has to mitigate climate change simply by helping forests adapt and become more resilient. V. Learning To Live With Fire: Need for Better and More Use of Safe Fire It is clear from most of the fire science and social science literature that fire is a key part of nature, and will continue to be such despite human efforts to stop it. Much of North America includes natural ecosystems where fire plays a necessary and normal role so species and the environment are fire adapted. As we occupy and alter more and more of the landscape, we also must learn to live with natural processes and use them for our benefits. Different ecosystems need different types of fire to remain healthy. Likewise, the human-created infrastructure in these varying types of wildlands require different strategies if they are to continue to coexist with nature. In those areas where the cultural use of fire was not lost or where it has been reestablished we have a much greater chance of minimizing destructive mega-fire: this includes some southern areas dominated by longleaf pine and increasingly, areas of shortleaf pine in places like Arkansas. Other pyrogenic landscapes, such as the chaparral or brush of extensive areas in California and surrounding states will most certainly burn at some time. And they can burn explosively. So defensible space, sufficient ingress/egress routes and burning during windows of safety are essential. There are also millions of acres of dry forests, especially in the western pine zone, where our previous over-zealous and successful fire suppression has led to extensive areas of overstocked forests that can burn explosively. Many of these areas would benefit from strategic forest thinning, followed by careful burning, to return them to the frequent, low intensity fire regimes that dominated for thousands of years before the 20th century and fire suppression. The Forest Service estimates that there are about 11 million acres in the National Forest System that are not in reserved areas or municipal watersheds that would benefit from strategic thinning and burning. I encourage those here today to focus on these areas that are a known priority rather than pursue more general demands to increase timber harvest everywhere, unless it is needed for other social or ecological needs. I also encourage the Committee to look at examples of successful programs that are teaching people how to live with fire while increasing community understanding and cohesion. The Fire Leaning Network (http://www.conservationgateway.org/fln) fosters collaboration for restoration and integrated fire management (with an emphasis on controlled burning) in landscapes across the country. This modest program helps stakeholders learn how to work with each other, while also benefiting from being in a national network that increases knowledge-sharing and generates new ways of doing business. Much of the discussion on the Hill lately has focused on big ticket ways to fight fire better, such as more airtankers, or on enhancing extensive forest treatments by decreasing or eliminating environmental or legal review. I firmly believe that greater investment and encouragement of these programs that enhance human interaction and understanding are much more cost-effective. This summer the Forest Service alone spent a record $243 million in a single week during the massive fire build up. This is probably 50 times the total annual investment made for social science guided efforts that help communities protect themselves. I suggest a more balanced portfolio would be cost effective and result in both healthier ecosystems and communities. Another well-understood need is the need for more controlled burns in fire-prone ecosystems. Almost everyone agrees that more healthy fire on the landscape, from grasslands, to brush lands, and to forests would be beneficial. There have been substantial increases in recent years, yet we are having a hard time making dramatic increases in acres treated. The scale of treatment is not even close to being commensurate with the need for restoration and maintenance. Besides the clear need for more controlled burns on all ownerships of fire-prone lands, we also need to be more aggressive about using wildfire events, where safe, to increase acres treated. Fire use is not without risks, but if leaders and society better understood the benefits, we could implement much more healthy and low impact burning. I am encouraged by the desire of the Wildland Fire Leadership Council to take on the issue of smoke management so that we can better understand the trade-offs between suffering from smoke during controlled conditions versus during catastrophic and enduring fire events. VI. Need for Community Engagement The most cost effective and under-valued solution to harmful fire is structured engagement of communities at risk. It is essential to develop local skills and local visions for how communities should take action to protect themselves and their surrounding wildlands. Different places will have different needs and differing cultures will, and should, generate different solutions. As a nation we don't hesitate to respond in massive fashion during immediate emergencies, but we are not so good at funding the preparedness that we all know has a great return on investment. It is encouraging that the U.S. Fire Administration is taking a more holistic view of fire preparedness and hazard mitigation; other governmental bodies and industries should do the same. A relatively new example of a cost effective program is the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network (http://facnetwork.org). This program is just 2 years old but it already involves 17 geographic sites, ranging from small communities in the wildland matrix to huge cities, like Austin, Texas. The purpose of the network is to significantly accelerate the spread and adoption of concepts and actions that will help communities help themselves become better adapted to fire. The values of the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network are: Adaptation is critical to a positive future. Collaboration and partnerships are keys to successful adaptation. Investment in local-level capacity, partnerships and responsibility yields the best outcomes. Supporting the coordinating function within communities is essential to leveraging the range of resources, institutions and individuals necessary to build fire adapted communities. Investing in learning across communities and geographies is a strategy that works at multiple scales, including: Facilitating the adoption of best practices and innovations; Building a community-of-practice to fuel inspiration and innovation; Aggregating lessons learned to advise the design of programs and policies in support of fire adapted communities; and Leveraging lessons learned to inform policy and resource allocation, as appropriate. VII. Conclusion I want to first thank the Agriculture Committee for holding this hearing. This Committee serves as a model for how bipartisan, calm and rational discussion can lead to better legislation and results for Americans. I also want to call on this Committee to pass the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act. It is not useful to hold up passing this key budgetary solution because of the desire of some to link it to reductions in environmental review. I hope that Congress can enact the fire suppression budget fix that is widely supported (WDFA) and then figure out how to make communities more engaged and also facilitate bigger and better projects on the ground. There has been so much good work by multiple levels of government on the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy that it is a shame that we don't figure out how to make its implementation more balanced. We know that the preparedness actions of making landscapes more fire resilient and helping make communities more fire adapted are cost effective and cheaper than the devastation of uncharacteristic wildfires. Direct engagement of communities, with assistance, will make the greatest difference. Our top three priorities for the Congress to reduce wildfire threats to nature and people: 1. The Wildfire Disaster Funding Act. (H.R. 167) The current system of funding fire preparedness and suppression at the expense of hazardous fuels and other key programs threatens to undermine--and eventually overtake--the vital management and conservation purposes for which the USDA Forest Service and Department of the Interior bureaus were established. The current wildfire suppression funding model and cycle of transfers and repayments has negatively impacted the ability to implement forest management activities. The agencies and first responders need a predictable, stable, and efficient budget structure to deliver their Congressionally directed land management missions. The Conservancy supports the bipartisan Wildfire Disaster Funding Act (H.R. 167), which would provide the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior with a funding structure similar to that used by other agencies that respond to natural disasters, through a disaster cap adjustment. This important change would free the agencies to reinvest in core activities which have been reduced in recent years due to a continued shift of limited resources to fund wildfire suppression, including the very programs that would help to decrease wildfire costs over time. Further, this change would significantly reduce the highly disruptive process of canceling and/or significantly delaying ongoing project work, most often at the time such work is being executed on the ground. 2. Investments in Forest and Watershed Risk Reduction It is essential that the Congress and the Administration increase Federal investments to reduce fire risk in a manner that makes forests more resilient and resistant to fire and other stressors. Strategic, proactive hazardous fuels treatments have proven to be a safe and cost- effective way to reduce risks to communities and forests by removing overgrown brush and trees, leaving forests in a more natural condition resilient to wildfires. Similarly, investments in Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration and associated proactive Federal land management programs, as well as investments in science will yield faster and more effective landscape forestry treatments. Strategic mechanical fuels reduction in wildlands, combined with controlled burning to reduce fuels across large areas, can significantly reduce the chance that mega-fires will adversely impact the water supply, utility infrastructure, recreational areas and rural economic opportunities on which communities depend. 3. State and Community Assistance and Incentives for Shared Work All levels of government need to work together with citizens and industries to achieve the kind of forest conditions that benefit all Americans. Greater Federal involvement in cost-share efforts with the states and Tribes, as well as with county and local government will yield much greater results than the sum of the parts and the shared decision making will reduce conflict and litigious delays. This Committee should work with the other Committees of jurisdiction to establish new ways of increasing community capacity to engage in this new, collaborative forestry. We would be happy to work with the Committee on formulating new, better ways of incentivizing partner investments in healthy forests and watersheds. The Chairman. I thank the gentleman. I am pleased now to recognize Chief Litzenberg for 5 minutes of your testimony. Please go ahead and proceed, Chief. STATEMENT OF ERIK J. LITZENBERG, FIRE CHIEF, SANTA FE FIRE DEPARTMENT, SANTA FE, NM; ON BEHALF OF INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS Mr. Litzenberg. Well, good morning, Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Lujan Grisham, I bring my regards from New Mexico, and Members of the Subcommittee. Today, I am testifying on behalf of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, where I serve as the Chairman of the Wildland Fire Policy Committee. And I thank you for the opportunity to discuss the 2015 fire season, and the needs of America's fire departments. We have heard some statistics, which I won't recount, but I will bring some new ones to the table, and that is that local fire departments respond to almost all wildland fire incidents. For fires on Federal lands, they cooperate with the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service. Local fire departments provide the initial attack for nearly 80 percent of all wildland fires. This assistance by local governments totals more than $36 billion per year, according to the U.S. Forest Service. On non-Federal property, local fire departments are the first to respond, and often the last to leave the incident. The IAFC has been a strong supporter of the Cohesive Strategy, which brought together local, tribal, state, Federal, and non-governmental partners, many of whom are in this room, to address the wildland fire problem. Through a multiyear, three-stage process, the Cohesive Strategy outlined a plan to tackle wildland fire through fire suppression, community preparedness, and land management. Similarly, the IAFC has several recommendations for Congress in these same areas. First, Congress must support the fire suppression efforts through effective funding and equipment procurement policies. The IAFC is greatly concerned about the practice known as fire borrowing, in which DOI and U.S. Forest Service are forced to shift funds from non-suppression accounts to suppression accounts, after expending their annual wildland fire suppression funding. This dangerous practice only serves to worsen the fire problem by limiting important prevention and mitigation projects. Congress must address this problem by developing a funding reform proposal that prohibits fire borrowing, and funds 100 percent of the 10 year average of suppression costs. Any costs above 100 percent of the 10 year average should be funded through an adjustment to the disaster relief cap. Additionally, any savings must be directly reinvested in wildland fire prevention and community preparedness programs. In addition to funding reform for the USDA and DOI, Congress must also address declining Federal support for local wildland fire operations. Since Fiscal Year 2010, Congress has reduced funding for the Volunteer Fire Assistance Grant Program by nearly 20 percent, from $16 million in 2010, to $13 million in 2015. Additionally, in Fiscal Year 2010, Congress eliminated the Rural Fire Assistance Grant Program which further helped budget-strapped fire departments obtain the equipment they need. In July, the House unanimously adopted an amendment to increase VFA grant funding to $14 million in Fiscal Year 2016. We encourage Congress to include this funding increase in any Fiscal Year 2016 appropriations bill. The IAFC also encourages Congress to support fire department preparedness by ensuring that we have the tools and equipment that we may need. The U.S. Department of Defense and USDA jointly run two programs which allow fire departments to utilize and, in many cases, purchase access vehicles and other equipment from the DOD. These programs were suspended by the DOD, and then restarted in 2014 over concerns about emission regulations. The IAFC strongly encourages Congress to protect these commonsense programs by passing H.R. 177, the Firefighter Equipment Protection Act. Number two, to assist in developing fire-adapted communities, the IAFC urges Congress to support outreach and education efforts. Since 2011, the IAFC has developed and expanded the Ready, Set, Go Program, which educates communities on a way to be ready for fires, set if the need for an evacuation arises, and go when it is time to evacuate. Ready, Set, Go has been implemented by more than 1,500 fire departments across the nation, and provides a strong platform for fire departments to engage with their communities to ensure they are prepared and knowledgeable about the dangers of wildland fires. Other organizations also are involved in actively implementing community preparedness and education programs, and we encourage Congress to support Ready, Set, Go, and other programs, to address this important aspect of wildland fire prevention and mitigation. And last, Congress must address land management issues as a long-term solution to the wildland fire problem. The dangerously dry conditions through the West and the Southwest states, prime wildland areas for fires, underscores the need to complete hazardous fuels removal projects and other land management programs. By improving the health of our lands, we can address some of the larger wildland fire factors. Congress also must pay particular attention to the watersheds where wildland fires can cause especially dangerous consequences for drinking water and surrounding communities as a whole. It is certainly something we recognize in all of the West. In addition to these land management policies, Congress also should pass H.R. 1009, the Wildfire Prevention Act of 2015, which would permit recipients of fire management assistance grants to use up to 15 percent of the grant amount for post-wildland fire mitigation projects to prevent flooding, landslides, and other dangerous conditions caused by wildland fires. Thank you again for your continued attention to this important issue, and the opportunity to attend this hearing. Thanks again. [The prepared statement of Mr. Litzenberg follows:] Prepared Statement of Erik J. Litzenberg, Fire Chief, Santa Fe Fire Department, Santa Fe, NM; on Behalf of International Association of Fire Chiefs Good morning, Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Lujan Grisham, and Members of the Subcommittee. I am Erik Litzenberg, Fire Chief for the Santa Fe, New Mexico, Fire Department. Today, I am testifying on behalf of the International Association of Fire Chiefs where I serve as chair of their Wildland Fire Policy Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the 2015 wildland fire season and the needs of America's fire departments. In 2014, wildland fires impacted every state in the nation. There were more than 63,000 wildland fires in the United States. They burned roughly 3.6 million acres. These fires cost the Federal Government over $3.9 billion to extinguish in Fiscal Year (FY) 2014. Local fire departments respond to all wildland fire incidents. For fires on Federal lands, they cooperate with the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) U.S. Forest Service (USFS). Local fire departments provide the initial attack for nearly 80% of all wildland fires. The USFS estimates that local fire departments provide more than $36 billion per year in wildland fire suppression assistance. On non-Federal property, local fire departments are the first to respond and the last to leave the scene. The IAFC has been a strong supporter of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy since it was first initiated several years ago. The Cohesive Strategy brings together all relevant local, state, Tribal, Federal, and non-government entities. These partners have worked together to release recommendations on addressing the wildland fire problem through three areas of focus: supporting fire suppression, developing fire-adapted communities, and establishing effective land management policies. Today I would like to discuss these focus areas from the perspective of a local fire department: (1) Federal Fire Suppression Funding: The growing cost of wildland fire suppression is an important issue which Congress and the Administration must address. As you are likely well aware, almost every year, the cost of wildland fire suppression exceeds the appropriated amounts in the USDA's and DOI's wildland fire management accounts. In 1995, fire suppression made up 16% of the USFS' budget. In 2015 however, fire suppression has made up more than 50% of the USFS' budget. The USFS estimates that if no action is taken, fire suppression will make up more than 67% of its budget in 2025.\1\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ U.S. Forest Service. The Rising Cost of Wildfire Operations. 2015. http://www.fs.fed.us/sites/default/files/2015-Fire-Budget- Report.pdf. As a result, the USDA and DOI are forced to undertake a practice known as ``fire borrowing,'' where funds are transferred from non-suppression accounts to fire suppression accounts. The IAFC is greatly concerned that this is a dangerous practice. Fire borrowing is a short- term solution with severe long-term consequences. Mitigation projects such as hazardous fuels removal could help address the wildland fire problem; however, these are often the first to be cut when funds need to be transferred. The IAFC encourages Congress to develop a bipartisan funding reform proposal which will prohibit fire borrowing and fund the USDA's and DOI's wildland fire suppression accounts at 100% of the 10 year average cost of wildland fire suppression. Any suppression activities above the 10 year average should be funded from an adjustment to the disaster relief cap. Additionally, Congress must ensure than any savings generated by this reform are directly re-invested into wildland fire prevention and community preparedness programs. We believe that these principles will ensure that there is adequate funding for increases in fire suppression operations in the future while not cannibalizing funding from hazardous fuels removal and other programs that will mitigate the risk of wildland fires. (2) Declining Federal Support for Local Wildland Fire Operations: While local fire departments play a major role in responding to wildland fires, they must address the challenge of responding to this growing threat with reduced resources. For example, the National Fire Protection Association released their most recent needs assessment of the United States' fire service in 2011. This study found that 68% of fire departments that are responsible for wildland firefighting have not formally trained all their personnel involved in wildland firefighting. Currently, the Federal Government operates just one grant program to maintain training and equipment for all local fire departments which respond to wildland fires. The VFA program is administered by the USFS and provides funds through the individual state foresters to organize, train, and equip fire departments in rural communities with a population of 10,000 or less. Fire departments receiving a grant must pay for at least 50 percent of the project being funded. The VFA also increases the opportunity for rural fire departments to acquire equipment through the Federal Excess Personal Property (FEPP) program. The VFA grants are usually limited to a few thousand dollars per recipient in order to assist the maximum number of fire departments. Congress has reduced funding for the VFA grant program by nearly 20% from a high of $16 million in FY 2010 to $13 million in FY 2015. In July, the House unanimously adopted an amendment to the FY 2016 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 2822) to increase VFA funding to $14 million. While the IAFC urges Congress to ultimately return VFA to its FY 2010 funding level of $16 million, the IAFC encourages Congress to include this amendment into any Interior or omnibus appropriations bills for FY 2016. Previously, the DOI operated another grant program known as the Rural Fire Assistance (RFA) program. These grants provided volunteer fire departments with grants of up to $20,000 for training, equipment purchase, and prevention activities. Fire departments receiving RFA grants would have had to serve a community of less than 10,000 people near Federal land; pay for at least ten percent of the project being funded; and have had a mutual aid agreement with the local DOI agency or with the state. The RFA grants generally were funded at approximately $10 million per year, until Congress eliminated the RFA grants in FY 2010. The elimination of these grants placed a significant burden on fire departments around the nation, because it eliminated a major source of funding. (3) Excess Equipment for Fire Departments: The U.S. Departments of Defense (DOD), in cooperation with the USDA, operates two programs which allow local fire departments to obtain and utilize vehicles and equipment which the DOD deems to be in excess. The FEPP program allows fire departments to purchase a wide range of excess vehicles and equipment from the DOD. Similarly, the Firefighter Property (FFP) program allows fire departments to borrow a wide range of vehicles and equipment to supplement their own resources. These successful programs were suspended in 2014 due to concern that the DOD exemption from vehicle emission standards did not cover vehicles in the FEPP and FFP programs. These programs were resumed several months later when it was clarified that the vehicles maintain their exemption when utilized under the FEPP and FFP programs. The IAFC urges Congress to support the Firefighter Equipment Protection Act (H.R. 177) which codifies the determination that FEPP and FFP vehicles continue to be exempt from vehicle emissions regulations. The IAFC also encourages Congress to protect the FEPP and FFP programs while reviewing the various DOD programs which place excess property with localities across the United States. Vehicles and equipment sourced through the FEPP and FFP programs can be found in fire departments in every state. (4) Supporting Fire-Adapted Communities: As more communities grow and develop into the wildland urban interface (WUI), it becomes all the more important that these communities are knowledgeable and prepared for wildland fires. Since 2011, the IAFC has developed and expanded the Ready, Set, Go (RSG) program to teach communities how to be ``ready'' for wildland fires, ``set'' if the need to evacuate arises, and to know how to ``go'' when it is time to evacuate. RSG has been implemented in more than 1,500 fire departments across the United States and provides a strong platform for fire departments to engage with their communities on the topic of wildland fire preparedness. While RSG has been particularly effective, it is important to note that other organizations also are involved in community preparedness and education programs of their own. Congress must continue to support these efforts to create fire-adapted communities across the United States. Preparing and educating communities will continue to be an important aspect when addressing the larger wildland fire problem. (5) Developing Efficient Land Management Policies: Healthy lands are much less susceptible to burning than overgrown lands with hazardous fuels. If we do not develop and implement effective solutions today, then the problem will become even larger in the future. Forest health and dry land conditions are two of the strongest contributing factors to the growth of wildland fires. Congress must continue supporting hazardous fuels removal and other forest health projects. The continued drought and extreme heat throughout the western and southwestern states further compounds this problem and primes lands for wildland fires. The extremely dry conditions underscore the importance of taking pre- emptive actions where possible to ensure properly maintained lands. Special attention also must be given to address the importance of implementing efficient land management policies in watershed areas. Many watershed areas are at risk of wildland fires which could present significant negative impacts to the drinking water for surrounding communities as well as placing those communities at risk of flooding and other serious post-wildland fire emergencies. Congress also can strengthen communities by developing policies to protect them from the dangers of post-wildland fire emergencies. Following a wildland fire, the remaining soil is left highly-susceptible to erosion, landslides, flooding, and other natural hazards. The Federal Government currently provides little funding to support community efforts to protect against these hazards. The Federal Emergency Management Agency's Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) program allows funding to support wildland fire response. However, these funds are only available for controlling and extinguishing fires. The IAFC supports modifying the FMAG program to support post- wildland fire mitigation efforts such as re-planting trees and vegetation, installing flood barriers, and other projects to mitigate dangerous post-wildland fire land conditions. To accomplish these reforms, Congress should pass the Wildfire Prevention Act of 2015 (H.R. 1009) which would permit FMAG recipients to receive up to 15% of the FMAG amount for post-wildland fire mitigation projects. This language also was included in the FEMA Disaster Assistance Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 1471). Thank you again for the opportunity to attend this hearing and for your continued attention to this important issue. It is important to recognize that we have a national cohesive strategy for addressing the wildland fire problem, due to Congressional leadership. As part of that strategy, local fire departments continue to play an important role in our nation's response to wildland fire incidents. However, we need Congress to continue defending important programs that help fire departments obtain the funding and equipment to protect their communities. Congressional support for expanding community preparedness programs such as RSG and establishing land management policies also are important components to addressing the wildland fire problem. The IAFC looks forward to continuing to work with this Subcommittee on this critical issue. The Chairman. Chief, thank you so much for your testimony. Colonel Priddy, we are honored to have you here, and go ahead and proceed with your 5 minutes of testimony. STATEMENT OF COL RONALD N. PRIDDY, (RET.), DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, 10 TANKER AIR CARRIER, ALBUQUERQUE, NM Mr. Priddy. Thank you, Chairman, Ranking Member Lujan Grisham, and Members of the Committee. Let me personally start with thanks to Fire Chief Tidwell. The company, from its very thoughts of protecting the nation, if you will, from wildfires has worked with the Forest Service as partners, yes, we are contractors, but we are also partners, and partners with the troops on the ground as well. Thus far, in the 2015 fire season, 10 Tanker has flown more than 400 missions, delivering approximately 4\1/2\ million gallons of suppressant, sometimes called retardant, specifically where our ground commander requested, and also, as demonstrated by lead airplanes, for the most part we fly behind lead airplanes. We have flown on more than 80 wildfires. As has been discussed, the statistics are fairly well known and presented, by the way, nifc.gov as far as number of fires and things like that. But the impact on the nation goes far beyond that. Quality of air, water, homes destroyed, businesses destroyed, et cetera, et cetera. So while this research is ongoing, and it absolutely has to be well-funded, then we feel that our professional firefighters on the ground already know what works best in a given situation for the foreseeable future. For air tanker operation, that experience calls for suppressant and sufficient quantity, at the right place as directed, and at the time to support our ground troops, our firefighters, if you will. Now, as far as the future is concerned, we feel like suppression from fixed-wing aircraft is where improvement of equipment can occur. And I would point out, I agree, Forest Service needs many tools, helicopters were mentioned earlier on, but again, we are stressing fixed-wing and specifically large air tankers, such as the proposed newly manufactured C- 130J, but also the very large air tankers. And that is what we are designated because we fly four times as much suppressant in one mission as anyone else. And we have a designation by the Forest Service, and we are the only very large tanker out there. The Forest Service has funding and has put out an RFP for a newly manufactured air tanker, and because of the details in that, we are certain it will be a Lockheed C-130. I flew C-5s and 141s. I have great respect for Lockheed. Now, that concept will be government-owned, contractor- operated. So what we have done recently is we have told our partners at Forest Service we believe that concept should be expanded to the C-130 because, while it is not a newly manufactured airplane, a thoroughly overhauled DC-10 air tanker can be delivered to the Forest Service very efficiently and in a timely manner, and be serviceable for decades to come, and at approximately \1/3\ the cost. Each will provide 3\1/2\, four times as much as a C-130J or any other tanker that is likely to come about in the future. More, sooner, safer, cheaper, that is what we bring to the defense of the nation, and we are very proud to do so. Thank you very much for letting us testify. [The prepared statement of COL Priddy follows:] Prepared Statement of COL Ronald N. Priddy, (Ret.), Director of Government Affairs, 10 Tanker Air Carrier, Albuquerque, NM 1. Background a. 10 Tanker Air Carrier Brief History In 2001, the founders of 10 Tanker Air Carrier (the Company) organized to explore the government's need to modernize the aerial wildfire fixed wing airtanker fleet. Over the 5 years that followed, the Company worked with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and the other agencies of the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) and commercial industry participants to both define and develop a better airtanker tool. Being private investors who had decades of experience in air carrier operations and aircraft modifications, the Company listened to the fire professionals and integrated that knowledge base into what was to become a model of fixed wing ``Next Gen'' specifications. Much of the discussions with USFS and others were focused on how to upgrade and improve aircraft known as Large Air Tankers (LATs) that could carry loads of up to 3,000 gallons of fire suppressant. It became clear that load capacity, aircraft performance, safety margins, and delivery consistency were paramount metrics. Why the DC-10? In exploring the issues with agencies of the NIFC, including the USFS and the Department of Interior (DOI), and others, the Company determined that under basic wildfire suppression concepts the need is for a more effective initial airtanker attack on small fires to preclude expansion into a large wildfire that threatens the nation's public and private lands. Of prime importance, there is a need to preclude large fires in the urban interface where private homes will be destroyed. Most fire agencies believe sufficient resources to gain early control is both effective and cost effective. That means more suppressant, and the sooner the better. The DC-10 fuselage is high enough above the ground to permit external tanks with an 11,600 gallon capacity--3.5-10 times the drop capacity of any other airtanker operating. The tanks deliver any liquid suppressant, including water, if retardant is not readily available or is not desired. With the drop tanks full of suppressant and the fuel tanks filled to permit 3 hours of airborne operations, the DC-10's superior power-to-weight ratio permits operations at all altitudes and in all terrain. The DC-10's performance assures safer flight operations, while its capacity requires fewer flights, further enhancing safety. Operating from established or temporary tanker bases, the 10 Tanker team can land, reload and get airborne for additional drops within 20 minutes, which coupled with jet speed is sooner to the fire with more suppressant to gain early control of the fire. Finally, once any smaller LAT on contract today or is likely to operate in the future is ordered to ``load and return'', meaning a second flight by that smaller airtanker, the single flight of the 10 Tanker DC-10 with three-or-more times the capacity is far cheaper, thus less of a burden on the state and Federal budgets. As the italicized words above indicate, the Company developed the DC-10 airtankers to provide a wildfire response that is ``More, Sooner, Safer and Cheaper'' than any other large airtanker operating today or any that is likely to operate in the foreseeable future. After investing tens-of-millions of dollar of private capital on design, engineering, and aircraft modification, the Company received a Normal Category (not Restricted Category) supplemental type certificate (STC) from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and also earned a FAA operating certificate under 14 CFR Part 137 in 2006. Subsequently, the Company demonstrated acceptable suppressant drop coverage for the USFS Laboratory in 2006. Upon receiving Interagency Air Tanker Board (IAB) approval the DC-10 was deemed by the USFS to be a capable airtanker and was labeled as a Very Large Air Tanker (VLAT). b. 10 Tanker Air Carrier 2015 Operations Thus far in the 2015 fire season, 10 Tanker has operated more than 400 missions on 80 or more fires in western states. It would have required approximately 1,500-2,000 missions by other LATs. In ten fire seasons, 10 Tanker has operated more than 1,700 missions on more than 300 active wildfires. Thus, fire commanders are now well aware of our superior capabilities and are now specifically calling for the DC-10 more often for its significant effectiveness. c. 10 Tanker's Current Fleet 10 Tanker currently operates three FAA and Forest Service certified DC-10-30 airtankers. In the first Next Generation Airtanker contract (NextGen 1.0) awarded in 2013, 10 Tanker was awarded a long-term ``exclusive use'' contract for one DC-10 airtanker and was the first of the companies awarded to begin active suppression operations that year. In Sept. 2015, 10 Tanker was awarded a contract for an additional DC-10 under the ``NextGen 2.0'' contract. 2. 10 Tanker Air Carrier Position on the 2015 Fire Season and Long-Term Trends a. The 2015 Fire Season In 10 Tanker's view, fire seasons are becoming longer, hotter and more dangerous than ever before. As the drought in western states continues, the deteriorating conditions of the trees and other plants are providing ideal fuels for large wildfires. Thus, the time to respond is growing shorter and shorter before an uncontrolled fire becomes a large or mega-wildfire. Fires are now out of control for weeks, not just days. Given even a moderate wind, even a spark on the grass may end up being a large wildfire out of control within just a few hours. That leaves very little time for local residents and government agencies to respond. As a result of these conditions, through September 25, almost 49,000 wildfires have scorched more than 9 million acres. At this time in a fire season that is not over, the number of fires is the most since 2011. The acreage burned is the most since 2006. More than 2 million acres were burned in August 2015 alone, the third worst destruction for that month in history. As noted above, 10 Tanker has flown more than 400 missions on more than 80 wildfires this season, whereas in a similar period in 2014 we flew only 234 missions on 59 fires. Additionally, as a result of the current continuing spread of wildfires, 10 Tanker and other contracted airtanker operators are being kept on duty through the month of October. b. Current and Future Wildfire Requirements Research is always a factor in looking towards the future. However, while there has been significant research in the past 10 years, much of the research that appears valid fails to be vetted with industry and is unlikely to be implemented. The Company is aware that the USFS has an on-going research effort to determine which aerial firefighting aircraft available now and in the foreseeable future is the most effective. The Company has asked USFS to share its findings with it and others as soon as possible. As numerous studies have seemingly failed to produce useable models, 10 Tanker believes that experience trumps quantification due to the many variables involved in controlling a large fire. Thus, the Company's position is that (1) detection, (2) command and control, and (3) suppression and containment are three distinct elements, each of which deserves the best training and equipment. On the suppression front the ``First Strike'' practice of bringing More resources Sooner to All fires to catch them Before they emerge should be rigorously adopted and enforced. When large fires are burning out of control, fire managers still need to provide tactical support to ``point'' protection efforts. The quantity of retardant carried by the DC-10, and the quality of the line it produces, makes this a particularly good asset for All wildfires and for multiple drops on different corners of the fire on the same mission. Note: These assets require preemptive funding, not catch-up budgeting. 10 Tanker agrees that the USFS and agencies of the NIFC need multiple tools. This should include helicopters, single engine air tankers (SEATs), large air tankers (LATs) and proven VLATs. Due to the worsening wildfire forecast, the More, Sooner, Safer, Cheaper concepts described above are the keys to supporting our ground forces in managing wildfires better in the future. The puzzle that the Federal Government partners have been struggling with is how to meet those essential concepts in a manner that is most effective, thus in the greatest public interest. At a meeting in February 2012, the USFS informed industry partners that they intended to contract or acquire approximately 30 next generation airtankers. Of those, the USFS clearly stated their intent to acquire 7-10 newly manufactured aircraft to meet those needs. Subsequently, USFS has awarded two contracts to industry partners for 14 of the next generation air tankers and has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a newly manufactured airtanker. Concerning the newly manufactured airtanker, in the FY 2015 appropriation, the Forest Service requested funding for a newly manufactured airplane to be used in the aerial firefighting mission. Congress provided that, ``of the funds provided, $65,000,000 shall be available for the purpose of acquiring aircraft for the next-generation airtanker fleet to enhance firefighting mobility, effectiveness, efficiency, and safety, and such aircraft shall be suitable for contractor operation over the terrain and forested-ecosystems characteristic of National Forest System lands, as determined by the Chief of the Forest Service.'' Thus, the Forest Service issued an RFP for a newly manufactured aircraft that could meet the wildfire suppression capabilities for the future and to also meet a requirement to provide air mobility of cargo and/or passengers. The RFP also specifies a government owned, contractor operated (known as GOCO) concept. The USFS subsequently held an Industry Day meeting on August 26, 2015, to explain the details of the RFP to interested companies; to clarify that the future contract would provide capability to increase the numbers of those new aircraft as evaluations and budgets permit; and they hosted individual company sessions to permit companies to comment. While 10 Tanker Air Carrier and other attendees do not represent the capability to produce a newly manufactured aircraft, the Company did receive an individual company session. While not objecting to the details of the RFP that would eliminate all others except the Lockheed C-130J, the Company did recommend to the USFS that newly manufactured Government-Owned, Contractor Operated (GOCO) aircraft should only be Part of the mix of future airtanker assets. For example, additional, thoroughly overhauled More, Sooner, Safer, Cheaper DC-10 airtankers, while not newly manufactured aircraft, could be delivered to USFS in a very efficient manner. More specifically, the costs incurred to acquire six (6) DC-10s modernized to complement the needs of future airtanker operations are approximately equal to that of two new 130Js. Each DC-10 will bring more than three times the suppressant capability of a C- 130J, and each of the six DC-10 airtankers can be delivered in 6 month intervals. Production and delivery of these DC-10 airtankers can be via the GOCO concept. Thus, the Company believes that the needs of firefighters on the ground would be much better served by adding some highly effective DC-10's to get the Primary Mission (suppression) better accomplished. In so doing, the cost will be about \1/3\ that of any given number of newly manufactured airtankers, with an effectiveness that is 3.5 times or better. Of the four criteria stated in the RFP for the aircraft to be acquired--suppression, logistics, personnel transport, and use by other government agencies, the DC-10 would offer payload and range advantages to complement the new aircraft and provide a fleet of significantly greater value to the government and the public. Thank you for this opportunity to testify. Ronald N. Priddy, Director, Government Affairs, 10 Tanker Air Carrier. [GRAPHIC NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT] The Chairman. Colonel, thank you so much for your service and thank you for your testimony. Thanks to all the panelists for testifying. We are going to proceed with 5 minutes of questioning. And I am going to reserve my time, and so I would recognize Mr. Benishek, from Michigan, for 5 minutes. Mr. Benishek. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a few questions. Let me start with the Fire Chief. Chief, how is the coordination between the Forest Service and the local fire people, I mean how does that work? Are you familiar with that? Mr. Litzenberg. If you are asking for an anecdotal answer, I will tell you that the fire service as a whole feels like the U.S. Forest Service is a good partner and that the coordination is relatively effective. Our mutual partnership comes from the fact that all of us have the same mission, which is the protection of our communities. And certainly, on a local level in Santa Fe and in New Mexico, I feel like we have a good relationship with our U.S. Forest Service partners, and, therefore, the communication is quite solid. Mr. Benishek. Okay, thanks. Dr. Topik, Mr. Haeberle talked about the Spotted Owl problem and the way it has changed the whole situation out West. Does the Endangered Species Act need to be revised, it seems to me that some of the things that he mentioned has led to overall degradation of the habitat. I don't know, there is a lot of controversy about that whole thing, but can you give us your perspective on this and what this one species has done to a bunch of other species? Can you kind of weigh-in on that for me because I am kind of curious? Dr. Topik. Yes, I will try. Sort of the curse of an ecologist, I was trained as a forest ecologist, is that you want to understand the specific ecology of the habitats, and when you are dealing with the Cascade Mountains, and I worked in the Cascades for many, many years, you have tremendous variation in climates, going from very, very dry areas to rainforests, sometimes in just 10 miles. And so that is something you have to remember. You are going from climates like from Canada to Mexico in just a small area. So the Northern Spotted Owl becomes a particular challenge on the fire issue when you get onto the eastside forests that Mr. Haeberle was talking about, on the Wenatchee side, where you do have areas that are very dense forests that used to be more sparse. They used to have the---- Mr. Benishek. Yes. Dr. Topik.--fire model that we have heard about was more common. So there is a real challenge, what I see sort of as the short answer that could go into long, wonky answers, the short answer is that we need to balance the positive aspects of fire risk reduction from doing the kind of thinning that Mr. Haeberle talked about, versus the potential maybe short-term impact on a particular nest site. And so that is something that is real important that when we interact with these laws, that we balance the plus and the minuses. Mr. Benishek. I don't think it works quite that way though. Dr. Topik. I think there are more and more opportunities for that. And so that is what I would look for in guidance; to be able to suggest, for instance, if these things do get to courts, that we balance---- Mr. Benishek. Okay. Well, let me go on to another question here. What could the Federal Government or the Forest Service do to help motivate more groups to partner and collaborate with the Forest Service on some of these stewardship issues? Dr. Topik. Well, there are a bunch of things, but one thing specifically. I believe that the ability of small amounts of money from the Forest Service, but also from industries and others, to help get community organizers and facilitators to figure out what is needed locally, the kind of stuff that our Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network is doing. You would see tremendous benefits because then that can be a way of bringing in resources and interests from lots of different people. I mean some of these areas where we have studied, for instance, in the Northern Sierras, the benefits of very guided thinning can have tremendous benefits to downstream water users, and have a big impact on agriculture, positive impact, and a big impact on---- Mr. Benishek. One of the things that we talk about in Congress is making the local community more of a part of the Forest Service decision-making process. Would you be in favor of---- Dr. Topik. Yes. I---- Mr. Benishek.--something like that? Dr. Topik. That is what we believe in. And our group, The Nature Conservancy, is definitely engaged in that. And having the collaborative kind of model where the local community works together, and you have to remember that there are going to be downstream users that---- Mr. Benishek. Right. Right. Dr. Topik.--in the Northwest, maybe water users 200 miles away, they can't be forgotten, and the recreation industries, places like the Northwest, huge recreation industries, those are important players too. But that is a key part; to have more people helping guide the actual projects, definitely. Mr. Benishek. And people from the area that the project is actually taking place in. Dr. Topik. Yes, the people from the area have to be key players, but it also, as a national resource, needs to take---- Mr. Benishek. Does that occur now to some degree? Dr. Topik. Absolutely. The specific example mentioned is the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, which has separate legislation, separate money; $40 million a year, I wish it was more, for 23 spots. And some of those are some pretty neat projects. We don't have any, unfortunately, in Michigan. We have some wonderful ones in Arkansas. It would be great if you could ever see those. Mr. Benishek. All right, I am out of time, sorry. The Chairman. The gentleman's time has expired. I am pleased to recognize the Ranking Member for 5 minutes. Ms. Lujan Grisham. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am going to go to Colonel Priddy. And I appreciate very much your description that we want all the tools, it is not one kind of fire suppression system over another, but recognizing that our fires are hotter and last longer, we are really dealing with mega-fires, mega-wildfires. And in that context, really being clear that we want every opportunity, and that has been the theme of every one of our expert witnesses, that we have to have a multimodel management aspect that moves us away from fire borrowing, and gives us the opportunity to manage at the front end and the back end. Can you elaborate just a little more about the benefits as part of the tools and resources, these large tanker opportunities, so that you can address these mega-fires? Mr. Priddy. Thank you. First of all, we would hope that initial attack works. And by the way, we have done initial attack a number of times. We can make multiple drops on the same mission, so we have literally surrounded four, five drops and taken care of the initial attack. We are most often called because of the process. We are most often called after a fire has expanded well beyond that. And I don't want to say large fire, because that is defined as 100,000 acres or more, and we get called, obviously, before that. But the best way we can help after that is downwind and/ or uphill from the fire, have the ground commander place us in a retardant line, block the fire, not put it out, block the fire. We produce more than 50 wide, \3/4\ of a mile long. That is about four bulldozer's width, or something like that. And then that gives the ground forces the opportunity to bring those bulldozers or their other tools in there and expand that blockage, such that---- Ms. Lujan Grisham. And---- Mr. Priddy.--we now control---- Ms. Lujan Grisham. And potentially put us in a position not only to manage those fires, but protect the men and women who are fighting those fires on the ground to a much higher degree. Mr. Priddy. Absolutely. That is our passion. Ms. Lujan Grisham. Thank you. I am going to my second question which is for Chris Topik. We have been talking a lot about the fire borrowing problem and the fact that, given the increased cost of fighting these fires, which are increasing in nature for a whole variety of reasons that we have discussed today, we can't keep up there, but it is not really an accurate reflection of the true cost of wildfires because we aren't really talking about the recovery aspect. And given your collaborative work, I would like this Committee to be really clear that in terms of protecting the watersheds and restoring these communities, and dealing with utilities and private property issues, that it is hundreds of millions of dollars across the country, and trying to do post-recovery work, but we don't really have a funding system to deal with that post- recovery work. Can you talk a little bit about that and what some of your ideas are to make sure that we are addressing that as well? Dr. Topik. Yes, thank you very much, Congresswoman. Yes, a lot of the conversation often has dealt with the cost of fire suppression, which is very large, but we know that the actual impacts are huge. I was present at the fires in San Diego County in 2003. Very nice graphics presented there that show that the fire suppression costs for that fire are about four percent of the total negative impact, which was about $700 million. Similarly, Ecological Restoration Institute in northern Arizona has done some very good work showing impacts across the board, losses of water, timber. And in New Mexico particularly, what we are very hopeful, and as you know, we had one of our staffers, Laura McCarthy, got to talk to this Committee---- Ms. Lujan Grisham. Who, I will do a shout-out, is incredible in our state. We thank you. Dr. Topik. She is fabulous. But that work is something that The Nature Conservancy and 40 other collaborators, I mean this is including all kinds of industries, the states, the counties, and this is what we need. And so you have so much need to get the restoration work done, and so what they are doing is working across all these boundaries; Federal, state, the pueblos are so important in New Mexico, to figure out how we can merge pools of money, because we know it is going to have benefits, we know the incredible harm that was done to Albuquerque's water system, the place where people and money reside in New Mexico, and there is a lot that can be done to reduce those kind of impacts. And so they are working on a structured governance ability to have different parties, whether you are in the pueblo or the state or the county, or you are in an industry down in Albuquerque, to have an input to figure out where there is going to be return on investment, which kind of projects will have the biggest benefit. Ms. Lujan Grisham. I am out of time, and I am going to ask for the Committee's forgiveness. Could you follow up, not in your testimony but in writing to this Committee, about not only the productive impacts of the collaborations, which we all understand, but what some of those funding mechanism might be, including to maybe erode without creating other unforeseen consequences, the ability to move money in places, no more borrowing, but leverage it across departments who are part of these collaborations? I would be very interested in how we can leverage some of the resources we currently have to deal with these unrecovered costs. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Chairman. I thank the gentlelady. I now recognize the gentleman from Georgia, Congressman Allen, for 5 minutes. Mr. Allen. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. There we go. Got it. Thank you. This is a different room. Thank you all for being here today. And, of course, what I hear from my constituents is the horrible mismanagement of our forests and the contributing factor to not only disease, but also to forest fires. And I was interested on this Spotted Owl incident. Obviously, there was a lawsuit filed to stop the management of that forest area. Was it an injunction? Did the judge serve an injunction to stop management of the forest, or did the government quit managing it because there was a lawsuit? Does anybody know the answer to that question? Dr. Topik. Well, I used to live in Oregon so I was right in the middle of this overgrown issue in the 1980s. And so just in brief, and it is so involved it takes many pages to dictate all the different---- Mr. Allen. Well, I don't have much---- Dr. Topik.--combinations so---- Mr. Allen.--time, so---- Dr. Topik. No, you don't have that kind of time. So there were all kinds of different sorts of legal ramifications before the Northern Spotted Owl was listed, and in July of 1990 it was federally listed, and so then there were more activities after that that had both legal and administrative ramifications. So it is a very complicated history. Mr. Allen. Yes. Well, I was just wondering if you went ahead and managed the forest or were you actually breaking the law. And, Mr. Haeberle, I want to apologize to you for the destruction that you have had to deal with. And can you elaborate on that? In other words, why we couldn't continue on with the management of the forests? Has this thing been worked out in the court system? Yes, sir, Mr. Haeberle. Mr. Haeberle. I can't necessarily answer that question, but I would like to address the first part of your question. Mr. Allen. Okay. Mr. Haeberle. I was an accountant at Biles and Coleman Lumber Company when that issue first came up, and our mills consisted of three different sawmills that were highly dependent on National Forest Service timber, and there was an extremely good market for that timber, and had been for years and years and years. The Spotted Owl controversy reared its head, and those timber sales were addressed by environmentalists, if I could use that word, with 37 stamps on an envelope that just challenged that timber sale, and they were voided. They no longer put those out for the mill to even come and bid on. It instantly was over. Now, whether it was in a court action, I don't think so, but I think---- Mr. Allen. It was a decision---- Mr. Haeberle.--the Forest---- Mr. Allen.--by the Forest Service not to--okay. Mr. Haeberle. That is what I believe. Mr. Allen. Okay. Well, that---- Mr. Haeberle. Now, somebody else here may know way more than that, and I would like to research that---- Mr. Allen. Right. Mr. Haeberle.--more to you---- Mr. Allen. Yes, I think that is---- Mr. Haeberle.--but that is---- Mr. Allen.--that--I mean breaking the law is one thing, but doing the right thing despite the fact that you have somebody that doesn't agree with what you are doing is a whole other matter. And that is what we need to get to the bottom of here. Mr. Haeberle. Well, the point I am trying to make is the impact to the industry was immediate. Mr. Allen. Yes, right. Well, that is this top-down government approach. It is a problem for private industry. I was also interested that you lease--you do lease some Federal land? Mr. Haeberle. Yes. Mr. Allen. Is that working for you, are you able to manage that land without all these interferences, and is that maybe an answer to some of the collaboration we need to deal with as far as actually with the Forest Service not having the resources, should we lease more forestland? Mr. Haeberle. In my particular case, and I can speak for most of the lessees in Okanogan County, Forest Service leases are a very good thing. The only bad thing about them is the forest not being logged, not being thinned, not being cleaned for 40 years now has led to a canopy closure of the forest, reducing grass---- Mr. Allen. I saw that. Mr. Haeberle.--and increasing fire fuels. And---- Mr. Allen. So you are not able to manage the forests, although you are leasing the forests? Mr. Haeberle. Correct. Mr. Allen. Okay. Why would you sign a contract like that? Mr. Haeberle. Because I want to lease the forage that is on the forest. Mr. Allen. I got you. Mr. Haeberle. And through the years, that forage volume has disappeared because of the increase in the brush and the debris. Mr. Allen. Yes. So going back to collaboration, it would be good if we could have a meeting of the minds of those folks who lease the property on how properly to manage that forestland. Mr. Haeberle. Absolutely. Mr. Allen. That would be yes. Mr. Haeberle. Absolutely. Mr. Allen. That would be a solution? Mr. Haeberle. And I know I am prejudiced, but to me, grazing those lands is as critical as reducing the timber on those lands---- Mr. Allen. Exactly. Mr. Haeberle.--because they both reduce combustible fuels. Mr. Allen. Well, you folks know how to do it. And like I say, we have a 40 percent sustainable rate in our forests, and I am proud of the job you all are doing. Thank you. Mr. Haeberle. Thank you. Mr. Allen. Hang in there. Mr. Haeberle. Thank you. The Chairman. The gentleman yields back. The gentleman from Washington, Mr. Newhouse, is not a Member of the Subcommittee but has joined us today. Pursuant to Committee Rule XI(e), I have consulted with the Ranking Member, and we are pleased to welcome him to join in the questioning of witnesses. Mr. Newhouse, you are recognized for 5 minutes for questioning. Mr. Newhouse. Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman, and Madam Ranking Member. I appreciate having the opportunity to sit here with you. I am a Member of the Agriculture Committee as well as the Natural Resources Committee, and as you can imagine, this very topic has been a big part of our discussions since January, and I am so happy to be here to learn more about what we can do to help the health of our forests. I did want to take a second, and I will submit some questions for the record, but just take a second to thank Chief Tidwell for visiting the State of Washington during the fire season, also for participating and being in attendance at the memorial in Wenatchee for the three firefighters that lost their lives. We as a state are still mourning their loss, and we appreciated your attendance there. I particularly wanted to welcome my constituent, Mr. Haeberle, for coming here this morning and enlightening us with your insight, your perspective, your experience of being part of a fifth generation ranch family in Okanogan County is invaluable for people here to listen to and to understand. I appreciate your doing that, taking the time with some of your colleagues of being here this morning. I would like to, in relation to that, Mr. Chairman, ask unanimous consent to submit for the record a letter I have from 12 counties in the State of Washington that are part of what is called the Evergreen Forest County Group. In this, it includes solutions from their perspective on how to improve Federal forest management policy for---- The Chairman. Without objection. [The information referred to is located on p. 87.] Mr. Newhouse. Thank you. So in the short time that we have, I would like to, Mr. Haeberle, ask you to expound a little bit on your testimony if you could. I lived through the Spotted Owl thing as well. I had family that lived on the Olympic Peninsula and saw the impact to many communities around the state. I think in your testimony--I did not know this, but we had over 90 sawmills in the State of Washington, now today we have about 30. You were involved in the forest industry at that time, so could you discuss a little bit, and you touched on it with Mr. Allen, some of the efforts to protect the Spotted Owl, the impact that that had on not only timber production but forest health, and in your estimation, how is current forest health compared to what it was 40 years ago? Mr. Haeberle. Well, in my opinion, most all of what we are talking about here today, as far as our concerns and trying to find cures, are the result of 40 years that I have watched of overreaction to a spotted owl, overreaction to repairing in areas, overreaction to what we call wetlands and defining as such today. Because if you look at the impact the Spotted Owl had, part of the reason I heard today that we haven't gotten a good sale for our National Forest timber is because we have lost 60 mills in the State of Washington that used to buy that timber. I will also say, with my experience with a fairly substantial size mill in Washington State at that time, we have to be concerned as we go down the road in the future that we don't over-harvest a renewable resource, which timber is. It is a crop, it is a plant, it grows. If we don't harvest it, it is going to overgrow, and it is going to do what we have seen, because we haven't harvested in Washington for 40 years. If we over-harvest it, we are going to create a problem just as big on the other side. And for stability in the timber industry, for us to be able to sell our National Forest timber, and one of the spokespeople here today said it, we have to create an environment for that sawmill that is stable, steady, reliable, they can count on it. They have to have that volume on a steady basis. It can't come and go. It can't come and go every time somebody decides there is another endangered species. And to me, that is the real, real big problem with the Endangered Species Act. All somebody has to do is wave their hand, something else is endangered, and then we overreact to it for 50 years. And we have done that with the Spotted Owl, without any question in my mind at all. Look at what it has destroyed. Everything we are talking about here today is what the results of that are. Have I answered your question? Mr. Newhouse. Yes. I appreciate that. Thank you. I see my time has already quickly expired, but I appreciate you being here. And it is my goal that we can actually accomplish something in this Congress that will help for the long run the health of our forests, so thank you very much. And thank you, Mr. Chairman. I yield back. The Chairman. I thank the gentleman for joining us today, and I appreciate his service on the Agriculture Committee. I am going to take the last 5 minutes. Mr. Haeberle, I appreciated the opportunity to read your testimony, to talk with you yesterday, we were able to meet briefly, and to hear about the wildfires you experienced firsthand, living with that situation over the past 40 years. And it was striking to me--I appreciate within your testimony which every Member has, we have a couple of pictures. Talk about compare and contrast. As we know, we are not going to stop fires, lightning strikes, the question is what burns and how quickly those fires are controlled. And we are not here to say we are going to stop wildfires; we just want to reduce the impact and make it something we can live with and we can afford. So my first question is for you, and given that wildfires are a reoccurring national crisis, it was striking that you had relayed to me anecdotal facts about a bulldozer or a CAT driver who was functioning either on state or private lands, and very successfully reduced the threat of the fire, but was stopped by Forest Service personnel because supposedly that person didn't have some certificate. And which brings to mind, are there tools that we need to be able to provide the Chief and the Service that would provide more of a safe harbor so that we can use these collaborations, these tools? Is our role for state primacy as well in terms of, when it is a national crisis, in terms of what rules get implemented, basically to eliminate any barriers that the Forest Service has during those times, that would be helpful? Mr. Haeberle. Last year, the Washington State Legislature, in reaction to having dealt with the previous year's largest fire in Washington State history, did pass a law that private contractors on state or private land can use their equipment without being held in harm. And that has been practiced this year, and it is a very successful program. I hope it expands. But one of the problems that we have in Washington State is that the U.S. Forest Service, if you are a contractor, and I am going to use a bulldozer as an example, but you could throw in a whole host of other equipment, but if you contract with the U.S. Forest Service with a bulldozer, you have to get on a computer, you have to go through a lot of hoops and jumps, and bulldozer operators that have logged in the forest and have been timber people don't necessarily connect with computers real well. So--and they are some of your most talented and very best firefighter people. So there is a little bit of a problem there. That is probably ``overcomeable''. But if you want to do a U.S. Forest Service contract, that is one thing. If you want to work for the Department of Natural Resources of the state, whole other computer program and another contract. The two do not coincide. So when we get these fires, they don't have any idea--a fire has no idea whether this is Federal land, state land, private land, Indian Reservation, they don't know. But as that fire moves, if it is National Forest, the National Forest wants you to have that contract. If it is state land, they want you to have that contract. Real problem there. And in Omak, Okanogan, and these complex fires the last couple of years, D-8 bulldozers have gone out and successfully stopped this fire, have been held-up by National Forests when they hit their ground, and that is a big problem. We need to figure out how to marry all of these different contracts with different ownerships of land. The objective is to fight the fire not each other, and---- The Chairman. Right. Mr. Haeberle.--and that needs to be solved. The Chairman. Well, having spent a lot of time with the employees within the Forest Service, who are good folks who really care and take seriously the responsibility, I could imagine just how frustrated they felt when they had to enforce this bureaucracy when they could see the benefits that were occurring on other adjoining lands, and yet because we haven't provided them the right tools, they couldn't let that CAT or bulldozer proceed. That is something we need to look at. I appreciate it. Dr. Topik, in your testimony, you mentioned that recent discussion on a solution for catastrophic wildfires has focused too much on timber harvest. Granted that a significant number of acreage is not forest, and noting that many damaging fires occurred in woodland brush and areas not suitable for commercial tree harvest. To me, these areas sound like great areas to graze livestock. Would that not have helped clear at least some of that hazardous fuels? Dr. Topik. Yes. I certainly agree that appropriate grazing is a good use of the landscape. I support what Mr. Haeberle said about that. It really depends on where you are at though. That is what I was trying to get at, that in terms of the fire problem itself, there is so much that is happening in and around communities, there is so much the communities can do. And as Mr. Haeberle said, the preparatory work, we know these fires are going to come, and so if we can have the communities be fire-adapted, and work together to figure out those kind of contracting snafus ahead of time, that is something we have seen in parts of California with the California Fire Safe Council, for instance, being able to serve as a clearinghouse to get people prepared. So that work at the community level, to make sure you have it in place, is vital. And in particular, in terms of the big damage, a lot of the worst fires this year have been right around towns and low elevation. Even in Washington State, many of the horrible, horrible fires have been down in the towns. And so there is a lot that needs to be done right there also. I mean that is a key part. The Chairman. My time has expired, not that I couldn't ask questions on this topic all day long, but we have a primary election we need to get to in terms of leadership. Or maybe they will have it figured out until we get there, Mr. Newhouse. With that said, I just want to thank all the panelists---- Ms. Lujan Grisham. Mr. Chairman, do you need my help? The Chairman. This is one occasion I am not going to yield to the Ranking Member. But I will yield for any closing statements or remarks you might like to make. Ms. Lujan Grisham. I just want to sincerely thank you for holding this hearing. I want you to know that the Chairman and I, early in planning the year, talked about the opportunity, if we had them, to do field hearings. It is an area that the Chairman has gone above and beyond to make sure that the Committee has the right leadership, to think about ways to balance our investments, to add flexibility so that we are doing everything that we can, not only to protect the interests of the community, so thank you, Mr. Haeberle, but also looking at ways that affect directly firefighting. And I am very grateful for our two New Mexico experts. And I will tell you that the Fire Chief really does work diligently across incredible jurisdictional issues to make sure that we have enough men and women on the ground. And I am worried about those budgets as well. So there is plenty for us to do. And we appreciate your time and attention here today. Thank you. The Chairman. The gentlelady yields back. I want to take the opportunity to thank the panelists for your expertise. I think in a little over 2 hours, we have just gotten a tremendous amount of great information. They were very thorough for looking at--we have worked hard to try to provide some tools, whether it was through the continuing resolution, some of the other proposals that are out there, certainly H.R. 2647 which really emphasizes collaboratives. I heard that word over and over again. And I want to thank Chief Tidwell. We frequently get folks in on the first panel who are representatives of the Administration, and they normally leave right after their testimony. Chief Tidwell has not. He cares. And I am not saying the others don't, but he demonstrates it by being here to listen to the testimony. And, Chief, that is always greatly appreciated. I heard a lot of good ideas here--comprehensive ideas. I would put them into five different categories. And I may have missed something because this was a pretty quick analysis of what we talked about today, but I heard about increasing markets. Obviously, getting the value up for our timber of all sides, from saw logs to that brush, finding markets for it, increasing value for it. Heard about, obviously, the funding needs. We get that. Heard about collaboratives and the role that that plays. Also heard about the impact of litigation, there are 16 forests that are more vulnerable today because of litigation, and we have to ask ourselves why is that occurring, is it unnecessary, is it abusive, but that is one of those things. I heard a lot about resources and tools, from the size of air tankers to tools to be able to compensate for the 49 percent reduction in foresters. These are the people with the expertise in terms of making sure we can get the job done. Of the tools that we have identified, there are certainly some we need to look at. It is inexcusable that we would place on our Forest Service personnel an obligation to turn effective help away when it is at the boundary of the forest. And much more. And much more within this testimony. And it is just greatly appreciated. I want to thank everybody. I want to thank the staff for their expertise and their leadership in helping us on both sides of the aisle of bringing this together. Under the rules of the Committee, the record of today's hearing will remain open for 10 calendar days to receive additional material, and supplementary written responses from witnesses to any questions posed by a Member. This Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry hearing is now adjourned. [Whereupon, at 12:18 p.m., the Subcommittee was adjourned.] [Material submitted for inclusion in the record follows:] Submitted Report by Hon. Suzan K. DelBene, a Representative in Congress from Washington The Rising Cost of Fire Operations: Effects on the Forest Service's Non-Fire Work U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service August 4, 2015 Overview Over 100 years ago, President Theodore Roosevelt established the U.S. Forest Service to manage America's 193 million acre National Forests and Grasslands for the benefit of all Americans. Today, that mission is being consumed by the ever-increasing costs of fighting fires. This report documents the growth over the past 20 years of the portion of the Forest Service's budget that is dedicated to fire, and the debilitating impact those rising costs are having on the recreation, restoration, planning, and other activities of the Forest Service. In 1995, fire made up 16 percent of the Forest Service's annual appropriated budget--this year, for the first time, more than 50 percent of the Forest Service's annual budget will be dedicated to wildfire.\1\ Along with this shift in resources, there has also been a corresponding shift in staff, with a 39 percent reduction in all non- fire personnel. Left unchecked, the share of the budget devoted to fire in 2025 could exceed 67 percent, equating to reductions of nearly $700 million from non-fire programs compared to today's funding levels. That means that in just 10 years, $2 out of every $3 the Forest Service gets from Congress as part of its appropriated budget will be spent on fire programs. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Preparedness, Suppression, FLAME, and related programs. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- As more and more of the agency's resources are spent each year to provide the firefighters, aircraft, and other assets necessary to protect lives, property, and natural resources from catastrophic wildfires, fewer and fewer funds and resources are available to support other agency work--including the very programs and restoration projects that reduce the fire threat. The depletion of non-fire programs to pay for the ever-increasing costs of fire has real implications, not only for the Forest Service's restoration work that would help prevent catastrophic fires, but also for the protection of watersheds and cultural resources, upkeep of programs and infrastructure that support thousands of recreation jobs and billions of dollars of economic growth in rural communities, and support for the range of multiple uses, benefits and ecosystem services, as well as research, technical assistance, and other programs that deliver value to the American public. The Forest Service has continually worked to do more with less, seeking to provide for the forests' multiple uses with fewer resources and staff. The Forest Service has also worked to appropriately allocate firefighting resources and improve risk management to use those resources safely and efficiently. However, the agency is at a tipping point. Climate change has led to fire seasons that are now on average 78 days longer than in 1970. The U.S. burns twice as many acres as 3 decades ago and Forest Service scientists believe the acreage burned may double again by mid-century. Increasing development in fire-prone areas also puts more stress on the Forest Service's suppression efforts. While the Forest Service and its firefighting partners are able to suppress or manage 98 percent of fires, catastrophic mega-fires burn through the agencies resources: 1-2 percent of fires consume 30 percent or more of annual costs. Last year, the Forest Service's ten largest fires cost more than $320 million dollars. The cost of fire suppression is predicted to increase to nearly $1.8 billion by 2025. This trend of rising fire suppression costs is predicted to continue as long as the 10 year average serves as the funding model and presents a significant threat to the viability of all other services that support our National Forests. This unsustainable problem is made worse because in many years, fighting fires costs more than was planned for that year, requiring mid-season transfers of additional dollars from already depleted accounts to pay for firefighting: a practice referred to as ``fire transfer.'' In some cases, the agency is forced to divert money away from the same forest restoration projects that prevent or lessen the impacts of future wildfire. While Congress typically provides supplemental resources to replenish the Forest Service budget after fire transfers, transfers remain extremely problematic as they disrupt seasonal work, frustrate partners, and delay vital work. The Escalating Cost of Fire Suppression Wildland fire suppression activities are currently funded entirely within the U.S. Forest Service budget, based on a 10 year rolling average. Using this model, the agency must average firefighting costs from the past 10 years to predict and request costs for the next year. When the average was stable, the agency was able to use this model to budget consistently for the annual costs associated with wildland fire suppression. Over the last few decades, however, wildland fire suppression costs have increased as fire seasons have grown longer and the frequency, size, and severity of wildland fires has increased. Changing climatic conditions across regions of the United States are driving increased temperatures--particularly in regions where fire has not been historically prominent. This change is causing variations and unpredictability in precipitation and is amplifying the effects and costs of wildfire. Related impacts are likely to continue to emerge in several key areas: limited water availability for fire suppression, accumulation at unprecedented levels of vegetative fuels that enable and sustain fires, changes in vegetation community composition that make them more fire prone, and an extension of the fire season to as many as 300 days in many parts of the country. These factors result in fires that increasingly exhibit extreme behavior and are more costly to manage. The six worst fire seasons since 1960 have all occurred since 2000. Moreover, since 2000, many western states have experienced the largest wildfires in their state's history. In addition, more and more development is taking place near forests--an area referred to as the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI). Increasing densities of people and infrastructure in the WUI makes management more complex and requires more firefighting assets to ensure an appropriate, safe, and effective response that protects lives and property. Funding for non-fire programs has not kept pace with the increased cost of fighting fire. The growth in fire suppression costs has steadily consumed an ever-increasing portion of the agency's appropriated budget. Between last fiscal year and this year, for example, the suppression budget grew by $115 million and non-fire programs were reduced by that amount, requiring the agency to forego opportunities to complete vital restoration work and meet public expectations for services. Those non-fire activities are often those that improve the health and resilience of our forested landscapes and mitigate the potential for wildland fire in future years. Over the last few decades, wildfire costs have increased as a percent of the Forest Service's budget as fire seasons have grown longer and more costly. The projected continued growth in the 10 year average cost of fire suppression through 2025 is rising to nearly $1.8 billion. This amounts to a nearly $700 million decrease in non-fire program funding in the next 10 years. Figure 1: The Cost of Wildland Fire (Preparedness, Suppression, FLAME, and Related Programs) as a Percentage of the Forest Service's Annual Budget Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Wildland Fire Cost Consumes Forest Service Budget Figure 2: Projected Growth of the 10 Year Average Cost of Fire Suppression (in $1,000s) Through 2025 \2\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ This projection was developed by Forest Service researchers and is based on similar methodologies currently used for suppression cost expenditures that are required within FLAME Act provisions.
Impacts to Forest Service Program Areas and Staff The following charts show that from 1995 to 2015, the Wildland Fire Management appropriation Preparedness, Suppression, FLAME, and related programs) has more than tripled in its portion of the Forest Service budget from 16 percent to 52 percent, reducing National Forest System funding by nearly $475 million in 2015 dollars (32 percent reduction in real dollars), and also impacting other program areas. Figure 3: Forest Service FY 1995 Appropriations by Fund
Figure 4: Forest Service FY 2015 Appropriations by Fund
At the same time, increasing the portion of the budget dedicated to fire has reduced the Forest Service's ability to sustain staffing in vital non-fire program areas, which negatively impacts the Forest Service's ability to deliver work on the ground, including forest restoration and management, recreation, research, watershed protection, land conservation, and other activities. Since 1998, fire staffing within the Forest Service has increased 114 percent, from around 5,700 employees in 1998 to over 12,000 in 2015. Over the same period, staffing levels for those dedicated to managing National Forest System lands has decreased by 39 percent--from approximately 18,000 in 1998 to fewer than 11,000 in 2015. Figure 5: Forest Service Staffing 1998 to 2015 Shifts in Forest Service Staffing Levels 1998-2015
Image uses figures representing fire staff and all other Forest Service staff to show changes in staffing from 1998 to 2015. Fire staffing has increased from 5,700 to 12,000 employees while other staffing has decreased from 18,000 to 11,000.* --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Editor's note: the text inset under the graphic was set as a comment field in the original pdf. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Impacts on Individual Programs Funding trends for the past 15 years for individual programs used to manage the National Forest System are shown below.\3\ This section illustrates the significant declines in these programs and describes the resulting impacts as a result of the shift of financial and human resources away from management of the National Forest Systems and to the Wildland Fire Management accounts, within the agency's constrained annual budget.\4\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ These charts start at 2001 rather than 1995 because many of the programs (BLIs) have changed over the years, and FY 2001 to FY 20015 represents a time period over which the following programs remained consistent and therefore provide for an analogous comparison year over year. \4\ Appropriation numbers were adjusted for inflation to constant FY 2015 dollars. The deflators are from the Office of Budget and Management Fiscal Year 2015 Historical Tables, Table 10.1 (http:// www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2015/assets/ hist.pdf). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vegetation & Watershed Management_24% Reduction Vegetation & Watershed Mgmt Enacted Amounts in Inflation Adjusted 2015 Dollars. Dollars in Thousands. [GRAPHIC NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT] The Vegetation and Watershed Management Program is the cornerstone for forest, rangeland, soil and water restoration and enhancement activities on National Forest System (NFS) lands and plays a key role in post-fire restoration. These programs are necessary for the agency to effectively support resource restoration projects that achieve multiple values, develop external partnerships to sustain healthy watersheds and ecological communities, and provide an array of benefits for current and future generations. Benefits include: improved water quality and quantity, healthy forests and rangelands that provide a variety of products, a reduction of risks associated with wildfires, and greater resistance to establishment and spread of invasive species. Reduced funding since 2001 has decreased the rate of restoration that the agency could have achieved across all NFS landscapes had funding levels been maintained. The agency has been less able to engage in watershed improvement activities as well as overall restoration activities occurring within priority watersheds. The reductions have limited the agency's ability to prevent and limit the spread of invasive species; to decrease the backlog of deforestation and young stand management needs; and to lessen the severity and extent of insect, disease, and fire-prone forest stands. Capital Improvement and Maintenance Enacted Amounts in Inflation Adjusted 2015 Dollars. Dollars in Thousands. [GRAPHIC NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT] Facilities--68% Reduction The facilities program supports maintenance and capital improvement on approximately 21,600 recreation sites and 23,100 research and other administrative buildings. More than \1/2\ of all administrative facilities need improvement, with approximately 41 percent in poor condition needing major repairs or renovation, approximately 12 percent in fair condition needing some minor repair, and 47 percent of the facilities in good condition. Due to the significant decrease in facilities funding, the agency has had to scale down or defer most decommissioning and disposal projects that would reduce our square footage. Projects that implement sustainability best practices to conserve energy and water have been deferred. Reduced funding has jeopardized the agency's ability to address basic facility operational and maintenance needs and many of our safety issues such as those associated with water and septic systems. The overall effect is an increase in public health and safety concerns, and liability for the Federal Government. The only action National Forests can take to reduce the government liability is to close recreation facilities, thereby impacting the outdoor recreation opportunities that drive many rural tourism economies. Because of a lack of funding, the Forest Service has lost opportunities for new office construction to replace administrative facilities at the end of their design life, resulting in office closure and moves into leased facilities. Deferred maintenance has increased resulting in more expensive future repairs or possible loss of facility investments. Projects to decommission buildings and reduce the square feet have been deferred. Projects that would have helped the agency make its buildings more sustainable and reduce the costs of maintaining recreation facilities have also been deferred. Concurrently, additional fire facilities have been added to meet increased suppression needs. This has required a shift in spending from capital improvements for national priority projects to projects critical for fire readiness. For example, Air Tanker Bases need pavement improvements to handle the newer aircraft which are being added to the fleet, these projects will be phased in over several years, increasing costs. Roads--46% Reduction The National Forest Road System is an integral part of the rural transportation network. It provides access for recreational, administrative, resource management, and commercial purposes. It also provides access to and between rural and gateway communities, contributing to community vitality and economic development. Maintaining this system is necessary to continue to provide this access, to meet Highway Safety Act requirements, emergency response, and to protect the quality of critical water supplies provided by National Forest System lands to communities. As our transportation infrastructure ages or is damaged by natural events, some roads and bridges have become unsafe for public travel. The Forest Service has had to restrict traffic on or close those roads and bridges until funds are available for maintenance and repairs. Thirteen percent of our bridges are currently structurally deficient and the average age of all bridges is 50 years old. Without needed replacement or repairs, structurally deficient bridges would first be load-restricted and ultimately closed as deficiencies progress. Road restoration and decommissioning efforts, a critical component of watershed restoration, has progressed but not at the accelerated pace necessary to achieve watershed protection and other management objectives. Action to replace road and stream crossings for aquatic organism passage and to improve aquatic habitat and resilience to catastrophic natural disasters has also suffered. Reducing these activities increases the severity and frequency of environmental impacts like catastrophic failure from natural disasters, adverse effects to water quality, and deterioration of aquatic and terrestrial habitat. Our ability to support accelerated watershed restoration continues to be severely affected. As a lack of funds forces the Forest Service to delay needed maintenance and improvements on many roads and bridges, access will become more restricted, environmental impacts will increase rapidly, and vulnerability to catastrophic failure from natural disasters will greatly increase. It will become more difficult for the public to access communities reached only by traveling through NFS lands, as well as recreational areas, and other natural resource areas. Firefighting ability could also decline significantly as road access restrictions increase, putting our resources and the public at risk. Deferred Maintenance--95% Reduction The Deferred Maintenance and Infrastructure Improvement program addresses serious public health and safety concerns associated with the agency's backlog in maintenance needs. This program funds high-priority national projects, focusing on areas that are heavily used by the public and agency employees. These projects include critical maintenance and repairs to dams; correcting health and safety deficiencies in buildings, campgrounds, and water and wastewater systems; and renovating recreation structures. In FY 2001, the Deferred Maintenance funding supported approximately 400 major projects. In FY 2014 the funding supported three major projects. In FY 2013 and FY 2014, 21 projects were deferred to future years, including sewer system repairs, water system improvements, dam repairs, and wastewater system rehabilitation. Forest Service assets currently have a deferred maintenance backlog of over $5.1 billion and many are 30 to 50 years old or more. The near elimination of funding for this program has prevented the Forest Service from making a dent in this backlog and has forced the agency to shift more of the deferred maintenance work to other capital improvement programs, further reducing our ability to improve the long- term sustainability of our facilities, roads, and trails. Recreation, Heritage and Wilderness_15% Reduction Recreation, Heritage & Wilderness Enacted Amounts in Inflation Adjusted 2015 Dollars. Dollars in Thousands. [GRAPHIC NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT] The Recreation, Heritage and Wilderness programs offer a diverse range of recreational opportunities across NFS lands, connecting people with nature in an unmatched variety of settings and activities. The decrease in funding resulting from increased fire costs has limited the agency's ability to provide vital recreational opportunities on NFS lands, which jeopardizes the thousands of jobs that are part of a growing recreational economy. The agency has been unable to more fully implement sustainable Recreation, Heritage, Volunteer Services and Wilderness and Wild & Scenic Rivers programs to provide consistent, quality recreation opportunities to the public. Reductions in recreation funding have a direct impact on local economies supported by these activities, including many small outfitter and guide businesses that depend on recreation sites and programs on NFS lands. Additionally, the Forest Service's ability to leverage funds and implement projects with partners and volunteers is constrained by the reductions in funding and staff, substantially affecting services. The reductions in funding have also affected the Forest Service's capacity to manage the permits needed for outfitters and guides and other recreation-focused small businesses to use the public land. This impacts the presence and stability of permittees and small business in nearby tourism-oriented communities. Services to youth have also suffered. A higher sustained level of funding would increase the capability of the Forest Service to engage youth in the outdoors and support increased employment opportunities for youth and veterans through programs such as the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps. Landownership Management_33% Reduction Landownership Management Enacted Amounts in Inflation Adjusted 2015 Dollars. Dollars in Thousands. [GRAPHIC NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT] A 33 percent decrease in funding to Landownership Management has impaired the agency's ability to respond to demands that are growing in number and complexity in the lands special use permits program, which supports critical projects involving energy pipelines, geothermal, electric transmission, hydropower, telecommunication infrastructure, including cellular towers and traditional line service and broadband facilities. These special use projects provide community development and growth that directly supports job creation. Reductions in funding have limited the agency's ability to keep up with title claims and encroachments, each of which can cost the agency thousands of dollars to investigate and resolve, or can lead to even more costly lawsuits. Wildlife & Fisheries Habitat Management_18% Reduction Wildlife & Fisheries Habitat Mgmt Enacted Amounts in Inflation Adjusted 2015 Dollars. Dollars in Thousands. [GRAPHIC NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT] The reduction in funding to Wildlife and Fisheries compromises, for example, recovery efforts for threatened and endangered species (TES). The Forest Service has been unable to fulfill all of the required monitoring associated with previous Endangered Species Act (ESA) consultation commitments, reducing the agency's ability to implement projects in the future and jeopardizing current projects because ESA consultation requirements cannot be met. The agency has had to forego many projects critical to TES recovery and conservation efforts and offsetting the impacts of climate change. The reduction in operating funds has limited the agency's ability to support existing partnerships. These partnerships often bring in as much as four-to-one return in partner contributions. This has resulted in the loss of significant dollars that could have been leveraged and has further reduced the agency's impact on key restoration objectives. Land Management Planning_64% Reduction Land Management Planning Enacted Amounts in Inflation Adjusted 2015 Dollars. Dollars in Thousands. [GRAPHIC NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT] Reductions in Land Management Planning have had a significant impact on the Forest Service's ability to reduce the backlog of forest plans requiring revision. The National Forest Management Act requires that each unit of the NFS have a Land Management Plan (LMP) that is formally revised every 10 to 15 years to address changing conditions and new information related to natural resources, management goals, and public use. The agency has only been able to meet this revision requirement on about 46 percent of its 125 LMPs. The updated LMPs are essential for providing current, broad guidance for identifying, prioritizing, and implementing the programs and projects that move an NFS unit towards achieving desired conditions and achieving agency objectives. Reduced funding has had a significant effect on our ability to engage with the public and partners to address management issues and opportunities that have emerged since the original plans were developed. These efforts are essential for garnering public support and reducing appeals and litigations, which impacts our ability to implement key restoration efforts and increases implementation costs. Inventory & Monitoring_35% Reduction Inventory and Monitoring Enacted Amounts in Inflation Adjusted 2015 Dollars. Dollars in Thousands. [GRAPHIC NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT] Reductions in Inventory and Monitoring have reduced the agency's ability to collect essential inventory and monitoring information, which has further delayed our ability to revise forest management plans. This reduced funding has hampered the Forest Service's ability to plan and execute projects for adapting and mitigating the effects of changing climate conditions, including completing watershed condition assessments, developing strategies for addressing needs for specific wildlife species and roadless area evaluations, as well as ensuring abundant clean water, providing recreation opportunities, restoring and maintaining forest and rangeland ecosystems, and improving priority watersheds across larger landscapes. Without current and adequate planning and monitoring, our ability to effectively deliver restoration treatments, recreation and special use permitting, and other economic activities on NFS lands has been adversely affected. Conclusion As documented in this report, the rising cost of fire suppression coupled with the current budgeting model is significantly impacting all non-fire program and staff areas. The dramatic underlying shift of funding and human capacity from non-fire programs to support fire programs has real implications on the ground, including for restoration work that would help prevent catastrophic fires, protect watersheds that provide clean drinking water to tens of millions of people, protect irreplaceable cultural resources, and provide the infrastructure and programming that supports the $646 billion outdoor recreation economy and jobs and economic growth in hundreds of rural communities. To solve this problem, we must change the way we pay for wildfire. Instead of treating catastrophic wildfires as a normal agency expense, we must treat them more like other natural disasters, such as tornadoes or hurricanes. And any solution must confront both parts of the funding quandary: it must limit or reverse the runaway growth of firefighting costs, and it must address the compounding disruption of fire transfers. Bipartisan legislation that offers a more rational approach to funding wildfire, the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, has already been introduced in the House and Senate. It is mirrored by a similar option in the President's 2016 Budget. This proposal provides a fiscally responsible mechanism to treat wildfires more like other natural disasters, end transfers, and partially replenish agency capacity to restore resilient forests and protect against future fire outbreaks. USDA and the Forest Service look forward to working with Congress to take action to address the growth of fire costs that is crippling the agency's ability to conserve the nation's forests and grasslands and to provide the multiple uses and values for which the agency was created. ______ Submitted Letter by Hon. Dan Newhouse, a Representative in Congress from Washington Evergreen Forest County Group Washington's National Forest Counties October 5, 2015 Hon. Dan Newhouse, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. Dear Representative Newhouse: Washington State has just experienced another record, devastating fire season that has witnessed the loss of three firefighters, hundreds of homes and businesses in these fires, besides the loss of renewable natural resources, watersheds, and wildlife habitat. With this reality comes a once in a generation opportunity to put in place solutions that will prevent such devastation from recurring on such a large scale. As you consider proposals to improve Federal forest policies, we respectfully urge you to pass legislation that both: 1. Improves wildfire preparedness, response, and suppression funding policies; and 2. Meaningfully reduces the risk of future fires by thinning forests and restoring forest diversity and resiliency on Federal forestlands across Washington State. The Federal Government controls nearly \1/2\ of Washington State's total forestland. The Forest Service is the largest land manager with over 8 million acres, or 37 percent of Washington's forestland. Over the last 2 decades, Federal regulations, lawsuits, and the resulting ``analysis paralysis'' have caused a rapid decline in Federal forest management activities. Many Federal and Tribal forests have become unnaturally dense, overstocked and more vulnerable to insects, disease, and immense catastrophic wildfires. Harvest levels from National Forests are currently 14 percent of annual growth in eastern Washington and two percent of annual growth in western Washington. Today 97 percent of Washington State timber harvests come from non-Federal land, while only three percent comes from Federal forestlands. While this year's wildfires impacted both Federal and non-Federal lands, there is widespread recognition that we must increase the pace and scale of needed forest management to restore the health and resiliency of our forests and reduce the risk of future catastrophic fires on overstocked Federal lands. Restoring active management on Federal forests would not only create additional jobs in the forest products sector, it would also generate revenues for local counties, benefit the state's outdoors industry, hunting opportunities, and other sectors that depend on healthy, vibrant forests and watersheds. Reducing the future risk of catastrophic wildfires is also critically important to maintaining and growing the tourism economy in our rural communities where unemployment rates are typically 2-3 times King County's unemployment rate. The yearly summer trend of ``fire budget borrowing,'' lives lost to firefighting, and immense catastrophic fires will not end until Congress takes swift action on solutions that restore the health of our Federal forests and reform our approach to funding wildfire suppression. The House of Representatives recently passed comprehensive wildfire funding and forest management reform legislation that builds on bipartisan reforms included in the 2014 Farm Bill. It earned the support of over 170 organizations, including conservation, sportsmen, outdoor, counties and forestry groups that recognize the benefits of these reforms. There is also growing bipartisan support in the Senate for improving wildfire and forest management policies. Active forest management and restoration is one of the few effective, long-term solutions for improving the health of our forests and rural communities. The primary factor limiting active forest restoration on Federal lands is the time and cost required for the Forest Service to satisfy exhaustive analytic requirements driven by conflicting regulations and litigation. The Forest Service currently expends over $350 million annually on environmental reviews, limiting the money available for on-the-ground projects. Those reviews also take an average of 19-37 months to complete, delaying needed projects to restore forests or get ahead of the growing threat. Fortunately, it is possible to streamline the environmental review process to improve the pace and scale of projects without sacrificing conservation values. Thank you for your concern and interest in resolving this critical issue. We urge you to work together on a bipartisan basis to support the forest health reforms we need to effectively fight wildfires, rehabilitate burned forests, and actively manage our Federal forests to reduce the size and severity of future wildfires. Sincerely Washington's National Forest Counties, Chelan County: Doug England, Keith Goehner, Ron Walter; Ferry County: Mike Blankenship, Brad Miller, Nathan Davis; Grays Harbor County: Wes Cormier, Frank Gordon, Vickie Raines; Kittitas County: Gary Berndt, Paul Jewell, Obie Obrien; Lewis County: Edna Fund, Bill Schulte, Gary Stamper; Okanogan County: Ray Campbell, Jim Detro, Sheilah Kennedy; Pend Oreille County: Steve Kiss, Mike Manus, Karen Skoog; Skagit County: Ken Dahlstedt, Lisa Janicki, Ron Wesen; Skamania County: Chris Brong, Bob Hamlin, Doug McKinzie; Snohomish County: Ken Klein; Stevens County: Don Dashiell, Wes McCart, Steve Parker; Whatcom County: Jack Louws, County Executive. CC: The Honorable Patty Murray, The Honorable Suzan K. DelBene, The Honorable Rick Larsen, The Honorable Jaime Herrera Beutler, The Honorable Cathy McMorris Rodgers, The Honorable Maria Cantwell, The Honorable Derek Kilmer, The Honorable Jim McDermott, The Honorable Dave Reichert, The Honorable Adam Smith, The Honorable Denny Heck. ______ Submitted Questions Response from Thomas L. Tidwell, Chief, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Questions Submitted by Hon. Glenn Thompson, a Representative in Congress from Pennsylvania Question 1. How many Forest Service timberland acres have burned over the last 10 years? How many of those acres have been salvaged? How does this compare to the 1990s? Answer. Nearly 15 million acres of National Forests and Grasslands burned in the last 10 years (2006-2015), according FIRESTAT, the agency's wildfire reporting application. The Forest Service national data reporting systems do not permit us to identify or summarize how many of those acres have been salvaged nationally. However, the agency reported in ``Harvest Trends on National Forest System Lands 1984-2015 on National Forest System Lands,'' that nearly 400,000 acres of sanitation or salvage harvest was completed to capture imminent mortality or recover forest products from fire, insect, disease, wind, competition, or other causes from 2006-2015. In comparison, more than 5 million acres burned from 1990-1999 and nearly 1.7 million acres of sanitation or salvage harvest was completed for the same causes described previously. However, timber harvest on National Forest System lands hit a peak in 1990 and declined rapidly during that decade, including salvage. The average total acres harvested from 2006-2015 are less than 25% of the 1990 peak. See accompanying tables. Table 1. Salvage acres, total harvest acres, and wildfire acres 1990- 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ All Salvage Total Harvest Acres Acres Wildfire Acres ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1990 207,794 902,647 319,015 1991 177,698 795,745 151,861 1992 172,499 755,638 505,385 1993 241,481 732,463 225,208 1994 179,882 623,458 1,375,556 1995 126,528 478,902 256,641 1996 152,563 473,127 1,101,052 1997 154,517 457,848 164,002 1998 183,287 525,755 226,622 1999 96,447 448,746 744,262 ----------------------------------------------------- 10 yr. avg...... 169,270 619,433 506,960 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Table 2. Salvage acres, total harvest acres, and wildfire acres 2006- 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ All Salvage Total Harvest Acres Acres Wildfire Acres ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2006 158,936 374,602 1,809,795 2007 31,396 232,705 2,820,105 2008 21,438 205,321 1,502,242 2009 32,147 204,077 686,318 2010 19,519 177,816 306,504 2011 21,186 195,481 1,634,815 2012 30,538 208,641 2,817,333 2013 32,045 209,289 1,228,086 2014 26,522 192,564 649,260 2015 22,562 204,763 1,382,855 ----------------------------------------------------- 10 yr. avg...... 39,629 220,526 1,483,731 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Question 2. Following the devastating 2015 fire season, how many acres do you anticipate will be salvaged? How many acres will be restored or reforested? Answer. The staffs on many National Forests are still assessing the impacts of the wildfires to identify the potential acres for salvage treatments. Even when completed, that information is only available at the project level for each National Forest and is not summarized nationally. Priorities, funding, and operational capacity would determine how many of the potential acres are salvaged. As the figures in response to your first question illustrate, a relatively small proportion of burned acres are likely to be salvaged. From the 2015 fire season we expect approximately 334,000 total acres will need to be reforested, of which approximately 194,000 acres are estimated to need planting and approximately 140,000 acres are expected to come back through natural regeneration but may need some site preparation and monitoring to ensure that they are re-establishing naturally. These are initial estimates and will be refined with additional analysis. Funding and operational capacity will determine how many of those needed acres will be reforested. Question 3. Fire transfers are obviously not a new problem, and they cause long-term consequences. When did we start to see more and more fire transfers happening? At that time, how much board feet of timber were we cutting? How much hazardous fuel were we removing from the forests? Answer. The Forest Service has been using the 10 year rolling average as a basis for suppression budgeting since the early 1990s. Because the cost of fire suppression continues to increase as fire seasons grow longer and hotter and because of the dramatic increase of development in the wildland urban interface, in most years, the 10 year average no longer accurately reflects the current total cost of fire suppression. This reality is reflected in the fact that since FY 2000, the Forest Service's fire suppression costs have exceeded amounts provided in annual appropriations in all but 2 years: FY 2001 and FY 2010. The Forest Service is the only Federal agency that is required to pay for national disasters out of its regular constrained budget. Fully funding the ever-increasing 10 year average in a constrained budget results in the long-term erosion of funds from other Forest Service programs in the budget formulation process, often from the same programs that pre-emptively reduce risk and help improve the condition of the National Forest System before the next fires strike. In FY 2015 alone, fire suppression accounted for over \1/2\ of the budget, with $115 million allocated away from non-fire programs such as restoration, recreation and watershed health programs. End-of-season transfers to cover suppression costs that exceed appropriated amounts compound the problem and create instability and uncertainty for both the agency and the public. In 2015, the Forest Service borrowed $700 million to cover suppression expenses. The Forest Service is at a tipping point. While the Forest Service has been able to meet its timber targets due to innovation, efficiencies, an increase in collaborative support, and a remarkable workforce, without a fix to the fire budget, additional gains will be increasingly difficult. In FY 2000, the Forest Service sold 1.7 billion board feet, compared with 2.9 billion board feet in FY 2015. We do not have an estimate of how much material removed from the National Forests was hazardous fuels, but approximately 4.6 million acres were treated using commercial thinning, prescribed burns and other treatments (see table in response to Question 12 below. Question 4. How can the Forest Service utilize more local expertise when responding to forest fires? Answer. The Forest Service works extensively with our state and local partners to support wildland fire management operations. These cooperators are essential to ensuring that every wildfire receives an appropriate, risk informed, and effective response regardless of the jurisdiction. For any response, the concept of nearest available asset is implemented. Depending on the situation, nearest available assets may be state and or local assets. Implementing these assets enables a more efficient and timely response than transporting a Forest Service- owned asset from further distances. The Forest Service relies on states and other cooperators, and in turn, those cooperators rely on the Forest Service to meet their operational objectives. It is neither financially prudent nor operationally optimal for all entities to maintain exclusive and duplicative resources. Every fire season is unique. In some seasons the majority of fire activity occurs on Forest Service lands, in other seasons it occurs on state and local or private lands. Sometimes we are equally burdened. Across multiple years the costs of leveraging each other's assets is more financially and operationally effective than maintaining exclusive assets. In 2014, the Wildland Fire Leadership Council launched the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy, which focuses on fire adapted communities, response to wildland fire, and restoring and maintaining landscapes. The Strategy is being implemented through various Federal, local, and Tribal efforts. Question 5. Wildfire suppression costs have skyrocketed. Obviously a large part of this is due to bigger, more catastrophic fires, but what other factors have further exacerbated the cost? Are there ways to reduce these costs? Answer. Over the last 20 years the increasing complexity and severity of wildfires is due to climate change, fuels buildup and the increased presence of homes in the wildland urban interface which has caused the cost of fire suppression to soar. These are the most significant factors contributing to increased suppression costs. The Forest Service uses a cost-effective approach to wildland firefighting. All wildfires receive an appropriate, risk informed and effective response. Using improved decision support tools, fire managers make risk-based assessments to decide when and where to suppress a fire--and when and where to use fire to achieve management goals for long-term ecosystem health and resilience. Our top priority is to ensure the safety of our firefighters and public while protecting homes and communities and other high value resources. We strive to deploy the right resources in the right place at the right time ensuring that the magnitude of our response is commensurate with the values at risk. Other less significant factors that do contribute to increased costs include increased fuel prices and increased human capital salary costs due to inflation; increased human capital benefits costs due to new policies affecting firefighters; and the need to update/modernize equipment and materials used on the fire line to keep pace with today's technology requirements. Most of these kinds of costs cannot be easily reduced, but the Forest Service makes every effort to be most effective and efficient in obtaining equipment and positioning assets as appropriate. Question 6. In response to questions for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Under Secretary Bonnie stated that the Forest Service currently is taking increasing lengths of time for planning and environmental analysis of forest management projects. Specifically, the Forest Service is taking 6.2 months for a project that is categorically excluded from NEPA, 19.1 months for a project utilizing an environmental assessment, and 37.2 months for a project requiring an environmental impact statement. While we all agree that we need to address the fire borrowing issue, doesn't this lengthy process time seem to be at least as equally concerning in addressing our pressing need for more forestry management? Answer. The average timeframes for projects with these NEPA documents are based on the lapsed time from when the project is proposed to when it is decided. The timeframes are a result of many factors and do not represent the amount of time actually spent on a particular project and do not represent total time spent on NEPA compliance. A dominating factor is the reduced staff (including the experts needed to conduct NEPA analyses) and budget available for project planning as a result of the increasing share of the Agency's budget being devoted to fire suppression. It is very simple; fewer staff devoted to project development and implementation, generally results in longer time horizons. Question 7. In the Chief's written testimony, he cited the Administration's support for fire borrowing legislation that would only require funding 70% of the 10 year average in part because it would free $855 million for the agency. Can you explain how this number was determined? Answer. The proposal calls for funding 70 percent of the rolling 10 year average, which for FY16 would be $788.4 million. The Administration proposes funding 70 percent of the 10 year average within the agency's discretionary funding because that amount provides for suppression of 98 percent of fires (non-catastrophic fires). Analysis has shown that 30 percent of the suppression costs come from just two percent of fires (catastrophic fires). The remainder of the funding needed to suppress wildfires would come from a newly-created ``sub cap'' within the disaster cap adjustment in the Budget Control Act. The amount available from the disaster cap adjustment is calculated by using an out-year suppression forecasting model that predicts, within a 90 percent Confidence Interval, the lower, median, and upper forecasted spending amounts in future years. We use the upper forecasted amount to fully account for what may be needed from the disaster cap adjustment. In FY 2016 the upper forecasted amount that may be needed for fire suppression is $1.643 billion. So 70% of the rolling 10 year average would be allocated within the Forest Service's constrained, discretionary budget ($788.4 million for FY 2016), while the additional 30% of the rolling 10 year average, plus the amount above 100% of the rolling 10 year average that would otherwise need to be transferred mid-season from non-fire accounts, would come from the sub cap ($855 million is the upper forecast for this combined amount in FY 2016). The proposal would allow for approximately $300 million--the cost of the top 2% of fires that account for 30% of suppression costs--to be reallocated back to the other vital land management programs from which those dollars have been transferred over time because of the growth in the 10 year average. Partially restoring some of those eroded funds would allow us to stabilize the pace and scale of our investments in restoring forested landscapes, helping forests adapt to the growing effects of climate change, and better prepare communities in the wildland/urban interface for future wildfires. In addition the proposal would prevent the potential need for fire transfer later this season of up to $555 million, the scenario described above as the upper forecast for needed suppression dollars in FY 2016, with those dollars coming from the cap adjustment rather than being cannibalized from the authorized dollars for other programs. Importantly, this is not ``additional'' funding for the agency; it is the prevention of mid-season transfer from other accounts to pay for fire suppression. Question 7a. Is this number over a 10 year timeframe? Answer. The formula would be applied each fiscal year and the difference between 70 percent and the full amount of the rolling 10 year average would change annually, as would the upper forecasted suppression amount (which typically exceeds 100% of the rolling 10 year average. Therefore, the amount requested from the cap adjustment funding would change each fiscal year. Question 7b. What safeguards are there to assure that this amount of funding would go to hazardous fuels reduction? Answer. Under the budget proposal for FY 2016, the Forest Service would maintain the substantial increase in funding for Hazardous Fuels provided by Congress in FY 2015. This increase would be largely due to the ``1% of fires'' funds--approximately $300 million, or 30% of the 10 year average--that would be restored to non-fire accounts as part of this proposal. The agency also proposed an increase in funding for other key restoration programs like Landscape Scale Restoration, Integrated Resource Restoration and Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration. This increased funding will not only maintain the momentum in the hazardous fuel reduction program, but also leverage the available funds to stabilize the pace and scale of our investments in restoring forested landscapes, help forests adapt to the growing effects of climate change, and better prepare communities in the wildland/urban interface for future wildfires. The rest of the potential funds that could come from the cap adjustment if implemented in FY 2016 would avoid the transfer of funds from non-fire accounts as allocated by Congress for Forest Service work during FY 2016. They would not be ``new'' dollars, rather, would allow the Forest Service to implement Congress's budgetary direction without major mid-year and end-of-year program disruption from fire transfers. Question 7c. What assurances do you have that Congress would appropriate this funding for hazardous fuels reductions? Answer. The Forest Service cannot guarantee funding for any programs but will continue to request necessary funding through the Presidential Budget process. It is the responsibility of House and Senate Appropriators to appropriate funds. Question 7d. Can you be certain that the Appropriators would distribute this funding to the Forest Service? Answer. The Forest Service cannot guarantee funding for any programs but will continue to request necessary funding through the Presidential Budget process It is the prerogative of House and Senate Appropriators to appropriate funds as they see fit. Question 7e. If the additional funding made its way to the Forest Service, what assurances can you provide us that this funding would be used to reduce future fire risk rather than for other agency priorities? Answer. The agency's FY 2016 Budget proposal requested substantial funding in the hazardous fuels program, as well as increased funding in restoration programs like Landscape Scale Restoration, Integrated Resource Restoration and Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration. Again--these proposed increases would not increase the overall Forest Service budget--but would reinvest dollars within the budget in programs other than fire suppression. Mitigating wildfire risk, restoring fire adapted ecosystems and building fire adapted communities are core principles within the Forest Service's 2016-2020 Strategic Plan. We will continue to prioritize all efforts that achieve these principles including hazardous fuels treatment, Integrated Resource Restoration and other landscape restoration programs. Question 8. The approach taken by H.R. 2647 to fix fire-borrowing would allow the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior to access the Disaster Relief Fund under FEMA and allow the worst wildfires to be treated like other natural disasters. Can you explain the Administration's opposition to the House approach? Answer. The Administration's fire funding proposal provides the necessary resources for the Forest Service and Department of the Interior to address wildland fire suppression and rehabilitation needs without resorting to detrimental shifts from other critical forest land landscape resilience priorities--preventing episodic transfers, and mitigating the impact of the annual growth in the rolling 10 year average. As described in the response to Question 7, the proposal also would ``free up'' an amount equal to 30% of the 10 year average for these critical priorities. While H.R. 2647 eliminates the need to transfer funds from non-fire programs when available suppression funds are exhausted, the requirement in H.R. 2647 to fully fund the rolling 10 year average for wildland fire suppression would mean that significantly less funding is available each year in the agency's budget for other important programs, as the rolling 10 year average continues to grow while the Forest Service's budget remains constrained. As noted above, the chronic problem of fire programs increasingly crowding out non-fire programs is real; in FY 2015 alone, because of the rising 10 year average, more than $115 million that was available for other work in FY 2014 was permanently diverted to fire programs. That pattern repeats itself every year, and has resulted in the untenable growth of fire programs from consuming 16% of the Forest Service's budget to more than 52%--not counting mid-season transfers. Question 9. What are some areas where the Forest Service would benefit from having Categorical Exclusion authority to more quickly reduce the threat of catastrophic wildfire? Answer. The Forest Service is interested in further discussion about legislation that would authorize the categorical exclusion of certain types of forest management activities that are developed through a collaborative process, namely, those activities for which the primary purpose is the reduction of hazardous fuels in the wildland urban interface or in areas to protect municipal water supplies and other critical infrastructure. Consistent with the requirements of Section 8205 of the 2014 Farm Bill, we would not support Categorical Exclusions that contain harvest units that exceed 3,000 acres. Any new CE must be consistent with objectives found in the land and resource management plans, be based on best available science, protect old growth, prohibit permanent roads, and comply with other applicable laws, such as the Endangered Species Act, the National Historic Preservation Act, and the Clean Water Act. Question 10. You imply that fire has grown as a proportion of the Forest Service's budget, and it has crowded out funding for non-fire programs. Certainly, fire borrowing is disruptive and has to stop. However, to understand the impact of the problem, we need a better picture on the structure of the Forest Service budget and personnel make up. Please provide the Committee with the following: In inflation adjusted terms, the total discretionary spending for the last decade for non-fire accounts, including preparedness and suppression. Answer. Please see enclosed spreadsheet[s] with discretionary spending for the last decade, [see Attachment 1]. Question 11. Please provide us with a chart summarizing non-fire FTE's at the Forest Service for the last decade. Also, please provide a chart showing the number of FTE's associated with the Forest Service Washington Office, including detached units, and the Albuquerque Service Center. Answer. Since 1998, fire staffing within the Forest Service has increased 114 percent, from around 5,700 employees in 1998 to over 12,000 in 2015. Over the same period, staffing levels for those dedicated to managing National Forest System lands has decreased by 39 percent--from approximately 18,000 in 1998 to fewer than 11,000 in 2015 (see graphic below). The enclosed report, ``The Rising Cost of Wildfire Operations'' * shows the impact of rising suppression costs--separate from the problem of ``fire borrowing'' or transfer--on the agency's non-fire work. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Editor's note: the report entitled, The Rising Cost of Wildfire Operations, was also submitted for the record by Hon. Suzan K. DelBene, a Representative in Congress from Washington and is located on p. 73. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shifts in Forest Service Staffing Levels 1998-2015
Image uses figures representing fire staff and all other Forest Service staff to show changes in staffing from 1998 to 2015. Fire staffing has increased from 5,700 to 12,000 employees while other staffing has decreased from 18,000 to 11,000.* --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Editor's note: the text inset under the graphic was set as a comment field in the original pdf. The Forest Service structure is different from many other large Federal agencies in that it has a relatively small Washington, D.C. presence. At the end of Calendar Year 2015, approximately 660 Forest Service employees had Washington, D.C. duty stations. Of these approximately 660 positions, 546 employees are dedicated to headquarters leadership roles (such as policy, oversight, and direction) and delivery of Forest Service programs. The remaining 114 positions were assigned to traditional operational support functions (e.g., Acquisitions, Information Technology, Human Resources, and Budget and Finance) and are part of Forest Service's centralized services model implemented over the last decade to increase efficiency and streamline processes. Although associated with the Washington Office organizationally, the centralized services units are comprised of 2,221 employees located throughout the nation, including 991 located in Albuquerque. Employee Data (as of the end of CY 2015)
Question 12. Written testimony at the hearing noted the Forest Service ``treated'' 4.6 million acres in Fiscal Year 2014. For that year and for Fiscal Year 2015 (when available), please provide the Committee with a summary of acres treated by the following categories:
Acres treated through the use of prescribed fires Prescribed fires that took place in the context of wildfire suppression actions, including back burns and jackpot burns. Wildfires allowed to burn within prescription or to meet resource objectives Acres treated by mechanical means, including a total figure and the following categories: Commercial thinning. Non-commercial or pre-commercial thinning. Mowing, dragging, mastication, or other means. Hand thinning without the removal of biomass. Acres treated with herbicides to reduce noxious weeds Other noxious weed control activities. Please do not include ``lake acres treated.'' Answer. Please see the trailing table regarding the treatments in Fiscal Year 2014 and Fiscal Year 2015. Please note the acres reported in the table are a subset of the 4.6 million acres treated in FY 14. Treatments not included are: terrestrial acres treated, soil and water accomplishments, acres of range vegetation improved, portions of hazardous fuel accomplishments in and out of the Wildland Urban Interface, as well as other measures that make up total restoration accomplishments. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2014 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Acres treated through the use of prescribed 1,357,791 1,131,388 fires Prescribed fires that took place in the N/A N/A context of wildfire suppression actions, including back burns and jackpot burns Wildfires allowed to burn within prescription 246,018 436,090 or to meet resource objectives Acres of forestlands treated using timber 192,563 204,420 sales (commercial thinning) Acres of forestland vegetation improved (non- 123,266 98,937 commercial or pre-commercial) Mowing, dragging, mastication, or other means N/A N/A Hand thinning without the removal of biomass N/A N/A Acres treated for noxious weeds/invasive 229,587 229,482 plants on NFS lands (incorporates herbicides and other) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Question 13. The Forest Service has said they are using the Categorical Exclusion provided for Insect & Disease Treatment Areas under the farm bill for 20 projects. Please provide the Committee with a list of those projects by Region and Forest, and the number of acres expected to be treated under each. Answer. See table below. Table: Projects Using Insect and Disease Categorical Exclusion ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National Project Brief State Region Forest Name Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Alabama 8 Alabama Bank Head Pine Thinning 2016 Forest Health project 2 Arkansas 8 Ouachita PCS FY16 1,689 acres Farm of thinning, Bill including Thinning Shortleaf Pine 3 Arkansas 8 Ouachita Mena Oden Thin Farm approximatel Bill y 810 acres Thinning 4 Californ 5 Shasta- Pilgrim Treat 555 ia Trinity Plantati acres by on thinning from below, prescribed burn, and apply borax fungicide and site prep and plant as needed. 5 Colorado 2 Grand Mesa/ Grand 890 acres Uncompahgr Mesa salvage e Resort 6 Colorado 2 Medicine Morrison Timber Bow-Routt II salvage 7 Georgia 8 Chattahooch Oconee Divide Forest ee Health Thinning135 acres Loblolly salvage. 8 Idaho 4 Boise Williams This project Creek proposes 1,457 acres commercial and 128 acres non- commercial thinning and fuel reduction activities to improve forest resiliency. 9 Idaho 1 Idaho Jasper Commercial Panhandle Mountain harvest 1,961 acres and prescribed burn 72 acres 10 Idaho 1 Idaho Halfway 480 acres Panhandle Malin prescribed burn, 885 acres commercial harvest, 2 culvert replacement, logjam removal and road decommission ing. 11 Idaho 1 Idaho Bottom 2,293 acres Panhandle Canyon commercial timber harvest, 115 miles road decommission ing, 64 miles road storage, improve 11 culverts and 57 stream crossings, 134 acres prescribed burn, 112 acres mastication/ planting. 12 Idaho 1 Nez Perce Lowell 330 acres of Clearwater timber harvest. 13 Idaho 4 Salmon- Big Hill 600 acres Challis Insect thinning, 75 and acres of Disease Sagebrush improvement, 600 acres prescribed Burn. 14 Idaho 4 Sawtooth Redfish 3,000 acres Road prescribed #210 burn, hand Fuels cut 592 Reductio acres n 15 Montana 1 Beaverhead- Boulder 1,913 acres Deerlodge Lowlands of timber sales and biomass removal 16 Montana 1 Flathead Radnor 2,000 acres Resource of timber sales and prescribed burn 17 Montana 1 Kootenai Helwick 635 acres of timber sales. 18 Montana 1 Lolo Little 131 acre Eddy timber sale 19 Montana 1 Bitterroot Westside Commercial timber harvest and thinning on about 2,300 acres. Project includes prescribed burning, forest regeneration , permanent and temporary road construction , and bridge installation . 20 Montana 1 Lewis and Upper Treat 1,914 Clark Sheep acres with Creek commercial, Veg. noncommercia l harvesting and prescribed burning. 21 New York 9 Green Hemlock 2,971 acres Mountain/ Wooly of soil Finger Adelgid treatment lakes and basal spray 22 North 8 NF in NC Shortleaf Under Carolin Pine development a 23 Oklahoma 8 Ouachita Tiak 1,000 acres thinning 24 Oregon 6 Deschutes Shield Under NF I&D Development 25 Utah 4 Uinta- Western 1,872 acres Wasatch Smiths of Mountain Cache Fork Pine Beetle Restorat treatment ion # 48074 26 Utah 4 Dixie Upper Mammoth Creek 27 Wyoming 2 Medicine North 5,500 acres Bow-Routt Savery of Lodge pole salvage and 1,000 acres of pre- commercial thinning. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Question 13a. Also, please provide any notices of intent to sue or lawsuits filed against any project being conducted under the Insect & Disease Treatment Areas authority, including CE's and other NEPA documents. Answer. The FS has no formal process by which it tracks Notices of Intent. The Agency is not aware of any such projects that have ``Notices of Intent'' to sue or lawsuits filed. Question 14. Written testimony at the hearing noted the Forest Service is ``interested in ideas that will help us pursue treatment at the landscape scale quickly, efficiently, and in a reasonable time to address problems before they can worsen. As a general matter, the Forest Service welcomes legislation that incentivizes collaboration and expands the toolset we can use to complete critical work on our nation's forests, without overriding environmental laws, mandating harvest levels, or requiring new layers of zoning on the NFS.'' H.R. 2647, which was approved by this Committee: Incentivizes collaboration by providing streamlined NEPA tools and protection from frivolous lawsuits for projects developed by collaborative groups. Expands the toolset the FS can use to complete critical work by providing a series of targeted Categorical Exclusions for certain projects. Does not override environmental laws or mandate harvest levels, and requires no new layers of zoning on the NFS. Without discussing fire borrowing, please provide the Committee with a list of specific provisions in H.R. 2647 which the Forest Service find objectionable. Answer. H.R. 2647 includes several provisions that will undermine collaborative, landscape-scale forest restoration by undermining public trust in forest management projects and by limiting public participation in decision-making. The Administration has substantial concerns with the design and scale of the categorical exclusions, provisions related to post-fire salvage and restoration (including unrealistic timelines for environmental assessments), and unrealistic targets for reforestation given current budgetary resources. The Administration has serious concerns with provisions in the bill related to the Resource Advisory Committees (RACs). The Administration opposes provisions that limit the discretion of RACs by requiring 50 percent of Secure Rural Schools Act Title II funding be spent on timber management projects. H.R. 2647 also assumes RACs can fulfill the role of local forest collaboratives in designing forest restoration projects, though the RACs were not specially set up do this and in many cases may not have the breadth of stakeholder interest and expertise to do so effectively. Additionally, the Administration opposes restrictions in the bill on the membership of RACs. Furthermore, the Administration opposes provisions in the bill that require litigants to post a bond when challenging forest restoration projects. As the Forest Service has demonstrated, the best way to address concerns about litigation is to develop restoration projects in partnership with broad stakeholder interests through a transparent process informed by the best available science. Lastly, the bill should include stronger protections for ecologically sensitive areas, tribal sacred sites, and other important lands. Question 14a. Are their pieces of this legislation that the Forest Service would find helpful to prevent and suppress wildfires? If so, please provide that list. Answer. The Administration appreciates that there is bipartisan agreement that wildland fire management funding needs a legislative fix. We look forward to working with the committee to find an agreeable solution that addresses the rising 10 year average of suppression costs and stops the practice of transferring funds from non-fire accounts to pay for fire suppression. Question 15. During the hearing, Chief Tidwell said only 16 percent of projects receive any kind of administrative objection or are litigated. However, the Committee is aware that in 2014, in Region 1, 74 percent of projects covered by either CE's or EIS, and fully 90 percent of projects covered by EIS's, were either litigated or objected to. These objections and lawsuits covered more than \1/2\ of the acres the Forest Service proposed to manage. Can you provide, for the fiscal year just ended, a list of all CEs and EIS's completed, and whether the project received an administrative objection, notice of intent to sue, or an actual lawsuit? Answer. Direct year-to-year comparisons are difficult to make due to a number of variables, including budgetary concerns, decision timing, and local or regional conditions and events. Table 2 (below) shows data for FY 2015. In FY 2015, 36 lawsuits were filed against the Agency on land management decisions. Of these 36 lawsuits, only 13 (36%) challenged project NEPA decisions made in FY 2015. The remaining 23 lawsuits (64%) were either challenging project decisions from previous fiscal years (2009-2014), alleged violations of law, policy and regulation on non-NEPA decisions or plaintiffs simply claimed the Agency ``failed to act'' under the APA. Those 23 lawsuits that do not involve NEPA or were related to previous-year project decisions are not included in Table 2. Table 2 also shows the number of NEPA decisions for each administrative unit by Decision Memo, Decision Notice, and Record of Decision. These projects are summarized on the enclosed documents (2015DM--ByAdministrativeUnit.pdf [Attachment 2]; 2015DN-- ByAdministrativeUnit.pdf [Attachment 3]; 2015ROD-- ByAdministrativeUnit.pdf [Attachment 4]--Litigated projects are highlighted). Last, Table 2 summarizes the number of objections filed in FY 2015 (Total of 100). Approximately 30% of all decisions receive objections. A summary of those projects is also enclosed (20160108-- USFSProjectsWithObjections--FY2015.xls [Attachment 5]). The Forest Service does not track ``Notices of Intent'' to sue. Table 2: Summary of Litigation/Objections Filed on Forest Service Land Management Decisions in Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Litigation Objections ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Administrative Decision Memos Decision Notices Record of Decision Unit (USFS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total % of Region) Litigation Litigation Litigation Completed Total Projects Affected Total Completed Objections % Objected Completed Cases Filed Completed Cases Filed Completed Cases Filed Decisions vi Affected vii Projects Decisions viii Filed To Decisions ii Decisions iii Decisions iv v Litigated ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 170 0 23 0 10 3 203 4 1.9 33 25 75.8 2 222 0 34 0 13 1 269 4 1.5 47 14 29.8 3 94 0 15 0 4 1 113 1 0.9 19 8 42.1 4 105 1 31 0 8 0 144 4 2.8 39 7 17.9 5 179 0 38 2 6 1 223 3 1.3 44 7 15.9 6 174 0 48 0 6 0 228 0 0.0 54 25 46.3 8 208 0 41 0 2 0 251 0 0.0 43 6 13.9 9 290 1 33 0 0 0 323 0 0.0 33 3 9.1 10 51 0 16 1 2 0 69 1 1.4 18 5 27.8 Other xi 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0 0 0 0.0 Multiple x 0 0 0 0 0 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals........ 1,494 2 279 3 51 8 1,824 18 1.0% 330 100 30.3% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ i Data from Planning, Appeals and Litigation (PALs) and CARA. Management decisions analyzed through the NEPA process using a categorical exclusion, environmental assessment or environmental impact statement. ii Not all filed cases result in court decisions. Plaintiffs may drop the case after filing and/or the Forest Service may settle through negotiations. iii Not all filed cases result in court decisions. Plaintiffs may drop the case after filing and/or the Forest Service may settle through negotiations. iv The ROD's include 2 Forest Plan Revisions in R1, 1 in R2, 2 in R3, 1 in R8. v Not all filed cases result in court decisions. Plaintiffs may drop the case after filing and/or the Forest Service may settle through negotiations. vi Total of all signed decisions documented by a Decision Memo, Decision Notice and Record of Decision. vii Total number of documented projects in the PALs database affected by litigation filed in FY 2015. Data adjusted to reflect sage grouse lawsuits (Refer to endnote x). viii Total number of projects eligible for objections--Only includes Decision Notices and Records of Decision (Categorical exclusions are excluded from the objection process as they have, by definition, non-significant environmental effects). ix Decisions made by the Washington Office, Wood Products Lab and Research Stations. x Litigation directly naming multiple projects across multiple administrative units (i.e., 2 lawsuits filed on Sage Grouse that impact one (1) project in R1, three (3) projects in R2, and four (4) projects in R4). Questions Submitted by Hon. Dan Newhouse, a Representative in Congress from Washington Question 1. Before I start I want to thank Chief Tidwell for visiting Washington State during this fire season. I also want to give my condolences to the Forest Service. The Forest Service and all the State of Washington continues to mourn Andrew, Rick, Tom, who we lost in the line of duty. Chief Tidwell, there are severe forest management deficiencies plaguing our Federal lands. What else is being done to promote resiliency and fire prevention in our National Forests? What other tools do you need? Answer. The Forest Service has increased the impact and rate of restoration nationally. In 2014, the agency accomplished treatments on 4.6 million acres to restore watershed function on NFS land and to reduce the threat of fire in the wildland-urban interface on NFS and State and private lands. This represents an increase of nearly 400,000 acres (9 percent) compared to 2011 despite mounting challenges such as record droughts, longer and drier wildfire seasons, a reduction in non- fire personnel to support the agency's mission, and a rapidly increasing percentage of the budget being spent on wildland fire management. The number one factor influencing our ability to promote resiliency and health of our forests and grasslands is capacity, and the primary driver of capacity is the impact of fire costs on the agency budget. We appreciate the tools Congress provided such as the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, Stewardship Contracting, and the 2014 Farm Bill reforms such as Good Neighbor Authority, and Insect and Disease priority designations and as noted above, are implementing them as aggressively as capacity permits. Question 2. Chief Tidwell--one of the concerns raised by these 12 counties composing the Evergreen Forest County Group--a letter from which was submitted for the record--is that of the state's timber sales, only 3% of timber comes from Federal lands and this overstocked Federal land is contributing to catastrophic fires. Do you agree with this assessment? If so what do steps will you take to reverse this trend? Answer. Overstocked forest conditions are common across all land jurisdictions, including federal lands and those conditions are one factor contributing to the size and severity of wildfires, especially in the West. The Forest Service is working to restore the structure and function of forest lands which will reduce the threat of uncharacteristically severe wildfires and provide forest products. We are doing this through the use of new initiatives and authorities, such as the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, Stewardship Contracting, and the 2014 Farm Bill reforms such as Good Neighbor Authority, and Insect and Disease priority designations that allow us to plan and implement at landscape scales and increase our efficiency through strategic partnerships or streamlined planning processes. In FY 2016, our goal is to increase timber volume sold by 10 percent over last year. Question 3. How has litigation affected the Forest Service's active forest management? Answer. When it occurs, litigation directly affects the Agency's program of work in several ways. First, litigation is costly to the Agency in terms of time and dollars spent in defending the case. The funding and personnel utilized on defending the case are not available to implement other projects. Second, once litigation is filed, it usually takes more than one year before a case is resolved, and projects are occasionally placed on hold under court order. At times, these delays can prevent implementation, where the value of the project is time sensitive (e.g., salvageable timber can only be sold if it maintains its value). Third, when litigation is on a rule, rather than projects or plans, it can throw a cloud of uncertainty over any plans or projects developed under the rules' direction, and an adverse decision can have broad impacts. Last, the threat of litigation can contribute to an increased workload by the amount of data collected and analyzed in order to lessen a perceived legal vulnerability. However, only a small percentage of projects are litigated, as detailed above: the vast majority of the agency's NEPA decisions do not draw litigation. The Forest Service strongly supports transparency in decision-making and does not support restricting public access to the courts. The Forest Service has placed an emphasis on collaboration over the last decade that has served us well. We have a number of collaborative projects and programs underway across the National Forest System that exemplify the success that can be achieved when diverse groups come together with a common cause of a healthy landscape. Through an emphasis on collaboration, the Forest Service has consistently increased both the number of acres treated annually to improve watershed resilience and timber production--increasing timber harvest by 18 percent since 2008. The pre-decision objection process is also helping to resolve differences prior to a decision being finalized. Question 4. A map of Washington State, submitted for the record,* was provided to me by the long-term fire recovery group in my district. This graphic that shows the success state and tribal forest management has had, compared with Federal land in the State of Washington. How can the Forest Service utilize more local expertise when responding to forest fires? Or employ similar management techniques that have shown to be successful in the state? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Editor's note: See, Supplemental graphic submitted by Rod Haeberle, Owner, Haeberle Ranch on page 44. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Answer. The Forest Service works extensively with our state and local partners to support wildland fire management operations. These cooperators are essential to ensuring that every wildfire receives an appropriate, risk informed, and effective response regardless of the jurisdiction. For any response, the concept of nearest available asset is implemented. Depending on the situation, nearest available assets may be state and or local assets. Implementing these assets enables a more efficient and timely response than transporting a Forest Service- owned asset from further distances. The Forest Service relies on states and other cooperators, and in turn, those cooperators rely on the Forest Service to meet their operational objectives. It is neither financially prudent nor operationally optimal for all entities to maintain exclusive and duplicative resources. Every fire season is unique. In some seasons the majority of fire activity occurs on Forest Service lands, in other seasons it occurs on state and local lands. Sometimes we are equally burdened. Across multiple years the costs of leveraging each other's assets is more financially and operationally effective than maintaining exclusive assets. The Forest Service is continually working to increase productivity and efficiency in forest management. The Good Neighbor Authority provided in the 2014 Farm Bill establishes a framework for increasing cooperation with states. Agreements with several states have already been executed and more are being developed. These agreements allow state management processes to be applied on Federal land when they meet Federal requirements. While we are excited about the potential of this authority, we will continue to look for and try new ideas to improve forest management on Forest Service lands. Question 5. Does the Forest Service need more authority from Congress to employ any new techniques demonstrated successful in Washington or other states? Answer. As mentioned in response to Question 1, more than new tools, the Forest Service requires a comprehensive fix to the fire budget that both ends fire transfer and addresses the chronic drain on non-fire programs. [attachment 1] Fire vs. Non-Fire Bar Data ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Values Fire Non-Fire Grand Total ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 1991 297,934 2,017,955 2,315,889 813%0 887%0 FY 1992 298,000 2,051,934 2,349,934 813%0 887%0 FY 1993 374,574 1,984,541 2,359,115 816%0 884%0 FY 1994 564,290 2,008,609 2,572,899 822%0 878%0 8FY 19950 8385,6380 81,972,0260 82,357,6640 816%0 884%0 FY 1996 485,485 1,906,031 2,391,516 FY 1997 830,016 1,830,497 2,660,513 FY 1998 584,559 2,131,309 2,715,868 FY 1999 560,176 2,088,541 2,648,717 FY 2000 617,956 2,192,977 2,810,933 FY 2001 1,376,370 2,507,400 3,883,770 FY 2002 1,214,349 2,570,067 3,784,416 FY 2003 1,370,968 2,604,609 3,975,577 FY 2004 1,622,963 2,569,203 4,192,166 FY 2005 1,703,016 2,535,104 4,238,120 FY 2006 1,746,091 2,454,881 4,200,972 FY 2007 1,823,603 2,504,193 4,327,796 FY 2008 1,943,477 2,543,751 4,487,228 FY 2009 2,131,630 2,630,936 4,762,566 FY 2010 2,591,737 2,797,375 5,389,112 FY 2011 2,458,460 2,638,286 5,096,746 FT 2012 2,289,848 2,556,028 4,845,876 FY 2013 2,167,762 2,384,707 4,552,469 FY 2014 2,477,302 2,419,309 4,896,611 851%0 849%0 8FY 20150 82,636,3580 82,436,8880 85,073,2460 852%0 848%0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8All WFM vs. All other mainheads.0 Fire vs. Non-Fire Bar Data (2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Values Fire Non-Fire Grand Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FY 1995 385,638 1,972,026 2,357,664 FY 1996 485,485 1,906,031 2,391,516 FY 1997 830,016 1,830,497 2,660,513 FY 1998 584,559 2,131,309 2,715,868 FY 1999 560,176 2,088,541 2,648,717 FY 2000 617,956 2,192,977 2,810,933 FY 2001 1,376,370 2,507,400 3,883,770 FY 2002 1,214,349 2,570,067 3,784,416 FY 2003 1,370,968 2,604,609 3,975,577 FY 2004 1,622,963 2,569,203 4,192,166 FY 2005 1,703,016 2,535,104 4,238,120 FY 2006 1,746,091 2,454,881 4,200,972 FY 2007 1,823,603 2,504,193 4,327,796 FY 2008 1,943,477 2,543,751 4,487,228 FY 2009 2,131,630 2,630,936 4,762,566 FY 2010 2,591,737 2,797,375 5,389,112 FY 2011 2,458,460 2,638,286 5,096,746 FT 2012 2,289,848 2,556,028 4,845,876 FY 2013 2,167,762 2,384,707 4,552,469 FY 2014 2,477,302 2,419,309 4,896,611 FY 2015 2,636,358 2,436,888 5,073,246 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fire vs. Non-Fire Bar Data (3) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Values 1 2 Grand Total ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 1991 289,527 2,026,362 2,315,889 813%0 887%0 FY 1992 290,281 2,059,653 2,349,934 812%0 888%0 FY 1993 362,379 1,996,736 2,359,115 815%0 885%0 FY 1994 551,594 2,021,305 2,572,899 821%0 879%0 FY 1995 8369,2320 81,988,4320 82,357,6640 816%0 884%0 FY 1996 485,485 1,906,031 2,391,516 FY 1997 830,016 1,830,497 2,660,513 FY 1998 584,559 2,131,309 2,715,868 FY 1999 560,176 2,088,541 2,648,717 FY 2000 617,656 2,193,277 2,810,933 FY 2001 930,467 2,953,303 3,883,770 FY 2002 877,939 2,906,477 3,784,416 FY 2003 1,029,960 2,945,617 3,975,577 FY 2004 1,268,751 2,923,415 4,192,166 FY 2005 1,325,329 2,912,791 4,238,120 FY 2006 1,350,891 2,850,081 4,200,972 FY 2007 1,406,859 2,920,937 4,327,796 FY 2008 1,511,439 2,975,789 4,487,228 FY 2009 1,668,947 3,093,619 4,762,566 FY 2010 2,085,505 3,303,607 5,389,112 FY 2011 1,959,579 3,137,167 5,096,746 [FY] 2012 1,857,681 2,988,195 4,845,876 FY 2013 1,757,430 2,795,039 4,552,469 FY 2014 2,053,068 2,843,543 4,896,611 842%0 858%0 FY 2015 2,156,900 82,916,3460 85,073,2460 843%0 857%0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8\1\ Means Suppression, Preparedness, FLAME.0 8\2\ Means all other BLIs.0 Forest Service Approprations: Fire vs. Non-Fire [GRAPHIC NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT] Sum of FY 1999 Enacted ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fire 13% 13% Non-Fire 87% 87% ----------------------------------- Grand Total....................... 100% ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FY 1999 Forest Service Appropriations: Fire vs. Non-Fire [GRAPHIC NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT] FY 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National Forest System 56% Wildland Fire Management 13% State and Private Forestry 8% Capital Improvement and Maintenance 12% Land Acquisition, Special Acts & 4% Exchanges Forest & Rangeland Research 7% ----------------------------------- Grand Total....................... 100% ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forest Service FY 1991 Appropriations by Fund [GRAPHIC NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT] Sum of FY 2015 Enacted ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fire 52% 52% Non-Fire 48% 48% ----------------------------------- Grand Total....................... 100% ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FY 2015 Forest Service Appropriations: Fire vs. Non-Fire [GRAPHIC NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT] FY 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National Forest System 29% Wildland Fire Management 52% State and Private Forestry 5% Capital Improvement and Maintenance 7% Land Acquisition, Special Acts & 1% Exchanges Forest & Rangeland Research 6% ----------------------------------- Grand Total....................... 100% ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forest Service Enacted Appropriations Fire vs. Non-Fire Real (Inflation Adjusted) to FY 2015 Dollars ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fire Non-Fire ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1990 968,987 2,993,817 1991 499,875 3,385,734 1992 478,015 3,291,459 1993 581,187 3,079,202 1994 859,682 3,060,068 1995 571,047 2,920,146 1996 704,884 2,767,398 1997 1,180,252 2,602,899 1998 826,561 3,013,651 1999 783,696 2,921,904 2000 844,203 2,995,872 2001 1,835,105 3,343,100 2002 1,597,017 3,379,952 2003 1,765,537 3,354,224 2004 2,039,409 3,228,450 2005 2,074,692 3,088,380 2006 2,060,220 2,896,525 2007 2,098,789 2,882,081 2008 2,163,166 2,831,294 2009 2,365,470 2,919,550 2010 2,836,342 3,061,388 2011 2,636,151 2,828,975 2012 2,404,926 2,684,483 2013 2,240,236 2,464,434 2014 2,523,696 2,464,617 2015 2,636,358 2,436,888 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inflators/Deflators: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/ budget/fy2015/assets/hist.pdf. Table 10.1. Excludes Supplemental and Emergency Funding, Fire Transfers and Repayments, and Recissions (except FY 2012 the Recission was already included in the enacted appropriation. Forest Service FY 2015 Appropriations by Fund [GRAPHIC NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT] FY 1990 to [FY] 2015 FS Funding ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FY 1999 FY 1990 FY 1991 FY 1992 FY 1993 FY 1994 FY 1995 FY 1996 FY 1997 FY 1998 Enacted FY 2000 FY 2001 FY 2002 Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forest & Rangeland Research ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forest & Rangeland 150,925 167,627 180,509 182,715 193,083 193,509 177,854 179,786 187,796 197,444 217,694 230,511 241,304 Research ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forest and Rangeland 150,925 167,627 180,509 182,715 193,083 193,509 177,854 179,786 187,796 197,444 217,694 230,511 241,304 Research Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ State and Private Forestry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Landscape Scale Restoration Forest Health 27,097 25,165 33,165 37,032 37,325 40,303 41,292 43,304 Management--Federal Lands Forest Health 109,626 7,805 7,806 15,000 27,966 17,200 21,772 22,511 25,000 Management--Cooperativ e Lands Forest Health 13,689 17,001 18,001 20,137 Management--Cooperativ e Lands Fire Mgt Forest Health 12,472 Management--Emergency Pest Mgt Forest Management and 25,321 74,206 68,116 77,582 55,689 Utilization State Fire Assistance 21,510 23,929 24,945 25,310 Volunteer Fire 2,000 3,240 4,989 5,053 Assistance Fire Protection 17,078 15,749 16,618 16,885 Forest Stewardship 25,908 23,378 23,378 32,303 28,830 29,833 32,782 33,171 Forest Legacy Program 3,000 2,000 4,000 7,012 29,933 59,868 65,000 Community Forest & Open Space Conservation Urban and Community 28,310 25,454 25,505 40,929 30,540 30,896 35,642 36,000 Forestry Economic Action 16,020 14,517 17,150 11,465 17,305 20,198 41,538 35,680 Programs Forest Resources Info & 4,989 5,015 Analysis International Forestry 6,996 4,987 4,989 5,263 Emergency Pest 14,671 12,253 14,415 16,661 Suppression Fund Forest Pest Management 47,586 60,150 57,205 40,605 Stewardship Incentives 18,283 4,500 4,500 16,240 3,000 Program Pacific Northwest 17,066 16,012 16,762 14,985 9,000 7,856 9,579 9,425 Assistance Prog Special Projects 19,663 32,309 20,848 21,155 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ State and Private 109,648 182,414 162,787 170,898 184,564 173,580 153,494 155,461 205,057 170,722 207,960 295,596 291,221 Forestry Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ National Forest System ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IRR Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Restoration Partnerships ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FY 1990 to [FY] 2015 FS Funding [Continued] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FY 2012 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 Enacted w/ FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Recission Enacted Enacted Enacted ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forest & Rangeland Research ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forest & Rangeland 250,049 266,387 276,384 277,711 280,488 285,926 296,380 312,012 306,637 295,300 279,854 292,805 296,000 Research ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forest and Rangeland 250,049 266,387 276,384 277,711 280,488 285,926 296,380 312,012 306,637 295,300 279,854 292,805 296,000 Research Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ State and Private Forestry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Landscape Scale 14,000 14,000 Restoration Forest Health 50,047 53,829 54,236 53,163 53,963 54,110 54,110 57,282 56,737 47,425 44,944 58,922 58,922 Management--Federal Lands Forest Health 30,836 44,741 47,629 46,904 47,104 44,542 46,292 48,573 48,821 39,999 36,894 45,655 45,655 Management--Cooperativ e Lands Forest Health Management--Cooperativ e Lands Fire Mgt Forest Health Management--Emergency Pest Mgt Forest Management and Utilization State Fire Assistance 45,486 33,384 32,920 32,895 32,895 32,605 35,000 39,147 32,358 30,488 25,759 Volunteer Fire 5,007 5,037 5,917 5,912 5,912 5,906 6,000 7,000 6,680 6,669 6,320 Assistance Fire Protection Forest Stewardship 32,012 31,884 32,320 34,144 41,947 29,532 27,000 29,369 32,548 28,814 30,441 22,398 23,036 Forest Legacy Program 68,380 64,134 57,134 56,524 56,536 52,317 49,445 76,460 52,894 53,303 50,515 50,965 53,000 Community Forest & Open 1,000 1,997 1,892 2,000 2,000 Space Conservation Urban and Community 35,999 34,864 31,950 28,413 30,130 27,691 29,541 30,377 32,040 31,327 30,701 28,040 28,040 Forestry Economic Action 26,268 25,606 19,032 9,537 4,206 4,973 5,000 Programs Forest Resources Info & 4,964 4,939 4,958 4,588 4,588 4,516 5,000 5,035 5,026 4,917 4,660 Analysis International Forestry 5,713 5,926 6,410 6,886 6,886 7,383 8,500 9,818 9,492 7,987 7,570 8,000 8,000 Emergency Pest Suppression Fund Forest Pest Management Stewardship Incentives Program Pacific Northwest Assistance Prog Special Projects ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ State and Private 304,712 304,344 292,506 278,966 279,961 262,808 265,861 308,061 277,596 252,926 239,696 229,980 232,653 Forestry Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ National Forest System ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IRR 0 Collaborative Forest 14,970 39,936 37,885 40,000 40,000 Landscape Restoration Restoration 2,000 Partnerships ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FY 1990 to [FY] 2015 FS Funding--Cont. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FY 1999 FY 1990 FY 1991 FY 1992 FY 1993 FY 1994 FY 1995 FY 1996 FY 1997 FY 1998 Enacted FY 2000 FY 2001 FY 2002 Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Land Management 147,846 149,732 130,088 130,088 Planning, Assessment & Monitoring Land Management 36,174 40,000 50,167 78,134 70,358 Planning Inventory and 91,931 80,714 138,326 174,069 173,316 Monitoring Recreation, Heritage & 203,864 229,763 245,500 Wilderness Wildlife & Fisheries 82,559 106,625 112,500 116,364 83,736 93,182 85,561 85,811 96,768 100,376 128,744 131,847 Habitat Mgmt Wildlife Habitat 36,097 Management Inland Fisheries 23,343 Habitat Mgmt Anadromous Fisheries 25,416 Hab Mgmt TE&S Species Mgmg 30,001 Grazing Management 32,831 33,782 34,775 Forest Products 237,891 255,281 266,340 Timber Sales Admin. and 251,796 263,133 263,745 219,033 Mgmt. Vegetation & Watershed 166,002 181,634 190,113 Mgmt Reforestation and Stand 68,346 71,959 66,521 62,213 Improvement Minerals & Geology 28,414 30,380 34,332 34,812 38,025 38,932 35,017 35,767 36,000 37,050 46,172 47,840 48,956 Management Landownership 61,384 61,566 57,053 57,053 61,987 61,139 82,565 86,418 88,434 Management Real Estate Management 25,973 31,192 35,430 36,024 Law Enforcement 15,479 55,130 63,516 59,637 59,637 63,967 66,288 69,911 74,194 79,000 Operations Cooperative Law 11,082 8,546 8,377 Enforcement Drug Enforcement 6,992 7,073 Valles Caldera National 988 2,800 Preserve Recreation Use 153,613 198,817 216,396 229,742 213,817 220,136 211,151 211,151 218,260 187,587 Rangeland Management 32,966 39,473 43,153 44,443 16,367 18,473 27,012 38,012 45,314 57,050 Forestland Management 251,538 237,174 240,409 251,768 274,580 285,200 Soil, Water & Air 61,612 72,153 76,243 72,325 36,250 48,282 42,014 42,114 51,196 56,097 Management Centennial of Service Challenge Infrastructure 105,656 110,088 104,027 104,027 109,218 70,669 Management Maintenance of 21,142 24,866 26,283 26,495 Facilities Forest Road Maintenance 96,384 91,303 85,891 82,198 Forest Trail 24,459 28,228 30,549 31,332 Maintenance Land Line Location 30,710 29,844 32,251 30,873 Quincy Library Group 1,996 Implementation Tongass NF Timber 4,989 Pipeline General Administration 272,154 292,333 303,786 305,941 298,174 296,982 263,698 259,353 261,888 255,264 Land Between the Lakes 5,365 NRA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ National Forest [a] 1,161,2 [b] 1,295,8 [c] 1,342,5 1,307,274 1,307,923 1,338,063 1,255,667 1,274,781 1,347,283 1,297,434 1,147,951 1,297,832 1,331,439 System Total 10 44 30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Capital Improvement and Maintenance ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Facilities 40,593 82,578 81,056 87,440 103,147 65,904 48,529 59,974 50,656 69,905 153,648 165,930 185,447 Roads 164,356 173,072 168,988 140,586 149,655 98,185 94,942 93,000 88,064 98,009 219,634 235,029 229,666 Trails 18,611 21,479 21,667 27,233 32,448 20,009 22,000 27,295 29,554 62,361 66,578 70,075 Deferred Maintenance 49,890 61,000 Legacy Roads & Trails ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FY 1990 to [FY] 2015 FS Funding--Cont. [Continued] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FY 2012 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 Enacted w/ FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Recission Enacted Enacted Enacted ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Land Management Planning, Assessment & Monitoring Land Management 71,726 69,995 63,167 57,675 57,675 48,833 48,833 45,917 45,033 39,936 37,203 37,754 37,754 Planning Inventory and 174,216 169,659 167,302 166,638 166,638 166,580 167,580 170,502 167,219 161,721 150,652 151,019 151,019 Monitoring Recreation, Heritage & 252,542 255,050 257,343 258,797 258,797 262,635 277,635 285,117 281,627 281,176 261,932 261,719 261,719 Wilderness Wildlife & Fisheries 132,936 135,683 134,749 131,734 131,734 132,385 139,385 143,014 140,260 140,036 130,887 140,466 140,466 Habitat Mgmt Wildlife Habitat Management Inland Fisheries Habitat Mgmt Anadromous Fisheries Hab Mgmt TE&S Species Mgmg Grazing Management 40,584 45,899 48,034 47,826 47,826 48,163 50,000 50,714 49,738 55,356 51,568 55,356 55,356 Forest Products 263,628 265,013 273,247 277,583 319,614 322,503 332,666 336,722 336,049 335,511 318,280 339,130 339,130 Timber Sales Admin. and Mgmt. Vegetation & Watershed 189,703 193,689 189,614 179,852 176,849 177,437 180,437 187,960 184,341 184,046 172,173 184,716 184,716 Mgmt Reforestation and Stand Improvement Minerals & Geology 52,293 53,399 55,747 84,164 84,164 84,143 85,470 87,240 83,560 83,426 77,716 76,423 76,423 Management Landownership 92,411 91,550 92,129 90,932 90,932 91,299 93,299 95,606 91,765 85,738 79,869 77,730 77,730 Management Real Estate Management Law Enforcement 80,275 82,828 86,014 110,937 115,000 131,910 135,500 145,047 144,254 143,829 133,984 126,653 126,653 Operations Cooperative Law Enforcement Drug Enforcement Valles Caldera National 3,130 3,112 3,599 5,074 3,500 3,691 4,000 3,500 3,432 3,426 3,192 3,364 3,364 Preserve Recreation Use Rangeland Management Forestland Management Soil, Water & Air Management Centennial of Service 9,861 4,434 Challenge Maintenance of Facilities Forest Road Maintenance Forest Trail Maintenance Land Line Location Quincy Library Group Implementation Tongass NF Timber Pipeline General Administration Land Between the Lakes NRA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ National Forest 1,353,444 1,365,877 1,380,806 1,415,646 1,452,729 1,469,579 1,514,805 1,551,339 1,542,248 1,554,137 1,455,341 1,496,330 1,494,330 System Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Capital Improvement and Maintenance ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Facilities 202,312 214,366 198,769 123,698 130,140 121,755 126,453 135,010 135,000 75,664 70,572 71,000 71,600 Roads 231,344 234,538 226,396 220,688 223,798 227,924 228,825 236,521 195,195 182,525 165,959 166,000 168,094 Trails 69,226 74,718 75,707 74,205 73,362 76,365 81,015 85,381 88,381 81,851 74,999 75,000 77,530 Deferred Maintenance 45,568 31,605 13,829 12,743 9,100 8,958 9,100 9,141 9,158 9,121 2,986 3,000 3,150 Legacy Roads & Trails 39,766 50,000 90,000 44,910 44,928 39,814 35,000 40,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FY 1990 to [FY] 2015 FS Funding--Cont. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FY 1999 FY 1990 FY 1991 FY 1992 FY 1993 FY 1994 FY 1995 FY 1996 FY 1997 FY 1998 Enacted FY 2000 FY 2001 FY 2002 Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Road Maintenance & 99,884 Decommission Land Between the Lakes 1,200 NRA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Capital Improvement 223,560 277,129 [d] 271,711 255,259 252,802 196,537 163,480 174,974 166,015 297,352 436,843 517,427 546,188 and Maintenance Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Land Acquisition, Special Acts & Exchanges ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Land Acquisition 63,433 88,695 88,306 62,412 64,250 63,873 39,392 40,575 219,976 117,918 155,835 150,872 149,742 Land Acq, NF Special 1,054 1,097 1,134 1,180 1,212 1,247 1,069 1,048 1,069 1,069 1,068 1,067 1,069 Acts Complete Land Exchanges 13 105 154 151 212 794 341 364 210 210 234 233 234 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Land Acquisition, 64,500 89,897 89,594 63,743 65,674 65,914 40,802 41,987 221,255 119,197 157,137 152,172 151,045 Special Acts & Exchanges Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Other Appropriations ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Range Betterment Fund 4,915 4,546 4,795 4,647 4,545 4,419 4,647 3,453 3,811 3,300 3,300 3,293 3,290 Gifts, Donations, and 3 1 8 5 18 4 87 55 92 92 92 92 92 Bequests Subsistence Management-- 3,000 5,488 5,488 Alaska SE Alaska Economic 110,000 22,000 4,989 Assistance Early Winters Land 497 Exchange ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Other Appropriations 4,918 5,044 4,803 4,652 4,563 4,423 114,734 3,508 3,903 6,392 25,392 13,862 8,870 Total ======================================================================================================================================================================== Subtotal Non-Fire 1,714,761 2,017,955 2,051,934 1,984,541 2,008,609 1,972,026 1,906,031 1,830,497 2,131,309 2,088,541 2,192,977 2,507,400 2,570,067 Discretionary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wildland Fire Management ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Preparedness [e] 167,355 171,492 179,692 176,968 173,372 143,604 295,315 319,315 319,167 324,876 408,768 611,143 622,618 Suppression [f] 378,812 118,035 [g] 110,589 185,411 378,222 225,628 190,170 510,701 265,392 235,300 208,888 319,324 255,321 Hazardous Fuels 12,696 205,158 209,010 Rehabilitation and 141,687 3,668 Restoration Fire Research and 15,965 22,265 Development Joint Fire Sciences 8,000 Program National Fire Plan-- 11,974 6,982 Forest Health Management--Federal Lands NFP--Forest Health 4,992 Management--Cooperativ e Lands NFP--State Fire 50,383 50,383 Assistance NFP--Volunteer Fire 8,262 8,262 Assistance Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund NFP--Economic Action 12,474 12,472 Programs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FY 1990 to [FY] 2015 FS Funding--Cont. [Continued] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FY 2012 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 Enacted w/ FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Recission Enacted Enacted Enacted ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Road Maintenance & Decommission Land Between the Lakes NRA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Capital Improvement 548,450 555,227 514,701 431,334 436,400 474,768 495,393 556,053 472,644 394,089 354,330 350,000 360,374 and Maintenance Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Land Acquisition, Special Acts & Exchanges ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Land Acquisition 132,945 66,363 61,007 41,772 41,936 41,827 49,775 63,522 32,934 52,521 49,762 43,525 47,500 Land Acq, NF Special 1,062 1,056 1,054 1,053 1,053 1,037 1,050 1,050 1,048 953 903 912 950 Acts Complete Land Exchanges 4,970 2,286 231 231 3,678 221 41 116 227 217 216 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Land Acquisition, 138,977 69,705 62,292 43,056 46,667 43,085 50,866 64,688 33,982 53,701 50,665 44,654 48,666 Special Acts & Exchanges Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Other Appropriations ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Range Betterment Fund 3,380 2,106 2,472 3,130 2,876 2,556 2,581 2,590 2,552 3,257 2,338 3,000 2,320 Gifts, Donations, and 91 90 64 63 63 55 50 50 50 45 45 40 45 Bequests Subsistence Management-- 5,506 5,467 5,879 4,975 5,009 4,974 5,000 2,582 2,577 2,573 2,438 2,500 2,500 Alaska SE Alaska Economic Assistance Early Winters Land Exchange ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Other Appropriations 8,977 7,663 8,415 8,168 7,948 7,585 7,631 5,222 5,179 5,875 4,821 5,540 4,865 Total ======================================================================================================================================================================== Subtotal Non-Fire 2,604,609 2,569,203 2,535,104 2,454,881 2,504,193 2,543,751 2,630,936 2,797,375 2,638,286 2,556,028 2,384,707 2,419,309 2,436,888 Discretionary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wildland Fire Management ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Preparedness 611,996 671,621 676,470 660,705 665,382 665,819 675,000 675,000 673,650 1,004,442 948,651 1,057,580 1,145,840 Suppression 417,964 597,130 648,859 690,186 741,477 845,620 993,947 997,505 995,511 537,858 509,812 680,488 708,000 Hazardous Fuels 226,626 233,479 262,539 280,119 301,258 310,086 328,086 350,285 339,604 317,076 301,056 306,500 361,749 Rehabilitation and 7,078 6,914 12,819 6,189 6,189 10,828 11,500 11,600 11,477 Restoration Fire Research and 21,288 22,025 21,719 22,789 22,789 23,519 23,917 23,917 23,869 21,699 20,603 19,795 19,795 Development Joint Fire Sciences 7,948 7,901 7,889 7,882 7,882 7,875 8,000 8,000 7,984 7,250 6,884 6,914 6,914 Program National Fire Plan-- 6,910 14,815 14,792 14,779 14,779 14,030 17,252 20,752 20,710 15,958 15,151 Forest Health Management--Federal Lands NFP--Forest Health 9,914 9,877 9,861 9,853 9,853 9,858 9,928 11,428 11,405 8,353 7,931 Management--Cooperativ e Lands NFP--State Fire 46,252 51,063 40,179 45,816 46,221 47,967 55,000 71,250 64,870 55,475 52,672 78,000 78,000 Assistance NFP--Volunteer Fire 8,186 8,138 7,889 7,773 7,773 7,875 9,000 9,000 8,982 6,356 6,035 13,025 13,000 Assistance Collaborative Forest 9,980 Landscape Restoration Fund NFP--Economic Action 4,968 Programs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FY 1990 to [FY] 2015 FS Funding--Cont. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FY 1999 FY 1990 FY 1991 FY 1992 FY 1993 FY 1994 FY 1995 FY 1996 FY 1997 FY 1998 Enacted FY 2000 FY 2001 FY 2002 Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fire Facilities 10,376 Land Between the Lakes 300 NRA Fuels Management 8,837 8,407 7,719 12,195 16,406 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wildland Fire [h] 555,004 297,934 298,000 374,574 564,290 385,638 485,485 830,016 584,559 560,176 617,956 1,376,370 1,214,349 Management Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund Subtotal Fire + FLAME 555,004 297,934 298,000 374,574 564,290 385,638 485,485 830,016 584,559 560,176 617,956 1,376,370 1,214,349 ======================================================================================================================================================================== Total Discretionary 2,269,765 2,315,889 2,349,934 2,359,115 2,572,899 2,357,664 2,391,516 2,660,513 2,715,868 2,648,717 2,810,933 3,883,770 3,784,416 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Suppression Cap Adjustment ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Note: Discretionary funding only. Does not include fire borrowing or fire transfer repayment. 2,478,916 2,736,480 ^2,391,516 ^2,660,513 87,400 75,967 ^87,400 ^75,967 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [a] Does not include: FY89 Fire repayment 22,962; Reappropriation of unobligate balances 15,243; FY 89 Hugo transfer to fire protection 1,000. [b] Does not include: Reappropration of unobligatde balances 5,351; Transfer from timber salvage sales 3,884. [c] Does not include: Reappropriation of unobligated balances 104,528; Los Angeles Riots 4,640; 5 percent bonus 715; CFO transfer to USDA ^98; Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 2,739. [d] Does not include: Los Angeles Riots 2,750; 5 percent bonus 56. [e] Was really called ``Fire Presuppression.'' [f] Was called ``Fighting Forest Fires.'' [g] Does not include: Transfer from Forest Service Fire Protection 7,000. [h] Does not include: Hurricane Hugo 900; Firefighting Supplemental 256,700; Repayment to FY89 NFS ^22,962. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FY 1990 to [FY] 2015 FS Funding--Cont. [Continued] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FY 2012 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 Enacted w/ FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Recission Enacted Enacted Enacted ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fire Facilities 1,838 Land Between the Lakes NRA Fuels Management ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wildland Fire 1,370,968 1,622,963 1,703,016 1,746,091 1,823,603 1,943,477 2,131,630 2,178,737 2,168,042 1,974,467 1,868,795 2,162,302 2,333,298 Management Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FLAME Wildfire 413,000 290,418 315,381 298,967 315,000 303,060 Suppression Reserve Fund ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subtotal Fire + FLAME 1,370,968 1,622,963 1,703,016 1,746,091 1,823,603 1,943,477 2,131,630 2,591,737 2,458,460 2,289,848 2,167,762 2,477,302 2,636,358 ======================================================================================================================================================================== Total Discretionary 3,975,577 4,192,166 4,238,120 4,200,972 4,327,796 4,487,228 4,762,566 5,389,112 5,096,746 4,845,876 4,552,469 4,896,611 5,073,246 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FY 1990 to 2015 FS for Pivot -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 1990 FY 1991 FY 1992 FY 1993 FY 1994 FY 1995 FY 1996 FY 1997 FY 1998 1/2 Approp. Agency Fund Program Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Non-Fire Forest Forest & Forest & 150,925 167,627 180,509 182,715 193,083 193,509 177,854 179,786 187,796 Service Rangela Rangeland nd Research Researc h 2 Non-Fire Forest State Landscape Service and Scale Private Restoratio Forestr n y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Forest 27,097 25,165 33,165 37,032 Service and Health Private Management Forestr -Federal y Lands 2 Non-Fire Forest State Forest 109,626 7,805 7,806 15,000 27,966 Service and Health Private Management Forestr -Cooperati y ve Lands 2 Non-Fire Forest State Forest 13,689 17,001 18,001 20,137 Service and Health Private Management Forestr -Cooperati y ve Lands Fire Mgt 2 Non-Fire Forest State Forest Service and Health Private Management Forestr -Emergency y Pest Mgt 2 Non-Fire Forest State Forest 25,321 74,206 68,116 77,582 55,689 Service and Management Private and Forestr Utilizatio y n 2 Non-Fire Forest State State Fire Service and Assistance Private Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Volunteer Service and Fire Private Assistance Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Fire 17,078 15,749 16,618 16,885 Service and Protection Private Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Forest 25,908 23,378 23,378 32,303 Service and Stewardshi Private p Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Forest 3,000 2,000 4,000 Service and Legacy Private Program Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Community Service and Forest & Private Open Space Forestr Conservati y on 2 Non-Fire Forest State Urban and 28,310 25,454 25,505 40,929 Service and Community Private Forestry Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Economic 16,020 14,517 17,150 11,465 Service and Action Private Programs Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Forest Service and Resources Private Info & Forestr Analysis y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Internation 6,996 4,987 Service and al Private Forestry Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Emergency 14,671 12,253 14,415 16,661 Service and Pest Private Suppressio Forestr n Fund y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Forest Pest 47,586 60,150 57,205 40,605 Service and Management Private Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Stewardship 18,283 4,500 4,500 16,240 Service and Incentives Private Program Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Pacific 17,066 16,012 16,762 14,985 Service and Northwest Private Assistance Forestr Prog y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Special 19,663 32,309 20,848 21,155 Service and Projects Private Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest National IRR Service Forest System 2 Non-Fire Forest National Collaborati Service Forest ve Forest System Landscape Restoratio n 2 Non-Fire Forest National Restoration Service Forest Partnershi System ps 2 Non-Fire Forest National Land 147,846 149,732 130,088 130,088 Service Forest Management System Planning, Assessment & Monitoring 2 Non-Fire Forest National Land 36,174 Service Forest Management System Planning 2 Non-Fire Forest National Inventory 91,931 Service Forest and System Monitoring 2 Non-Fire Forest National Recreation, Service Forest Heritage & System Wilderness 2 Non-Fire Forest National Wildlife & 82,559 106,625 112,500 116,364 83,736 93,182 85,561 85,811 96,768 Service Forest Fisheries System Habitat Mgmt 2 Non-Fire Forest National Wildlife Service Forest Habitat System Management 2 Non-Fire Forest National Inland Service Forest Fisheries System Habitat Mgmt 2 Non-Fire Forest National Anadromous Service Forest Fisheries System Hab Mgmt 2 Non-Fire Forest National TE&S Service Forest Species System Mgmg 2 Non-Fire Forest National Grazing Service Forest Management System 2 Non-Fire Forest National Forest Service Forest Products System 2 Non-Fire Forest National Timber 251,796 263,133 263,745 219,033 Service Forest Sales System Admin. and Mgmt. 2 Non-Fire Forest National Vegetation Service Forest & System Watershed Mgmt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 1990 to 2015 FS for Pivot [Continued 1] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 1999 FY 2000 FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 1/2 Approp. Agency Fund Program Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Non-Fire Forest Forest & Forest & 197,444 217,694 230,511 241,304 250,049 266,387 276,384 277,711 280,488 Service Rangela Rangeland nd Research Researc h 2 Non-Fire Forest State Landscape Service and Scale Private Restoratio Forestr n y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Forest 37,325 40,303 41,292 43,304 50,047 53,829 54,236 53,163 53,963 Service and Health Private Management Forestr -Federal y Lands 2 Non-Fire Forest State Forest 17,200 21,772 22,511 25,000 30,836 44,741 47,629 46,904 47,104 Service and Health Private Management Forestr -Cooperati y ve Lands 2 Non-Fire Forest State Forest Service and Health Private Management Forestr -Cooperati y ve Lands Fire Mgt 2 Non-Fire Forest State Forest 12,472 Service and Health Private Management Forestr -Emergency y Pest Mgt 2 Non-Fire Forest State Forest Service and Management Private and Forestr Utilizatio y n 2 Non-Fire Forest State State Fire 21,510 23,929 24,945 25,310 45,486 33,384 32,920 32,895 32,895 Service and Assistance Private Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Volunteer 2,000 3,240 4,989 5,053 5,007 5,037 5,917 5,912 5,912 Service and Fire Private Assistance Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Fire Service and Protection Private Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Forest 28,830 29,833 32,782 33,171 32,012 31,884 32,320 34,144 41,947 Service and Stewardshi Private p Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Forest 7,012 29,933 59,868 65,000 68,380 64,134 57,134 56,524 56,536 Service and Legacy Private Program Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Community Service and Forest & Private Open Space Forestr Conservati y on 2 Non-Fire Forest State Urban and 30,540 30,896 35,642 36,000 35,999 34,864 31,950 28,413 30,130 Service and Community Private Forestry Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Economic 17,305 20,198 41,538 35,680 26,268 25,606 19,032 9,537 Service and Action Private Programs Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Forest 4,989 5,015 4,964 4,939 4,958 4,588 Service and Resources Private Info & Forestr Analysis y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Internation 4,989 5,263 5,713 5,926 6,410 6,886 6,886 Service and al Private Forestry Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Emergency Service and Pest Private Suppressio Forestr n Fund y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Forest Pest Service and Management Private Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Stewardship 3,000 Service and Incentives Private Program Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Pacific 9,000 7,856 9,579 9,425 Service and Northwest Private Assistance Forestr Prog y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Special Service and Projects Private Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest National IRR Service Forest System 2 Non-Fire Forest National Collaborati Service Forest ve Forest System Landscape Restoratio n 2 Non-Fire Forest National Restoration Service Forest Partnershi System ps 2 Non-Fire Forest National Land Service Forest Management System Planning, Assessment & Monitoring 2 Non-Fire Forest National Land 40,000 50,167 78,134 70,358 71,726 69,995 63,167 57,675 57,675 Service Forest Management System Planning 2 Non-Fire Forest National Inventory 80,714 138,326 174,069 173,316 174,216 169,659 167,302 166,638 166,638 Service Forest and System Monitoring 2 Non-Fire Forest National Recreation, 203,864 229,763 245,500 252,542 255,050 257,343 258,797 258,797 Service Forest Heritage & System Wilderness 2 Non-Fire Forest National Wildlife & 100,376 128,744 131,847 132,936 135,683 134,749 131,734 131,734 Service Forest Fisheries System Habitat Mgmt 2 Non-Fire Forest National Wildlife 36,097 Service Forest Habitat System Management 2 Non-Fire Forest National Inland 23,343 Service Forest Fisheries System Habitat Mgmt 2 Non-Fire Forest National Anadromous 25,416 Service Forest Fisheries System Hab Mgmt 2 Non-Fire Forest National TE&S 30,001 Service Forest Species System Mgmg 2 Non-Fire Forest National Grazing 32,831 33,782 34,775 40,584 45,899 48,034 47,826 47,826 Service Forest Management System 2 Non-Fire Forest National Forest 237,891 255,281 266,340 263,628 265,013 273,247 277,583 319,614 Service Forest Products System 2 Non-Fire Forest National Timber Service Forest Sales System Admin. and Mgmt. 2 Non-Fire Forest National Vegetation 166,002 181,634 190,113 189,703 193,689 189,614 179,852 176,849 Service Forest & System Watershed Mgmt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 1990 to 2015 FS for Pivot--Cont. [Continued 2] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 2012 1/2 Approp. Agency Fund Program FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 Enact. w/ FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Recission Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Non-Fire Forest Forest & Forest & 285,926 296,380 312,012 306,637 295,300 279,854 292,805 296,000 291,000 Service Rangela Rangeland nd Research Researc h 2 Non-Fire Forest State Landscape 14,000 14,000 14,000 Service and Scale Private Restoratio Forestr n y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Forest 54,110 54,110 57,282 56,737 47,425 44,944 58,922 58,922 58,922 Service and Health Private Management Forestr -Federal y Lands 2 Non-Fire Forest State Forest 44,542 46,292 48,573 48,821 39,999 36,894 45,655 40,678 40,678 Service and Health Private Management Forestr -Cooperati y ve Lands 2 Non-Fire Forest State Forest Service and Health Private Management Forestr -Cooperati y ve Lands Fire Mgt 2 Non-Fire Forest State Forest Service and Health Private Management Forestr -Emergency y Pest Mgt 2 Non-Fire Forest State Forest Service and Management Private and Forestr Utilizatio y n 2 Non-Fire Forest State State Fire 32,605 35,000 39,147 32,358 30,488 25,759 Service and Assistance Private Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Volunteer 5,906 6,000 7,000 6,680 6,669 6,320 Service and Fire Private Assistance Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Fire Service and Protection Private Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Forest 29,532 27,000 29,369 32,548 28,814 30,441 22,398 23,036 23,036 Service and Stewardshi Private p Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Forest 52,317 49,445 76,460 52,894 53,303 50,515 50,965 53,000 62,347 Service and Legacy Private Program Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Community 1,000 1,997 1,892 2,000 2,000 2,000 Service and Forest & Private Open Space Forestr Conservati y on 2 Non-Fire Forest State Urban and 27,691 29,541 30,377 32,040 31,327 30,701 28,040 28,040 28,040 Service and Community Private Forestry Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Economic 4,206 4,973 5,000 Service and Action Private Programs Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Forest 4,588 4,516 5,000 5,035 5,026 4,917 4,660 Service and Resources Private Info & Forestr Analysis y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Internation 7,383 8,500 9,818 9,492 7,987 7,570 8,000 8,000 8,000 Service and al Private Forestry Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Emergency Service and Pest Private Suppressio Forestr n Fund y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Forest Pest Service and Management Private Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Stewardship Service and Incentives Private Program Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Pacific Service and Northwest Private Assistance Forestr Prog y 2 Non-Fire Forest State Special Service and Projects Private Forestr y 2 Non-Fire Forest National IRR 0 Service Forest System 2 Non-Fire Forest National Collaborati 14,970 39,936 37,885 40,000 40,000 40,000 Service Forest ve Forest System Landscape Restoratio n 2 Non-Fire Forest National Restoration 2,000 Service Forest Partnershi System ps 2 Non-Fire Forest National Land Service Forest Management System Planning, Assessment & Monitoring 2 Non-Fire Forest National Land 48,833 48,833 45,917 45,033 39,936 37,203 37,754 37,754 36,998 Service Forest Management System Planning 2 Non-Fire Forest National Inventory 166,580 167,580 170,502 167,219 161,721 150,652 151,019 151,019 147,998 Service Forest and System Monitoring 2 Non-Fire Forest National Recreation, 262,635 277,635 285,117 281,627 281,176 261,932 261,719 261,719 261,719 Service Forest Heritage & System Wilderness 2 Non-Fire Forest National Wildlife & 132,385 139,385 143,014 140,260 140,036 130,887 140,466 140,466 140,466 Service Forest Fisheries System Habitat Mgmt 2 Non-Fire Forest National Wildlife Service Forest Habitat System Management 2 Non-Fire Forest National Inland Service Forest Fisheries System Habitat Mgmt 2 Non-Fire Forest National Anadromous Service Forest Fisheries System Hab Mgmt 2 Non-Fire Forest National TE&S Service Forest Species System Mgmg 2 Non-Fire Forest National Grazing 48,163 50,000 50,714 49,738 55,356 51,568 55,356 55,356 56,856 Service Forest Management System 2 Non-Fire Forest National Forest 322,503 332,666 336,722 336,049 335,511 318,280 339,130 339,130 359,805 Service Forest Products System 2 Non-Fire Forest National Timber Service Forest Sales System Admin. and Mgmt. 2 Non-Fire Forest National Vegetation 177,437 180,437 187,960 184,341 184,046 172,173 184,716 184,716 184,716 Service Forest & System Watershed Mgmt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 1990 to 2015 FS for Pivot--Cont. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 1990 FY 1991 FY 1992 FY 1993 FY 1994 FY 1995 FY 1996 FY 1997 FY 1998 1/2 Approp. Agency Fund Program Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Reforest 68,346 71,959 66,521 62,213 Service al ation Fores and t Stand Syste Improve m ment 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Minerals 28,414 30,380 34,332 34,812 38,025 38,932 35,017 35,767 36,000 Service al & Fores Geology t Managem Syste ent m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Landowne 61,384 61,566 57,053 57,053 61,987 Service al rship Fores Managem t ent Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Real 25,973 31,192 35,430 36,024 Service al Estate Fores Managem t ent Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Law 15,479 55,130 63,516 59,637 59,637 63,967 Service al Enforce Fores ment t Operati Syste ons m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Cooperat 11,082 8,546 8,377 Service al ive Law Fores Enforce t ment Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Drug 6,992 7,073 Service al Enforce Fores ment t Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Valles Service al Caldera Fores Nationa t l Syste Preserv m e 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Recreati 153,613 198,817 216,396 229,742 213,817 220,136 211,151 211,151 218,260 Service al on Use Fores t Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Rangelan 32,966 39,473 43,153 44,443 16,367 18,473 27,012 38,012 45,314 Service al d Fores Managem t ent Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Forestla 251,538 237,174 240,409 251,768 274,580 Service al nd Fores Managem t ent Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Soil, 61,612 72,153 76,243 72,325 36,250 48,282 42,014 42,114 51,196 Service al Water & Fores Air t Managem Syste ent m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Centenni Service al al of Fores Service t Challen Syste ge m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Infrastr 105,656 110,088 104,027 104,027 109,218 Service al ucture Fores Managem t ent Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Maintena 21,142 24,866 26,283 26,495 Service al nce of Fores Facilit t ies Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Forest 96,384 91,303 85,891 82,198 Service al Road Fores Mainten t ance Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Forest 24,459 28,228 30,549 31,332 Service al Trail Fores Mainten t ance Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Land 30,710 29,844 32,251 30,873 Service al Line Fores Locatio t n Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Quincy Service al Library Fores Group t Impleme Syste ntation m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Tongass Service al NF Fores Timber t Pipelin Syste e m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation General 272,154 292,333 303,786 305,941 298,174 296,982 263,698 259,353 261,888 Service al Adminis Fores tration t Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Land Service al Between Fores the t Lakes Syste NRA m 2 Non-Fire Forest Capita Faciliti 40,593 82,578 81,056 87,440 103,147 65,904 48,529 59,974 50,656 Service l es Impro vemen t and Maint enanc e 2 Non-Fire Forest Capita Roads 164,356 173,072 168,988 140,586 149,655 98,185 94,942 93,000 88,064 Service l Impro vemen t and Maint enanc e 2 Non-Fire Forest Capita Trails 18,611 21,479 21,667 27,233 32,448 20,009 22,000 27,295 Service l Impro vemen t and Maint enanc e 2 Non-Fire Forest Capita Deferred Service l Mainten Impro ance vemen t and Maint enanc e 2 Non-Fire Forest Capita Legacy Service l Roads & Impro Trails vemen t and Maint enanc e 2 Non-Fire Forest Capita Road Service l Mainten Impro ance & vemen Decommi t and ssion Maint enanc e 2 Non-Fire Forest Capita Land Service l Between Impro the vemen Lakes t and NRA Maint enanc e 2 Non-Fire Forest Land Land 63,433 88,695 88,306 62,412 64,250 63,873 39,392 40,575 219,976 Service Acqui Acquisi sitio tion n, Speci al Acts & Excha nges 2 Non-Fire Forest Land Land 1,054 1,097 1,134 1,180 1,212 1,247 1,069 1,048 1,069 Service Acqui Acq., sitio NF n, Special Speci Acts al Acts & Excha nges 2 Non-Fire Forest Land Complete 13 105 154 151 212 794 341 364 210 Service Acqui Land sitio Exchang n, es Speci al Acts & Excha nges 2 Non-Fire Forest Other Range 4,915 4,546 4,795 4,647 4,545 4,419 4,647 3,453 3,811 Service Appro Betterm priat ent ions Fund -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 1990 to 2015 FS for Pivot--Cont. [Continued 1] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 1999 FY 2000 FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 1/2 Approp. Agency Fund Program Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Reforest Service al ation Fores and t Stand Syste Improve m ment 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Minerals 37,050 46,172 47,840 48,956 52,293 53,399 55,747 84,164 84,164 Service al & Fores Geology t Managem Syste ent m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Landowne 61,139 82,565 86,418 88,434 92,411 91,550 92,129 90,932 90,932 Service al rship Fores Managem t ent Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Real Service al Estate Fores Managem t ent Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Law 66,288 69,911 74,194 79,000 80,275 82,828 86,014 110,937 115,000 Service al Enforce Fores ment t Operati Syste ons m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Cooperat Service al ive Law Fores Enforce t ment Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Drug Service al Enforce Fores ment t Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Valles 988 2,800 3,130 3,112 3,599 5,074 3,500 Service al Caldera Fores Nationa t l Syste Preserv m e 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Recreati 187,587 Service al on Use Fores t Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Rangelan 57,050 Service al d Fores Managem t ent Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Forestla 285,200 Service al nd Fores Managem t ent Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Soil, 56,097 Service al Water & Fores Air t Managem Syste ent m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Centenni 9,861 4,434 Service al al of Fores Service t Challen Syste ge m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Infrastr 70,669 Service al ucture Fores Managem t ent Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Maintena Service al nce of Fores Facilit t ies Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Forest Service al Road Fores Mainten t ance Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Forest Service al Trail Fores Mainten t ance Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Land Service al Line Fores Locatio t n Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Quincy 1,996 Service al Library Fores Group t Impleme Syste ntation m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Tongass 4,989 Service al NF Fores Timber t Pipelin Syste e m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation General 255,264 Service al Adminis Fores tration t Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Land 5,365 Service al Between Fores the t Lakes Syste NRA m 2 Non-Fire Forest Capita Faciliti 69,905 153,648 165,930 185,447 202,312 214,366 198,769 123,698 130,140 Service l es Impro vemen t and Maint enanc e 2 Non-Fire Forest Capita Roads 98,009 219,634 235,029 229,666 231,344 234,538 226,396 220,688 223,798 Service l Impro vemen t and Maint enanc e 2 Non-Fire Forest Capita Trails 29,554 62,361 66,578 70,075 69,226 74,718 75,707 74,205 73,362 Service l Impro vemen t and Maint enanc e 2 Non-Fire Forest Capita Deferred 49,890 61,000 45,568 31,605 13,829 12,743 9,100 Service l Mainten Impro ance vemen t and Maint enanc e 2 Non-Fire Forest Capita Legacy Service l Roads & Impro Trails vemen t and Maint enanc e 2 Non-Fire Forest Capita Road 99,884 Service l Mainten Impro ance & vemen Decommi t and ssion Maint enanc e 2 Non-Fire Forest Capita Land 1,200 Service l Between Impro the vemen Lakes t and NRA Maint enanc e 2 Non-Fire Forest Land Land 117,918 155,835 150,872 149,742 132,945 66,363 61,007 41,772 41,936 Service Acqui Acquisi sitio tion n, Speci al Acts & Excha nges 2 Non-Fire Forest Land Land 1,069 1,068 1,067 1,069 1,062 1,056 1,054 1,053 1,053 Service Acqui Acq., sitio NF n, Special Speci Acts al Acts & Excha nges 2 Non-Fire Forest Land Complete 210 234 233 234 4,970 2,286 231 231 3,678 Service Acqui Land sitio Exchang n, es Speci al Acts & Excha nges 2 Non-Fire Forest Other Range 3,300 3,300 3,293 3,290 3,380 2,106 2,472 3,130 2,876 Service Appro Betterm priat ent ions Fund -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 1990 to 2015 FS for Pivot--Cont. [Continued 2] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 2012 1/2 Approp. Agency Fund Program FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 Enact. w/ FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Recission Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Reforest Service al ation Fores and t Stand Syste Improve m ment 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Minerals 84,143 85,470 87,240 83,560 83,426 77,716 76,423 76,423 76,423 Service al & Fores Geology t Managem Syste ent m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Landowne 91,299 93,299 95,606 91,765 85,738 79,869 77,730 77,730 77,730 Service al rship Fores Managem t ent Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Real Service al Estate Fores Managem t ent Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Law 131,910 135,500 145,047 144,254 143,829 133,984 126,653 126,653 126,653 Service al Enforce Fores ment t Operati Syste ons m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Cooperat Service al ive Law Fores Enforce t ment Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Drug Service al Enforce Fores ment t Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Valles 3,691 4,000 3,500 3,432 3,426 3,192 3,364 3,364 Service al Caldera Fores Nationa t l Syste Preserv m e 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Recreati Service al on Use Fores t Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Rangelan Service al d Fores Managem t ent Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Forestla Service al nd Fores Managem t ent Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Soil, Service al Water & Fores Air t Managem Syste ent m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Centenni Service al al of Fores Service t Challen Syste ge m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Infrastr Service al ucture Fores Managem t ent Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Maintena Service al nce of Fores Facilit t ies Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Forest Service al Road Fores Mainten t ance Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Forest Service al Trail Fores Mainten t ance Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Land Service al Line Fores Locatio t n Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Quincy Service al Library Fores Group t Impleme Syste ntation m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Tongass Service al NF Fores Timber t Pipelin Syste e m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation General Service al Adminis Fores tration t Syste m 2 Non-Fire Forest Nation Land Service al Between Fores the t Lakes Syste NRA m 2 Non-Fire Forest Capita Faciliti 121,755 126,453 135,010 135,000 75,664 70,572 71,000 71,600 71,390 Service l es Impro vemen t and Maint enanc e 2 Non-Fire Forest Capita Roads 227,924 228,825 236,521 195,195 182,525 165,959 166,000 168,094 172,094 Service l Impro vemen t and Maint enanc e 2 Non-Fire Forest Capita Trails 76,365 81,015 85,381 88,381 81,851 74,999 75,000 77,530 77,530 Service l Impro vemen t and Maint enanc e 2 Non-Fire Forest Capita Deferred 8,958 9,100 9,141 9,158 9,121 2,986 3,000 3,150 3,150 Service l Mainten Impro ance vemen t and Maint enanc e 2 Non-Fire Forest Capita Legacy 39,766 50,000 90,000 44,910 44,928 39,814 35,000 40,000 40,000 Service l Roads & Impro Trails vemen t and Maint enanc e 2 Non-Fire Forest Capita Road Service l Mainten Impro ance & vemen Decommi t and ssion Maint enanc e 2 Non-Fire Forest Capita Land Service l Between Impro the vemen Lakes t and NRA Maint enanc e 2 Non-Fire Forest Land Land 41,827 49,775 63,522 32,934 52,521 49,762 43,525 47,500 63,435 Service Acqui Acquisi sitio tion n, Speci al Acts & Excha nges 2 Non-Fire Forest Land Land 1,037 1,050 1,050 1,048 953 903 912 950 950 Service Acqui Acq., sitio NF n, Special Speci Acts al Acts & Excha nges 2 Non-Fire Forest Land Complete 221 41 116 227 217 216 216 Service Acqui Land sitio Exchang n, es Speci al Acts & Excha nges 2 Non-Fire Forest Other Range 2,556 2,581 2,590 2,552 3,257 2,338 3,000 2,320 2,320 Service Appro Betterm priat ent ions Fund -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 1990 to 2015 FS for Pivot--Cont. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 1990 FY 1991 FY 1992 FY 1993 FY 1994 FY 1995 FY 1996 FY 1997 FY 1998 1/2 Approp. Agency Fund Program Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Non-Fire Forest Other Gifts, 3 1 8 5 18 4 87 55 92 Service Appro Donatio priat ns, and ions Bequest s 2 Non-Fire Forest Other Subsiste Service Appro nce priat Managem ions ent--Al aska 2 Non-Fire Forest Other SE 110,000 Service Appro Alaska priat Economi ions c Assista nce 2 Non-Fire Forest Other Early 497 Service Appro Winters priat Land ions Exchang e 1 Fire Forest Wildla Prepared [a] 167,35 171,492 179,692 176,968 173,372 143,604 295,315 319,315 319,167 Service nd ness 5 Fire Manag ement 1 Fire Forest Wildla Suppress [b] 378,81 118,035 [c] 110,58 185,411 378,222 225,628 190,170 510,701 265,392 Service nd ion 2 9 Fire Manag ement 2 Fire Forest Wildla Hazardou 12,696 Service nd s Fuels Fire Manag ement 2 Fire Forest Wildla Rehabili Service nd tation Fire and Manag Restora ement tion 2 Fire Forest Wildla Fire Service nd Researc Fire h and Manag Develop ement ment 2 Fire Forest Wildla Joint Service nd Fire Fire Science Manag s ement Program 2 Fire Forest Wildla National Service nd Fire Fire Plan--F Manag orest ement Health Managem ent--Fe deral Lands 2 Fire Forest Wildla NFP--For Service nd est Fire Health Manag Managem ement ent--Co operati ve Lands 2 Fire Forest Wildla NFP--Sta Service nd te Fire Fire Assista Manag nce ement 2 Fire Forest Wildla NFP--Vol Service nd unteer Fire Fire Manag Assista ement nce 2 Fire Forest Wildla Collabor Service nd ative Fire Forest Manag Landsca ement pe Restora tion Fund 2 Fire Forest Wildla NFP--Eco Service nd nomic Fire Action Manag Program ement s 2 Fire Forest Wildla Fire Service nd Facilit Fire ies Manag ement 2 Fire Forest Wildla Land Service nd Between Fire the Manag Lakes ement NRA 2 Fire Forest Wildla Fuels 8,837 8,407 7,719 12,195 16,406 Service nd Managem Fire ent Manag ement 1 Fire Forest Wildla FLAME Service nd Wildfir Fire e Manag Suppres ement sion Reserve Fund -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fire NPS 30,932 32,424 40,666 40,666 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Non-Fire NPS 1,336,505 1,328,335 1,375,892 1,616,622 =========================================================================================================== Total NPS 1,367,437 1,360,759 1,416,558 1,657,288 =========================================================================================================== Fire BLM 126,000 135,513 144,890 151,503 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Non-Fire BLM 874,000 678,020 689,012 699,930 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total BLM 1,000,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NPS Fire data 1995, 1996, 1997 are estimates from e-mail from Jeffrey Scott July 22, 2015. BLM Fire and Total data 1995 from e-mail from Randall Eardley July 21, 2015. NPS Total data 2007 to 2015 are from 10 year budget data posted on DOI public website. BLM Total data 2007 to 2015 are from 10 year budget data posted on DOI public website. NPS Fire data 1998 to 2015 from excel file received July 21, 2015 from Kimberly Salwasser. BLM and NPS Allocation Information. 1998-2015 YTD.xlsx. BLM Fire data 1998 to 2015 from excel file received July 21, 2015 from Kimberly Salwasser. BLM and NPS Allocation Information. 1998-2015 YTD.xlsx. Rows marked x in column A are data from Grant Beebe July 24 e-mail. He said they were a combination of appropriated and expended data. The other three rows compare the numbers with the other BLM numbers we have as described above. BLM Total data 1996 to 2006 are data from Grant Beebe July 24. [a] Was really called ``Fire Presuppression.'' [b] Was called ``Fighting Forest Fires.'' [c] Does not include: Transfer from Forest Service Fire Protection 7,000. FY 1990 to 2015 FS for Pivot--Cont. [Continued 1] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 1999 FY 2000 FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 1/2 Approp. Agency Fund Program Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Non-Fire Forest Other Gifts, 92 92 92 92 91 90 64 63 63 Service Appro Donatio priat ns, and ions Bequest s 2 Non-Fire Forest Other Subsiste 3,000 5,488 5,488 5,506 5,467 5,879 4,975 5,009 Service Appro nce priat Managem ions ent--Al aska 2 Non-Fire Forest Other SE 22,000 4,989 Service Appro Alaska priat Economi ions c Assista nce 2 Non-Fire Forest Other Early Service Appro Winters priat Land ions Exchang e 1 Fire Forest Wildla Prepared 324,876 408,768 611,143 622,618 611,996 671,621 676,470 660,705 665,382 Service nd ness Fire Manag ement 1 Fire Forest Wildla Suppress 235,300 208,888 319,324 255,321 417,964 597,130 648,859 690,186 741,477 Service nd ion Fire Manag ement 2 Fire Forest Wildla Hazardou 205,158 209,010 226,626 233,479 262,539 280,119 301,258 Service nd s Fuels Fire Manag ement 2 Fire Forest Wildla Rehabili 141,687 3,668 7,078 6,914 12,819 6,189 6,189 Service nd tation Fire and Manag Restora ement tion 2 Fire Forest Wildla Fire 15,965 22,265 21,288 22,025 21,719 22,789 22,789 Service nd Researc Fire h and Manag Develop ement ment 2 Fire Forest Wildla Joint 8,000 7,948 7,901 7,889 7,882 7,882 Service nd Fire Fire Science Manag s ement Program 2 Fire Forest Wildla National 11,974 6,982 6,910 14,815 14,792 14,779 14,779 Service nd Fire Fire Plan--F Manag orest ement Health Managem ent--Fe deral Lands 2 Fire Forest Wildla NFP--For 4,992 9,914 9,877 9,861 9,853 9,853 Service nd est Fire Health Manag Managem ement ent--Co operati ve Lands 2 Fire Forest Wildla NFP--Sta 50,383 50,383 46,252 51,063 40,179 45,816 46,221 Service nd te Fire Fire Assista Manag nce ement 2 Fire Forest Wildla NFP--Vol 8,262 8,262 8,186 8,138 7,889 7,773 7,773 Service nd unteer Fire Fire Manag Assista ement nce 2 Fire Forest Wildla Collabor Service nd ative Fire Forest Manag Landsca ement pe Restora tion Fund 2 Fire Forest Wildla NFP--Eco 12,474 12,472 4,968 Service nd nomic Fire Action Manag Program ement s 2 Fire Forest Wildla Fire 10,376 1,838 Service nd Facilit Fire ies Manag ement 2 Fire Forest Wildla Land 300 Service nd Between Fire the Manag Lakes ement NRA 2 Fire Forest Wildla Fuels Service nd Managem Fire ent Manag ement 1 Fire Forest Wildla FLAME Service nd Wildfir Fire e Manag Suppres ement sion Reserve Fund -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fire NPS 42,359 56,178 101,759 94,038 78,742 98,805 108,663 99,512 101,009 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Non-Fire NPS 1,433,293 1,716,328 2,125,105 2,071,717 2,190,503 2,233,473 2,206,218 2,097,255 2,186,404 =========================================================================================================== Total NPS 1,475,652 1,772,506 2,226,864 2,165,755 2,269,245 2,332,278 2,314,881 2,196,767 2,287,413 =========================================================================================================== Fire BLM 151,907 271,777 459,315 363,865 352,096 371,795 386,730 455,241 449,408 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Non-Fire BLM 737,345 776,868 856,783 880,797 918,623 945,201 944,323 956,083 556,879 =========================================================================================================== Total BLM 1,006,287 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 1990 to 2015 FS for Pivot--Cont. [Continued 2] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 2012 1/2 Approp. Agency Fund Program FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 Enact. w/ FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Recission Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Non-Fire Forest Other Gifts, 55 50 50 50 45 45 40 45 45 Service Appro Donatio priat ns, and ions Bequest s 2 Non-Fire Forest Other Subsiste 4,974 5,000 2,582 2,577 2,573 2,438 2,500 2,500 2,500 Service Appro nce priat Managem ions ent--Al aska 2 Non-Fire Forest Other SE Service Appro Alaska priat Economi ions c Assista nce 2 Non-Fire Forest Other Early Service Appro Winters priat Land ions Exchang e 1 Fire Forest Wildla Prepared 665,819 675,000 675,000 673,650 1,004,442 948,651 1,057,580 1,145,840 1,082,620 Service nd ness Fire Manag ement 1 Fire Forest Wildla Suppress 845,620 993,947 997,505 995,511 537,858 509,812 680,488 708,000 811,000 Service nd ion Fire Manag ement 2 Fire Forest Wildla Hazardou 310,086 328,086 350,285 339,604 317,076 301,056 306,500 361,749 375,000 Service nd s Fuels Fire Manag ement 2 Fire Forest Wildla Rehabili 10,828 11,500 11,600 11,477 Service nd tation Fire and Manag Restora ement tion 2 Fire Forest Wildla Fire 23,519 23,917 23,917 23,869 21,699 20,603 19,795 19,795 19,795 Service nd Researc Fire h and Manag Develop ement ment 2 Fire Forest Wildla Joint 7,875 8,000 8,000 7,984 7,250 6,884 6,914 6,914 6,914 Service nd Fire Fire Science Manag s ement Program 2 Fire Forest Wildla National 14,030 17,252 20,752 20,710 15,958 15,151 Service nd Fire Fire Plan--F Manag orest ement Health Managem ent--Fe deral Lands 2 Fire Forest Wildla NFP--For 9,858 9,928 11,428 11,405 8,353 7,931 Service nd est Fire Health Manag Managem ement ent--Co operati ve Lands 2 Fire Forest Wildla NFP--Sta 47,967 55,000 71,250 64,870 55,475 52,672 78,000 78,000 78,000 Service nd te Fire Fire Assista Manag nce ement 2 Fire Forest Wildla NFP--Vol 7,875 9,000 9,000 8,982 6,356 6,035 13,025 13,000 13,000 Service nd unteer Fire Fire Manag Assista ement nce 2 Fire Forest Wildla Collabor 9,980 Service nd ative Fire Forest Manag Landsca ement pe Restora tion Fund 2 Fire Forest Wildla NFP--Eco Service nd nomic Fire Action Manag Program ement s 2 Fire Forest Wildla Fire Service nd Facilit Fire ies Manag ement 2 Fire Forest Wildla Land Service nd Between Fire the Manag Lakes ement NRA 2 Fire Forest Wildla Fuels Service nd Managem Fire ent Manag ement 1 Fire Forest Wildla FLAME 413,000 290,418 315,381 298,967 315,000 303,060 823,000 Service nd Wildfir Fire e Manag Suppres ement sion Reserve Fund -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fire NPS 94,799 103,006 93,615 119,606 70,181 92,111 120,902 86,878 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Non-Fire NPS 2,356,710 2,422,599 2,655,715 2,491,536 2,493,939 2,300,013 2,455,977 2,527,911 =========================================================================================================== Total NPS 2,451,509 2,525,605 2,749,330 2,611,142 2,564,120 2,392,124 2,576,879 2,614,789 =========================================================================================================== Fire BLM 503,842 477,087 395,668 468,321 371,901 483,062 462,137 402,883 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Non-Fire BLM 483,925 541,379 722,736 641,365 736,238 631,798 637,948 690,159 =========================================================================================================== Total BLM 987,767 1,018,466 1,118,404 1,109,686 1,108,139 1,114,860 1,100,085 1,093,042 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 1990 to 2015 FS Real FY 2015 Dollars [Note: Discretionary funding only] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 1/2 Approp. Agency Fund Program Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Forest & Forest & 340,893 331,789 327,008 322,316 333,131 345,825 Rangeland Rangeland Research Research 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Landscape Scale Private Restoration Forestry 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Forest Health 66,895 63,515 62,913 60,997 60,820 63,490 Private Management--Fed Forestry eral Lands 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Forest Health 58,746 56,038 54,916 50,211 52,032 53,837 Private Management--Coo Forestry perative Lands 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Forest Health Private Management--Coo Forestry perative Lands Fire Mgt 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Forest Health Private Management--Eme Forestry rgency Pest Mgt 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Forest Private Management and Forestry Utilization 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and State Fire 40,604 39,301 38,351 36,755 39,340 43,389 Private Assistance Forestry 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Volunteer Fire 7,298 7,063 6,893 6,658 6,744 7,759 Private Assistance Forestry 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Fire Protection Private Forestry 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Forest 39,864 40,793 48,904 33,291 30,348 32,552 Private Stewardship Forestry 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Forest Legacy 70,469 67,531 65,913 58,975 55,576 84,746 Private Program Forestry 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Community Forest Private & Open Space Forestry Conservation 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Urban and 39,407 33,946 35,127 31,215 33,204 33,669 Private Community Forestry Forestry 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Economic Action 23,474 11,394 4,741 5,590 5,542 Private Programs Forestry 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Forest Resources 6,115 5,481 5,349 5,091 5,620 5,581 Private Info & Analysis Forestry 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and International 7,906 8,227 8,028 8,323 9,554 10,882 Private Forestry Forestry 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Emergency Pest Private Suppression Forestry Fund 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Forest Pest Private Management Forestry 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Stewardship Private Incentives Forestry Program 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Pacific Private Northwest Forestry Assistance Prog 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Special Projects Private Forestry 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National IRR Forest System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Collaborative Forest Forest System Landscape Restoration 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Restoration Forest Partnerships System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Land Management Forest Planning, System Assessment & Monitoring 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Land Management 77,910 68,906 67,241 55,048 54,888 50,893 Forest Planning System -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 1990 to 2015 FS Real FY 2015 Dollars [Continued] [Note: Discretionary funding only] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 2012 1/2 Approp. Agency Fund Program FY 2011 Enact. w/ FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 Enact. Recission Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Forest & Forest & 332,973 314,107 293,156 302,132 301,581 291,000 Rangeland Rangeland Research Research 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Landscape Scale 14,446 14,264 14,000 Private Restoration Forestry 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Forest Health 61,610 50,445 47,080 60,799 60,033 58,922 Private Management--Fed Forestry eral Lands 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Forest Health 53,014 42,546 38,648 47,109 41,445 40,678 Private Management--Coo Forestry perative Lands 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Forest Health Private Management--Coo Forestry perative Lands Fire Mgt 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Forest Health Private Management--Eme Forestry rgency Pest Mgt 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Forest Private Management and Forestry Utilization 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and State Fire 35,137 32,430 26,983 Private Assistance Forestry 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Volunteer Fire 7,254 7,094 6,620 Private Assistance Forestry 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Fire Protection Private Forestry 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Forest 35,343 30,649 31,888 23,111 23,470 23,036 Private Stewardship Forestry 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Forest Legacy 57,437 56,698 52,916 52,589 53,999 62,347 Private Program Forestry 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Community Forest 1,086 2,124 1,982 2,064 2,038 2,000 Private & Open Space Forestry Conservation 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Urban and 34,792 33,322 32,160 28,933 28,569 28,040 Private Community Forestry Forestry 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Economic Action Private Programs Forestry 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Forest Resources 5,458 5,230 4,881 Private Info & Analysis Forestry 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and International 10,307 8,496 7,930 8,255 8,151 8,000 Private Forestry Forestry 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Emergency Pest Private Suppression Forestry Fund 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Forest Pest Private Management Forestry 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Stewardship Private Incentives Forestry Program 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Pacific Private Northwest Forestry Assistance Prog 2 Non-Fire Forest Service State and Special Projects Private Forestry 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National IRR 0 Forest System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Collaborative 16,256 42,479 39,686 41,274 40,754 40,000 Forest Forest System Landscape Restoration 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Restoration 2,064 Forest Partnerships System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Land Management Forest Planning, System Assessment & Monitoring 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Land Management 48,901 42,479 38,971 38,957 38,466 36,998 Forest Planning System -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 1990 to 2015 FS Real FY 2015 Dollars--Cont. [Note: Discretionary funding only] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 1/2 Approp. Agency Fund Program Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Inventory and 206,351 199,087 194,276 187,780 188,360 188,980 Forest Monitoring System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Recreation, 317,408 309,192 301,720 296,060 312,062 316,016 Forest Heritage & System Wilderness 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Wildlife & 166,200 157,386 153,583 149,234 156,669 158,513 Forest Fisheries System Habitat Mgmt 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Wildlife Habitat Forest Management System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Inland Fisheries Forest Habitat Mgmt System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Anadromous Forest Fisheries Hab System Mgmt 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National TE&S Species Forest Mgmg System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Grazing 59,245 57,139 55,758 54,293 56,200 56,210 Forest Management System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Forest Products 337,024 331,636 372,623 363,548 373,917 373,213 Forest System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Timber Sales Forest Admin. and System Mgmt. 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Vegetation & 233,870 214,874 206,180 200,019 202,811 208,330 Forest Watershed Mgmt System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Reforestation Forest and Stand System Improvement 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Minerals & 68,759 100,553 98,123 94,852 96,068 96,694 Forest Geology System Management 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Landownership 113,632 108,639 106,013 102,919 104,868 105,967 Forest Management System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Real Estate Forest Management System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Law Enforcement 106,090 132,540 134,073 148,698 152,302 160,766 Forest Operations System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Cooperative Law Forest Enforcement System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Drug Enforcement Forest System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Valles Caldera 4,439 6,062 4,080 4,161 4,496 3,879 Forest National System Preserve 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Recreation Use Forest System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Rangeland Forest Management System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Forestland Forest Management System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Soil, Water & Forest Air Management System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Centennial of 12,163 5,297 Forest Service System Challenge 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Infrastructure Forest Management System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Maintenance of Forest Facilities System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Forest Road Forest Maintenance System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Forest Trail Forest Maintenance System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Land Line Forest Location System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Quincy Library Forest Group System Implementation 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Tongass NF Forest Timber Pipeline System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National General Forest Administration System -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 1990 to 2015 FS Real FY 2015 Dollars--Cont. [Continued] [Note: Discretionary funding only] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 2012 1/2 Approp. Agency Fund Program FY 2011 Enact. w/ FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 Enact. Recission Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Inventory and 181,581 172,021 157,813 155,830 153,866 147,998 Forest Monitoring System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Recreation, 305,815 299,084 274,382 270,056 266,654 261,719 Forest Heritage & System Wilderness 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Wildlife & 152,306 148,955 137,108 144,941 143,114 140,466 Forest Fisheries System Habitat Mgmt 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Wildlife Habitat Forest Management System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Inland Fisheries Forest Habitat Mgmt System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Anadromous Forest Fisheries Hab System Mgmt 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National TE&S Species Forest Mgmg System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Grazing 54,010 58,882 54,019 57,119 56,400 56,856 Forest Management System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Forest Products 364,911 356,879 333,408 349,933 345,524 359,805 Forest System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Timber Sales Forest Admin. and System Mgmt. 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Vegetation & 200,173 195,768 180,356 190,600 188,199 184,716 Forest Watershed Mgmt System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Reforestation Forest and Stand System Improvement 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Minerals & 90,737 88,739 81,410 78,857 77,864 76,423 Forest Geology System Management 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Landownership 99,646 91,199 83,665 80,206 79,196 77,730 Forest Management System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Real Estate Forest Management System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Law Enforcement 156,643 152,989 140,352 130,688 129,041 126,653 Forest Operations System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Cooperative Law Forest Enforcement System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Drug Enforcement Forest System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Valles Caldera 3,727 3,644 3,344 3,471 3,427 Forest National System Preserve 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Recreation Use Forest System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Rangeland Forest Management System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Forestland Forest Management System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Soil, Water & Forest Air Management System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Centennial of Forest Service System Challenge 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Infrastructure Forest Management System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Maintenance of Forest Facilities System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Forest Road Forest Maintenance System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Forest Trail Forest Maintenance System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Land Line Forest Location System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Quincy Library Forest Group System Implementation 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Tongass NF Forest Timber Pipeline System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National General Forest Administration System -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 1990 to 2015 FS Real FY 2015 Dollars--Cont. [Note: Discretionary funding only] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 1/2 Approp. Agency Fund Program Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Land Between the Forest Lakes NRA System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Capital Facilities 245,162 147,785 151,724 137,251 142,133 149,641 Improvement and Maintenance 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Capital Roads 279,237 263,662 260,916 256,932 257,199 262,153 Improvement and Maintenance 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Capital Trails 93,377 88,655 85,529 86,084 91,061 94,634 Improvement and Maintenance 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Capital Deferred 17,057 15,224 10,609 10,098 10,228 10,132 Improvement Maintenance and Maintenance 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Capital Legacy Roads & 44,827 56,200 99,753 Improvement Trails and Maintenance 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Capital Road Maintenance Improvement & Decommission and Maintenance 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Capital Land Between the Improvement Lakes NRA and Maintenance 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Land Land Acquisition 75,246 49,906 48,891 47,150 55,947 70,406 Acquisition, Special Acts & Exchanges 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Land Land Acq., NF 1,300 1,258 1,228 1,169 1,180 1,164 Acquisition, Special Acts Special Acts & Exchanges 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Land Complete Land 285 276 4,288 249 46 129 Acquisition, Exchanges Special Acts & Exchanges 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Other Range Betterment 3,049 3,739 3,353 2,881 2,901 2,871 Appropriatio Fund ns 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Other Gifts, 79 75 73 62 56 55 Appropriatio Donations, and ns Bequests 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Other Subsistence 7,251 5,944 5,840 5,607 5,620 2,862 Appropriatio Management--Ala ns ska 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Other SE Alaska Appropriatio Economic ns Assistance 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Other Early Winters Appropriatio Land Exchange ns 1 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire Preparedness 834,360 789,363 775,738 750,557 758,700 748,151 Management 1 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire Suppression 800,305 824,584 864,454 953,241 1,117,196 1,105,607 Management 2 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire Hazardous Fuels 323,816 334,666 351,223 349,550 368,769 388,246 Management 2 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire Rehabilitation 15,811 7,394 7,215 12,206 12,926 12,857 Management and Restoration 2 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire Fire Research 26,788 27,227 26,569 26,512 26,883 26,509 Management and Development 2 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire Joint Fire 9,730 9,417 9,189 8,877 8,992 8,867 Management Sciences Program 2 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire National Fire 18,244 17,657 17,230 15,816 19,391 23,001 Management Plan--Forest Health Management--Fed eral Lands -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 1990 to 2015 FS Real FY 2015 Dollars--Cont. [Continued] [Note: Discretionary funding only] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 2012 1/2 Approp. Agency Fund Program FY 2011 Enact. w/ FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 Enact. Recission Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Non-Fire Forest Service National Land Between the Forest Lakes NRA System 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Capital Facilities 146,595 80,483 73,926 73,262 72,950 71,390 Improvement and Maintenance 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Capital Roads 211,959 194,150 173,847 171,288 171,263 172,094 Improvement and Maintenance 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Capital Trails 95,972 87,064 78,564 77,389 78,992 77,530 Improvement and Maintenance 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Capital Deferred 9,945 9,702 3,128 3,096 3,209 3,150 Improvement Maintenance and Maintenance 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Capital Legacy Roads & 48,767 47,789 41,706 36,115 40,754 40,000 Improvement Trails and Maintenance 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Capital Road Maintenance Improvement & Decommission and Maintenance 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Capital Land Between the Improvement Lakes NRA and Maintenance 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Land Land Acquisition 35,763 55,866 52,127 44,912 48,396 63,435 Acquisition, Special Acts & Exchanges 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Land Land Acq., NF 1,138 1,014 946 941 968 950 Acquisition, Special Acts Special Acts & Exchanges 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Land Complete Land 241 224 220 216 Acquisition, Exchanges Special Acts & Exchanges 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Other Range Betterment 2,771 3,464 2,449 3,096 2,364 2,320 Appropriatio Fund ns 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Other Gifts, 54 48 47 41 46 45 Appropriatio Donations, and ns Bequests 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Other Subsistence 2,798 2,737 2,554 2,580 2,547 2,500 Appropriatio Management--Ala ns ska 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Other SE Alaska Appropriatio Economic ns Assistance 2 Non-Fire Forest Service Other Early Winters Appropriatio Land Exchange ns 1 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire Preparedness 731,507 1,068,414 993,741 1,091,270 1,167,444 1,082,620 Management 1 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire Suppression 1,081,011 572,114 534,044 702,165 721,349 811,000 Management 2 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire Hazardous Fuels 368,771 337,270 315,365 316,264 368,570 375,000 Management 2 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire Rehabilitation 12,463 Management and Restoration 2 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire Fire Research 25,919 23,081 21,582 20,426 20,168 19,795 Management and Development 2 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire Joint Fire 8,670 7,712 7,211 7,134 7,044 6,914 Management Sciences Program 2 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire National Fire 22,489 16,974 15,871 Management Plan--Forest Health Management--Fed eral Lands -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 1990 to 2015 FS Real FY 2015 Dollars--Cont. [Note: Discretionary funding only] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 1/2 Approp. Agency Fund Program Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire NFP--Forest 12,163 11,772 11,487 11,113 11,159 12,666 Management Health Management--Coo perative Lands 2 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire NFP--State Fire 49,557 54,738 53,887 54,072 61,820 78,972 Management Assistance 2 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire NFP--Volunteer 9,730 9,287 9,062 8,877 10,116 9,975 Management Fire Assistance 2 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire Collaborative Management Forest Landscape Restoration Fund 2 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire NFP--Economic Management Action Programs 2 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire Fire Facilities Management 2 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire Land Between the Management Lakes NRA 2 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire Fuels Management Management 1 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire FLAME Wildfire 457,758 Management Suppression Reserve Fund ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fire NPS 134,025 118,890 117,762 106,864 115,779 103,760 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Non-Fire NPS 2,721,156 2,505,649 2,549,028 2,656,646 2,723,001 2,943,520 ============================================================================= Total NPS 2,855,181 2,624,539 2,666,790 2,763,510 2,838,780 3,047,280 ============================================================================= Fire BLM 476,994 543,889 523,944 567,966 536,246 438,547 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Non-Fire BLM 1,164,731 1,142,259 649,240 545,514 608,510 801,060 ============================================================================= Total BLM 1,173,184 1,113,479 1,144,756 1,239,608 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NPS Fire data 1995, 1996, 1997 are estimates from e-mail from Jeffrey Scott July 22, 2015. BLM Fire and Total data 1995 from e-mail from Randall Eardley July 21, 2015. NPS Total data 2007 to 2015 are from 10 year budget data posted on DOI public website. BLM Total data 2007 to 2015 are from 10 year budget data posted on DOI public website. NPS Fire data 1998 to 2015 from excel file received July 21, 2015 from Kimberly Salwasser. BLM and NPS Allocation Information. 1998-2015 YTD.xlsx. BLM Fire data 1998 to 2015 from excel file received July 21, 2015 from Kimberly Salwasser. BLM and NPS Allocation Information. 1998-2015 YTD.xlsx. Rows marked x in column A are data from Grant Beebe July 24 e-mail. He said they were a combination of appropriated and expended data. BLM Total data 1996 to 2006 I used data from Grant Beebe July 24. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 1990 to 2015 FS Real FY 2015 Dollars--Cont. [Continued] [Note: Discretionary funding only] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 2012 1/2 Approp. Agency Fund Program FY 2011 Enact. w/ FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 Enact. Recission Enact. Enact. Enact. Enact. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire NFP--Forest 12,385 8,885 8,308 Management Health Management--Coo perative Lands 2 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire NFP--State Fire 70,441 59,008 55,176 80,485 79,471 78,000 Management Assistance 2 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire NFP--Volunteer 9,753 6,761 6,322 13,440 13,245 13,000 Management Fire Assistance 2 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire Collaborative 10,837 Management Forest Landscape Restoration Fund 2 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire NFP--Economic Management Action Programs 2 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire Fire Facilities Management 2 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire Land Between the Management Lakes NRA 2 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire Fuels Management Management 1 Fire Forest Service Wildland Fire FLAME Wildfire 315,361 335,467 313,177 325,034 308,774 823,000 Management Suppression Reserve Fund ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fire NPS 129,878 74,651 96,489 124,753 88,516 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Non-Fire NPS 2,705,523 2,652,775 2,409,333 2,534,213 2,575,573 ============================================================================= Total NPS 2,835,401 2,727,426 2,505,822 2,658,966 2,664,089 ============================================================================= Fire BLM 508,543 395,587 506,022 476,859 410,479 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Non-Fire BLM 696,449 783,128 661,828 658,270 703,171 ============================================================================= Total BLM 1,204,992 1,178,715 1,167,850 1,135,129 1,113,650 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Line Graph Master w FS BLM NPS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forest Service NPS BLM Values ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fire Non-Fire Fire Non-Fire Fire Non-Fire ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 571,047 2,920,146 45,804 1,979,076 186,579 1,294,206 1996 704,884 2,767,398 47,077 1,928,632 196,754 984,429 1997 1,180,252 2,602,899 57,826 1,956,468 206,028 979,750 1998 826,561 3,013,651 57,501 2,285,889 214,224 989,695 1999 783,696 2,921,904 59,261 2,005,201 212,520 1,031,558 2000 844,203 2,995,872 76,746 2,344,712 371,280 1,061,296 2001 1,835,105 3,343,100 135,675 2,833,388 612,402 1,142,343 2002 1,597,017 3,379,952 123,671 2,724,561 478,527 1,158,356 2003 1,765,537 3,354,224 101,404 2,820,937 453,430 1,183,006 2004 2,039,409 3,228,450 124,158 2,806,573 467,196 1,187,736 2005 2,074,692 3,088,380 132,378 2,687,716 471,132 1,150,417 2006 2,060,220 2,896,525 117,415 2,474,560 537,141 1,128,086 2007 2,098,789 2,882,081 116,251 2,516,337 517,225 640,913 2008 2,163,166 2,831,294 105,515 2,623,110 560,796 538,627 2009 2,365,470 2,919,550 114,306 2,688,358 529,423 600,768 2010 2,836,342 3,061,388 102,450 2,906,358 433,011 790,947 2011 2,636,151 2,828,975 128,251 2,671,618 502,170 687,721 2012 2,404,926 2,684,483 73,708 2,619,273 390,591 773,238 2013 2,240,236 2,464,434 95,191 2,376,909 499,212 652,921 2014 2,523,696 2,464,617 123,166 2,501,972 470,792 649,895 2015 2,636,358 2,436,888 86,878 2,527,911 402,883 690,159 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fire vs. Non-Fire Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management Enacted amounts in inflation adjusted 2015 dollars. Dollars in thousands. NPS BLM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BLM Forest Service NPS Values -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BLM Fire BLM non- BLM Total Fire Non-Fire Total Fire Non-Fire Fire Non-Fire Total fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1990 0 0 0 968,987 2,993,817 0 0 0 1991 0 0 0 499,875 3,385,734 0 0 0 1992 0 0 0 478,015 3,291,459 0 0 0 1993 0 0 0 581,187 3,079,202 0 0 0 1994 0 0 0 859,682 3,060,068 0 0 0 1995 186,579 1,294,206 1,480,785 571,047 2,920,146 45,804 102,275 148,078 187,131 1,068,423 1,255,554 1996 0 984,429 0 704,884 2,767,398 47,077 0 0 196,754 984,429 1,181,182 1997 0 979,750 0 1,180,252 2,602,899 57,826 0 0 206,028 979,750 1,185,778 1998 214,224 989,695 0 826,561 3,013,651 57,501 0 0 213,931 989,695 1,203,626 1999 212,520 1,031,558 0 783,696 2,921,904 59,261 0 0 241,640 1,031,558 1,273,197 2000 371,280 1,061,296 0 844,203 2,995,872 76,746 0 0 387,866 1,061,296 1,449,162 2001 612,402 1,142,343 0 1,835,105 3,343,100 135,675 0 0 684,493 1,142,343 1,826,836 2002 478,527 1,158,356 0 1,597,017 3,379,952 123,671 0 0 661,906 1,158,356 1,820,262 2003 453,430 1,183,006 0 1,765,537 3,354,224 101,404 0 0 552,192 1,183,006 1,735,198 2004 467,196 1,187,736 0 2,039,409 3,228,450 124,158 0 0 552,664 1,187,736 1,740,399 2005 471,132 1,150,417 0 2,074,692 3,088,380 132,378 0 0 554,242 1,150,417 1,704,660 2006 537,141 1,128,086 0 2,060,220 2,896,525 117,415 0 0 648,283 1,128,086 1,776,370 2007 517,225 640,913 1,158,138 2,098,789 2,882,081 116,251 2,553,795 2,670,046 660,298 1,123,168 1,783,466 2008 560,796 538,627 1,099,423 2,163,166 2,831,294 105,515 2,588,583 2,694,098 538,097 1,071,248 1,609,344 2009 529,423 600,768 1,130,192 2,365,470 2,919,550 114,306 2,721,652 2,835,958 442,766 1,109,859 1,552,625 2010 433,011 790,947 1,223,958 2,836,342 3,061,388 102,450 2,940,503 3,042,953 481,408 1,172,220 1,653,628 2011 502,170 687,721 1,189,891 2,636,151 2,828,975 128,251 2,703,786 2,832,037 477,324 1,165,978 1,643,303 2012 390,591 773,238 1,163,829 2,404,926 2,684,483 73,708 2,667,060 2,740,768 593,636 1,126,110 1,719,746 2013 499,212 652,921 1,152,133 2,240,236 2,464,434 95,191 3,045,530 3,140,721 515,337 1,040,273 1,555,610 2014 470,792 649,895 1,120,687 2,523,696 2,464,617 123,166 2,514,848 2,638,015 471,607 1,091,406 1,563,012 2015 402,883 690,159 1,093,042 2,636,358 2,436,888 86,878 2,557,721 2,644,599 465,555 1,083,793 1,549,348 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inflators/Deflators ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GDP Inflator 0.6372 0.6630 0.6938 0.7172 0.7301 0.7512 0.7654 0.7818 0.7861 0.7944 0.8134 0.8334 0.8448 0.8632 [2009=1.00] GDP Deflator * 0.5669 0.5899 0.6173 0.6381 0.6496 0.6683 0.6810 0.6956 0.6994 0.7068 0.7237 0.7415 0.7516 0.7680 [2015=1.00] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2015/assets/hist.pdf. Table 10.1. * Editor's note: the formula to calculate the GDP Deflator: (ex. 1990 = 0.5899 0.6630 0.6372). Inflators/Deflators [Continued] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GDP Inflator 0.8838 0.9113 0.9408 0.9641 0.9971 1.0000 1.0141 1.0351 1.0567 1.0730 1.0893 1.1032 1.1240 [2009=1.00] GDP Deflator 0.7863 0.8108 0.8370 0.8577 0.8871 0.8897 0.9022 0.9209 0.9401 0.9546 0.9691 0.9815 1 [2015=1.00] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Program Name [BLM/FS/NPS]
Enacted amounts in inflation adjusted 2015 dollars. Dollars in thousands. [Forest Health Management--Federal Lands] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National Fire Plan-- Forest Health Forest Health Grand Total Management--Federal Management--Federal S&PF + NFP Lands Lands ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1995 40,125 0 40,125 1996 36,537 0 36,537 1997 47,159 0 47,159 1998 52,363 0 52,363 1999 52,218 0 52,218 2000 55,059 0 55,059 2001 55,054 15,965 71,019 2002 56,950 9,182 66,132 2003 64,451 8,899 73,349 2004 67,641 18,616 86,258 2005 66,073 18,020 84,093 2006 62,727 17,438 80,165 2007 62,106 17,009 79,115 2008 60,227 15,616 75,842 2009 60,046 19,145 79,190 2010 62,688 22,711 85,399 2011 60,838 22,207 83,045 2012 49,808 16,760 66,568 2013 46,447 15,658 62,104 2014 60,025 0 60,025 2015 58,922 0 58,922 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Editor's note: this table is composed of three separate tables that included duplicative information. Forest Health Management--Federal Lands
Enacted amounts in inflation adjusted 2015 dollars. Dollars in thousands. [Forest Health Management vs. National Fire Plan]
Enacted amounts in inflation adjusted 2015 dollars. Dollars in thousands. Forest Health Mgmt--Fed Lands Total S&PF + NFP
Enacted amounts in inflation adjusted 2015 dollars. Dollars in thousands. [Forest Health Management--Cooperative Lands] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NFP--Forest Health Forest Health Management-- Forest Health Management-- Management--Cooperative Cooperative Lands Fire Cooperative Lands Grand Total Lands Mgt ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 0 20,270 11,558 31,828 1996 0 24,684 11,334 36,018 1997 0 25,597 21,329 46,926 1998 0 28,474 39,544 68,017 1999 0 0 24,063 24,063 2000 0 0 29,743 29,743 2001 0 0 30,014 30,014 2002 6,565 0 32,878 39,443 2003 12,767 0 39,711 52,478 2004 12,411 0 56,221 68,633 2005 12,013 0 58,024 70,037 2006 11,626 0 55,342 66,968 2007 11,340 0 54,212 65,552 2008 10,972 0 49,577 60,549 2009 11,017 0 51,370 62,387 2010 12,507 0 53,157 65,664 2011 12,229 0 52,350 64,579 2012 8,773 0 42,009 50,782 2013 8,196 0 38,127 46,324 2014 0 0 46,510 46,510 2015 0 0 45,655 45,655 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forest Health Management--Cooperative Lands
Enacted amounts in inflation adjusted 2015 dollars. Dollars in thousands. [NPF Cooperative Lands vs. Cooperative Lands vs. Cooperative Lands Fire Mgt]
Enacted amounts in inflation adjusted 2015 dollars. Dollars in thousands. Forest Health Mgmt--Co-op Lands Total S&PF + NFP + Fire Mgmt
Enacted amounts in inflation adjusted 2015 dollars. Dollars in thousands. [Forest Stewardship] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Values Forest Stewardship ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1995 38,364 1996 33,943 1997 33,243 1998 45,676 1999 40,334 2000 40,755 2001 43,708 2002 43,624 2003 41,225 2004 40,065 2005 39,374 2006 40,287 2007 48,277 2008 32,870 2009 29,962 2010 32,141 2011 34,900 2012 30,262 2013 31,459 2014 22,817 2015 23,036 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forest Stewardship
Enacted amounts in inflation adjusted 2015 dollars. Dollars in thousands. [Forest Legacy Program] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Values Forest Legacy Program ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1996 4,356 1997 2,844 1998 5,656 1999 9,810 2000 40,892 2001 79,822 2002 85,483 2003 88,060 2004 80,591 2005 69,603 2006 66,693 2007 65,067 2008 58,231 2009 54,869 2010 83,676 2011 56,717 2012 55,982 2013 52,204 2014 51,919 2015 53,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forest Legacy Program
Enacted amounts in inflation adjusted 2015 dollars. Dollars in thousands. [Urban and Community Forestry] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Values Urban and Community Forestry ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1995 41,921 1996 36,957 1997 36,267 1998 57,873 1999 42,726 2000 42,208 2001 47,521 2002 47,344 2003 46,360 2004 43,810 2005 38,923 2006 33,525 2007 34,677 2008 30,821 2009 32,782 2010 33,244 2011 34,356 2012 32,901 2013 31,727 2014 28,565 2015 28,040 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Urban and Community Forestry
Enacted amounts in inflation adjusted 2015 dollars. Dollars in thousands. [International Forestry] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Values International Forestry ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2001 6,652 2002 6,921 2003 7,357 2004 7,447 2005 7,809 2006 8,125 2007 7,925 2008 8,218 2009 9,432 2010 10,745 2011 10,178 2012 8,388 2013 7,823 2014 8,150 2015 8,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Forestry
Enacted amounts in inflation adjusted 2015 dollars. Dollars in thousands. [Forest & Rangeland Research] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forest & Rangeland Values Research Grand Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1995 286,545 286,545 1996 258,229 258,229 1997 255,649 255,649 1998 265,542 265,542 1999 276,227 276,227 2000 297,396 297,396 2001 307,339 307,339 2002 317,344 317,344 2003 322,014 322,014 2004 334,741 334,741 2005 336,704 336,704 2006 327,672 327,672 2007 322,814 322,814 2008 318,247 318,247 2009 328,893 328,893 2010 341,459 341,459 2011 328,800 328,800 2012 310,140 310,140 2013 289,210 289,210 2014 298,289 298,289 2015 296,000 296,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forest & Rangeland Research
Enacted amounts in inflation adjusted 2015 dollars. Dollars in thousands. Forest & Rangeland Research plus Forest Resources Info & Analysis
Enacted amounts in inflation adjusted 2015 dollars. Dollars in thousands. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vegetation & Watershed Values Mgmt Grand Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FY 1990 FY 1991 FY 1992 FY 1993 FY 1994 FY 1995 FY 1996 FY 1997 FY 1998 FY 1999 FY 2000 166,002 166,002 FY 2001 181,634 181,634 FY 2002 190,113 190,113 FY 2003 189,703 189,703 FY 2004 193,689 193,689 FY 2005 189,614 189,614 FY 2006 179,852 179,852 FY 2007 176,849 176,849 FY 2008 177,437 177,437 FY 2009 180,437 180,437 FY 2010 187,960 187,960 FY 2011 184,341 184,341 FT 2012 184,046 184,046 FY 2013 172,173 172,173 FY 2014 184,716 184,716 FY 2015 184,716 184,716 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vegetation & Watershed Mgmt
[Master Table] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Anadromous Fisheries Hab Mgmt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34,721 0 0 Centennial of Service Challenge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Community Forest & Open Space Conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Complete Land Exchanges 23 176 247 234 323 1,176 495 518 297 294 320 311 308 Cooperative Law Enforcement 19,348 14,339 13,437 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Deferred Maintenance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66,518 80,222 Drug Enforcement 0 11,731 11,346 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Early Winters Land Exchange 0 834 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Economic Action Programs 0 0 0 0 0 23,722 21,077 24,387 16,211 24,210 27,593 55,382 46,924 Emergency Pest Suppression Fund 0 0 0 22,763 18,667 21,346 24,190 0 0 0 0 0 0 Facilities 70,872 138,550 130,020 135,671 157,142 97,590 70,460 85,281 71,627 97,798 209,902 221,233 243,885 Fire Facilities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13,646 Fire Protection 29,817 26,424 26,657 26,199 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fire Research and Development 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21,286 29,281 FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Forest & Rangeland Research 263,501 281,245 289,550 283,499 294,157 286,545 258,229 255,649 265,542 276,227 297,396 307,339 317,344 Forest Health Management--Cooperative Lands 0 0 0 0 167,013 11,558 11,334 21,329 39,544 24,063 29,743 30,014 32,878 Forest Health Management--Cooperative Lands Fire 0 0 0 0 0 20,270 24,684 25,597 28,474 0 0 0 0 Mgt Forest Health Management--Emergency Pest Mgt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16,629 0 Forest Health Management--Federal Lands 0 0 0 0 0 40,125 36,537 47,159 52,363 52,218 55,059 55,054 56,950 Forest Legacy Program 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,356 2,844 5,656 9,810 40,892 79,822 85,483 Forest Management and Utilization 44,208 124,503 109,263 120,376 84,841 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Forest Pest Management 83,081 100,920 91,761 63,002 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Forest Products 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 324,988 340,364 350,270 Forest Resources Info & Analysis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6,652 6,595 Forest Road Maintenance 168,278 153,189 137,776 127,538 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Forest Stewardship 0 0 0 0 0 38,364 33,943 33,243 45,676 40,334 40,755 43,708 43,624 Forest Trail Maintenance 42,703 47,361 49,003 48,615 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Forestland Management 0 0 0 0 383,212 351,204 349,054 358,005 388,254 399,000 0 0 0 Fuels Management 15,429 14,105 12,382 18,922 0 24,294 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 General Administration 475,156 490,478 487,296 474,696 454,261 439,766 382,868 368,790 370,307 357,119 0 0 0 Gifts, Donations, and Bequests 5 2 13 8 27 6 126 78 130 129 126 123 121 Grazing Management 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44,851 45,041 45,733 Hazardous Fuels 0 0 0 0 19,342 0 0 0 0 0 0 273,536 274,874 Infrastructure Management 0 0 0 0 160,964 163,017 151,039 147,923 154,433 98,867 0 0 0 Inland Fisheries Habitat Mgmt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31,889 0 0 International Forestry 0 0 0 0 10,658 7,385 0 0 0 0 0 6,652 6,921 Inventory and Monitoring 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 129,990 112,920 188,970 232,085 227,932 IRR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joint Fire Sciences Program 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10,521 Land Acq, NF Special Acts 1,840 1,841 1,819 1,831 1,846 1,847 1,552 1,490 1,512 1,496 1,459 1,423 1,406 Land Acquisition 110,748 148,813 141,650 96,838 97,883 94,582 57,194 57,696 311,044 164,969 212,889 201,157 196,929 Land Between the Lakes NRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9,378 0 0 Land Line Location 53,617 50,072 51,733 47,902 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Land Management Planning 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51,150 55,961 68,534 104,176 92,529 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Master Table] [Continued] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Anadromous Fisheries Hab Mgmt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Centennial of Service Challenge 0 0 12,013 5,232 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16,052 41,943 39,152 40,749 40,000 Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10,701 0 0 0 0 Community Forest & Open Space Conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,072 2,097 1,955 2,037 2,000 Complete Land Exchanges 6,400 2,873 281 273 4,233 246 45 127 0 238 0 221 216 Cooperative Law Enforcement 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Deferred Maintenance 58,683 39,715 16,847 15,036 10,473 9,971 10,098 10,004 9,820 9,579 3,086 3,056 3,150 Drug Enforcement 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Early Winters Land Exchange 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Economic Action Programs 33,828 32,176 23,186 11,253 0 4,681 5,519 5,472 0 0 0 0 0 Emergency Pest Suppression Fund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Facilities 260,538 269,371 242,149 145,952 149,778 135,518 140,325 147,752 144,757 79,467 72,931 72,330 71,600 Fire Facilities 2,367 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fire Protection 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fire Research and Development 27,415 27,677 26,459 26,889 26,228 26,178 26,541 26,174 25,594 22,789 21,292 20,166 19,795 FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 451,978 311,409 331,231 308,962 320,899 303,060 Forest & Rangeland Research 322,014 334,741 336,704 327,672 322,814 318,247 328,893 341,459 328,800 310,140 289,210 298,289 296,000 Forest Health Management--Cooperative Lands 39,711 56,221 58,024 55,342 54,212 49,577 51,370 53,157 52,350 42,009 38,127 46,510 45,655 Forest Health Management--Cooperative Lands Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mgt Forest Health Management--Emergency Pest Mgt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Forest Health Management--Federal Lands 64,451 67,641 66,073 62,727 62,106 60,227 60,046 62,688 60,838 49,808 46,447 60,025 58,922 Forest Legacy Program 88,060 80,591 69,603 66,693 65,067 58,231 54,869 83,676 56,717 55,982 52,204 51,919 53,000 Forest Management and Utilization 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Forest Pest Management 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Forest Products 339,501 333,014 332,882 327,521 367,844 358,958 369,159 368,501 360,338 352,372 328,921 345,481 339,130 Forest Resources Info & Analysis 6,393 6,206 6,040 5,413 5,280 5,026 5,549 5,510 5,389 5,164 4,816 0 0 Forest Road Maintenance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Forest Stewardship 41,225 40,065 39,374 40,287 48,277 32,870 29,962 32,141 34,900 30,262 31,459 22,817 23,036 Forest Trail Maintenance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Forestland Management 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fuels Management 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 General Administration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gifts, Donations, and Bequests 117 113 78 74 73 61 55 55 54 47 47 41 45 Grazing Management 52,264 57,677 58,517 56,430 55,043 53,607 55,485 55,500 53,333 58,138 53,292 56,393 55,356 Hazardous Fuels 291,850 293,389 319,837 330,514 346,719 345,138 364,077 383,344 364,150 333,011 311,121 312,240 361,749 Infrastructure Management 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Inland Fisheries Habitat Mgmt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 International Forestry 7,357 7,447 7,809 8,125 7,925 8,218 9,432 10,745 10,178 8,388 7,823 8,150 8,000 Inventory and Monitoring 224,356 213,193 203,815 196,617 191,784 185,410 185,964 186,594 179,305 169,848 155,689 153,847 151,019 IRR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joint Fire Sciences Program 10,235 9,928 9,611 9,300 9,071 8,765 8,878 8,755 8,561 7,614 7,114 7,043 6,914 Land Acq, NF Special Acts 1,368 1,327 1,284 1,242 1,212 1,154 1,165 1,149 1,124 1,001 933 929 950 Land Acquisition 171,207 83,391 74,322 49,287 48,264 46,555 55,235 69,517 35,314 55,160 51,426 44,340 47,500 Land Between the Lakes NRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Land Line Location 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Land Management Planning 92,369 87,955 76,953 68,051 66,378 54,353 54,190 50,251 48,288 41,943 38,447 38,461 37,754 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Master Table--Cont.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Land Management Planning, Assessment & Monitoring 0 0 0 0 225,240 221,721 188,877 184,980 0 0 0 0 0 Landownership Management 0 0 0 0 93,517 91,166 82,836 81,127 87,649 85,534 112,794 115,221 116,302 Landscape Scale Restoration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Law Enforcement Operations 0 0 0 24,017 83,989 94,054 86,588 84,802 90,449 92,738 95,507 98,922 103,895 Legacy Roads & Trails 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Maintenance of Facilities 36,912 41,720 42,160 41,109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Minerals & Geology Management 49,608 50,972 55,071 54,014 57,930 57,650 50,842 50,859 50,904 51,834 63,077 63,785 64,383 National Fire Plan--Forest Health Management-- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15,965 9,182 Federal Lands NFP--Economic Action Programs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16,632 16,402 NFP--Forest Health Management--Cooperative Lands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6,565 NFP--State Fire Assistance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67,175 66,260 NFP--Volunteer Fire Assistance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11,016 10,866 Pacific Northwest Assistance Prog 0 0 0 0 0 25,271 23,248 23,835 21,189 12,591 10,732 12,772 12,395 Preparedness 292,187 287,730 288,240 274,582 264,128 212,647 428,773 454,054 451,299 454,507 558,427 814,833 818,819 Quincy Library Group Implementation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,661 0 Range Betterment Fund 8,581 7,627 7,692 7,210 6,924 6,544 6,747 4,910 5,389 4,617 4,508 4,391 4,327 Rangeland Management 57,556 66,228 69,221 68,957 24,935 27,355 39,219 54,052 64,074 79,814 0 0 0 Real Estate Management 45,347 52,334 56,832 55,895 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Recreation Use 268,194 333,576 347,116 356,466 325,745 325,974 306,574 300,249 308,618 262,437 0 0 0 Recreation, Heritage & Wilderness 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 278,503 306,341 322,862 Reforestation and Stand Improvement 119,326 120,733 106,705 96,529 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rehabilitation and Restoration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 188,910 4,824 Restoration Partnerships 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Road Maintenance & Decommission 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139,739 0 0 0 Roads 286,951 290,381 271,070 218,132 227,996 145,391 137,848 132,243 124,522 137,116 300,047 313,363 302,039 SE Alaska Economic Assistance 0 0 0 0 0 0 159,711 0 0 0 30,055 6,652 0 Soil, Water & Air Management 107,569 121,059 122,300 112,219 55,226 71,495 61,001 59,885 72,391 78,481 0 0 0 Special Projects 34,330 54,208 33,442 32,824 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 State Fire Assistance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30,093 32,690 33,259 33,286 Stewardship Incentives Program 0 0 0 0 0 27,073 6,534 6,399 22,963 0 0 0 3,945 Subsistence Management--Alaska 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,197 0 7,317 7,217 Suppression 661,371 198,040 177,393 287,683 576,212 334,106 276,111 726,198 375,262 329,189 285,366 425,753 335,778 TE&S Species Mgmg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40,985 0 0 Timber Sales Admin. and Mgmt 439,613 441,486 423,067 339,850 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tongass NF Timber Pipeline 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6,652 0 Trails 32,493 36,038 34,756 42,255 0 48,048 29,051 31,283 38,595 41,347 85,193 88,768 92,157 Urban and Community Forestry 0 0 0 0 0 41,921 36,957 36,267 57,873 42,726 42,208 47,521 47,344 Valles Caldera National Preserve 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,317 3,682 Vegetation & Watershed Mgmt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 226,779 242,171 250,022 Volunteer Fire Assistance0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,798 4,426 6,652 6,645 6,448 Wildlife & Fisheries Habitat Mgmt 144,141 178,896 180,459 180,550 127,570 137,982 124,227 122,020 136,829 140,428 0 171,654 173,395 Wildlife Habitat Management 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49,313 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Editor's note: the format of this table has been altered to accommodate publishing in the hearing, no data was altered. [Master Table--Cont.] [Continued] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Land Management Planning, Assessment & Monitoring 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Landownership Management 119,007 115,041 112,236 107,291 104,654 101,619 103,534 104,629 98,398 90,047 82,539 79,186 77,730 Landscape Scale Restoration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14,262 14,000 Law Enforcement Operations 103,378 104,081 104,786 130,895 132,354 146,821 150,364 158,736 154,680 151,057 138,463 129,025 126,653 Legacy Roads & Trails 0 0 0 0 0 44,261 55,485 98,494 48,156 47,186 41,145 35,655 40,000 Maintenance of Facilities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Minerals & Geology Management 67,343 67,101 67,914 99,305 96,865 93,654 94,846 95,474 89,600 87,619 80,314 77,854 76,423 National Fire Plan--Forest Health Management-- 8,899 18,616 18,020 17,438 17,009 15,616 19,145 22,711 22,207 16,760 15,658 0 0 Federal Lands NFP--Economic Action Programs 6,398 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NFP--Forest Health Management--Cooperative Lands 12,767 12,411 12,013 11,626 11,340 10,972 11,017 12,507 12,229 8,773 8,196 0 0 NFP--State Fire Assistance 59,563 64,166 48,948 54,058 53,196 53,389 61,034 77,974 69,559 58,263 54,433 79,461 78,000 NFP--Volunteer Fire Assistance 10,542 10,226 9,611 9,171 8,946 8,765 9,987 9,849 9,631 6,675 6,237 13,269 13,000 Pacific Northwest Assistance Prog 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Preparedness 788,130 843,956 824,107 779,569 765,790 741,083 749,048 738,706 722,340 1,054,921 980,367 1,077,386 1,145,840 Quincy Library Group Implementation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Range Betterment Fund 4,353 2,646 3,012 3,693 3,310 2,845 2,864 2,834 2,736 3,421 2,416 3,056 2,320 Rangeland Management 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Real Estate Management 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Recreation Use 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Recreation, Heritage & Wilderness 325,224 320,495 313,507 305,356 297,850 292,323 308,092 312,026 301,982 295,307 270,689 266,620 261,719 Reforestation and Stand Improvement 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rehabilitation and Restoration 9,115 8,688 15,617 7,302 7,123 12,052 12,762 12,695 12,307 0 0 0 0 Restoration Partnerships 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,037 0 Road Maintenance & Decommission 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Roads 297,926 294,720 275,806 260,391 257,570 253,688 253,927 258,844 209,303 191,698 171,507 169,109 168,094 SE Alaska Economic Assistance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Soil, Water & Air Management 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Special Projects 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 State Fire Assistance 58,577 41,950 40,105 38,813 37,859 36,291 38,840 42,842 34,697 32,020 26,620 0 0 Stewardship Incentives Program 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Subsistence Management--Alaska 7,091 6,870 7,162 5,870 5,765 5,536 5,549 2,826 2,763 2,702 2,520 2,547 2,500 Suppression 538,255 750,351 790,470 814,353 853,368 941,208 1,102,983 1,091,648 1,067,464 564,888 526,856 693,232 708,000 TE&S Species Mgmg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Timber Sales Admin. and Mgmt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tongass NF Timber Pipeline 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Trails 89,149 93,890 92,230 87,555 84,432 84,997 89,902 93,439 94,769 85,964 77,506 76,405 77,530 Urban and Community Forestry 46,360 43,810 38,923 33,525 34,677 30,821 32,782 33,244 34,356 32,901 31,727 28,565 28,040 Valles Caldera National Preserve 4,031 3,911 4,384 5,987 4,028 4,108 4,439 3,830 3,680 3,598 3,299 3,427 3,364 Vegetation & Watershed Mgmt 244,300 243,389 230,996 212,208 203,536 197,494 200,231 205,699 197,665 193,295 177,929 188,175 184,716 Volunteer Fire Assistance0 6,329 7,208 6,976 6,804 6,574 6,658 7,661 7,163 7,004 6,531 0 0 Wildlife & Fisheries Habitat Mgmt 171,195 170,499 164,157 155,434 151,613 147,350 154,676 156,511 150,398 147,074 135,263 143,097 140,466 Wildlife Habitat Management 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Master Table] Program Name
Enacted amounts in inflation adjusted 2015 dollars. Dollars in thousands. Editor's note: the format of the chart has been altered to accommodate publishing in the hearing, no data was altered. [attachment 2] Project Search Constraints (This report contains the best available information at the time the data was published.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Project Overall NEPA No. Project Name Lead Management Unit Process Status ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Region: R1--Northern Region (1101) Decision Doc Type: DM NEPA Decision Signed Date Range: 10/01/2014 through 09/30/2015 Project Simple Format Projects Found: 170 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 46205 2014 Libby District Kootenai National Completed Special Use Forest All Units Renewals (11011400) 47752 3 Rivers Belt Creek Ranger Completed Communication District (11011503) Showdown Fiber Optic 46828 4th of July Park Red River Ranger Completed (Final Phase) SUP District (11011705) 45594 Abayance Bay Marina Rexford Ranger Completed and Campground District (11011401) Improvements 46105 Adams Creek AOP Salmon River Ranger Completed Culvert District (11011701) 45381 Adamson Private Sandpoint Ranger Completed Access Road District (11010406) Special Use Permit 45131 Alkire Culvert Lochsa/Powell Ranger Completed Replacement District (11011755) 45780 Allotment 066 Medora Ranger Completed Replacement Range District (11011807) Water Developments 47571 Allotment 271 Medora Ranger Completed Replacement Range District (11011807) Water Developments 43998 Anna Creek Cabin Hungry Horse Ranger Completed Rental Project District (11011006) 46477 Atkerson Private Butte Ranger Completed Road Special Use District (11010204) Permit 32804 Authorization of Priest Lake Ranger Completed Frontier District (11010408) Communication's Existing Telephone and Fiber Optic Lines 46395 Avista Lakeview 343 Sandpoint Ranger Completed Overhead to District (11010406) Underground Project 42910 Beartooth Beartooth Ranger Completed Recreational District (11010802) Trails Assoc. Winter Trail Grooming 46661 Beartooth Beartooth Ranger Completed Recreational District (11010802) Trails Association 2015 Special Use Permit for Grooming West Fork Road #2071 46008 Belle Fourche Medora Ranger Completed Pipeline District (11011807) 45730 Big Creek Trail 44 St. Maries Ranger Completed Reroute District (11010404) 46366 Big M Outfitter & Beaverhead-Deerlodge Completed Guide Special Use National Forest All Permit Units (11010200) 44753 Big Mountain Tally Lake Ranger Completed Communications District (11011008) Site Plan Amendment Project 46427 Big Mountain Summit Tally Lake Ranger Completed Project District (11011008) 46368 Black Pine Ridge Pintler Ranger Completed BLM Repeater District (11010208) 47414 Blacktail County Medora Ranger Completed Road 719 Repair District (11011807) 45691 Blacktail Butte Ranger Completed Headwaters Project District (11010204) 45857 Blacktail Wild Bill Swan Lake Ranger Completed ORV Special Use District (11011001) Permit Proposal 44592 Bonner County Dock Idaho Panhandle Completed Permits National Forest All Units (11010400) 46351 Bridger Pipeline Medora Ranger Completed Special-use District (11011807) Application 46464 Britton Amateur Jefferson Ranger Completed Radio Repeater District (11010207) 46761 Broschat Medora Ranger Completed Engineering Road District (11011807) Reclamation 43970 Browns Canyon Dillon Ranger Completed Allotment Water District (11010201) Improvements 46220 Butte Lookout Lolo National Forest Completed Project All Units (11011600) 44428 Calvert Mine Wise River Ranger Completed Exploration District (11010202) Project 46952 Camp Rotary Cabin Belt Creek Ranger Completed Replacement District (11011503) 46312 Cataract Creek-- Madison Ranger Completed Mountain Meadow District (11010206) Plan of Operations 46182 Cedar Creek Road/ Superior Ranger Completed Stream Interface District (11011607) Project 47754 Charter Judith Ranger Completed Communication SUP District (11011504) Re-Issue 45785 Clarke Mountain OHV North Fork Ranger Completed Trail District (11011753) 44198 Clear Ridge Non- Nez Perce-Clearwater Completed system Road National Forest All Decommissioning Units (11011700) Project 46160 Cochran and Nolan Belt Creek Ranger Completed Special Use Road District (11011503) Permits 39465 Crazy M Ranch Musselshell Ranger Completed Irrigation Ditch District (11011506) 38222 Croff Reciprocal Lewis And Clark Completed Access Exchange National Forest All Units (11011500) 44642 Dahlman Pipeline Townsend Ranger Completed and Tank Project District (11011201) 45744 Dalrymple Access Helena National Completed Forest All Units (11011200) 46089 Deception OHV Trail North Fork Ranger Completed Relocation District (11011753) 41131 Deep Rock Ecosystem Superior Ranger Completed Maintenance District (11011607) Burning 46928 Diorite Stock Tank Townsend Ranger Completed District (11011201) 46479 Ditch Saddle Trail Butte Ranger Completed #4143 Maintenance District (11010204) and Construction Project 45960 Down South Blowdown Three Rivers Ranger Completed Salvage District (11011404) 46250 Dry Pole ATV Trail Judith Ranger Completed Construction District (11011504) 44648 Dry Range Pipeline Townsend Ranger Completed Extension District (11011201) 44425 Edwards Special Use Beaverhead-Deerlodge Completed Permit National Forest All Units (11010200) 46164 Elk and Montgomery Lewis And Clark Completed Site Reclamation National Forest All 2015 Units (11011500) 41604 Elkins Resort Idaho Panhandle Completed Permit Renewal National Forest All Units (11010400) 46315 Eureka Fire Madison Ranger Completed Whitebark Pine District (11010206) Planting Project 46183 Fat Bike Winter Custer Gallatin Completed Trails National Forest All Units (11011100) 45732 Firecracker Annie Superior Ranger Completed District (11011607) 45183 Fryxell Private Plains/Thompson Completed Land Access SUP Falls Ranger Request District (11011605) 44417 Fun For a Day Idaho Panhandle Completed National Forest All Units (11010400) 46783 Game Range Plains/Thompson Completed Prescribed Burning Falls Ranger District (11011605) 46792 Goat Events Sandpoint Ranger Completed District (11010406) 47083 Golden Anchor Helena Ranger Completed Bridge Replacement District (11011202) 46827 Golden Jubilee Pintler Ranger Completed Drilling District (11010208) Exploration Project 39408 Goldenwest Electric Medora Ranger Completed Lines Bell Lake District (11011807) Area 47504 Granite Butte CDNST Lincoln Ranger Completed Trail Reroute District (11011204) 45856 Grouse Creek Large Idaho Panhandle Completed Wood Replenishment National Forest All Project Units (11010400) 45623 Hall Lake Trail and Swan Lake Ranger Completed Trailhead District (11011001) Construction Project 45876 Harbor Marina Sandpoint Ranger Completed Partners Road District (11010406) Relocation at Garfield Bay 44975 Hellgate Amateur Superior Ranger Completed Radio Club Special District (11011607) Use Permit 44537 Hill Reservoir Dam Madison Ranger Completed Breeching Project District (11010206) 44615 Hughes Creek West Fork Ranger Completed Firewood Sale District (11010304) 45218 Idaho Department of Lochsa/Powell Ranger Completed Fish and Game Fish District (11011755) Creek Weir Special Use Permit Renewal 46796 IDT Maintenance Lochsa/Powell Ranger Completed Site Additions SUP District (11011755) 39275 Illi Allen Peak Kootenai National Completed Access Forest All Units (11011400) 44593 Inland Empire Sled Idaho Panhandle Completed Dog Association National Forest All Race Units (11010400) 45020 Jasper Mountain Priest Lake Ranger Completed District (11010408) 46946 Jefferson Belt Creek Ranger Completed Chamberlain Road District (11011503) Obliteration 47005 Jefferson Creek Belt Creek Ranger Completed Unauthorized Trail District (11011503) Obliteration 46135 JM-(BAR)Outfitters Missoula Ranger Completed 10 Year Special District (11011603) Use Permit for Outfitting & Guiding Re- issuance 39467 John Fletcher Suber Judith Ranger Completed Special Use Road District (11011504) Permit 43523 Johnson-Slowey Superior Ranger Completed Aspen Enhancement District (11011607) 46831 Lemhi Bar Waterline Salmon River Ranger Completed SUP Renewal District (11011701) 45135 Little Boulder Post Palouse Ranger Completed and Pole District (11010502) 45604 Little Eddy Plains/Thompson Completed Falls Ranger District (11011605) 44534 Lower Branham Lake Madison Ranger Completed Dam Removal District (11010206) 45743 Mac Pass Beacon Helena National Completed Permit Re-issuance Forest All Units (11011200) 46314 Madison Ranger Madison Ranger Completed District Road District (11010206) Decommissioning as Identified in the Madison MVUM Decision 46666 Main Boulder Custer Gallatin Completed Station Volunteer National Forest All Host Sites Units (11011100) 45731 Marble Creek Trail St. Maries Ranger Completed 261 Reroute District (11010404) 47305 Midstate Telephone Medora Ranger Completed Company Fiber District (11011807) Optic Lines 47368 Mikes Creek Road Medora Ranger Completed Repair and County District (11011807) Easement Issuance 38978 Miller Bingham White Sulphur Completed Project Springs Ranger District (11011507) 45000 Missoula Electric Swan Lake Ranger Completed Co-op Line Burial District (11011001) Project 42329 Monitor Project Idaho Panhandle Completed National Forest All Units (11010400) 46986 Montgomery Lode AML Belt Creek Ranger Completed District (11011503) 43610 Murfitt Radio Helena Ranger Completed Special Use Permit District (11011202) Reissuance 46326 Mustang Fire Tree West Fork Ranger Completed Planting District (11010304) 46204 Nez Daly Railroad Bitterroot National Completed Riparian Forest All Units Restoration (11010300) Project 45119 NFS Road 100 Slides Lochsa/Powell Ranger Completed District (11011755) 46554 North Zone Aquatic Bonners Ferry Ranger Completed Organism Passage District (11010407) Improvement Project 43828 Northern Lights, Idaho Panhandle Completed Inc. Power Line National Forest All Special Use Permit Units (11010400) Reissuance 47051 Northwest Energy Helena National Completed Master Special Use Forest All Units Permit (11011200) 41681 Nut Pine Lode LLC Pintler Ranger Completed Road Access District (11010208) 46159 October 14 SUP Lewis And Clark Completed reissuance National Forest All Units (11011500) 47062 Olsen Livestock Wisdom Ranger Completed Area Special Use District (11010203) Permit Reauthorization 47164 Oneok Gas Pipeline Medora Ranger Completed Reroute at Franks District (11011807) Creek 42036 Orogrande 2013 Red River Ranger Completed District (11011705) 45875 Outlet Bay Water Priest Lake Ranger Completed Association Well/ District (11010408) Road Addition and Permit Reissuance 44475 Palouse Divide Ski Palouse Ranger Completed Trails Maintenance District (11010502) 45710 Permit Cabinet Ranger Completed Authorization for District (11011407) Niemier Water Diversion and Conveyance System 24923 Permit Reissuance Musselshell Ranger Completed for 6 Pastures and District (11011506) 1 Fenceline-- Castle, Crazy, and Big Snowies 25423 Permit Reissuance Musselshell Ranger Completed for 8 pastures & District (11011506) new issues for 1 pasture, Little Belt Mtns 46929 Phoenix Project Ashland Ranger Completed District (11011184) 45001 Piper 2 Pit Swan Lake Ranger Completed Development District (11011001) Project 44608 Placid Lake Cost Lolo National Forest Completed Share Supplement All Units (11011600) 46091 Pocket Gopher Palouse Ranger Completed Baiting District (11011752) 38899 Power-line Access Beartooth Ranger Completed Road Project District (11011182) (formerly identified as the Pryor Mountain Access Road project) 46793 Prater Mountain Priest Lake Ranger Completed Endurance District (11010408) Equestrian Ride 46082 Pre-Commercial Nez Perce-Clearwater Completed Thinning--2015 National Forest All Units (11011700) 46193 Prescribed Burning Ninemile Ranger Completed in the Proposed District (11011604) Great Burn Wilderness and Clearwater Crossing 46794 Priest Lake Priest Lake Ranger Completed Multisports District (11010408) 44499 Priest Lake Priest Lake Ranger Completed Translator District (11010408) District Backup Generator and Fuel Storage 39677 Prospecting Duke Fernan Ranger Completed District (11010403) 45133 Race Creek Culverts Moose Creek Ranger Completed District (11011706) 47941 Rambo Right-of-Way Kootenai National Completed Clearing Forest All Units (11011400) 46011 Rebel Claims Pintler Ranger Completed Exploration District (11010208) Project 42016 Relocation on West Fork Ranger Completed Divide North Trail District (11010304) #16 42011 Reroute on Hell's West Fork Ranger Completed Half Mountain District (11010304) Trail #8 42019 Reroute on the West Fork Ranger Completed Saint Joe Trail District (11010304) #392 42013 Reroutes on Shoup- West Fork Ranger Elk City Trail #19 District (11010304)Completed 43648 Road 108 Re- Lochsa/Powell Ranger Completed Alignment and District (11011755) Woody Debris Project (two stages) 46720 Roadside Hazard Dillon Ranger Completed Tree Removal #8 District (11010201) 47178 Roughrider Electric Medora Ranger Completed Installation of District (11011807) Electric Lines to two Williston Exploration Oil Wells 46367 Royal Tine Beaverhead-Deerlodge Completed Outfitter & Guide National Forest All Permit Renewal Units (11010200) 45145 Salmon River Rural Salmon River Ranger Completed Fire Department District (11011701) Permit Renewal 43649 Sauerkraut Creek Lincoln Ranger Completed Restoration District (11011204) 46766 Sheep Creek Culvert West Fork Ranger Completed Replacement District (11010304) 46103 Sheep Creek Trail Red River Ranger Completed Reroute District (11011705) 45508 Shields River Fish Yellowstone Ranger Completed Barrier District (11011104) 47007 Showdown White Sulphur Completed Communication Springs Ranger Lease District (11011507) 46664 Sioux Ranger Custer Gallatin Completed District Outfitter/ National Forest All Guide Permit Units (11011100) Renewals 46316 Smith Lake Fish Madison Ranger Completed Screen Project District (11010206) 43642 Snowbowl Zipline Missoula Ranger Completed Project District (11011603) 44702 St. Joe Outfitter Avery Ranger Completed and Guide Permit District (11010402) Renewals 43651 Stonewall Creek Lincoln Ranger Completed Restoration District (11011204) 44550 Stony Creek Pintler Ranger Completed Diversion District (11010208) Reconstruction and Fish Screen Project 43747 Telecommunications Grand River Ranger Completed Cable Projects District (11011806) 46229 Tenmile and Priest Helena National Completed Pass Restoration Forest All Units Project (11011200) 47627 Theodore Roosevelt Medora Ranger Completed Medora Foundation District (11011807) Reissuance of Existing Master Private Road Special Use Permit 47528 Thompson Falls Plains/Thompson Completed Water Line Falls Ranger Replacement District (11011605) 44974 Trawick Amateur Plains/Thompson Completed Radio Repeater Falls Ranger Special Use Permit District (11011605) 46336 TSI 2015 St. Maries Ranger Completed District (11010404) 46916 Upper Landers Trail Lincoln Ranger Completed Restoration District (11011204) 45684 Upper Missouri G&T Medora Ranger Completed Cooperative Access District (11011807) Road 44146 Upper Wilson Creek Beaverhead-Deerlodge Completed Stream Restoration National Forest All and Water Units (11010200) Developement 45380 US Border Patrol Bonners Ferry Ranger Completed Communication District (11010407) Facility Additions 44488 Van Houten Lake Wisdom Ranger Completed Fish Barrier District (11010203) Project 44324 Vigilante Electric Helena Ranger Completed Cooperative District (11011202) Special Use Permit 46930 Warm Springs Helena Ranger Completed Ponderosa Pine District (11011202) Planting 43113 West Fork Corral Palouse Ranger Completed Creek Meadow District (11011752) Restoration 46052 Westslope Cutthroat Hebgen Lake Ranger Completed Trout Barrier District (11011107) Blasting Projects (Beaver and Tepee Creeks) 47755 White Sulphur White Sulphur Completed Springs City Water Springs Ranger Access SUP District (11011507) 44770 Wild and Scenic Hungry Horse Ranger Completed River Outfitter District (11011006) and Guide Permit Reissuance 46051 Wildhorse Creek Bozeman Ranger Completed Westslope District (11011106) Cutthroat Trout Barrier Blasting Projects 47748 Wilkinson-McKee Musselshell Ranger Completed Special Use Roads District (11011506) 46488 Wisdom and Wise Wise River Ranger River District Communication (11010202)Completed Sites Project 45990 Yaak Highside Three Rivers Ranger Completed Blowdown Salvage District (11011404) 45992 Yaak River Three Rivers Ranger Completed Campground District (11011404) Blowdown Salvage 46931 York Gulch Tiddy Helena National Completed Property Forest All Units Restoration (11011200) Project 45185 Young Creek Non- Plains/Thompson Completed Cost Share Road Falls Ranger Project District (11011605) 46206 Young Pipe Creek Kootenai National Completed access Forest All Units (11011400) 45233 Yurt Ski Outfitter Seeley Lake Ranger Completed and Guide Permit District (11011606) Re-issue ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Region: R2--Rocky Mountain Region (1102) Decision Doc Type: DM NEPA Decision Signed Date Range: 10/01/2014 through 09/30/2015 Project Simple Format Projects Found: 222 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 46033 ``10 Year Outfitter Yampa Ranger Completed Guide permit re- District (11020601) issuance J.C. Trujillo'' 45552 2 Bars 7 Ranch Canyon Lakes Ranger Completed Special Use District (11021005) Authorization 46838 2015 Bicycle Tours White River National Completed of Colorado Forest All Units (11021500) 46927 2015 Outfitter and Mystic Ranger Completed Guide Special Use District (11020306) Permit Renewal 46853 2015 Xcel Leadville Ranger Completed Vegetation Mgmt-- District (11021201) Line Clearing 45279 Access to the East Zone/Dillon Completed Tailor Lode Ranger District (11021510) 46263 Amazonite Plan of Pike and San Isabel Completed Operations National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands All Units (11021200) 45722 Arkansas River Leadville Ranger Completed Placer Property District (11021201) Permit/Easement 45885 Ballard Petroleum Douglas and Thunder Completed Road Use Permit Basin Ranger for NFSR910C District (11020609) 44812 Barr Water Gunnison Ranger Completed Development SUP District (11020407) Reissuance 43680 Bates Creek Aspen Douglas and Thunder Completed Restoration Basin Ranger Project District (11020609) 45362 Beacon Landing Sulphur Ranger Completed Marina Sale District (11021008) 41956 Berenergy Corp. Douglas and Thunder Completed Road Basin Ranger Reconstruction District (11020609) 47157 Black Thunder Mine Douglas and Thunder Completed SUP Consolidation Basin Ranger (DGL401) and District (11020609) Acreage Adjustment 43626 Blanco Ranger West Zone/Blanco Completed District Outfitter/ Ranger District Guide Permit (11021502) Reissuances 45349 Blue Creek Bighorn Clear Creek Ranger Completed Sheep Habitat District (11021007) Improvement Project 46852 Bonsai Tree Douglas and Thunder Completed Collection Basin Ranger District (11020609) 46168 Boy Scouts of Grand Mesa Completed America Recreation Uncompahgre and Event--5 Year Gunnison National Forest All Units (11020400) 46519 Calamity Basin Pine Grand Valley Ranger Completed restoration and District (11020402) mastication 46875 Cannon USA, Inc. Grand Valley Ranger Completed Fall color District (11020402) photography Outfitter & Guide Permit Issuance 44454 Cayton Ranger White River National Completed Station Outhouse Forest All Units Repalcement (11021500) 45303 CBMR Mountain Bike Gunnison Ranger Completed Trail Additions District (11020407) 45348 CDOT Avalanche Clear Creek Ranger Completed Mitigation System, District (11021007) 7 Sisters Avalanche Paths Special Use Permit 45660 Cedar Mountain Cell Wapiti Ranger Completed Tower Co-Location District (11021404) 46584 Centennial Trail Northern Hills Completed Reroute Ranger District (11020308) 44434 Charger Resources, Douglas and Thunder Completed LLC--Special Use Basin Ranger Permit. District (11020609) 31098 Cheley Camps Canyon Lakes Ranger Completed Special Use District (11021005) Authorization 45558 Cherokee Park Ranch Canyon Lakes Ranger Completed Special Use District (11021005) Authorization 45841 CIM99 Linn R2--Rocky Mt. Region In Progress Operating Inc. All Units (3.14 mile (11020000) saltwater pipeline) 42898 Clover Mist Clarks Fork Ranger Completed Hazardous Fuel District (11021401) Reduction and Planting Project 45199 Colorado Interstate R2--Rocky Mt. Region Completed Gas Co.--CIM58 All Units Amend#2 (11020000) 45201 Colorado Interstate R2--Rocky Mt. Region Completed Gas Co--CIM58 All Units Amend#3 (11020000) 44873 Colorado Outward White River National Completed Bound School Forest All Units Special Use Permit (11021500) Reissuance 45398 Colorado State Comanche Ranger Completed University (COM District (11021206) 100) 47736 COM 111--Colorado Comanche Ranger Completed Partners in District (11021206) Amphibians & Reptile Conservation SUP 45557 Comanche Wilderness Canyon Lakes Ranger Completed Outfitters Special District (11021005) Use Authorization 46364 Coon Creek and Brush Creek/Hayden Completed Upper East Fork Ranger District Encampment River (11020602) Weir Removal 44814 Cranor, Hillerton Gunnison Ranger Completed Ranch, Special Use District (11020407) Permit Reissuance 44277 Creekside Resort Wapiti Ranger Completed Permit Issuance District (11021404) 47530 Crystal River West Zone/Sopris Completed Broadband LLC-- Ranger District Town of Marble (11021503) Fiber optics Line 45762 Custer County and Black Hills National Completed South Dakota State Forest All Units DOT Hazard Tree (11020300) Removal Project 46757 Dayton Gulch Tongue Ranger Completed Outfitters Special District (11020206) Use Permit Proposal 46922 Designated South Platte Ranger Completed Dispersed Camping District (11021211) and Parking 46152 Devon Energy Sor Douglas and Thunder Completed Kraken 3D Seismic Basin Ranger Survey District (11020609) 45657 Dickey Ranch Water Shoshone National Completed Improvements Forest All Units (11021400) 46988 Dodd--Private Road White River National Completed Easement Forest All Units (11021500) 46544 Downy Gentian Pine Mystic Ranger Completed Encroachment--Nort District (11020306) h 46545 Downy Gentian Pine Mystic Ranger Completed Encroachment--Sout District (11020306) h 47374 DP204 Crude Oil Arapaho and Completed Pipeline Project Roosevelt National Forests All Units (11021000) 44921 Dunton FLPMA Pikes Peak Ranger Completed Private Road District (11021209) Permit 45737 Dyers Creek Divide Ranger Completed Integrated District (11020904) Vegetation Project 41503 Eagle Lake Camp Pikes Peak Ranger Completed Communication District (11021209) Restoration Project 45564 Eagle-Holy Cross White River National Completed transitional Forest All Units priority special (11021500) use reclassification 44721 EagleGarfield AML White River National Completed Safety Closures Forest All Units (11021500) 39311 Echo-Beaver Fuels South Park Ranger Completed Treatment Project District (11021210) 46642 Estes Valley Land Boulder Ranger Completed Trust access District (11021001) request 45070 Finley Ditches #1 & West Zone/Sopris Completed #4 Special Use Ranger District Permit (11021503) 46585 Flat Top Mountain Gunnison Ranger Completed Riparian District (11020407) Restoration--Gunni son Sage-Grouse Habitat Improvement 46523 Forest Health-- Mancos/Dolores Completed Boggy Draw Pre- Ranger District commercial (11021305) Thinning Project 44108 Forest Health-- Pagosa Ranger Completed Laughlin Jackson District (11021306) project 44793 Forest Health-- Columbine Ranger Completed Vallecito District (11021308) Reforestation 48289 Forest Road Permit-- East Zone/Dillon Completed Yellow Brick Road Ranger District Access To Friday (11021510) Lode Claim (MS 17668) 44305 Friends University Pikes Peak Ranger Completed FLPMA Private Road District (11021209) Permit 46973 Fuels--634I Fuels Pagosa Ranger Completed Reduction Project District (11021306) 46972 Fuels--Dunagan Pagosa Ranger Completed Canyon and District (11021306) Brockover Mesa Fuels Reduction Project 44848 Funks Floodwater Gunnison Ranger Completed Ditch District (11020407) 47054 Gold Creek Gunnison Ranger Completed Allotment NEPA District (11020407) Sufficiency Review and Finding 45767 Gold Rush Gravel Northern Hills Completed Grinder Amendment Ranger District (11020308) 45373 Grand Adventures Sulphur Ranger Completed Permit Reissuance District (11021008) 41650 Grand County Sulphur Ranger Completed Sheriff's District (11021008) Department Communications Equipment 45385 Grand Lake Winter Sulphur Ranger Completed Trail System-- District (11021008) Grooming; Outfitter/Guide and Snowmobile Testing Uses 46882 Grand Mesa Grand Valley Ranger Completed Adventures, INC., District (11020402) Summer Outfitter Guide Permit Issuance 46879 Grand Mesa Bowmen-- Grand Valley Ranger Completed Recreation Event District (11020402) Permit Reissuance 46859 Grand Mesa Resort Grand Valley Ranger Completed Project District (11020402) 47183 Granite Creek/Route Bighorn National Completed No. 301116 Stream Forest All Units Crossing Removal (11020200) 45822 Gray Head Grand Mesa Completed Communications Uncompahgre and Site Permit Gunnison National Reissuance Forest All Units (11020400) 45709 Green Mountain South Platte Ranger Completed Repeater Site District (11021211) 10666 Harris Park Land Douglas and Thunder Completed Exchange Basin Ranger District (11020609) 47426 Heede Pasture Water White River National Completed Improvement Forest All Units Project (11021500) 47159 Hiland Crude Road Douglas and Thunder Completed Use Permit NFSR Basin Ranger 1501 District (11020609) 45664 Hillside of Grand Mesa Completed Telluride HOA Uncompahgre and Permit Renewal Gunnison National Forest All Units (11020400) 46620 Holy Cross Energy-- West Zone/Sopris Completed Ski Sunlight--New Ranger District Underground (11021503) Powerline 45702 Holy Cross Energy West Zone/Sopris Completed King Cabin-- Ranger District Obermeyer--Powerli (11021503) ne Authorization Amendment to Master Permit ASP55 45898 Holy Cross Energy West Zone/Sopris Completed renewal of expired Ranger District permit powerline (11021503) in Castle Creek. 47082 Hoot Owl Camp White River National Completed Building Forest All Units Replacement (11021500) 47218 Hot Springs Trail Medicine Bow-Routt Completed Reconstruction National Forest All Units (11020600) 45285 HPBE MVUM Changes Hahns Peak/Bears Completed Black Mountain Ears Ranger Road and Other District (11020603) Minor Changes 42977 Hy Brook Thinning Pikes Peak Ranger Completed Project District (11021209) 46586 Implementation of Gunnison Ranger Completed the 2010 Gunnison District (11020407) Basin Federal Lands Travel Management Plan on the Gunnison RD 45671 Independence Pass West Zone/Sopris Completed Winter Gate Ranger District Project (11021503) 47651 Installation of Sulphur Ranger Completed propane tank District (11021008) adjacent to Broome Hut 45017 IREA Buffalo Creek South Platte Ranger Completed to Foxton Road District (11021211) Powerline Rebuild 45676 IREA Cheesman South Platte Ranger Completed Reservoir to Lost District (11021211) Valley Ranch Powerline Rebuild 37410 IREA Powerline Pikes Peak Ranger Completed Permit Renewal District (11021209) 44269 IREA West Creek to Pikes Peak Ranger Completed Trout Creek Ranch District (11021209) 7.2 kV Powerline Rebuild 46898 Issuance of 10 Year Sulphur Ranger Completed Priority District (11021008) Recreation Special Use Permits on Sulphur Ranger District 46483 Johnson County Bighorn National Completed Search and Rescue Forest All Units Special Use Permit (11020200) for communications equipment at Hunter Mesa 42776 Kelly Land Exchange Nebraska National Completed Forest All Units (11020700) 42919 Kenosha Pass South Platte Ranger Completed Communication Site District (11021211) Lease 46123 Keystone Stables 10 East Zone/Dillon Completed Year Permit Ranger District Reissuance (11021510) 44787 Krauss Spring Yampa Ranger Completed Development District (11020601) Reissue 40875 Laramie Laramie Ranger Completed Precommercial District (11020605) Thinning Analysis 2013 45556 Laramie River Guest Canyon Lakes Ranger Completed Ranch Special Use District (11021005) Authorization 46334 Larson Outfitter/ Northern Hills Completed Guide Permit Ranger District (11020308) 47377 Lawrence Berkeley Gunnison Ranger Completed National District (11020407) Laboratory Groundwater Research Special Use Permit 45080 Lincoln Mountain Clear Creek Ranger Completed Easement Access District (11021007) HOA 45405 Little Spearfish Northern Hills Completed Trail Crossing Ranger District Installation (11020308) 46582 Little Spearfish Northern Hills Completed Trail Reroute Ranger District (11020308) 46861 Litzel Ranch LLC Fall River Ranger Completed Stock Water District (11020705) Pipeline Special Use Permit Modification 47595 Long Draw Changed Gunnison Ranger Completed Condition Analysis District (11020407) 46200 Lovell Gulch Pikes Peak Ranger Completed Trailhead District (11021209) Relocation Project 46264 Macanite Plan of Pike and San Isabel Completed Operations National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands All Units (11021200) 44604 Manhattan Project Canyon Lakes Ranger Completed District (11021005) 45792 Matterhorn and Norwood Ranger Completed Trout Lake Nordic District (11020405) Parking Projects 46935 Matterhorn and Norwood Ranger Completed Trout Lake Nordic District (11020405) Ski Trail Proposal 46810 Mayo Snowmobile Norwood Ranger Completed Parking Special District (11020405) Use Permit 45211 Merit Energy-- R2--Rocky Mt. Region Completed Electrical Cable All Units replacement SERU 9- (11020000) 6 & SERU 9-2 43912 Mesa Point Fuels Grand Valley Ranger Completed Reduction District (11020402) 13526 Mika Ag FLPMA Grand Valley Ranger Completed Private Road District (11020402) Special Use Permit 38658 Moore Forest Road Canyon Lakes Ranger Completed Authorization District (11021005) 45277 Mountain Bike Trail East Zone/Dillon Completed at Copper Mountain Ranger District (11021510) 45367 Mtn. Parks Elec., Sulphur Ranger Completed Inc. Replace District (11021008) Granby Dam Powerline & Provide Service to Hydroelectric Facility 44813 Murdie Homeowners Gunnison Ranger Completed Association Spring District (11020407) Development and Waterline 43540 MWPR Ranger Medicine Wheel Completed District outfitter Ranger District and guide permit (11020203) issuances, modifications, and re-issuance. 46616 National Forest Douglas and Thunder Completed System Road 909 Basin Ranger Special Use Permit District (11020609) 41760 National Outdoor Washakie Ranger Completed Leadership Sschool District (11021403) (NOLS) Permit Reissuance EA 34879 Naturita Fuels Norwood Ranger Completed Management Project District (11020405) 46873 North American Grand Valley Ranger Completed Trail Ride District (11020402) Conference (NATRC)--Recreatio n Event Permit Reissuance 47141 North Bill Disposal Douglas and Thunder Completed Powerline Basin Ranger District (11020609) 45554 Northern Colorado Pawnee Ranger Completed Rocketry Special District (11021006) Use Authorization 45419 NRCS SNOTEL Sites Shoshone National Completed Permit Renewal Forest All Units (11021400) 44076 NWCC--Sheridan Tongue Ranger Completed College Outfitter District (11020206) Guide Permit Proposal 46485 Paradise Ranch Bighorn National Completed Company Special Forest All Units Use Permit (11020200) Reissuance 44844 Partch Water Gunnison Ranger Completed Development District (11020407) Special Use Permit Reissuance 25720 Pikes Peak RD 10 Pikes Peak Ranger Completed Year Priority District (11021209) Outfitter & Guide Permits 46343 Piney Race Start Leadville Ranger Completed Building, Ski District (11021201) Cooper 43212 Pole Hill Re-route Grand Valley Ranger Completed on Long Canyon District (11020402) Trail #621 43621 Poughkeepsie Ouray Ranger Completed inactive mine District (11020406) safety closure project. 44647 Powder River Ranger Powder River Ranger Completed District Outfitter District (11020201) and Guide Permit Conversion to 10 Year Term 46765 Quail Habitat R2--Rocky Mt. Region Completed Improvement 2015 All Units (11020000) 46265 Quist Mining Plan Pike and San Isabel Completed of Operations National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands All Units (11021200) 38640 Qwest (CenturyLink) Clear Creek Ranger Completed Communication Site District (11021007) Lease 45365 Rampart Reservoir Pikes Peak Ranger Completed Mastication District (11021209) Project 45278 Range--East Creek Columbine Ranger Completed Corral District (11021308) 46749 Range--Hershey On- Pagosa Ranger Completed Off Permit District (11021306) 46750 Range--Schutz On- Pagosa Ranger Completed Off Permit District (11021306) 46013 Recreation--2015 Pagosa Ranger Completed Outfitter and District (11021306) Guide Permit Reissuance on Pagosa District (Fish Creek Outfitters) 46812 Recreation--2015 Pagosa Ranger Completed Outfitter Guide District (11021306) Permit Reissuance on Pagosa Disrict (3rd Generation Outfitters) 47644 Recreation--2015 Pagosa Ranger Completed Outfitter Guide District (11021306) Permit Reissuance on Pagosa District (Bugle 'em Up Outfitting) 46815 Recreation--2015 Pagosa Ranger Completed Outfitter Guide District (11021306) Permit Reissuance on Pagosa District (Highlands Unlimited) 45458 Recreation--Logchut Columbine Ranger Completed es Loops Trail District (11021308) 45103 Recreation--Outfitt Pagosa Ranger Completed er Guide Permit District (11021306) Reissuance (guided snowmobile tours) 46791 Recreation--Outfitt Pagosa Ranger Completed er Guide Permit District (11021306) Reissuance (Wilderness Adventures Inc.) 46297 Recreation--Outfitt Pagosa Ranger Completed er Guide Permit District (11021306) Reissuance on Pagosa Ranger District (Step Outdoors) 47409 Recreation Special South Park Ranger Completed Uses--Transition District (11021210) to Priority Permits 44815 Reissue Brush Creek Gunnison Ranger Completed SUP for a District (11020407) livestock area 46299 Reissue five East Zone/Holy Cross Completed expiring priority Ranger District use O/G Permits on (11021507) the Eagle-Holy Cross District 37040 Reynolds FLPMA Mystic Ranger Completed Private Road District (11020306) Easement 46625 RMBL Special Use Gunnison Ranger Completed Permit Reissuance District (11020407) 46687 Roberts Creek Water Grand Mesa Completed Conveyance System Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest All Units (11020400) 42771 Rochford Road Northern Hills Completed Meadow Enhancement Ranger District (11020308) 45819 Rock Creek Native South Park Ranger Completed Cutthroat Trout District (11021210) Reintroduction 46825 Rocky Mountain Grand Mesa Completed Biological Uncompahgre and Laboratory (RMBL) Gunnison National Permit Renewal and Forest All Units Combination (11020400) 46167 Rocky Mountain Sled Grand Valley Ranger Completed Dog Recreation District (11020402) Event--5 Years 45253 Samson and Finley Douglas and Thunder Completed Road Basin Ranger Reconstruction off District (11020609) Jenney Trail 43504 Samson Powerline Douglas and Thunder Completed Basin Ranger District (11020609) 43833 Sand Creek Russian Pine Ridge Ranger Completed Olive Project District (11020702) 47458 Sawmill Gulch Non Leadville Ranger Completed system route District (11021201) closure 47394 Sheep Salvage White River National Completed Timber Sale Forest All Units (11021500) 47286 Sheridan College Bighorn National Completed Weather Tower Forest All Units (11020200) 46260 Silent Hill Mining Pike and San Isabel Completed Plan of Operations National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands All Units (11021200) 46422 Silver Pick Winter Grand Mesa Completed Route Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest All Units (11020400) 43631 Slate Creek Quarry Black Hills National Completed Forest All Units (11020300) 45307 Snowmobile Grooming West Zone/Rifle Completed Permit--Flattopper Ranger District s and Rifle (11021508) Snowmobile Clubs 44971 Snowy Range Ski Laramie Ranger Completed Area 2014 Projects District (11020605) 46754 Soda Butte Creek Clarks Fork Ranger Completed Yellowstone District (11021401) Cutthroat Trout Restoration Project 46876 Solihull Society-- Grand Valley Ranger Completed Land Rover Rally District (11020402) 45849 Southwest Colorado Grand Mesa Completed Television Uncompahgre and Translator Assoc. Gunnison National Permit Reissuance Forest All Units (11020400) 45729 Special Use Permit Black Hills National Completed for Mountain Forest All Units Sucker Research (11020300) 45116 Special Use Permit White River National Completed Reissuance for Forest All Units Fifteen Outfitter/ (11021500) Guide Priority Use Permits. 44871 Special Use Permit West Zone/Sopris Completed Reissuance for Ranger District Seven Transitional (11021503) Priority Use Permits. 46255 Special Uses--2014/ Mancos/Dolores Completed 2015 Outfitter/ Ranger District Guide Permit (11021305) Renewals 45924 Special Uses--Ditch Columbine Ranger Completed Bill Easement, District (11021308) Steward No. 3 Ditch to Mark Condiotti 45481 Special Uses--Leche Pagosa Ranger Completed Creek Road Access District (11021306) 44509 Special Uses--PAWSD Pagosa Ranger Completed (Pagosa Area Water District (11021306) & San.)Permit Reissuance for all water lines on Pagosa Dist. 46370 Special Uses--Smith Pagosa Ranger Completed Treasure Hunting District (11021306) Permit 46371 Special Uses--Three Pagosa Ranger Completed Meadows Ranch Sign District (11021306) 47552 State of Colorado-- West Zone/Sopris Completed 2013 Sunlight Peak Ranger District Communication Site (11021503) Tower Rebuild and Lease Renewal 46358 Sturgis BAM Northern Hills Completed Amendment Ranger District (11020308) 45788 Summer Construction East Zone/Dillon Completed Projects at Ranger District Breckenridge (11021510) 46737 Summer Construction East Zone/Dillon Completed projects at Ranger District Keystone (11021510) 46262 The Bank Plan of Pike and San Isabel Completed Operations National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands All Units (11021200) 46881 Thunder Mountain Grand Valley Ranger Completed Lodge Resort District (11020402) Permit Reissuance 45614 Tie City Multi-use Laramie Ranger Completed Trail Development District (11020605) 45674 Toe Gulch #2 Placer Hell Canyon Ranger Completed Mining District (11020303) 42085 Tomaha Ridge Black Hills National Completed Sanitary District Forest All Units PAH537 (11020300) 46359 Touch the Sky Northern Hills Completed Rockclimbing Ranger District (11020308) 46622 Town of Crested Gunnison Ranger Completed Butte Special Use District (11020407) Permit Reissuance 45319 Town of Telluride Norwood Ranger Completed Water Storage and District (11020405) Treatment Facilities 44792 Town of Yampa Water Yampa Ranger Completed Pipeline District (11020601) Installation. 44538 TSG Ski & Golf Fen Grand Mesa Completed Monitoring Sites Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest All Units (11020400) 44758 Tunnel Water Canyon Lakes Ranger Completed Company District (11021005) Maintenance Site 36326 Tuscarora Road Boulder Ranger Completed Association District (11021001) 46210 Vail and Beaver White River National Completed Creek Summer Forest All Units Construction CE (11021500) 43712 Wall Prescribe Burn Wall Ranger District Completed Complex (11020706) 47660 Washington Carver West Zone/Aspen Completed LLC and Jason Ranger District Gregg--Land Access (11021501) Permits on Richmond Ridge 45341 Washington Gulch Gunnison Ranger Completed Winter Recreation District (11020407) Management 46322 Watershed--Redburn Mancos/Dolores Completed Ditch Riparian Ranger District Project (11021305) 44843 Watson Forest Road Gunnison Ranger Completed SUP Renewal District (11020407) 45081 West Ash Fire Pine Ridge Ranger Completed Reforestation District (11020702) Project 46564 West Carter Parks Ranger Completed Allotment Water District (11020604) Development Repair/ Relocation 47664 West Fork Fire Divide Ranger Completed Complex Tree District (11020904) Planting 46143 West Hell Hell Canyon Ranger Completed Reforestation District (11020303) Project 43795 West Pinos Salvage Divide Ranger Completed District (11020904) 43520 Williams Private Grand Mesa Completed Road Easement Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest All Units (11020400) 46954 Willow Creek Bridge Gunnison Ranger Completed #1 and #2 District (11020407) Replacements 47112 Wolf Creek Hazard West Zone/Sopris Completed Tree Removal for Ranger District Site Protection (11021503) 46458 Wood River Outhouse Greybull Ranger Completed District (11021402) 45801 Wyoming Department Bighorn National Completed of Transportation Forest All Units Burgess Junction (11020200) Maintenance Camp Special Use Permit Reissuance 47302 Wyoming Department Bighorn National Completed of Transportation Forest All Units Waterline (11020200) 45712 Wyoming Game and Tongue Ranger Completed Fish Commission District (11020206) Snow Lake Cabin 47259 Young Life Hiking Sulphur Ranger Completed Permit District (11021008) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Region: R3--Southwestern Region (1103) Decision Doc Type: DM NEPA Decision Signed Date Range: 10/01/2014 through 09/30/2015 Project Simple Format Projects Found: 94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 47357 2 Year Permit Santa Catalina Completed Issuance for Ranger District Sabino Canyon (11030505) Tours 45894 2015 Green Fuelwood Camino Real Ranger Completed Areas District (11030204) 47107 Anita Allotment Tusayan Ranger Completed Fence Modification District (11030704) Project 45113 Apache Unit 71 Black Kettle Completed Triple Well National Grassland (11030306) 47115 APS Mt. Elden Flagstaff Ranger Completed Distribution Line District (11030408) Reconstruction Project 40888 Arizona Balloon Verde Ranger Completed Works, Inc. District (11030905) Special Use Permit Reissue 46688 Arizona Trail Gate Mogollon Rim Ranger Completed Improvement District (11030407) Project 46781 Arnold Mesa Verde Ranger Completed Wildlife Water District (11030905) Development 48092 ATV Tours Outfitter Verde Ranger Completed Guide Priority SUP District (11030905) 44976 Aven Associates, Gila National Forest Completed LLC Plan of All Units Operations July (11030600) 2014 46319 Baker Butte Mogollon Rim Ranger Completed Coconino County District (11030407) Sheriff's Communication Lease 46888 Bar X Tanks Pleasant Valley Completed Ranger District (11031205) 45251 Bartlett Lake Cave Creek Ranger Completed Marina Permit District (11031201) Reissuance 45981 Bear Canyon Bark Santa Catalina Completed Beetle Sanitation Ranger District Project (11030505) 42403 Big Horn Mountain / Tres Piedras Ranger Completed Stateline District (11030206) 46226 Board Tree Saddle Pleasant Valley Completed Mineral Material Ranger District Source (11031205) 46546 Bradshaw Ranch Coconino National Completed Climate Change Forest All Units Experimental (11030400) Garden Array Research Permit 46207 Bulldog Canyon Area Tonto National Completed Unauthorized Forest All Units Uninventoried (11031200) Route Obliteration Project 46782 Carlota Copper Tonto National Completed Company Solar Forest All Units Photo Voltaic (11031200) Permit Application 45574 Cave Creek Flooding Douglas Ranger Completed Emergency Response District (11030501) 46313 Chambers Road Tres Piedras Ranger Completed Association District (11030206) Proposal 44157 Cloudriders Sacramento Ranger Completed Snowmobile Club District (11030802) Shelter 45054 Collection of Gila National Forest Completed Baseline All Units Geotechnical Data (11030600) along the Gila River for Potential Project Feasibility 45577 Columbus Electric Coronado National Completed Co-op Cave Creek Forest All Units Line Repair, Phase (11030500) One, Non 404 Permit Repairs 45045 Communication Site Bradshaw Ranger Completed Use Reissues on District (11030903) Towers Mtn. and Mt. Frances 46227 Connor Canyon Pleasant Valley Completed Mineral Material Ranger District Source (11031205) 45051 Construction of the Gila National Forest Completed Verizon Wireless All Units Cellular (11030600) Communications Facility on San Francisco Divide Mtn. 46976 Copper Falls Trail Verde Ranger Completed and OHV Reroutes District (11030905) 48401 Copper Falls Trail Verde Ranger Completed and OHV Trail District (11030905) Reroutes 24903 Dahl FLPMA Private Flagstaff Ranger Completed Road Special Use District (11030408) Permit 45902 Deer Creek Complex Questa Ranger Completed Allotment Drift District (11030207) Fence 45665 El Paso Natural Gas Flagstaff Ranger Completed Company Standby District (11030408) Generator Installation 47024 Firescape Barboot Douglas Ranger Completed Canyon Watershed District (11030501) Restoration 47044 Firescape Tex Douglas Ranger Completed Canyon Watershed District (11030501) Restoration 44706 Fish Barrier Wilderness Ranger Completed Maintenance District (11030605) 46184 Fish Creek Mineral Mesa Ranger District Completed Material Borrow (11031203) Source 45075 Flagstaff Ranger Flagstaff Ranger Completed District 2014 District (11030408) Special Use Permit Reissuances 45423 Forest-wide Filming Tonto National Completed and Photography Forest All Units Permit Reissuances (11031200) 47378 Forest-wide Glenwood Ranger Completed Wildflower District (11030604) Planting for Pollinators and Traditional Uses 45640 Forestwide planting Coronado National Completed for traditional Forest All Units uses and (11030500) pollinators on the Coronado National Forest 45202 Forestwide PNF Big Prescott National Completed Chino Guide Forest All Units Outiftter/Guide (11030900) Special Use Permit 45205 Forestwide PNF Prescott National Completed Starr Guide Forest All Units Service Outfitter/ (11030900) Guide Special Use Permit 47608 GovNet Porter Lakeside Ranger Completed Mountain District (11030107) Telecommunication Facility Project 46389 Greater Prescott Bradshaw Ranger Completed Trails #1--Short District (11030903) Term Projects 44263 Greaterville Nogales Ranger Completed Abandoned Mine District (11030502) Lands (AML) Safety Remediation 46774 Gust Spring & Springerville Ranger Completed Reservoir District (11030106) Protection Project 46340 House Pond Liner Sierra Vista Ranger Completed Installation District (11030503) 46918 Install Buck Trick Lincoln National Completed Tank Forest All Units (11030800) 46021 Kit Carson Electric Camino Real Ranger Completed Cooperative Palo District (11030204) Flechado Pass Fiber Optic Installation 46109 Lynx Lake Fish Bradshaw Ranger Completed Habitat District (11030903) Improvement Project 46129 Maintenance of 260 Mesa Ranger District Completed Trail (11031203) 46128 McDougal Flat Williams Ranger Completed Grassland District (11030701) Restoration Project 47034 Mingus Mtn. Verde Ranger Completed Wildlife Water District (11030905) Developments 46197 Miss Cindy Pasture Red Rock Ranger Completed Fence Realignment District (11030406) 42984 Mogollon Rim Mogollon Rim Ranger Completed Christmas Tree District (11030407) Cutting Project, Wildcat Springs Area 46126 Mogollon Rim Ranger Mogollon Rim Ranger Completed District 2015 District (11030407) Special Use Permit Reauthorizations 44899 Mt. Hopkins Re- Nogales Ranger Completed Entry Thinning District (11030502) Project 46634 National Park Flagstaff Ranger Completed Service and Other District (11030408) Federal Users At Mt. Elden Communication Site 46889 New Dutchman Well Pleasant Valley Completed Ranger District (11031205) 46890 New Soldier Camp Pleasant Valley Completed Tanks Ranger District (11031205) 46223 Newtown Avenue Bradshaw Ranger Completed Trailhead District (11030903) 44234 NKRD Eastside North Kaibab Ranger Completed Wildlife Water District (11030703) Development and Redevelopment Project 45324 Parallel Prescribed Pleasant Valley Completed Burn Ranger District (11031205) 45347 Permit Reissue for Coronado National Completed Archaeology Forest All Units Investigating (11030500) Companies 46650 Placitas & Piedra Sandia Ranger Completed Lisa Trail Project District (11030305) 36219 Plan of Operation, Sierra Vista Ranger Completed Sunnyside Minerals District (11030503) Exploration in Humboldt Canyon 45156 Pronghorn Fence Flagstaff Ranger Completed Modification District (11030408) Project--Phase II 46867 PS and Grandfather Alpine Ranger Completed Allotment New District (11030101) Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse Fence Exclosures Project 41793 Red Rock RD 2013 Coconino National Completed Permit Forest All Units Reauthorizations (11030400) 43876 Red Rock Trails Red Rock Ranger Completed Phase IV District (11030406) 38557 Reissuance of Red Rock Ranger Completed Outfitter/Guide District (11030406) Use in Broken Arrow 47003 Rio Verde Fuels Cave Creek Ranger Completed Reduction Project District (11031201) 45700 Road Permit for El Lincoln National Completed Capitan Precious Forest All Units Metals, Inc. (11030800) 45250 Saguaro Lake Marina Mesa Ranger District Completed Permit Reissuance (11031203) 46940 Silver Creek #7-- Black Range Ranger Completed Plan of Operation District (11030602) 46775 Sipapu Ski & Summer Camino Real Ranger Completed Resort 2015 Trail District (11030204) Improvement Projects 45783 Ski Santa Fe Espanola Ranger Completed Improvement District (11031006) Project Water Tank 46338 Smuggler Cove Douglas Ranger Completed Weather Station District (11030501) 45393 Special Use Permit Coronado National Completed Outfitter Guide Forest All Units Renewals (11030500) 45641 SRP/Maricopa County Tonto National Completed Humboldt Mountain Forest All Units Communication Site (11031200) Rebuild 47242 Sunset Crater Flagstaff Ranger Completed National Monument District (11030408) Waterline Replacement 44652 Sunset Crater Flagstaff Ranger Completed Volcano National District (11030408) Monument Trails 35136 Superior Wildlife Globe Ranger Completed Water Catchments District (11031202) 47213 Taos Ski Valley Questa Ranger Completed Sutton Place District (11030207) Utility Installation and Culvert Replacement 45219 TDS Telecom Mormon Flagstaff Ranger Completed Mountain District (11030408) Communication Site Buried Fiber Optic Cable 47215 Telecommunications Mount Taylor Ranger Completed Site Renewals District (11030302) 43194 Three Mile Lake and Williams Ranger Completed Horse Lake Fencing District (11030701) Project 44233 Trailside Rest Area Apache-Sitgreaves Completed on the Meadow National Forests Trail All Units (11030100) 46066 Upper Rio San Tres Piedras Ranger Completed Antonio District (11030206) 46177 Vigil Springs Glenwood Ranger Completed Wetland District (11030604) Restoration and Riparian Habitat Improvement Project 47220 Weather Stations Cibola National Completed Project Forest All Units (11030300) 47058 Wildlife Water Cave Creek Ranger Completed Catchments District (11031201) 44429 Wildlife Water Safford Ranger Completed Improvement District (11030504) Projects--Galiuro Mountains 35304 Zirkle & Darnell Gila National Forest Completed Special Use Road All Units Access (11030600) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Region: R4--Intermountain Region (1104) Decision Doc Type: DM NEPA Decision Signed Date Range: 10/01/2014 through 09/30/2015 Project Simple Format Projects Found: 105 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 42107 2015 Radio System Minidoka Ranger Completed Improvements District (11041401) 46925 2015 Range New Meadows Ranger Completed Improvements District (11041203) 42507 Allred Adventures Lowman Ranger Completed special use permit District (11040205) renewal 46459 Alta 2015 Summer Salt Lake Ranger Completed Projects District (11041901) 44931 Alta Ski Area Salt Lake Ranger Completed Avalanche District (11041901) Mitigation Permit 46499 ATC Communications Westside Ranger Completed Juniper to District (11041557) Holbrook Fiber Optic Line 46559 Bald Mountain Mountain Home Ranger Completed Repeater Site District (11040201) 45627 Bear River Project Logan Ranger Completed GeoExplore District (11041907) 45647 Beef Pasture Heber-Kamas Ranger Completed Pipeline District (11041903) 43411 Big Springs Gold Mountain City Ranger Completed Exploration District (11041706) Project 46251 Butterfly Lake Heber-Kamas Ranger Completed Trail District (11041903) 41500 C and W Placer Idaho City Ranger Completed Exploration District (11040203) 46355 Canyon Creek Stream Leadore Ranger Completed Restoration District (11041308) Project 44080 Challis Municipal Challis-Yankee Fork Completed Fuels Reduction Ranger District Thinning Project (11041302) 45198 Citizens Telecom. New Meadows Ranger Completed Co. of Idaho dba District (11041203) Frontier Communications Alpine Meadows Burried Copper Phone Line 45188 Citizens New Meadows Ranger Completed Telecomunications District (11041203) Co. of Idaho dba Frontier Communications Ecks Flat Fiber Optic Line SUP. 43615 Climbing Areas Salt Lake Ranger Completed Stabilization District (11041901) projects 38901 Cold Springs Santa Rosa Ranger Completed Watershed and District (11041710) Stream Habitat Restoration Phase II 47098 Cottonwood Lake Dam Greys River Ranger Completed Spillway District (11040303) 41502 Daltons Delight Idaho City Ranger Completed Placer Exploration District (11040203) 46494 Darby Church Camp Teton Basin Ranger Completed Improvements District (11041556) 47223 Deadline Ridge Lot Minidoka Ranger Completed 9 Cabin District (11041401) Improvements 44422 Dry Wash Wildlife Ferron Ranger Completed Project District (11041002) 46508 8East Boulder Salmon-Cobalt Ranger Completed Placer Exploration District (11041301) Project0 43370 Elk Post-Fire Mountain Home Ranger Completed Restoration District (11040201) Reforestation Project 46574 Etca White-- Jackson Ranger Completed reauthorization of District (11040304) 3 permits 45760 Expansion of Winter Greys River Ranger Completed Parking in Alpine District (11040303) 40245 FAA Shed Fuel Cascade Ranger Completed Reduction District (11040204) 47280 Fall River Electric Ashton/Island Park Completed Special Use (11041552) Amendment Boot Jack Buried Powerline 44465 Feather River Post- Mountain Home Ranger Completed Fire Restoration District (11040201) Reforestation Project 44171 Fish Creek Palisades Ranger Completed Watershed District (11041554) Improvement Project 45181 Forgy Water System New Meadows Ranger Completed Special Use District (11041203) Authorization Reissuance 34851 Greater Snow King Jackson Ranger Completed Area Trails District (11040304) (formerly Skyline Trail/Putt Putt Extension) 44507 Greendale Water Flaming Gorge Ranger Completed Company Facility District (11040101) Upgrade Project 47167 Hades Creek Bridge Duchesne Ranger Completed Replacement District (11040104) Project 45668 Harmening Road Jackson Ranger Completed right-of-way District (11040304) reauthorization 45296 Hawkeye Gulch Salmon-Cobalt Ranger Completed Exploration District (11041301) Trenching Project 45999 Hazard Tree Removal Spring Mountains Completed Project National Recreation Area (11041705) 46872 Hoback Campground Jackson Ranger Completed Host Site-- District (11040304) installation of electrical cabling 45265 Hope Valley Carson Ranger Completed Restoration District (11041701) 44895 Idaho Department of Sawtooth National Completed Fish and Game Recreation Area Administrative (11041404) Site Special Use Permit 47222 Idaho Military Minidoka Ranger Completed Division District (11041401) Improvements 45186 Idaho Power Company New Meadows Ranger Completed McCall-New Meadows District (11041203) 138kV Transmission Line Special Use Permit 44431 Idaho Power SUA Council Ranger Completed Reissue--Evergreen District (11041201) Distribution Line 46532 Idaho Pride Plan of Idaho City Ranger Completed Operations District (11040203) 46919 Indianhead Weiser Ranger Completed Bowhunters District (11041202) Recreation Event Special Use Permit Reissue 39513 Issuing New Permits Salmon-Challis Completed for Expired National Forest All Outfitter & Guide Units (11041300) Permits 43602 Jackson Creek Trail McCall Ranger Completed (#116) Re-route District (11041204) Project 42074 Keegan Driveway Bridgeport Ranger Completed Access District (11041702) 46902 Kenya's Quest Duchesne Ranger Completed Exploratory District (11040104) Drilling 44317 Kingston Vegetation Austin Ranger Completed Restoration District (11041703) Project 45648 Lagoon Pipeline Heber-Kamas Ranger Completed District (11041903) 44017 Lake Creek Riparian Ketchum Ranger Completed and Stream District (11041403) Enhancement Project 44933 LDS Brighton Girls Salt Lake Ranger Completed Camp Building District (11041901) Upgrades 46174 Little Res II Beaver Ranger Completed District (11040803) 45679 Logan Ranger Logan Ranger Completed District Office District (11041907) Acquisition 46563 Mammoth Creek Fish Dixie National Completed Barriers Forest All Units (11040700) 41533 McFarland Canyon Spring Mountains Completed Fence Project National Recreation Area (11041705) 45088 Monitor Valley- Austin Ranger Completed Little Fishlake, District (11041703) Pasco and Toiyabe Bench Pinyon-- Juniper Removal Project 45649 Mud Creek Pipeline Heber-Kamas Ranger Completed District (11041903) 46323 Mustang Ridge Ashley National Completed Wildlife Water Forest All Units Guzzler (11040100) 47515 Navajo Cinder Pit Dixie National Completed Reclamation Forest All Units Project (11040700) 40851 Old China Placer Idaho City Ranger Completed Exploration District (11040203) 45757 Pahsimeroi Challis-Yankee Fork Completed Allotment Spring Ranger District Rehabilitation (11041302) 44180 Pebble Creek Westside Ranger Completed Diversion Project District (11041557) 44950 Pelican Beach Ogden Ranger Completed Parking Expansion District (11041906) 44437 Pine Telephone Council Ranger Completed Fiber Optic Cable District (11041201) SUA Reissue--Hells Canyon 42920 Pine Valley Pine Valley Ranger Completed Eastside Trails District (11040701) Enhancement 45927 Provo Warehouse Pleasant Grove Completed Conveyance Ranger District (11041902) 45093 Quantum Jarbidge Jarbidge Ranger Completed Exploration District (11041708) Project 45157 Rainbow Canyon Spring Mountains Completed Diversion National Recreation Structure Area (11041705) 45469 Redfish--Road #210 Sawtooth National Completed Post-Insect Recreation Area Outbreak Fuels (11041404) Project 45659 Rocky Mountain Ogden Ranger Completed Power Structure District (11041906) Install, Replacement, Phase Raising 44854 Royal Vacation Palisades Ranger Completed Homes Water District (11041554) Association Special Use Permit Reissuance 43897 Santaquin WUI Spanish Fork Ranger Completed District (11041908) 43106 Silver Lake Salt Lake Ranger Completed Boardwalk District (11041901) replacement 45798 Snow King Mountain Jackson Ranger Completed Rafferty Lift District (11040304) Replacement and Ski Trail Construction 44958 Snowbasin Resort Ogden Ranger Completed Water Impoundment District (11041906) 46707 Snowbird Mineral Uinta-Wasatch-Cache Completed Basin Howitzer All Units mount (11041900) 46704 Snowbird Path to Uinta-Wasatch-Cache Completed Paradise ski run All Units modification (11041900) 44285 SnowKing Mountain Jackson Ranger Completed Aerial Adventure District (11040304) Course 44930 Solitude Summit Salt Lake Ranger Completed Lift Upgrade/ District (11041901) Relocation 46253 South Fork Fish Cascade Ranger Completed Weir SUP Project District (11040204) 45941 South Grove Creek Teton Basin Ranger Completed Trail (237) District (11041556) Reroute 45651 South Streeper Heber-Kamas Ranger Completed Corral Pipeline District (11041903) 45777 Spring Gulch Challis-Yankee Fork Completed Grazing Allotment Ranger District Fencing Project (11041302) 46101 Stanley Cemetery Sawtooth National Completed Special Use Permit Recreation Area (11041404) 33117 Star Valley Front Greys River Ranger Completed Vegetation District (11040303) Management 45079 Strawberry Marina Heber-Kamas Ranger Completed Outfitter and District (11041903) Guide Permit Reissuance, Operations 45078 Strawberry Marina Heber-Kamas Ranger Completed Outfitter and District (11041903) Guide Permit Reissuance, Property 46421 Sun Valley Super Ketchum Ranger Completed Enduro & Cross- District (11041403) Country Mountain Bike Race SUP 46504 Table Mountain Lowman Ranger Completed Outfitters Special District (11040205) Use Permit Renewal 46146 Temple Fork Juniper Logan Ranger Completed Treatment Project District (11041907) 45697 Teton Village Water Jackson Ranger Completed & Sewer-- District (11040304) reauthorization of sewer transmission line 45645 Tibble Fork Pleasant Grove Completed Communications Ranger District (11041902) 45704 Trail Construction/ Greys River Ranger Completed Reconstruction District (11040303) near Star Valley Ranch 47279 University of Utah Ashton/Island Park Completed Special Use Permit (11041552) Moose Creek Seismograph Station 43282 Vantage 2014 Oil Ashley National Completed and Gas Project Forest All Units (11040100) 42899 Warren Meadow McCall Ranger Completed Placer District (11041204) 45823 Warren Water Payette National Completed Systems Forest All Units (11041200) 46145 Water Transmission Jackson Ranger Completed Line District (11040304) Authorization--Awv e 45989 West Fork Challis-Yankee Fork Completed Confluence Stream Ranger District Restoration (11041302) Project 41751 West Pine Creek Palisades Ranger Completed Stream Restoration District (11041554) 45705 Williams Creek Emmett Ranger Completed Project District (11040206) 25665 Williams Salmon-Cobalt Ranger Completed Restoration District (11041301) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Region: R5--Pacific Southwest Region (1105) Decision Doc Type: DM NEPA Decision Signed Date Range: 10/01/2014 through 09/30/2015 Project Simple Format Projects Found: 179 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 45847 Beasore Rd (5S07)/ Bass Lake Ranger Completed Cold Springs District (11051551) Summit parking OSV Winter Mtnce 44777 5 Year Enduro Grindstone Ranger Completed District (11050853) 47281 Alder Creek Truckee Ranger Completed Commemorative District (11051757) Overland Emigrant Trail Project 44776 Alder Springs Grindstone Ranger Completed Valley View District (11050853) Conservation Camp Special Use Permit 45427 Alta Sierra Mutual Kern River Ranger Completed Water Company District (11051354) Special Use Permit Renewal 46214 Antelope Plains Devils Garden Ranger Completed Sage Steppe District (11050955) Restoration 43629 Barry Point South Devils Garden Ranger Completed 2015 Reforestation District (11050955) 45158 Big Creek community High Sierra Ranger Completed Fuel Break District (11051552) 44574 Big Grizzly Creek Beckwourth Ranger Completed Rehabilitation District (11051101) Project (Prop50) 45726 Big Pine Fire Mount Whitney Ranger Completed Department District (11050454) Westgard Communication Tower 46739 Blodgett Forest Eldorado National Completed Sign Special Use Forest All Units Permit (11050300) 45227 Bogard Well Eagle Lake Ranger Completed District (11050658) 45854 Bucks Lake Phone Mt. Hough Ranger Completed Line Project District (11051102) 46759 Bud's Alley Eldorado National Completed Widening Forest All Units (11050300) 46738 Bunker Hill Road Eldorado National Completed Use Permit Forest All Units (11050300) 47346 Cal Trans Chips Mt. Hough Ranger Completed Creek Mineral District (11051102) Materials Permit 45883 Cal-Trans Highway Hat Creek Ranger Completed 89 Hazard Tree District (11050653) Removal 44825 Camp Richardson Lake Tahoe Basin Mgt Completed Corral Permit Unit (11051900) Reissuance 46760 Chair 11 Slope Eldorado National Completed Stabilization Forest All Units (11050300) 47247 Challenge Feather River Ranger Completed Substation Salvage District (11051103) 44113 Childs Meadow Fence Almanor Ranger Completed Project District (11050651) 46236 City of Portola Beckwourth Ranger Completed Water Line District (11051101) Replacement 36594 Cow Creek Permanent Beckwourth Ranger Completed Fence Exclosure District (11051101) (Prop50) 37988 Cowbell Enduro Upper Lake Ranger Completed Special Use Permit District (11050854) 41540 Coyote Meadow Summit Ranger Completed Restoration District (11051653) 47097 Crest Forest Fire Arrowhead Ranger Completed Station #30 District (11051251) Expired Permit Reissuance 45498 Day Fire Salvage Big Valley Ranger Completed District (11050954) 45445 Deer Crossing Camp Pacific Ranger Completed Permit Re-issue District (11050355) 37895 Desert Water Agency San Jacinto Ranger Completed Permit Renewal District (11051255) 42979 Dinkey Creek Inn High Sierra Ranger Completed Permit Renewal District (11051552) 44897 Duff Creek Aquatic Sierra National Completed Organism Passage Forest All Units (AOP) Project (11051500) 46474 Eagle Lake Eagle Lake Ranger Completed Recreation Area District (11050658) Windthrow and Hazard Removal 45335 Elliot Meadow American River Completed Restoration Ranger District (11051754) 45388 Etsel Water Tank Mendocino National Completed Relocation Forest All Units (11050800) 46887 Fallon Naval Sea Beckwourth Ranger Completed Cadets Land District (11051101) Navigation Course 46698 Feather River R5--Pacific Completed Canyon Services Southwest Region District SUP All Units Amendment--Tobin (11050000) 46151 Ferretti OHV Groveland Ranger Completed Restoration District (11051654) 46542 Finley Lake Turtle Almanor Ranger Completed Structures District (11050651) 43919 Fort Goff Cemetery Happy Camp Ranger Completed Special Use Permit District (11050552) 46712 Foster Apiary Mendocino National Completed Special Use Permit Forest All Units Renewal (11050800) 46209 Fun Factory Modoc National Completed Forest All Units (11050900) 46746 Gantry and Live Eldorado National Completed Sign Installation Forest All Units (11050300) 46763 Georgetown Eldorado National Completed Recreational Forest All Units Facility Fire (11050300) Recovery Project 40142 Glass Mountain Mono Ranger District Completed Escarpment Sage- (11050451) Grouse Habitat Enhancement 45846 Gobbler Fire Cajon Ranger Completed Reforestation District (11051253) 40860 Goff Fire Fuels Happy Camp Ranger Completed Reduction District (11050552) 45466 Gold Arrow Camp High Sierra Ranger Completed Leach Field District (11051552) Expansion 44691 Goosenest Ranger Goosenest Ranger Completed District Over Snow District (11050557) Vehicle Trail and Trailhead Maintenance 46230 Gray Eagle Lodge Beckwourth Ranger Completed Well and Leach District (11051101) Field 45696 Haiwee Creek and Inyo National Forest Completed Division Creek All Units Flood Damage (11050400) Reconstruction 43301 Hall Water Happy Camp Ranger Completed Transmission District (11050552) Pipeline Special Use Permit Renewal 46114 Hammerhorn Lake Mendocino National Completed Improvements Forest All Units (11050800) 46745 Happiness Is Eldorado National Completed Installation Forest All Units (11050300) 44355 Happy Valley Aspen Beckwourth Ranger Completed and Meadow District (11051101) Restoration Project 46478 Hat Creek Blowdown Hat Creek Ranger Completed and Hazard Tree District (11050653) Removal 45695 Hat Creek Work Hat Creek Ranger Completed Center Fire Hazard District (11050653) Reduction Project 46454 High Sierra Ranger High Sierra Ranger Completed District OHV District (11051552) Special Use Events of 2015 46475 Highway 44 Eagle Lake Ranger Completed Windthrow and District (11050658) Hazard Tree Removal 42021 Homewood Mountain Lake Tahoe Basin Mgt Completed Resort 20 Year Ski Unit (11051900) Slope Permit Reissuance 45685 Homewood Mountain Lake Tahoe Basin Mgt Completed Resort Snowcat Unit (11051900) Tours 47613 Hughes Pond Feather River Ranger Completed California Red- District (11051103) Legged Frog (CRLF) Critical Habitat Restoration Project 45874 Huntington Heliport High Sierra Ranger Completed Hazard Abatement District (11051552) Project 45305 Huntington Lake High Sierra Ranger Completed Resort Permit District (11051552) Reissue to New Owners 45970 Indian Valley Yuba River Ranger Completed Outpost SUP District (11051753) Reissue 47388 Ingalls Underburn Beckwourth Ranger Completed District (11051101) 45587 Installation of White Mountain Completed three dust Ranger District monitoring cameras (11050453) at Laws, Santa Rita, and Olancha/ Sage Flat. 44123 Issue Special Use American River Completed Permit to PCWA for Ranger District Passive Repeater (11051754) 43917 Judith Blind Road Happy Camp Ranger Completed Right of Way District (11050552) Special Use Permit Renewal 33149 Kern River Valley Kern River Ranger Completed Gun Association District (11051354) 46762 King Fire Eldorado National Completed Plantation Re- Forest All Units establishment (11050300) 44826 Kingsbury Stinger Lake Tahoe Basin Mgt Completed Trail Unit (11051900) Reconstruction and BMP Upgrade Project 41579 Kral Orchard SUP Yuba River Ranger Completed District (11051753) 46233 Lake Davis Trail Beckwourth Ranger Completed Phase 2 Reroute District (11051101) 45541 Lakes Basin Paved Mammoth Ranger Completed Path--Lake George District (11050452) Connector 46000 Lassen Day Fire Hat Creek Ranger Completed Salvage District (11050653) 44378 Lava Spring Aspen Beckwourth Ranger Completed and Spring District (11051101) Enhancement Project 44965 Lloyd Meadow Road Western Divide Completed Hazard Tree Ranger District Felling (11051352) 40757 Long Valley OHV Summit Ranger Completed Restoration District (11051653) 47168 Lorenzen--Haskins Mt. Hough Ranger Completed Creek Water District (11051102) Association Amendment 45724 Los Angeles Mount Whitney Ranger Completed Department of District (11050454) Water & Power Stream Measuring Stations 43021 M6 Maintenance and Upper Lake Ranger Completed Stream Crossing District (11050854) Upgrades 45920 Madrone Wetland Co- Yuba River Ranger Completed op Mitigation District (11051753) Project 44660 Mammoth Abondoned Mammoth Ranger Completed Mine Lands Project District (11050452) 41756 Mammoth Creek Road Mammoth Ranger Completed Reroute and Stream District (11050452) Stabilization 42414 MCCT Segment-- Calaveras Ranger Completed Mosquito Lake to District (11051652) Pacific Valley 46115 McIssac Road Use Mendocino National Completed Permit Forest All Units (11050800) 41430 Mi-Wok OHV Mi-Wok Ranger Completed Restoration District (11051651) 45294 Mile High Roadside Sierra National Completed Hazard Salvage Forest All Units Project (11051500) 47273 Mill Creek Scott River Ranger Completed Watershed Roads District (11050555) Shaded Fuel Break 44944 Miller Water Mendocino National Completed Development Forest All Units Special Use Permit (11050800) 45493 Mills Placer Beckwourth Ranger Completed Exploration District (11051101) Project 47033 Misery Hill Trail Weaverville Ranger Completed Project District (11051456) 43293 Moffatt Water Happy Camp Ranger Completed Transmission District (11050552) Pipeline Special Use Permit Renewal 43012 Mollie Clayton Bass Lake Ranger Completed Cabin Removal District (11051551) Project 43854 Monterey Trails--On- Monterey Ranger Completed Going Level 1 and District (11050751) Level 2 Maintenance 45338 Moody Ridge Fuel American River Completed Reduction Project Ranger District (11051754) 47132 ``Moonlight Fire Mt. Hough Ranger Completed Restoration, Non- District (11051102) Motorized Trail Maintenance (RECM52) Peters Creek'' 46506 Mosquito Allotment American River Completed 2015 Range Ranger District Improvements (11051754) 43430 Mountain Fire San Jacinto Ranger Completed Reforestation District (11051255) Project 46820 Mud Lake Baker Mt. Hough Ranger Completed Cypress District (11051102) Restoration Project 47127 NCPA Stanislaus National Completed Telecommunications Forest All Units Link (11051600) 38098 NEON Flux Tower at High Sierra Ranger Completed Lower Teakettle District (11051552) 38096 NEON Flux Tower at High Sierra Ranger Completed Soaproot Saddle District (11051552) 40830 North District Mi-Wok Ranger Completed Motorized Trails District (11051651) 46595 North Fork Salmon Salmon River Ranger Completed River Telephone District (11050554) Line Replacement 45417 Oak Creek Mudflow Mount Whitney Ranger Completed Oak Tree District (11050454) Restoration Study 45443 Oregon Fire Salvage Shasta Trinity Completed and Reforestation National Forest All Units (11051400) 33026 Osa Meadow Kern River Ranger Completed Restoration District (11051354) Project 46906 Outfitting and Beckwourth Ranger Completed Guiding Special District (11051101) Use Permit Renewal 44603 Pacific Bell (AT&T) Tahoe National Completed Master Special Use Forest All Units Permit Reissuance (11051700) 45055 Pacific Power & Goosenest Ranger Completed Light Company District (11050557) Water Transmission Pipeline Special Use Permit Renewal 44859 Patton Mill Fuel Grindstone Ranger Completed Break District (11050853) 43298 Pavan Water Happy Camp Ranger Completed Transmission District (11050552) Pipeline Special Use Permit Renewal 46555 Pendola Fire Feather River Ranger Completed Restoration District (11051103) Project 45316 Pilgrim Plantations McCloud Ranger Completed Insect and Disease District (11051461) Project 26697 Pine Cove Fuelbreak San Jacinto Ranger Completed Maintenance District (11051255) 45290 Ponderosa High Sierra Ranger Completed Telephone--High District (11051552) Sierra Ranger Station New Service 45288 Ponderosa High Sierra Ranger Completed Telephone--Verizon District (11051552) Service at Huntington Condos 47216 Ponderosa Telephone Sierra National Completed Co. conduit space Forest All Units lease and new (11051500) fiber optic cable to Goat Mountain 46363 Ponderosa Telephone High Sierra Ranger Completed New Electronic District (11051552) Cabinet at Camp Sierra 46258 Ponderosa Telephone High Sierra Ranger Completed New Service to District (11051552) Camp Sierra Lot 16 45332 Ponderosa Telephone High Sierra Ranger Completed New Service to District (11051552) Camp Sierra Lot 41 47274 Red Bank Off- Salmon River Ranger Completed channel Habitat District (11050554) Ground Water Monitoring 47225 Reece Water Happy Camp Ranger Completed Transmission District (11050552) Pipeline 46908 Reissue Special Use Sierra National Completed Permit to Forest All Units Lakeshore Resort (11051500) 8979 Renew Pacific Yuba River Ranger Completed Bell's expired District (11051753) phone line easements and special-use permits--CE 47125 Research Permit, Inyo National Forest Completed Dr. Jill Mateo All Units (11050400) 45422 Revised Shirley Sequoia National Completed Fire Salvage And Forest All Units Forest Restoration (11051300) Project 46138 Reynolds OHV Groveland Ranger Completed Development District (11051654) 45802 Rich Fire Spotted Mt. Hough Ranger Completed Owl and Goshawk District (11051102) Protected Activity Center Restoration Project 47483 Rim 2016 Volunteer Groveland Ranger Completed Planting District (11051654) 45860 Rim Fire Habitat Stanislaus National Completed Improvement Forest All Units (11051600) 45861 Rim Fire Stanislaus National Completed Rehabilitation Forest All Units (11051600) 36614 Riverside County San Jacinto Ranger Completed Pinyon Pines District (11051255) Transfer Station Permit Renewal 44771 Salt Creek Grindstone Ranger Completed Conservation Camp District (11050853) Special Use Permit 44364 Santa Anita Dam Los Angeles River Completed Spillway (11050151) Modification and Facility Maintenance Project 45282 SCE China Peak 12kV High Sierra Ranger Completed Project District (11051552) 45811 SCE Microwave Tree Kern River Ranger Completed Removal Project District (11051354) 47272 Scott Bar Mountain Scott River Ranger Completed Ridgeline Shaded District (11050555) Fuel Break 43911 Scott Bar Mountain Scott River Ranger Completed Underburn and District (11050555) Habitat Improvement Project 46180 Seneca weeper dams Ojai Ranger District Completed maintenance (11050755) project 45315 Shasta-McCloud McCloud Ranger Completed Management Unit District (11051461) Over Snow Vehicle Trail Grooming and Snowmobile Facility Maintenance 45404 Shepherd Pass Trail Mount Whitney Ranger Completed Repair and District (11050454) Reconstruction 45718 Sierra Bella Mutual Kern River Ranger Completed Water Company District (11051354) Special Use Permit Renewal 46083 Sierra Institute Mendocino National Completed Special Use Permit Forest All Units (11050800) 46155 Sierra Tel Business Sierra National Completed Systems Forest All Units communications use (11051500) lease 47163 Sierra Telephone Bass Lake Ranger Completed Company Fiber District (11051551) Optic Cable Installation to Emerald Cove Camp 47297 Sierra Telephone Bass Lake Ranger Completed Company Inc. District (11051551) telephone line replacement at the Forest Service Jerseydale Workcenter 47422 Sierra Telephone Bass Lake Ranger Completed Westfall Station District (11051551) Carrier Site and Fiber Optic Cable 46161 Silver Peak Inyo National Forest Completed Communications All Units Tower (11050400) Reconstruction, Lease Reissuance and Communication Site Designation 45703 SMUD Hazard Tree Eldorado National Completed Removal Project Forest All Units (11050300) 44759 Snowmobile Trail Mammoth Ranger Completed Grooming on the District (11050452) Inyo National Forest 46116 Solar System at Mendocino National Completed Soda Creek Forest All Units (11050800) 45453 Sourdough Hill Eldorado National Completed Communication Site Forest All Units Authorization Re- (11050300) issue 47234 South Alma Salvage Mt. Hough Ranger Completed District (11051102) 32323 South Fork Rubicon Pacific Ranger Completed Area Resortation District (11050355) Project 46310 Southern California Los Padres National Completed Gas Company's Line Forest All Units 8109 Pipeline (11050700) Exposure Repair Project--Phase 2 44111 Special Use Truckee Ranger Completed Authorization District (11051757) Issuance for Expired Outfitter and Guide Permits 46259 Spring Creek Tract High Sierra Ranger Completed Well District (11051552) 44778 Squirrel Creek Mine Beckwourth Ranger Completed Exploration District (11051101) Project 47688 Storrie Fire Mt. Hough Ranger Completed Restoration Upper District (11051102) North Fork Road Improvement (HYDS72) 45938 Swift Creek Weaverville Ranger Completed Watershed Trails District (11051456) Re-Route Project 45293 Term Extensions High Sierra Ranger Completed District Ranger District (11051552) Authority 45292 Term Extensions High Sierra Ranger Completed Forest Supervisor District (11051552) Authority 46722 Trail 1 Restoration Mendocino National Completed Forest All Units (11050800) 44239 Tsasdi Resort Dock, Shasta Lake Ranger Completed Road & Waterline District (11051458) Permits Transfer 40318 Twombly Road Kern River Ranger Completed Special Use Permit District (11051354) Renewal 45291 UC Merced New High Sierra Ranger Completed Repeater District (11051552) 46610 UCR Deep Canyon San Jacinto Ranger Completed Research Station District (11051255) Permit Reissuance in Pinyon Crest Sect 26 46843 Upgrade of Bass Lake Ranger Completed Telecommunication District (11051551) Lines at Jack L Boyd Organization Camp 45658 Verizon Fiber Optic White Mountain Completed Cable Placement Ranger District and Permit (11050453) Amendment 45448 Volcano Telephone Amador Ranger Completed Company Special District (11050351) Use Permit Amendment 44029 Warner Mountain Modoc National Completed Obsidian Forest All Units Management Project (11050900) 44229 Wetland Weed Devils Garden Ranger Completed Treatment District (11050955) 47126 Willow Beetle White Mountain Completed Research Permit-- Ranger District Dr. Elizabth (11050453) Dahlhoff 47501 Wisseman Mine Bass Lake Ranger Completed Restoration District (11051551) Project 43297 Yeager Water Happy Camp Ranger Completed Transmission District (11050552) Pipeline Special Use Permit Renewal 46943 Yosemite Outfitters Sierra National Completed Permit Issuance Forest All Units (11051500) 19616 Yosemite Sugar Pine Bass Lake Ranger Completed Railroad Permit District (11051551) Reissue ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Region: R6--Pacific Northwest Region (1106) Decision Doc Type: DM NEPA Decision Signed Date Range: 10/01/2014 through 09/30/2015 Project Simple Format Projects Found: 174 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 43995 Chiwawa PUD Wenatchee River Completed Hatchery Building Ranger District Improvements CE (11061707) 42931 2013 Special Use Central Coast Ranger Completed Authorization District/Oregon Projects (reissue Dunes National 9 authorizations) Recreation Area (11061208) 44539 2014 Corvallis-to- Central Coast Ranger Completed the-Sea Trail District/Oregon Authorization Dunes National Recreation Area (11061208) 44767 2014 Recreation Crescent Ranger Completed Residence CE-- District (11060102) Second Batch 44520 2014 Sweet Home Sweet Home Ranger Completed White Oak District (11061803) Enhancement Project 47046 2015 Recreation Crescent Ranger In Progress Residence District (11060102) Projects--Odell Lake 47038 2015 Recreation Crescent Ranger Completed Residences District (11060102) Projects--Crescent Lake 47066 53 Road Pre- North Fork John Day Completed Commercial Ranger District Thinning Project (11061405) 36205 7422' Peak Radio Methow Valley Ranger Completed Repeater District (11061704) 46283 Air Thin Project McKenzie River Completed Ranger District (11061801) 47649 Alsea Guard Station Central Coast Ranger Completed District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area (11061208) 45326 Annie Creek Snowcat Klamath Ranger Completed Grooming Shelter District (11060213) 46744 Antelope 2015 Fire Prairie City Ranger Completed Lookout Viewing District (11060404) Area Maintenance 44360 Aquatic Invasive R6--Pacific Completed Species order to Northwest Region prevent the spread All Units or introduction of (11060000) aquatic invasive species 46648 Aquatic Resource Mt. Baker Ranger Completed Protection Project District (11060501) 45688 Asotin Telephone Wallowa Valley Completed Company dba TDS Ranger District Telecom Special (11061602) Use Permit 47741 Backcountry Methow Valley Ranger Completed Restoration District (11061704) Treasured Landscapes 43948 Bayview Campground Mt. Baker Ranger Completed Redevelopment and District (11060501) Expansion 45044 Beaver-friendly Hebo Ranger District Completed Culvert Management (11061201) 45889 Bingham Fire Dozer Detroit Ranger Completed Line District (11061804) Rehabilitation 39132 Bird Track TSI and La Grande Ranger Completed Maintenance Burn District (11061606) 44356 Bitter Lick Creek High Cascades Ranger Completed Instream District (11061024) Restoration Project 45797 Bridge 99 Fire Sisters Ranger Completed Personal Use District (11060105) Firewood Project 45603 Brimstone Salvage Methow Valley Ranger Completed District (11061704) 47081 Brown Mtn Western Republic Ranger Completed Spruce Budworm District (11062104) control spraying 45334 Brown's Cr. and Bend/Fort Rock Completed Arnold Ice Cave Ranger District Post Fire (11060101) Restoration 41206 Bull Run Whitman Ranger Completed Subwatershed District (11061631) Restoration Project Phase I 46961 CEC Suttle-Sherman Sisters Ranger Completed Line Replacement District (11060105) Project 46530 Century Link Wagon Sisters Ranger Completed Wheel Road Fiber District (11060105) Installation 47387 Chelan County Wenatchee River Completed Public Utility Ranger District District (CCPUD) (11061707) Pole Access and Maintenance CE 46689 Chetco River Permit Gold Beach Ranger Completed Re-issuance District (11061026) 46965 Cispus River Adult Cowlitz Ranger Completed Fish Release District (11060305) Structure 44442 Cispus Side Channel Cowlitz Ranger Completed Restoration District (11060305) 47094 City of Detroit Detroit Ranger Completed Root Rot Timber District (11061804) Sale 45242 Clackamas County Zigzag Ranger Completed Waterline District (11060609) Installation 46403 Colville National Colville National Completed Forest Whitebark Forest All Units Pine Enhancement (11062100) Project 47389 Cooks Meadow Trail Mt. Hood National Completed Relocation Project Forest All Units (11060600) 46191 Cottage Grove Cottage Grove Ranger Completed Deception Fire District (11061501) Planting 44719 Cove Water Pipeline La Grande Ranger Completed Replacement District (11061606) Project 43947 Cub Thin Project McKenzie River Completed Ranger District (11061801) 42418 Cultus Lake and Bend/Fort Rock Completed Lava Lake Resort Ranger District Special Use Permit (11060101) 46406 Culvert Removal in Hebo Ranger District Completed an Unnamed Salmon (11061201) River Tributary 43237 CWU Geologic Cle Elum Ranger Completed Monitoring Station District (11061703) 47106 Deception Fire Middle Fork Ranger Completed Reforestation District (11061810) 47002 Delta A Cabin McKenzie River Completed Expansion Ranger District (11061801) 46317 Delta A Cabin McKenzie River Completed Improvements Ranger District (11061801) 47494 Delta A Septic McKenzie River Completed Repair (#4) Ranger District (11061801) 44992 Deschutes Valley Crooked River Natl Completed Water District-- Grassland Opal Springs (11060705) Special Use Permit 46846 Developed Emigrant Creek Completed Campground Hazard Ranger District Tree Removal (11060402) 39481 Disposal of Felled Cle Elum Ranger On Hold Hazard Trees in District (11061703) Developed Recreation Sites (2012 through 2016) 45903 Dog Field Trials Ochoco National Completed Project Forest All Units (11060700) 47129 Dosewallips: Forest Hood Canal Ranger Completed Road 2610-012 District (11060901) Repair and Forest Road 2610-010 Maintenance Level Reduction 44645 Dumars Spring Whitman Ranger Completed District (11061631) 44764 Early-Seral Open Olympic National Completed Wildlife Habitat Forest All Units Enhancements (11060900) 43692 East Sheep FS Road La Grande Ranger Completed 5184 Project District (11061606) 44087 Edwards Waterline Walla Walla Ranger Completed Special Use Permit District (11061406) Renewal 47406 Fall Mountain Blue Mountain Ranger Completed Communication Site District (11060401) New Lease Term 46788 Fender Mill Methow Valley Ranger Completed Infiltration District (11061704) Gallery SUP 45982 Five Mile Fire Hells Canyon NRA Completed Salvage Project (11061604) 41258 Five Points Creek La Grande Ranger Completed Large Woody Debris District (11061606) and Planting Project 39842 Forest Plan Umpqua National Completed Amendment for Forest All Units Unique and Mosaic (11061500) Habitats 46201 Fourth of July Newport Ranger Completed Creek Restoration District (11062103) 45058 Fritillaria Rogue River-Siskiyou Completed gentneri National Forest All Reintroduction and Units (11061000) Augmentation 46009 FS RD 250 Berm Three Rivers Ranger Completed Replacement District (11062112) 46108 FS Rd. 2050110 (O Republic Ranger Completed Brien Creek Road) District (11062104) Reciprocal Rights- of-Way Exchanges 46911 Goat Creek Methow Valley Ranger Completed Restoration District (11061704) Project 44148 Granite Culvert Whitman Ranger Completed Replacement District (11061631) 46643 Hard Creek Bridge Mt. Baker Ranger Completed Replacement District (11060501) 46425 Hat Point Road Hells Canyon NRA Completed Thinning Project (11061604) 46410 Hebo 2015 Non-Key Hebo Ranger District Completed Road Maintenance (11061201) Tree Removal 47405 Hebo Pre-commercial Hebo Ranger District Completed Thin Project (11061201) 41362 Herren Commercial Heppner Ranger Completed Thin District (11061402) 47453 Humbug Flats Trail Detroit Ranger Completed #3336 Reroute District (11061804) 44131 Instream Log Mount St. Helens Completed Placement on Lewis National Volcanic River and Little Monument (11060301) Creek 45270 Issuance of Willamette National Completed Priority Use Forest All Units Outfitter and (11061800) Guiding Special Use Permits 46655 Karamip Rd Plowing Republic Ranger Completed Permit District (11062104) 46054 Knapp Water Sisters Ranger Completed Diversion District (11060105) Restoration: Indian Ford Creek 41834 Knecht FLPMA Forest Sullivan Lake Ranger Completed Road Specia Use District (11062105) Permit 41833 Knecht Water System Sullivan Lake Ranger Completed Special Use Permit District (11062105) 41262 Ladd Canyon TSI and La Grande Ranger Completed RMEF Elk Habitat District (11061606) Enhancement Project 45932 Lady Creek Water Zigzag Ranger Completed System Replacement District (11060609) 45327 Lake of the Woods Klamath Ranger Completed ODOT Highway District (11060213) Maintenance Station 46537 Lake Sutherland Pacific Ranger Completed Water District District South Permit Reissuance (11060903) 46010 Lambert Creek Republic Ranger Completed Restoration District (11062104) 44055 Langdon Lake Water Walla Walla Ranger Completed Cooperative Permit District (11061406) Renewal 47108 Legendary Mining Emigrant Creek Completed Plan of Operations Ranger District (11060402) 45524 Liberty Mountain Cle Elum Ranger Completed Owner's District (11061703) Association Road Use Permit 44926 Lost Driveway Methow Valley Ranger Completed Hazard Fuels District (11061704) Reduction 45633 McKay Creek Ochoco National Completed Floodplain Habitat Forest All Units Improvement (11060700) Project 40864 Meadow Enhancement Detroit Ranger Completed District (11061804) 46780 Meadow Lakes Sisters Ranger Completed Western White Pine District (11060105) Blister Rust Pruning 46747 Meissner Nordic Bend/Fort Rock Completed Trail Reroute Ranger District (11060101) 46560 Metolius Windigo Sisters Ranger Completed Trail District (11060105) Reconstruction 46079 Microwave Project Naches Ranger Completed District (11061708) 46199 Middle Fork Trail Middle Fork Ranger Completed Improvements District (11061810) Project 46175 Midstate Finley Bend/Fort Rock Completed Butte Road Project Ranger District (11060101) 46292 Moose Creek and Sweet Home Ranger Completed Quartzville District (11061803) Dispersed Sites Project 46752 Mountain Top PCT Bend/Fort Rock Completed and Research Ranger District Project (11060101) 46751 Mrazek Trail Bend/Fort Rock Completed Reroute (Post Two Ranger District Bulls) (11060101) 44476 MRRS Thin Project McKenzie River Completed Ranger District (11061801) 44996 Mt. Bachelor Bend/Fort Rock Completed Mountain Bike Ranger District Trails (11060101) 46419 Mt. Bachelor Power Bend/Fort Rock Completed Line Special Use Ranger District Permit Re-issuance (11060101) 47146 Mt. Bachelor Small Bend/Fort Rock Completed Projects Ranger District (11060101) 43950 Muskee Thin McKenzie River Completed Ranger District (11061801) 43994 Natapoc Wenatchee River Completed Communication Site Ranger District Improvements CE (11061707) 46528 Odell Butte Deschutes National Completed Communication Site Forest All Units Lease Renewals (11060100) 46165 Odell Lake Resort Crescent Ranger Completed Permit Renewal District (11060102) 47015 OHV Trail 46 McKenzie River Completed Reroute Ranger District (11061801) 43685 Okanogan PUD Methow Valley Ranger Completed Underground District (11061704) Powerline Extension 47049 Onion Mountain Fire Wild Rivers Ranger Completed Salvage District (11061022) 44091 Oregon Department Walla Walla Ranger Completed of Transportation District (11061406) Storage Area Permit Renewal 46921 Oregon Department Prairie City Ranger Completed of Transportation District (11060404) Temporary De-Icer Containment Area 45772 ``Oregon Water Bend/Fort Rock Completed Resources Ranger District Department Stream (11060101) Gauge Decommissioning and Relocation Project'' 47496 OTEC Special Use Whitman Ranger Completed Permit Amendment, District (11061631) Buried Power Line Installation 46600 OTEC Starkey La Grande Ranger Completed Powerline District (11061606) Relocation Special Use Permit 42575 PacifiCorp Gold Naches Ranger Completed Hill Repeater District (11061708) 45049 PacifiCorp Power Siskiyou Mountains Completed Line Special Use Ranger District Re-Authorization (11061020) 46851 Peggy Creek Willamette National Completed Disposal Site Forest All Units Expansion (11061800) 46390 Peshastin Creek Wenatchee River Completed Culvert Ranger District Replacement (11061707) Project 47334 Pine Telephone Whitman Ranger Completed System Water Gulch District (11061631) Fiber Optic line 44078 Pinical Vegetation Walla Walla Ranger Completed Management Project District (11061406) 42351 Pioneer Bridle Zigzag Ranger Completed Trail CE District (11060609) 46307 Ponderosa Mountain Deschutes National Completed Men, Kokanee Power Forest All Units of Oregon, and (11060100) Sporthill Special Use Permit Renewals 47133 Portland General Zigzag Ranger Completed Electric (PGE) District (11060609) Buried Line Replacement near Summit Ski Area CE 47135 Portland General Mt. Hood National Completed Electric (PGE) Forest All Units Regulator (11060600) Replacement at Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Area CE 46645 Private Driveway Mt. Baker Ranger Completed Easement District (11060501) 46905 Qwest dba Bend/Fort Rock Completed CenturyLink Ranger District Foundation Repair-- (11060101) Antelope Communications Site 45738 Qwest dba Bend/Fort Rock Completed CenturyLink QC Ranger District Wampus Butte Fiber (11060101) Optic Line 46428 Re-route of Road Sweet Home Ranger Completed 2041 District (11061803) 43855 Recreation Special Bend/Fort Rock Completed Use Permits Ranger District Reissuances 2014 (11060101) 45746 Revised L Street Rogue River-Siskiyou Completed Conveyance National Forest All Units (11061000) 42410 Sandy River Trail Mt. Hood National Completed Reconstruction Forest All Units (11060600) 47110 Sawtooth Wheel Mount St. Helens Completed Track Restoration National Volcanic Monument (11060301) 46189 Scott Creek Cabin McKenzie River Completed Septic Repair Ranger District (11061801) 44887 Seattle City Light Newport Ranger Completed PIT Project District (11062103) 46590 Shelter Cove Resort Crescent Ranger Completed Permit Renewal District (11060102) 46777 Shuttle permits-- Gold Beach Ranger Completed Rogue and Chetco District (11061026) Rivers 46854 Skibowl Mountain Zigzag Ranger Completed Bike Trail District (11060609) Addition 46947 Skookum Campground Middle Fork Ranger Completed Bridges District (11061810) 45238 Special Use Hebo Ranger District Completed Authorization (11061201) Renewal 2014 41544 Str8 Thinning Detroit Ranger Completed Restoration District (11061804) 42123 Sulphur Creek Darrington Ranger Completed Campground District (11060502) Restoration 46903 Summit Prairie Pre- Prairie City Ranger Completed Commercial District (11060404) Thinning 48224 Sunflower Planting Umatilla National Completed Forest All Units (11061400) 47522 Swakane Canyon Entiat Ranger Completed Fault District (11061705) Investigation 46926 Table Mountain Tree Cle Elum Ranger Completed Planting District (11061703) 46802 TDS Fiber Optic Bend/Fort Rock Completed Line Installation Ranger District VZW (11060101) 46959 Three Fingers Darrington Ranger Completed Lookout District (11060502) Maintenance 43862 Threemile Creek Klamath Ranger Completed Bull Trout District (11060213) Restoration 46653 Tilly Jane Hood River Ranger Completed Hazardous Fuels District (11060606) Reduction 46531 Tollgate Fiber Sisters Ranger Completed Optic Line District (11060105) Replacement 46198 Tombstone North Fork John Day Completed Commercial Ranger District Thinning Project (11061405) 45456 TWC Corp. Temporary Lakeview Ranger Completed Access Routes District (11060202) 44627 Twenty-Five Mile Chelan Ranger Completed Project District (11061702) 44398 Twentyeight Mile White River Ranger Completed Creek Steelhead District (11060507) Acclimation Pond Special Use Permit 46333 Two Bulls Fire Bend/Fort Rock Completed Reforestation Ranger District (11060101) 45107 Two Bulls Timber Bend/Fort Rock Completed Salvage Project Ranger District (11060101) 46515 University of Olympic National Completed Washington Rain Forest All Units Gauge Permit (11060900) 45683 Upper Deschutes Bend/Fort Rock Completed Riparian Ranger District Restoration (11060101) 46337 USFWS Cabin--Septic Klamath Ranger Completed and Restroom District (11060213) Addition 47004 Verbenone Beetle Malheur National Completed Anti-Aggregant Forest All Units Application (11060400) 44553 Verizon Lease Bend/Fort Rock Completed Renewal Antelope Ranger District Communication Site (11060101) 44552 Verizon Lease Bend/Fort Rock Completed Renewal Ranger District Improvements at (11060101) Spring River Communications Site 47048 Vista Towers Bend/Fort Rock Completed Communications Ranger District Facility at Sugar (11060101) Pine Butte 46527 Walker Mountain Deschutes National Completed Communication Site Forest All Units Communication Use (11060100) Lease Renewals 43988 Wallowa Mountains Wallowa Valley Completed Mechanical Fuels Ranger District Piling Project (11061602) 37259 Weden Creek Trail Darrington Ranger Completed Flood Repairs District (11060502) 44837 Wenatchee-Chiwawa Wenatchee River Completed Irrigation Ditch Ranger District Weir Replacement (11061707) CE 46938 Westfir Water Middle Fork Ranger Completed Intake Project District (11061810) 47077 Weyco Skyko-Foss Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie Completed Road Easement National Forest All Units (11060500) 31043 White Chuck Bench Darrington Ranger Completed Trail Repair and District (11060502) Reconstruction 43200 Whitman Range Wallowa-Whitman Completed Improvement National Forest All Project Units (11061600) 46384 Wildlife Habitat McKenzie River Completed Enhancement and Ranger District Restoration (11061801) Projects 2015 45333 ZZZ Reforestation Bend/Fort Rock Completed Project Ranger District (11060101) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Region: R8--Southern Region (1108) Decision Doc Type: DM NEPA Decision Signed Date Range: 10/01/2014 through 09/30/2015 Project Simple Format Projects Found: 208 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 45631 2014 Forest Wide National Forests In Completed Red-Cockaded Florida All Units Woodpecker Habitat (11080500) Improvement Project 45774 2014 Lake Dorr Seminole Ranger Completed Watershed District (11080505) Restoration 47669 2015 Buncombe Horse Enoree Ranger Completed Trail and Enoree District (11081201) Passage of the Palmetto Trail Relocation Work. 46785 2015 Gravel Pit Calcasieu Ranger Completed Illegal Trail District (11080602) Reclamation C122 & C125 46860 2015 Mena Oden Farm Mena Ranger District Completed Bill Thinning (11080907) 45829 2015 Shoal Creek Shoal Creek Ranger Completed Ranger District District (11080105) Midstory Removal 45848 2015 Siviculture Mena Ranger District Completed Activities (11080907) 46456 2015 WHI Midstory Jessieville Ranger Completed District (11080905) 47037 Alpine Unauthorized Stearns Ranger Completed OHV Trail Closure District (11080216) Project 45525 Alta Mesa Raven Sam Houston Ranger Completed Forest #4 Well District (11081304) 46924 Amendment of St. Francis Ranger Completed Recreation District (11081007) Residence Permit STF0065 45586 Amendment to St. Francis Ranger Completed Recreation District (11081007) Residence Permit STF0124 46029 Amendment to Chickasawhay Ranger Completed Singing River District (11080705) Power Ass. Special Use Permit 47076 American Conasauga Ranger Completed Competitive Trail District (11080301) Horse Assoc. Event 45901 AP Fiscal Year 2015 Andrew Pickens Completed Controlled Burning Ranger District (11081202) 45489 Appalachian Trail Cheoah Ranger Completed Relocation at Swim District (11081102) Bald 47461 Arkansas Forestry Jessieville Ranger Completed Commission--Amend District (11080905) existing Permit 47472 Arkansas Game & Jessieville Ranger Completed Fish Permit District (11080905) Renewal for Communication Site 47478 Arkansas State Jessieville Ranger Completed Police District (11080905) Communication Site Permit Renewal 45655 Arkansas Traveler Jessieville Ranger Completed 100 Mile Run District (11080905) 45492 Aska Trail Blueridge Ranger Completed Improvements District (11080304) 46923 Atlantic Coast George Washington Completed Pipeline Alternate and Jefferson Routes Survey National Forest All Permit Units (11080800) 46038 Atlantic Coast George Washington Completed Pipeline, LLC and Jefferson Surveys Permit National Forest All Units (11080800) 47258 Avery Access Homochitto Ranger Completed Request District (11080704) 45509 Bankhead Bankhead Ranger Completed Compartment 30 District (11080101) Midstory Removal Project 43990 Bay Springs Bienville Ranger Completed Telephone Company District (11080701) 46415 BDR Family Angelina Ranger Completed Partnership Ltd. District (11081301) Private Road Special Use Permit 46153 Berkeley Electric Francis Marion Completed Co-op Permit Re- Ranger District issuance (11081205) 45299 Berrytown Road Homochitto Ranger Completed Relocation District (11080704) 47117 Big Ivy Trail Appalachian Ranger Completed Maintenance District (11081108) 42311 Big Ridge Tellico Ranger Completed Prescribed Burn District (11080404) 44875 Black Jack Oil Homochitto Ranger Completed HOM0026 permit District (11080704) renewal 47497 Bonnerdale Burn CE Womble Ranger Completed District (11080910) 45628 Broad River Francis Marion and Completed Riparian Wetland Sumter National Restoration Forest All Units Project (11081200) 45624 Broad River Francis Marion and Completed Riparian Wetlands Sumter National Project Forest All Units (11081200) 45817 Brushy Mountain, Jessieville Ranger Completed Compartment 645, District (11080905) Middle North Fork, and Potato Hill Prescribed Burns 45482 Buck Creek Tusquittee Ranger Completed Watershed District (11081109) Improvement Project 46222 Caseyville Road Homochitto Ranger Completed Bridge Replacement District (11080704) 47510 Cat35 Amendment #9 Winn Ranger District Completed AT&T Fiber Optic (11080604) Upgrade to CCA 47063 Catahoula Ranger Kisatchie National Completed District TSI by Forest All Units Hand Tools FY 2015 (11080600) 36081 Catawba Falls Phase Grandfather Ranger Completed II: Trail District (11081105) Improvements & Dam Removal 46656 Cedar Creek Timber Glenwood and Pedlar Completed Stand Improvement Ranger Districts (11080813) 45192 Cherokee Mountain Watauga Ranger Completed (midstory) District (11080406) 44170 Chestnut Run Glenwood and Pedlar Completed Vegetation Project Ranger Districts (11080813) 46298 China Creek Trail National Forests In Completed Relocation North Carolina All Units (11081100) 45890 Citico Realty Stearns Ranger Completed Company Special District (11080216) Use Authorization Renewal 45162 City of Havelock, Croatan Ranger Completed Water Well Pad District (11081103) Expansion 42853 Coast EPA--Hwy. 15 De Soto Ranger Completed Tie-Line District (11080702) 41020 Columbia Gas Glenwood and Pedlar Completed Pipeline Ranger Districts Replacement--Littl (11080813) e Cedar Creek 45693 Commercial Filming/ Talladega Ranger Completed Wallis Visuals LLC District (11080106) (Michael Walters) FY2014 45216 Communications Site Conasauga Ranger Completed Hazardous Fuels District (11080301) Reduction. 45122 Compartment 30 Sam Houston Ranger Completed Wildlife Habitat District (11081304) Improvement Project 46117 Currahee Mountain Chattooga River Completed Communications Ranger District Site (11080306) 46133 Currahee Mountain Chattooga River Completed Communications Ranger District Site SUP (11080306) 46460 Delaney Flat Boston Mountain Completed Ranger District (11081005) 46325 Delta Tract Enoree Ranger Completed Grassland District (11081201) Prescribed Burning Project on the Enoree Ranger District 46892 Dicks Creek Blueridge Ranger Completed Dispersed Camping District (11080304) Improvements 35036 Disposal of the Blueridge Ranger Completed Toccoa Work Center District (11080304) Complex in Blue Ridge, GA 45922 District-wide Trail Chattooga River Completed Maintenance Ranger District (11080306) 47445 Ditch Bay Habitat Wakulla Ranger Completed Improvement District (11080506) Project 44957 Divide Forest Conasauga Ranger Completed Health Thinning District (11080301) Project. 47479 Driveway Jessieville Ranger Completed Authorization--E District (11080905) Crumpton 45958 Dry Run Stream Mount Rogers Completed Restoration National Recreation Area (11080814) 47393 Duke Energy Wakulla Ranger Completed Amendment 6, Pole District (11080506) Replacements on CPS and JA Lines. 45555 Duke Energy JA Line Wakulla Ranger Completed pole replacements District (11080506) and culvert repairs 45433 Dwight Collett Redbird Ranger Completed Special Use District (11080217) Authorization 45784 Eagle Nest Electric Calcasieu Ranger Completed Power line District (11080602) Installation 45686 East Fork Burn Cold Springs Ranger Completed Block District (11080903) 45519 Eastex Telephone Co- Sam Houston Ranger Completed Op Inc. SUP District (11081304) Amendment: Butch Arthur Rd. & FM 945 47412 Elkins Lake Sam Houston Ranger Completed Wildland Urban District (11081304) Interface Project 46495 Emerald Ash Borer Cherokee National Completed Research Forest All Units (11080400) 47382 Entergy Powerline Magazine Mountain Completed Special Use Permit Ranger District Amendment1 (11081006) 47391 Erosion Control Womble Ranger Completed Project District (11080910) 47553 Fall 2015 Blueridge Ranger Completed Recreation Events. District (11080304) 45825 Farnor Land Unaka Ranger Completed Exchange District (11080405) 42164 Fishers Chapel Conasauga Ranger Completed Project District (11080301) 46773 Fitness Trail Enoree Ranger Completed District (11081201) 46907 FL Gas Ground Bed Wakulla Ranger Completed Project District (11080506) 27391 Flat Mountain Road, Nantahala Ranger Completed SR 1544, NCDOT District (11081111) Project 44197 Flatwoods Job Corps George Washington Completed Conservation and Jefferson Center Municipal National Forest All Sewer Line Units (11080800) 47217 Flintlock Power Uwharrie Ranger Completed line Installation District (11081110) 45477 Franklin Amateur National Forests In Completed Radio Tower at North Carolina All Cowee Bald Units (11081100) 46779 Full Moon 25K and Winona Ranger Completed 50K Run Event District (11080911) 47278 FY 2015 Road Stream Blueridge Ranger Completed Crossing District (11080304) Improvement Projects 45494 FY14 Trail Re- Blueridge Ranger Completed routes District (11080304) 45267 FY15 Dormant Season Blueridge Ranger Completed Prescribed Burn District (11080304) Planning Project 44937 FY15 Prescribed Conasauga Ranger Completed Burning Project District (11080301) 45929 FY15 Uwharrie Uwharrie Ranger Completed Prescribed Burn District (11081110) Project 45997 FY15 Womble Trail Womble Ranger Completed Relocation District (11080910) 45441 FY 2015-2016 Oak Eastern Divide Completed Enhancement and Ranger District Pre-commercial (11080811) thinning treatment Project 45968 Georgia aster Enoree Ranger Completed mastication District (11081201) project 45115 GM Water Supply Sabine Ranger Completed Corp. Water District (11081307) Pipeline Right-of- Way Special Use Permit Reissuance 42287 Granville Freeman Bienville Ranger Completed Access District (11080701) 43932 Green Mountain Watauga Ranger Completed Project District (11080406) 46606 Hartford Waterline Unaka Ranger Completed SUP District (11080405) 47353 Hayworth 4x4 Tours Unaka Ranger Completed Special Use Permit District (11080405) 45692 High Noon Talladega Ranger Completed Entertainment District (11080106) Special Use Permit 45584 Highland Telephone Stearns Ranger Completed Cooperative District (11080216) Special Use Authorization 44664 Huff Hollow, Glade Mount Rogers Completed Mountain, and National Recreation Crawfish Area (11080814) Prescribed Burns 45630 Hughes and Coxs Francis Marion and Completed Creek Gully Sumter National Restoration Forest All Units Project (11081200) 45900 Jake Bull New Trail Blueridge Ranger Completed Construction District (11080304) 45077 Johnson Tract Calcasieu Ranger Completed Proposed Research District (11080602) Thinning C-58 45653 Junior Murders Jessieville Ranger Completed Special Use District (11080905) Reauthorization 46742 Justin Hatton Angelina Ranger Completed Private Road District (11081301) Special Use Permit 46339 Katy Branch Rx Cherokee National Completed (Admin Change) Forest All Units (11080400) 47734 Kentucky Utilities London Ranger Completed Permit Activity-- District (11080214) Mt. Victory Power Transmission Tower Replacement 44962 Keown Falls Trail Conasauga Ranger Completed Reroute District (11080301) 47188 Kyle Welch Access Bienville Ranger Completed District (11080701) 46018 Lake Resort Special Womble Ranger Completed Use District (11080910) 46418 Lanelle Johnsey Sabine Ranger Completed Private Road District (11081307) Special Use Permit project 46154 Laura Lynn and Francis Marion Completed Herbert Tyler Ranger District Orvin Easement (11081205) 44786 Lee Forest Stand Lee Ranger District Completed Improvement (11080804) 46968 Linda Burnett Angelina Ranger Completed Private Road and District (11081301) Powerline Project 45196 Lower Higgin's Watauga Ranger Completed Creek Access/ District (11080406) Trailhead Parking 47035 Manual and Enoree Ranger Completed Mechanical District (11081201) Vegetation Treatments in the Indian Creek Project Area 42014 Marie Ybarra Sabine Ranger Completed Private Road District (11081307) Special Use Permit 45248 Massanutten, Lee Ranger District Completed Tuscarora--Bear (11080804) Wallow Trails 45699 Maumelle River Jessieville Ranger Completed Prescribed Burn District (11080905) 46252 McDowell Private Womble Ranger Completed Road Special Use District (11080910) Permit 45592 MCWA-- White Oak Kiamichi Ranger Completed Prescribe Burn District (11080906) 45496 Morganton Point Blueridge Ranger Completed Electric Expansion District (11080304) 46573 Morton 3D Seismic Bienville Ranger Completed Proposal District (11080701) 46185 Mountain Valley George Washington Completed Pipeline, LLC and Jefferson Surveys Permit National Forest All Units (11080800) 47017 National Oakmulgee Ranger Completed Environmental District (11080104) Observatory Network (NEON) Special Use Permit--Amendment #1 47400 National Modular Chattooga River Completed Airborne Fire Ranger District Fighting System (11080306) (MAFFS) Training Exercise 47211 Native Species Uwharrie Ranger Completed Restoration District (11081110) 46981 NATRC Trail Ride Kisatchie Ranger Completed District (11080603) 40284 NCDOT Bridge #237/ Grandfather Ranger Completed SR 1362 District (11081105) 40287 NCDOT Bridge #84/ Appalachian Ranger Completed SR1349 District (11081108) 44999 Network USA Fiber Winn Ranger District Completed Optic Cable Permit (11080604) 45125 NFSR 601 Culvert Talladega Ranger Completed District (11080106) 46195 North New Road Run George Washington Completed Prescribed Burn and Jefferson National Forest All Units (11080800) 46216 North Zone George Washington Completed Reforestation--Mar and Jefferson shall Run and National Forest All Slate Rock Units (11080800) 45191 Otherside Forest Watauga Ranger Completed Health Project District (11080406) 45189 Otherside Rx Burn Watauga Ranger Completed District (11080406) 46017 Ouachita Outfitter Womble Ranger Completed Inc. Special Use District (11080910) Permit 38211 Owl Creek Trail Bankhead Ranger Completed System--Re-route District (11080101) 21434 Pilot Ridge Road, Grandfather Ranger Completed SR 1515, NCDOT District (11081105) Project 45667 Polk County Ocoee Ranger Completed Communications District (11080403) Tower 47118 Poplar Boat Launch Appalachian Ranger Completed Improvements District (11081108) 46281 Porter Creek Fourche Ranger Completed Prescribed Burning District (11080904) 47091 Proposed Changes on Oconee Ranger Completed Oconee Ranger District (11080308) District Motor Vehicle Use Map. 45272 PRTC Fiber Optic London Ranger Completed Line Replacement District (11080214) 2014 46756 Pruet Production Conecuh Ranger Completed Oil Wells District (11080103) 40698 Ratcliff Lake Dam Davy Crockett Ranger Completed repair District (11081303) 44602 Rebecca and Page Stearns Ranger Completed Cline Special Use District (11080216) Authorization 47601 Reissuance of De Soto Ranger Completed Special Use Permit District (11080702) to Gulf South Pipeline Co. 44785 Relocation of North Lee Ranger District Completed Mtn Trail (11080804) 47056 Renewal of Matthew National Forests In Completed Rhea Weir Special North Carolina All Use Permit Units (11081100) 45197 Rich Mountain Watauga Ranger Completed District (11080406) 45193 Rock Creek Camp Unaka Ranger Completed Store District (11080405) 46461 Ruby Project Boston Mountain Completed Ranger District (11081005) 47214 Rudolph Abandoned Uwharrie Ranger Completed Mine Closure District (11081110) 46019 Singleton Easement Womble Ranger Completed District (11080910) 43378 Slope Stabilization National Forests In Completed on I-40, NCDOT North Carolina All Project Units (11081100) 47354 Smokey Mountain Unaka Ranger Completed Adventures 4x4 District (11080405) Tours Special Use Project 45399 Soil and Water Chattooga River Completed Watershed Ranger District Restoration (11080306) Projects--Charlie' s Creek/Midway Road 46944 Soldier Bay Fuel National Forests In Completed Reduction Project Florida All Units (11080500) 45016 Southwestern Bell Angelina Ranger Completed Telephone Company District (11081301) Special Use Permit Reissuance 47359 Southwestern Bell Sabine Ranger Completed Telephone Company District (11081307) Special Use Permit Reissuance 44682 Special Use Chickasawhay Ranger Completed Amendment for AT&T District (11080705) inground fiber optic cable 44667 Special Use Mount Rogers Completed Authorization National Recreation Renewal for Area (11080814) Existing Hayfields on the Mount Rogers NRA 44680 Special Use Road Chickasawhay Ranger Completed (Breland) District (11080705) 43345 Special Use Road Chickasawhay Ranger Completed (McCardle) District (11080705) 43346 Special Use Road Chickasawhay Ranger Completed (Nicholson) District (11080705) 47180 Special Use Road Chickasawhay Ranger Completed (Palmer) District (11080705) 44022 Special Use Road Chickasawhay Ranger Completed (Perry) District (11080705) 46190 Spring/Summer BRRD Blueridge Ranger Completed Recreation Events District (11080304) 46917 Stroud Petroleum Homochitto Ranger Completed (Barlow-USA 25-3 District (11080704) #1, Graves-USA 25- 12 #1) 46094 Stroud Petroleum 25- Homochitto Ranger Completed 3 #3 District (11080704) 46694 Stuart Lake Fish Catahoula Ranger Completed Habitat District (11080601) Enhancement 46331 Sullivan Co Watauga Ranger Completed Communication District (11080406) Tower 46840 Summer Recreation Blueridge Ranger Completed Events CE District (11080304) 46601 Swamp Chestnut Oak Francis Marion Completed Orchard Ranger District Mastication (11081205) 46122 Talquin Electric Apalachicola Ranger Completed Cooperative, INC. District (11080501) State road 20 power-line realignment and upgrade. 45553 Talquin Electric Wakulla Ranger Completed Cooperative, INC. District (11080506) Springhill New Underground Line Amendment #17 WAK25 46863 TASS (Tellico Area Tellico Ranger In Progress Service System) District (11080404) water lines 44821 Telepak Networks De Soto Ranger Completed Fiber Optic Cable District (11080702) Along Hwy. 49 North 45893 Thunder Rock 100 Ocoee Ranger Completed District (11080403) 45353 Tiak Plantation Kiamichi Ranger Completed Thinnings Project District (11080906) (HFRA) 43178 Todd Lake Dam North River Ranger Completed Rehabilitation District (11080802) 41411 Towee Falls Baptist Tellico Ranger Completed Church Land District (11080404) Exchange 45896 Tributary to South National Forests In Completed Toe River Stream North Carolina All Restoration Units (11081100) Project 45247 Tuscarora-Hawk Lee Ranger District Completed Trail (11080804) 46140 Tuskegee NF Tuskegee Ranger Completed Rxburning District (11080107) 45105 Unauthorized Road Long Cane Ranger Completed Obliteration District (11081203) 46036 Upper Passage George Washington Completed Stream Habitat and Jefferson Enhancement National Forest All Units (11080800) 46740 Upper West Armuchee Conasauga Ranger Completed Creek Watershed-- District (11080301) Soil and Water Improvement Project--CE 46984 US Army Corp of Kisatchie Ranger Completed Engineers soil District (11080603) sample 46985 Vietnam Tactical Kisatchie Ranger Completed Reenactment District (11080603) 45818 West Bear Den, Jessieville Ranger Completed Vanderslice South, District (11080905) and Compartment 612 46717 Western Carolina Francis Marion and Completed Rural Telephone Sumter National Cooperative Forest All Units (11081200) 42320 Wildcat Prescribed Tellico Ranger Completed Burn District (11080404) 45071 Wildlife Habitat Sam Houston Ranger Completed Improvement District (11081304) Prescribed Burning in Compartments 11, 12, 30, and 36. 45043 Wildlife Habitat Sam Houston Ranger Completed Improvement District (11081304) Prescribed Burning in Compartments 18, 19, and 20. 44998 Wildlife Habitat Sam Houston Ranger Completed Improvement District (11081304) Prescribed Burning in Compartments 38, 44, 54, and 104 45880 Wildlife Management Long Cane Ranger Completed Activities District (11081203) 46239 Wildlife Management Long Cane Ranger Completed Activities II District (11081203) 45194 William's Mine Unaka Ranger Completed District (11080405) 45656 Williams Junction Jessieville Ranger Completed VFD Communication District (11080905) Site 47456 Windstream permit Jessieville Ranger Completed amendment District (11080905) 46743 Wolf Laurel AT Relo Cherokee National Completed Project Forest All Units (11080400) 45536 XTO Energy Inc.-- Sabine Ranger Completed Loa #1HB Gas District (11081307) Pipeline Special Use Permit Amendment 46899 XTO Energy Inc. Angelina Ranger Completed Hawks Gas Pipeline District (11081301) Special Use Permit Amendment 47498 XTO Energy Inc. Sabine Ranger Completed Maranon #H1 and District (11081307) Orinoco #B1 Gas Wells 45560 XTO Energy Inc. Ob Sabine Ranger Completed #H1 Access Road District (11081307) and Gas Pipeline Special Use Permit 44471 XTO Energy, Inc.-- Sabine Ranger Completed La Plata #1H Gas District (11081307) Well, Pipeline, and Access Road 43983 XTO Energy, Inc.-- Sabine Ranger Completed Tiber #1H Gas District (11081307) Well, Pipeline, and Access Road ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Region: R9--Eastern Region (1109) Decision Doc Type: DM NEPA Decision Signed Date Range: 10/01/2014 through 09/30/2015 Project Simple Format Projects Found: 290 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 46110 05--Chamberlain Mio Ranger District Completed Forest Service (11090405) Road Use 46111 05 Rec Event-- Mio Ranger District Completed Oscoda County (11090405) Riverfest Event 47386 06 Recreation Huron Shores Ranger Completed Event--Black Bear District (11090406) Bicycle Tour 47503 10 Year Bear Guide Blackduck Ranger Completed Permit, Huotari District (11090301) 43548 2014 Bergland and Ottawa National Completed Ontonagon Special Forest All Units Use Reissues (11090700) 45944 2014 Great Divide Great Divide Ranger Completed Access Requests District (11091302) 44006 2014 LaCroix LaCroix Ranger Completed Reissues District (11090906) 43634 2014 North Zone Ottawa National Completed Special Use Forest All Units Permits (11090700) 45538 2014 Red Pine Chequamegon/Nicolet Completed Salvage National Forest All Units (11091300) 45257 2014 Reissuance of Eagle River-Florence Completed Special use Ranger District permits: Eagle (11091303) River-Florence 45256 2014 Reissuance of Lakewood-Laona Completed Special Use Ranger District Permits: Lakewood- (11091304) Laona 47429 2015 Lakewood-Laona Lakewood-Laona Completed Snowmobile Trail Ranger District Widening Project (11091304) 46369 2015 Pine River Huron Shores Ranger Completed Bank Stabilization District (11090406) Project 44808 2015 Pipeline Lakewood-Laona Completed Rehabilitation Ranger District Erosion Control (11091304) Site 2 45935 2015 Road-Stream Great Divide Ranger Completed Crossing Repair District (11091302) and Maintenance 46834 2015 Strecok Lakewood-Laona Completed Ranger District (11091304) 47045 2015 WPS Electric Eagle River-Florence Completed Utility Project-- Ranger District Knapp Road and WI (11091303) 70. 47154 2015 WPS Electric Lakewood-Laona Completed Utility Project-- Ranger District Pine Lake Road/ (11091304) Sawyer Lake Road, WI 52 46072 9 Day Trail Ride Hidden Springs Completed Recreation Event Ranger District (11090804) 44106 Air Force--PFOA/ Huron Shores Ranger Completed PFOS Remediation District (11090406) Project 46571 Alcona Canoe Livery Huron Shores Ranger Completed Special Use District (11090406) Authorization Renewal for Storage Yard Permit 44879 Alger Delta Cable Hiawatha National Completed Installation Forest All Units (11091000) 47492 Allotment Midewin National Completed Establishment for Tallgrass Prairie E11 Tract All Units (11091500) 46131 Alvwood II Woodcock Blackduck Ranger Completed Habitat District (11090301) Improvement Project 45807 Ameritech/SBC Hoosier National Completed Global Permit Forest All Units Renewal (11091200) 47560 AND-TRO Water, Inc. Hoosier National Completed Forest All Units (11091200) 41627 Androscoggin Ranger Androscoggin Ranger Completed District Education District (11092202) and Wellness Trail 46194 Atlantic Broadband Cheat Ranger Completed (PENN) Telephone District (11092101) and Fiber Optic Special Use Permit 47198 Atlantic Coast Monongahela National Completed Pipeline Forest All Units Alternative Route (11092100) Site Survey Testing Special Use Permit GBR205003 Amend3 45864 Atlantic Coast Monongahela National Completed Pipeline Site Forest All Units Survey Testing (11092100) Special Use Permit 45171 Au Train Lake Lot 8 Munising Ranger Completed Well Replacement District (11091003) 46975 Au Train Township Munising Ranger Completed Ballfield Special District (11091003) Use Permit Renewal 45311 B.S. Road Permit Shawnee National Completed Forest All Units (11090800) 47610 Balancing Rock Ironton Ranger Completed Horse Trail District (11091403) Reroute 46697 Barry Conservation Androscoggin Ranger Completed Camp Improvements District (11092202) 46225 Basswood Drive ORV Baldwin/White Cloud Completed Damage Restoration Ranger District Project (11090401) 46433 Bayfield Electric Washburn Ranger Completed Co-op Power Line District (11091305) Removal 45707 Becker Special Use Ava/Cassville/Willow Completed Road Access Springs Ranger District (11090521) 45897 Bena Bike Trail Blackduck Ranger Completed District (11090301) 45094 Big 4 Wetland Wayne National Completed Enhancement Forest All Units (11091400) 47539 Black River North Bessemer Ranger Completed Country Trail District (11090702) Project 46786 Blythefield Hills Munising Ranger Completed Baptist Church District (11091003) Youth Group Trip (Special Use Permit) 47323 Bodette and Cannon Rochester Ranger Completed Road Access District (11092005) Special Use Permits Project 44163 Bog Pond Snowmobile Pemigewasset Ranger Completed Trail Relocation District (11092204) 46394 Bower Trout Portage Gunflint Ranger Completed District (11090902) 45076 Bradford FY14 Bradford Ranger Completed Special Use District (11091903) Renewals 46978 Brayton Creek/ Baldwin/White Cloud Completed Cleveland Road Ranger District stream crossing (11090401) 45805 Brian and Patricia Hoosier National Completed Martin Road Permit Forest All Units (11091200) 43395 Brickey Slab Potosi/Fredericktown Completed Crossing Ranger District Replacement (11090505) 46305 Brushy Hollow Water Potomac Ranger Completed Assoc. Reissue District (11092105) Special Use Permit (POT204001) 43924 Buchanan Private Cadillac/Manistee Completed Road Permit Ranger District (11090403) 46028 Buck Club Road Assn Deer River Ranger Completed FR3368 Permit District (11090303) 44383 Buffalo Pike Hoosier National Completed Forest All Units (11091200) 47196 BV Waterline Hidden Springs Completed Ranger District (11090804) 46665 Carr Private Road Baldwin/White Cloud Completed Permit Ranger District (11090401) 47064 Cedar Lake Shawnee National Completed Shoreline Forest All Units Stabilization (11090800) 45249 Central Crossings Ava/Cassville/Willow Completed Fire Department Springs Ranger Special Use Permit District (11090521) 46695 Century Link Blackduck Ranger Completed Telephone Line District (11090301) 45978 Charles and Gaetane Huron Shores Ranger Completed Watson Private District (11090406) Road Permit 46302 Cheat-Potomac Potomac Ranger Completed Ranger District District (11092105) Multiple Recreation Facilities & Related Granger- Thye Concessions SUP 46380 Chequamegon Washburn Ranger Completed Communications District (11091305) Cooperative Inc. Ino Tower generator project 46308 Chesapeake Media 1, Huron-Manistee Completed LLC National Forest All Units (11090400) 43546 Chik-Wauk Proposal Gunflint Ranger Completed District (11090902) 43670 Christensen Forest Ottawa National Completed Road Special Use Forest All Units Permit (11090700) 45957 Cisco Lake and Washburn Ranger Completed Nymphia Lake Road District (11091305) Maintenance: Culverts 45940 Cold-water Streams Great Divide Ranger Completed Riparian District (11091302) Restoration 45243 Consumer's Energy Baldwin/White Cloud Completed Private Road Ranger District Permit Reissuance (11090401) 44986 Cottle Road ROW Gauley Ranger Completed Special Use Permit District (11092102) (GAU206003). 45500 Cranberry Mtn Gauley Ranger Completed Nature Center and District (11092102) Summit Lake Improvements 45936 Crystal Lake Fish Great Divide Ranger Completed Habitat District (11091302) Improvement 46272 Cystic Fibrosis Cadillac/Manistee Completed Foundation Extreme Ranger District Hike (11090403) 46296 Deer Creek Dam Hoosier National Completed Permit Forest All Units (11091200) 46977 Delta County EMS Hiawatha National Completed Radio Repeater Forest All Units Install on FS (11091000) Tower 46074 Dennison Hollow Hidden Springs Completed Burn Expansion Ranger District (11090804) 45295 Doubtfire Salvage Lakewood-Laona Completed Ranger District (11091304) 46335 Douglas Phelps Houston/Rolla/Cedar Completed Private Road Creek Ranger Permit District (11090503) 40375 Dukes Snowmobile Munising Ranger Completed Trail District (11091003) 47000 E Lake Road Blackduck Ranger Completed Association Road District (11090301) Permit 45836 Eagle Nest Lodge Deer River Ranger Completed Replace Cabins 4 District (11090303) and 6 46388 Earth Treks Inc. Potomac Ranger Completed and Wild Guyde District (11092105) Adventures LLC. Special Use Permits Reauthorization 45796 Eddington Creek Cadillac/Manistee Completed Head-cut Repair Ranger District (11090403) 47001 Edgren Shed & Porch Blackduck Ranger Completed Project District (11090301) 44866 Enbridge 1359 Site Hiawatha National Completed and Road Forest All Units Construction (11091000) 44870 Enbridge 1373 Test Hiawatha National Completed Wells Installation Forest All Units (11091000) 44213 Enbridge Integrity Rapid River Ranger Completed Dig MP 1369.9115 District (11091001) 47434 Enervest Permit: Wayne National Completed Gum Sump, Elkins, Forest All Units and Bradley (11091400) Pipelines 45159 Everett and Linda Houston/Rolla/Cedar Completed Anderson Special Creek Ranger Use Permit District (11090503) 44204 Finger Lakes Hector Ranger Completed Runners Club District (11092003) Special Use Authorization 44678 Flambeau and Dead Chequamegon/Nicolet Completed Horse Motorized National Forest All Trail Units (11091300) Reconstruction 45937 Forest Lodge Cow Great Divide Ranger Completed Pasture Prescribed District (11091302) Burn 42616 Forest Plan Mark Twain National Completed Amendment for Forest All Units Threatened, (11090500) Endangered, and Sensitive Species 46068 Forest-wide White Mountain Completed Driveway Permit National Forest All Reissuance Units (11092200) 46181 Four 10 Year Bear Blackduck Ranger Completed Guide Permits District (11090301) 46413 Froehlich Priority Hoosier National Completed Use Outfitter Forest All Units Guide Permit (11091200) 46549 Fun Promotions 10K Cadillac/Manistee Completed & 15K Running Ranger District Event (11090403) 46895 FY15 Allegheny Allegheny National Completed Reservoir Fish Forest All Units Habitat (11091900) Improvement Project 45669 Gary Purple Private Houston/Rolla/Cedar Completed Road Permit Creek Ranger District (11090503) 45670 Gary Purple Private Houston/Rolla/Cedar Completed Road Permit Creek Ranger District (11090503) 44622 Gunflint Mixed Gunflint Ranger Completed Trail/Road District (11090902) Recreation Use Project 41798 Hamburg Hill Trail Shawnee National Completed of Tears Forest All Units Enhancements (11090800) 46039 Hapgood Nature Manchester Ranger Completed Trail Improvements District (11092002) 45309 Hardin County Main Hidden Springs Completed Street: Ozark Tour Ranger District (11090804) 47673 Harrisville Huron Shores Ranger Completed Administrative District (11090406) Site Conveyance 46891 Hecla Water Ironton Ranger Completed Transmission District (11091403) Amendment #6 45582 Hemlock Wooly Hector Ranger Completed Adelgid District (11092003) Suppression Project 44878 Hiawatha Telephone Hiawatha National Completed Company Cable Forest All Units Installation (11091000) 37612 High Bridge North Cadillac/Manistee Completed Country Trail Ranger District Reroute (11090403) 46030 Highway 150 Road Hoosier National Completed Widening Permit Forest All Units (11091200) 41620 Hoff Road Ditch Midewin National Completed Maintenance Tallgrass Prairie Project All Units (11091500) 45835 Holt FR2308 Road Deer River Ranger Completed Permit District (11090303) 47016 Holt Road/Thrasher Eagle River-Florence Completed Road Temporary Ranger District Reroute (11091303) 45471 Hoosier Energy Hoosier National Completed Temporary Permit Forest All Units (11091200) 46538 Horseback Riding Huron Shores Ranger Completed Recreation Events-- District (11090406) Mio, Harrisville and Tawas Ranger Districts 46301 Horseshoe Cheat Ranger Completed Recreation Area District (11092101) Facilities and Related Granger- Thye Concessions Special Use Permit 45210 Howell County PWSD3 Ava/Cassville/Willow Completed Special Use Permit Springs Ranger District (11090521) 46457 Hwy 63 CWPP Project Washburn Ranger Completed District (11091305) 45245 Indian Kitchen Hidden Springs Completed Lodge Outfitter/ Ranger District Guide Special-Use (11090804) Permit 45172 Intercounty Houston/Rolla/Cedar Completed Electric Creek Ranger Cooperative District (11090503) Association Special Use Permit 45100 IUOA 5 year Hoosier National Completed Priority Use Forest All Units Outfitter/Guide (11091200) Permit 45152 J. Zabotrtsky Kawishiwi Ranger Completed Special Use Permit District (11090905) 46894 Joel D. King Huron Shores Ranger Completed Private Road District (11090406) Special Use Permit 46031 John Ingles Special Ironton Ranger Completed Uses Right-of-Way District (11091403) Road Permit 44306 Jon Nichols Number Ava/Cassville/Willow 2 Special Use Road Springs Ranger District (11090521) Completed 45949 Jump River Electric Great Divide Ranger Completed Rebuild District (11091302) 42006 Kenyon Hollow Ava/Cassville/Willow Completed Haying Allotment, Springs Ranger Prescribed Burn, District (11090521) and Cedar Control Project 37657 Kevin Woodward Gunflint Ranger Completed Access Proposal District (11090902) 45745 KGM Contractors LaCroix Ranger Completed Access District (11090906) 44208 Killington Bike Rochester Ranger Completed Trails District (11092005) 44446 Kinderhook Horse Athens Ranger Completed Trail Expansion District (11091401) 47071 Kinkaid Lake Mississippi Bluffs Completed Shoreline Ranger District Stabilization 2 (11090802) 46671 Koralewsi Private Mio Ranger District Completed Road Authorization (11090405) 45190 Lake County LAU1126- Laurentian Ranger Completed 09 District (11090901) 45475 Lake Sherwood Boat White Sulphur Ranger Completed Rental Concession District (11092106) 46431 Lakewood Southeast Chequamegon/Nicolet Completed Additional Burn National Forest All Unit Units (11091300) 47373 Lakewood-Laona Chequamegon/Nicolet Completed Programmatic National Forest All Salvage Units (11091300) 41111 Lewis Hay Ironton Ranger Completed Cultivation Permit District (11091403) 46349 Little Seeker ASL Marienville Ranger Completed Trail Realignment District (11091902) 46767 Little Willow Medford-Park Falls Completed Access Roads Ranger District Permit (11091301) 46534 Loda Lake Baldwin/White Cloud Completed Wildflower Ranger District Sanctuary (11090401) Boardwalk Removal and Replacement Project 44008 Lookout Mountain Laurentian Ranger Completed Single Track District (11090901) Mountain Bike Trails 46550 Lujenida Portage Tofte Ranger Completed Reroute District (11090907) 47355 Lydick West TFPA Blackduck Ranger Completed Project District (11090301) 45308 M.M. Road Permit Mississippi Bluffs Completed Ranger District (11090802) 46709 Marciniak Private Baldwin/White Cloud Completed Road Special Use Ranger District Permit (11090401) 41982 Marienville Marienville Ranger Completed Wildlife Habitat District (11091902) Enhancement Project 44985 Mays Road Right-Of- Gauley Ranger Completed Way Special Use District (11092102) Permit (GAU206002) 45776 McKean County Bat Bradford Ranger Completed Cave Gate District (11091903) 46636 Mentor Partners Baldwin/White Cloud Completed Hungerford Ranger District Generator (11090401) Installation 45833 Meyer FR 2153 Deer River Ranger Completed Permit District (11090303) 43328 Michael D. Rose Huron Shores Ranger Completed Private Road District (11090406) Special Use Permit 45470 Mill Brook Pemigewasset Ranger Completed Connector District (11092204) Snowmobile Trail Relocation 45806 Minard Run Oil Co. Bradford Ranger Completed Special Use District (11091903) Stickney Pipeline 47263 Mingus Cemetery Hoosier National Completed Special Use Permit Forest All Units (11091200) 43529 MNDNR LAC1076-53 LaCroix Ranger Completed District (11090906) 43530 MNDNR LAU1070-27 Laurentian Ranger Completed District (11090901) 44649 MNDNR LAU1070-30 Laurentian Ranger Completed District (11090901) 43531 MNDNR LAU1071-49 Laurentian Ranger Completed reroute District (11090901) 46979 Moccasin Lake Lot 2 Hiawatha National Completed Septic Replacement Forest All Units (11091000) 44745 Mondeaux Avenue Chequamegon/Nicolet Completed Electric Line National Forest All Rebuild Units (11091300) 46693 Monongahela Power Monongahela National Completed Electrical Forest All Units Powerline Reissue (11092100) Special Use Permit (GBR205002) 45892 Mosquito Creek Lakewood-Laona Completed Crossings Ranger District (11091304) 46304 Mountain Water Potomac Ranger Completed Assoc. Reissue District (11092105) Special Use Permit (POT205004) 43279 Mower Tract Trail Greenbrier Ranger Completed Construction District (11092103) 44752 Mt. Tecumseh Pemigewasset Ranger Completed Communication Site District (11092204) Special Use Permit 46696 Mt. Washington Androscoggin Ranger Completed Invasive Dandelion District (11092202) Removal 47036 Multi-year Fish Washburn Ranger Completed Habitat Management District (11091305) Project 46920 Nixon Guided Cadillac/Manistee Completed Hunting 5 Year Ranger District Permit (11090403) 47320 Norske Trail Middlebury Ranger Completed Relocation District (11092001) 45963 North Country Trail Ottawa National Completed Bridge Project Forest All Units (11090700) 46795 North Itasca Deer River Ranger Completed Powerline District (11090303) amendment 44984 North Zone Green Middlebury Ranger Completed Mountain Power District (11092001) Special Use Permit 45933 Northern Great Northern Great Lakes Completed Lakes Visitor Visitor Center Center Restoration (11091318) Projects 42971 Northern New Androscoggin Ranger Completed Hampshire Bird Dog District (11092202) Club Special Use Permit Renewal 45939 Northland Education Great Divide Ranger Completed and Research SUP District (11091302) 46657 Nummerdor Driveway Cadillac/Manistee Completed Construction Ranger District (11090403) 45165 Ohio Power Company Ironton Ranger Completed Amendments District (11091403) 44069 Old Runway Red Pine Mio Ranger District Completed and Alder CE (11090405) 46789 Olson Private Blackduck Ranger Completed Driveway Permit District (11090301) 46865 Onion Creek Kenton Ranger Completed Unauthorized Road District (11090704) Decommission 45085 Outfitter/Guide Huron-Manistee Completed Special Use National Forest All Authorizations Units (11090400) Issuance/ Reissuance 43365 Overstory Removal Sault Ste. Marie Completed Ranger District (11091004) 46501 Oyster Private Road Deer River Ranger Completed Permit District (11090303) 45741 Palmquist Special Bessemer Ranger Completed Use, Slate River District (11090702) Access 47462 Petersen Stair Deer River Ranger Completed Project District (11090303) 47252 Pine Grove Lodge Deer River Ranger Completed Residence District (11090303) 46835 Pine Lake Lakewood-Laona Completed Association Dock Ranger District SUP (11091304) 45403 Pine River KW Huron Shores Ranger Completed Opening District (11090406) Maintenance Project 45789 Plum Creek Special Iron River Ranger Completed Use, Ponozzo Road District (11090703) 45781 Polar Bear Plunge White Sulphur Ranger Completed (CYAC) Recreation District (11092106) Event Special Use Permit 45597 Potlatch FR2710 and Deer River Ranger Completed 2710A Road Permit District (11090303) 45601 Private Road 8491 Houston/Rolla/Cedar Completed Road User Creek Ranger Association District (11090503) Private Road Permit 43452 Private Road Salem Ranger Completed Special Use Permit District (11090507) Amendment SAL15502- 1 47536 Private Road Potosi/Fredericktown Completed Special Use Permit Ranger District FRT106 (11090505) 47585 Private Road Potosi/Fredericktown Completed Special Use Permit Ranger District POT15102 (11090505) 45264 Private Road Potosi/Fredericktown Completed Special Use Permit Ranger District POT339-1 (11090505) 46862 Private Road Potosi/Fredericktown Completed Special Use Permit Ranger District POT360 (11090505) 47581 Private Road Potosi/Fredericktown Completed Special Use Permit Ranger District POT365 (11090505) 47175 Private Road Potosi/Fredericktown Completed Special Use Permit Ranger District POT370 (11090505) 45260 Private Road Salem Ranger Completed Special Use Permit District (11090507) SAL232 47590 Private Road Salem Ranger Completed Special Use Permit District (11090507) SAL236 47148 Rainbow Springs SUP Ava/Cassville/Willow Completed Springs Ranger District (11090521) 45102 Ransburg Scout Hoosier National Completed Reservation Forest All Units Private Road/Trail (11091200) SU Permit 45266 Recreation Special Potosi/Fredericktown Completed Use Permit Ranger District POT23502 (11090505) 47708 Recreation Special Potosi/Fredericktown Completed Use Permit Ranger District POT24602 (11090505) 47583 Recreation Special Potosi/Fredericktown Completed Use Permit POT366 Ranger District (11090505) 47707 Recreation Special Potosi/Fredericktown Completed Use Permit POT368 Ranger District (11090505) 47709 Recreation Special Potosi/Fredericktown Completed Use Permit POT373 Ranger District (11090505) 47587 Recreation Special Potosi/Fredericktown Completed Use Permit POT374 Ranger District (11090505) 47535 Recreation Special Potosi/Fredericktown Completed Use Permit Renewal Ranger District POT369 (11090505) 44981 Reid 20 Year Baldwin/White Cloud Completed Private Road Ranger District Permit (11090401) 40331 8Reissuance of the Mio Ranger District Completed Enbridge Energy, (11090405) Limited Partnership Special Use Authorization0 42377 Reissuance Special Kawishiwi Ranger Completed Use Permits that District (11090905) Expire on 12/31/ 2014 46432 Revised Lake Eagle River-Florence Completed Habitat Ranger District Restoration (11091303) Project 46663 Rich Private Road Deer River Ranger Completed Permit District (11090303) 47030 Richey Private & Deer River Ranger Completed Forest Road Permit District (11090303) 46993 Rothstein; MSU; Mio Ranger District Completed Biomass Research (11090405) 45991 Sawdust Lake Washburn Ranger Completed Stewardship District (11091305) Project 46303 Secondary Access Wayne National Completed Butcher #1-A Well Forest All Units (11091400) 46619 Seely Private Road Baldwin/White Cloud Completed Special Use Permit Ranger District (11090401) 46387 Seneca High Potomac Ranger Completed Adventure District (11092105) Christian Camp Special Use Permit Reauthorization 43396 Silver Mines Potosi/Fredericktown Completed Recreation Area Ranger District Hazard Mitigations (11090505) 44468 SIP Permit Hoosier National Completed Consolidation Forest All Units (11091200) 45747 SIP/PSCI-Larry Hoosier National Completed Wilson Permit Forest All Units (11091200) 41852 Snow Valley C7 Manchester Ranger Completed Snowmobile Trail District (11092002) Relocation 46681 Snowmobile Trail 70 Great Divide Ranger Completed Re-route District (11091302) 43196 Soo Line Trail FSR Walker Ranger Completed 3036 Reroute District (11090305) Project 42967 South Pond Road Androscoggin Ranger Completed Association District (11092202) Special Use Permit Renewal 44117 South Pond Road Androscoggin Ranger Completed Association District (11092202) Special Use Permit Renewal 46864 Special Use Permit Potosi/Fredericktown Completed POT119 Ranger District (11090505) 46386 Special Use Permit Potosi/Fredericktown Completed POT14502 Ranger District (11090505) 46870 Special Use Permit Potosi/Fredericktown Completed POT26101 Ranger District (11090505) 44857 Springer Spaniel Hector Ranger Completed Field Trial District (11092003) Special Use 46342 Spruce Knob-Seneca Potomac Ranger Completed Rocks Telephone & District (11092105) Fiber Optic Reissue Special Use Permit (POT205006 & POT205007) 44021 St. Louis County LaCroix Ranger Completed LAC1601-55 District (11090906) 42953 St. Louis County Laurentian Ranger Completed LAU1002-48 District (11090901) 43697 St. Louis County Laurentian Ranger Completed LAU1002-56 District (11090901) 44650 St. Louis County Laurentian Ranger Completed LAU1002-57 District (11090901) 45831 Stephen Ballard Cadillac/Manistee Completed Private Property Ranger District Access Road (11090403) 47425 Stout Red Pine Huron Shores Ranger Completed Salvage and District (11090406) Reforestation Project 45120 Strecok Private Lakewood-Laona Completed Land Access SUP Ranger District (11091304) 44982 Switzer 20 Year Baldwin/White Cloud Completed Private Road Ranger District Permit (11090401) 36436 Tarsi Special Use Iron River Ranger Completed Proposal, Net District (11090703) River 45994 Taylor Electric Medford-Park Falls Completed Cooperative Red Ranger District Pine Road Line (11091301) Installation 45480 Tea Creek Phase II Marlinton Ranger Completed District (11092104) 46382 Temporary Road Potosi/Fredericktown Completed Special Use Permit Ranger District POT357 (11090505) 47537 Temporary Road Potosi/Fredericktown Completed Special Use Permit Ranger District POT363 (11090505) 47032 Temporary Road Potosi/Fredericktown Completed Special Use Permit Ranger District POT364 (11090505) 47176 Temporary Road Salem Ranger Completed Special Use Permit District (11090507) SAL238 46607 The Iosco County Huron Shores Ranger Completed Stockpile Permit District (11090406) Special Use Authorization Renewal 45306 The Southern Shawnee National Completed Illinois Fat Tire Forest All Units Festival (11090800) 45570 Timber Ridge Hidden Springs Completed Outpost and Cabins Ranger District Outfitter Guide (11090804) Permit 46099 TK Ranch Campground Hidden Springs Completed Ranger District (11090804) 44623 Tofte Mixed Trail/ Tofte Ranger Completed Road Recreation District (11090907) Use Project 47047 Top Notch Triathlon Pemigewasset Ranger Completed District (11092204) 46350 Tour de Lumberjack Huron Shores Ranger Completed Bike Event District (11090406) 47227 U.S. Fast Track Ava/Cassville/Willow Completed Special Use Road Springs Ranger Access District (11090521) 45179 Union Baptist Ironton Ranger Completed Church Road Permit District (11091403) 47546 Union Chapel Church Cheat Ranger Completed Road ROW/CHT205003 District (11092101) 44872 Upper Peninsula Hiawatha National Completed Power Company Forest All Units Underground (11091000) Electric Cable Installation 43933 Upper River Road Cadillac/Manistee Completed Trailhead for the Ranger District North Country (11090403) Trail 45512 US Geological Baldwin/White Cloud Completed Service Stream Ranger District Gauge Permit (11090401) Reissuance 46224 USA Merrill 1-18A Baldwin/White Cloud Completed Production Ranger District Facility (11090401) Construction 40592 Utilities District Brownstown Ranger Completed of Western Indiana District (11091202) Buried Power Line Permit Renewal 46377 Utility Special Use Potosi/Fredericktown Completed Permit Amendment Ranger District POT400405-2 (11090505) 47573 Utility Special Use Potosi/Fredericktown Completed Permit Amendment Ranger District POT400405-4 (11090505) 46603 Vavala SUA Road ROW Allegheny National Completed Forest All Units (11091900) 45838 Voyageurs Classic Deer River Ranger Completed Sled Dog Race District (11090303) 45314 W. Timber Haul Hidden Springs Completed Ranger District (11090804) 43477 Waiska River Road St. Ignace Ranger Completed (FS 3352) Spile District (11091005) Dams Removal 45012 Ward Chittendon Kawishiwi Ranger Completed Special Use Permit District (11090905) 46638 Washburn Challenge Pemigewasset Ranger Completed Special Use Permit District (11092204) 30149 West Fork Salem Ranger Completed Bottomland District (11090507) Restoration Project 44891 West Side Road Chequamegon/Nicolet Completed Permit Renewals National Forest All 2014 Units (11091300) 46883 Westphal Special Cadillac/Manistee Completed Use Forest Road Ranger District Permit (11090403) 46073 Westside Openlands Mississippi Bluffs Completed Burn Expansion Ranger District (11090802) 40737 Wheatlake/DeYoung Baldwin/White Cloud Completed Ranger District (11090401) 46637 White Mountain Pemigewasset Ranger Completed Triathlon Special District (11092204) Use Permit 44090 Wilbur Creek Trail Huron Shores Ranger Completed Bridge Replacement District (11090406) 43261 Wild River Valley Androscoggin Ranger Completed Trail Repairs District (11092202) 45128 William Makela Kawishiwi Ranger Completed Special Use Permit District (11090905) 45839 Williams Narrows Deer River Ranger Completed Resort Permit District (11090303) 43675 Wisconsin Central Ottawa National Completed Railroad Special Forest All Units Use Reissue (11090700) 45580 Woodford SnoBusters Manchester Ranger Completed Groomer Access District (11092002) Trail Special Use Re-issue 45581 Woodford SnoBusters Manchester Ranger Completed Hot Dog Roast and District (11092002) Special People Ride Recreation Event Special Use Re-issue 46667 Wright Private Road Baldwin/White Cloud Completed Permit Ranger District (11090401) 45862 WV DOH Bartow Road Monongahela National Completed Stabilization S.P. Forest All Units 38-220-3.30 (11092100) Special Use Permit 47143 WV DOH Cass Monongahela National Completed Rockfall Relocate Forest All Units Road GBR202004 (11092100) 45549 WVDOH Fishing Hawk Greenbrier Ranger Completed Bridge S.P. 42-22- District (11092103) 13.19 special use permit (GBR202001) 44855 Youth Pioneer Event Hector Ranger Completed Special Use District (11092003) 46816 Zito Media Fiber Bradford Ranger Completed Optic Line Special District (11091903) Use ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Region: R10--Alaska Region (1110) Decision Doc Type: DM NEPA Decision Signed Date Range: 10/01/2014 through 09/30/2015 Project Simple Format Projects Found: 51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 44598 2014 Special Use Cordova Ranger Completed Permit Renewals District (11100420) 48215 2015 Capitol Seward Ranger Completed Christmas Tree District (11100430) 45370 2015 Hecla Greens Admiralty National Completed Creek Mining Monument (11100534) Company Surface Exploration Annual Work Plan 45778 2015 Herbert Gold Juneau Ranger Completed Project District (11100533) 46150 ADF&G (Fisheries) Tongass National Completed Unuk River Work Forest All Units Camp Amendment 2 (11100500) 44103 ADFG Tent Platform Wrangell Ranger Completed CE District (11100522) 45615 AEL&P Snettisham Juneau Ranger Completed Powerline Weather District (11100533) Monitoring Station 45761 Alaska Alpine Seward Ranger Completed Adventures Ski District (11100430) Touring in Summit Lake Area 48065 Alyeska Pipelines Cordova Ranger Completed Service Company District (11100420) Hinchinbrook Island Communications Site Reissue 46799 Anan Creek Partial Wrangell Ranger Completed Barrier Falls District (11100522) Modification 41008 Anan Trail Wrangell Ranger Completed Maintenance District (11100522) (gravel) 45770 ANM JRD Isolated or Admiralty National Completed Pre-ANILCA Cabin Monument (11100534) Permit Renewals 2015 30073 Auk Village Rec Juneau Ranger Completed Area Parking District (11100533) Improvement 45028 CAC Gravina Cordova Ranger Completed Exploration District (11100420) Project 45252 City of Cordova Cordova Ranger Completed Sewer Line Reissue District (11100420) 45821 Claude Point Tongass National Completed Isolated Cabin SUA Forest All Units Renewal (11100500) 47602 Daycare Association Thorne Bay Ranger Completed Special Use Permit District (11100554) 47020 Egg Island Wetland Cordova Ranger Completed Enhancement District (11100420) Project 47507 GCI Fiber-optic Cordova Ranger Completed Cable Installation District (11100420) within Existing Utility Corridor 46269 Granite Creek Glacier Ranger Completed Campground District (11100410) Streambank Stabilization and Fisheries Enhancement Project 46041 Green Power Juneau Ranger Completed Development LLC-- District (11100533) Permit extension for stream gauging station 45067 He'en Latinee Juneau Ranger Completed Meteorological District (11100533) Development 46992 Hope Highway Non- Seward Ranger Completed System Road District (11100430) Project 45687 Italio River Yakutat Ranger Completed Adventures O/G District (11100535) Camp move 46453 Jackpot Lakes Glacier Ranger Completed Habitat District (11100410) Enhancement 46284 Jerome Lake Trickle- Seward Ranger Completed dam Removal District (11100430) 46215 Kensington 2015 Juneau Ranger Completed Annual Exploration District (11100533) Plan 45617 Ketchikan Tongass National Completed Snowmobile Club Forest All Units Cabin SUA Renewal (11100500) 45110 Knowles Head Cordova Ranger Completed Restoration District (11100420) Thinning 45331 Lonesome Dove Cordova Ranger Completed Outfitters District (11100420) Assigned Site 45637 Lower Tawah Access Yakutat Ranger Completed Trail District (11100535) 46309 Mitkof Island Deer Petersburg Ranger Completed Habitat District (11100521) Enhancement 45727 Naukati Boat Launch Thorne Bay Ranger Completed Access Area District (11100554) 43253 Oyster Farms Permit Wrangell Ranger Completed Renewal 2015-2019 District (11100522) 45343 Petersburg Ranger Petersburg Ranger Completed District Riparian District (11100521) Thinning 44690 Portage Valley Glacier Ranger Completed Waterfowl and Fish District (11100410) Habitat Improvement Project 44835 Reissue Four Petersburg Ranger Completed Special Use District (11100521) Authorizations on the Petersburg Ranger District 45803 Reissue Special Use Tongass National Completed Authorization for Forest All Units USCG Differential (11100500) GPS facility at Level Island 46166 Russian River Seward Ranger Completed Firearm District (11100430) Restriction--Fores t Order 47010 San Juan Creek Cordova Ranger Completed Habitat District (11100420) Improvement 45625 Saw Ridge FAA Ketchikan--Misty Completed Communication Site Ranger District SUA (11100552) 35861 Scott Shelly Glacier Ranger Completed Private Road District (11100410) Special Use Permit Renewal 45748 Slippery Fishpass Petersburg Ranger Completed Modification District (11100521) 45168 Southern Prince of Craig Ranger Completed Wales Pre- District (11100551) commercial Thinning 45018 TelAlaska Telephone Seward Ranger Completed and Fiberoptic District (11100430) Special Use Permit Reissue 45879 Tenakee Peril Sitka Ranger Completed Strait Thinning District (11100531) Project 46237 Thorne Bay Sort Thorne Bay Ranger Completed Yard Mineral District (11100554) Material Sale-- Phase 1 42914 Two temporary Sitka Ranger Completed sawmills at False District (11100531) Island and Corner Bay. 47509 Weise and Wolfe Cordova Ranger Completed Isolated Cabin District (11100420) Reissue 45877 Wrangell District Wrangell Ranger Completed Thinning District (11100522) 46569 Zarembo Minerals Wrangell Ranger Completed Investigation 2015- District (11100522) 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Region: Forest Products Lab (1111); International Institute of Tropical Forestry (1112); Rocky Mountain Research Station (1122); Northern Research Station (1124); Pacific Northwest Research Station (1126); Pacific Southwest Research Station (1127); Southern Research Station (1133); Northeastern Area--State and Private Forestry (1142) Decision Doc Type: DM NEPA Decision Signed Date Range: 10/01/2014 through 09/30/2015 Project Simple Format Projects Found: 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 39236 NEON Flux Tower at San Joaquin ER All Completed San Joaquin Units (11271000) Experimental Range ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [attachment 3] Project Search Constraints (This report contains the best available information at the time the data was published.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Project Overall NEPA No. Project Name Lead Management Unit Process Status ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Region: R1--Northern Region (1101) Decision Doc Type: DN NEPA Decision Signed Date Range: 10/01/2014 through 09/30/2015 Project Simple Format Projects Found: 23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 38515 Barnyard South North Fork Ranger Completed Sheep District (11011753) 42483 Bottom Canyon Fernan Ranger Completed Project District (11010403) 37993 Burnt Fork, Hogan Beartooth Ranger Completed Crk On/Off, Rock District (11010802) Crk, Sage Crk and Proposed Red Butte Allotments Rangeland Project 39057 Colette Mine Stream Lochsa/Powell Ranger Completed Restoration District (11011755) Project 36615 Darby Lumber Lands Darby Ranger Completed Watershed District (11010302) Improvement and Travel Management Project 47237 East Yellowstone Medora Ranger Completed Trail NFSR 7901 District (11011807) Road Improvements 37369 Elkhorn Gravel Pit Medora Ranger Completed District (11011807) 40785 Hellroaring Bonners Ferry Ranger Completed District (11010407) 33676 Highwood Mountains Judith Ranger Completed Range District (11011504) 44559 International Dakota Prairie Completed Western Company Grasslands All water pumping Units (11011800) facility and associated utilities 42170 Little Belt Lewis And Clark Completed Mountains Hazard National Forest All Tree Removal Units (11011500) 33857 Little Snowy Musselshell Ranger Completed Mountains District (11011506) Restoration 43096 Lolo First 50 Road Nez Perce-Clearwater Completed Decommissioning National Forest All Project Units (11011700) 38754 Martin Creek Tally Lake Ranger Completed Resource District (11011008) Management Project 43633 Nelson Bike Shuttle Superior Ranger Completed Special Use Permit District (11011607) Request 42542 O'Keefe Grazing Missoula Ranger Completed Allotment District (11011603) Management Plan Revision 40176 Selway Bank Nez Perce-Clearwater Completed Stabilization National Forest All Units (11011700) 45224 Stillwater Mining Custer Gallatin Completed Company's Benbow National Forest All Exploration Portal Units (11011100) & Support Facilities Plan of Operations 38517 Strychnine Pine Palouse Ranger Completed District (11011752) 41100 Sweet Grass Yellowstone Ranger Completed Integrated District (11011104) Resource Resiliency and Restoration 30894 Trapper Creek Wise River Ranger Completed Vegetation District (11010202) Management 42843 Treasured Sandpoint Ranger Completed Landscapes District (11010406) Recreation Projects 44946 True Oil Red Wing Mckenzie Ranger Completed Creek Master District (11011808) Development Plan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Region: R2--Rocky Mountain Region (1102) Decision Doc Type: DN NEPA Decision Signed Date Range: 10/01/2014 through 09/30/2015 Project Simple Format Projects Found: 34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 41619 Basalt to Gypsum West Zone/Sopris Completed Motorized Ranger District Singletrack (11021503) 45800 Beaver Park Divide Ranger Completed Reservoir Special District (11020904) Use Permit 44493 Billy Creek Timber Powder River Ranger Completed Sale District (11020201) 39610 Cain Creek Land Nebraska National Completed Exchange Forest All Units (11020700) 40222 Carbon Power and Laramie Ranger Completed Light Powerline District (11020605) Clearing along Highway 130 24022 CDOT Highway 133 West Zone/Sopris Completed Debris Dump Site Ranger District and Placita (11021503) Roadside Landscaping 41474 Cherokee Park Canyon Lakes Ranger Completed Project District (11021005) 42510 Coulton Floyd II Hahns Peak/Bears Completed Timber & Fuels Ears Ranger Management District (11020603) Analysis 44272 Crossons-Longview South Platte Ranger In Progress Environmental District (11021211) Assessment Forest Restoration Project 38671 Dillon Ranger East Zone/Dillon Completed District Outfitter Ranger District Guides Additional (11021510) Use 32444 East Aspen Metro West Zone/Aspen Completed District Mosquito Ranger District Control (11021501) 40959 Forest Health-- Mancos/Dolores Completed Burnt Ridge Aspen Ranger District Management Project (11021305) 43000 Forest Health-- Columbine Ranger Completed Fosset Gulch/ District (11021308) Northern HDs Ecosystem Restoration Project 40708 Jewel Cave Hell Canyon Ranger Completed Withdrawal District (11020303) 45401 Lazy Beaver Claim-- Northern Hills Completed Placer Mining Plan Ranger District of Operations (11020308) 46127 Long Creek Project Wind River Ranger Completed District (11021405) 41420 Long Park AMP Yampa Ranger Completed District (11020601) 25720 Pikes Peak RD 10 Pikes Peak Ranger Completed Year Priority District (11021209) Outfitter & Guide Permits 44517 Pine Ridge Nebraska National Completed Landscape Forest All Units Restoration (11020700) Project 38657 Piney 2012 Project East Zone/Holy Cross Completed Ranger District (11021507) 45735 Poage Lake Spruce Divide Ranger Completed Beetle Salvage District (11020904) Project 40812 Rangeland Hahns Peak/Bears Completed Management in the Ears Ranger Whiskey Creek District (11020603) Analysis Area (formerly the Dudley Analysis Area). 45736 Roads--Chub Draw Pagosa Ranger Completed and Gordon Creek District (11021306) Gravel Pit Reentry and Expansion 43903 Roaring Fork Stream Rio Grande National Completed Restoration Forest All Units Project (11020900) 45402 Robey #1 Claim-- Northern Hills Completed Placer Mining Plan Ranger District of Operations (11020308) 44643 Snowmass Ski Trail White River National Completed Enhancements and Forest All Units High Alpine (11021500) Chairlift Replacement 36896 Summit Huts--New East Zone/Dillon Completed Hut Construction Ranger District and Associated (11021510) Access Trail and Parking Lot 30294 Tennessee Creek Leadville Ranger Completed Vegetation District (11021201) Management Project 45161 Town of Mountain Norwood Ranger Completed Village Waterline District (11020405) Extension Project 40865 Upper Colorado Sulphur Ranger Completed Forest Health and District (11021008) Fuels Reduction Project 45513 Willett Creek, Bighorn National Cancelled Forest Service Forest All Units Road (FSR) 226 Re- (11020200) route Project 47194 Willett Creek, Bighorn National Completed Forest Service Forest All Units Road 226 Reroute (11020200) Project 41481 Willow Creek Parks Ranger Completed Analysis Project District (11020604) 43154 Wilson Peak Land Grand Mesa Completed Exchange Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest All Units (11020400) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Region: R3--Southwestern Region (1103) Decision Doc Type: DN NEPA Decision Signed Date Range: 10/01/2014 through 09/30/2015 Project Simple Format Projects Found: 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 41041 APS NO1 Youngs to Flagstaff Ranger Completed Mormon Lake 69kV District (11030408) Power Line 184 Burro Forest Reserve Ranger Completed Restoration District (11030606) Project 46027 Chino Small Grazing Chino Valley Ranger Completed Allotments District (11030901) 43268 Dragoon Allotment Douglas Ranger Completed Livestock Water District (11030501) Pipeline Project 36969 El Rito Canyon El Rito Ranger Completed Landscape District (11030202) Restoration Project 44934 Energen Resources Jicarilla Ranger Completed Corporation Oil District (11030203) and Gas Production Facility Special Use Authorization 26496 Grazing Permit Nogales Ranger Completed Reauthorization, District (11030502) Lake Allotment 42876 Larson Forest Black Mesa Ranger Completed Restoration District (11030102) Project 34153 Magdalena Travel Magdalena Ranger Completed Management Project District (11030303) 41543 Plan of Operations Globe Ranger Completed for Imerys Perlite District (11031202) Mine 43312 Restoration of Rio Black Range Ranger Completed Grande Cutthroat District (11030602) Trout in the Animas Creek Watershed 36849 Santa Fe Municipal Espanola Ranger Completed Watershed Pecos District (11031006) Wilderness Prescribed Burn 42214 Spring Creek (Oak Red Rock Ranger Completed Creek Aquatic District (11030406) Species Protection) 39533 Springerville/ Springerville Ranger Completed Alpine Trailhead District (11030106) Environmental Assessment 42814 Walnut Creek Center Chino Valley Ranger Completed for Education and District (11030901) Research and Southwest Experimental Garden Array ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Region: R4--Intermountain Region (1104) Decision Doc Type: DN NEPA Decision Signed Date Range: 10/01/2014 through 09/30/2015 Project Simple Format Projects Found: 31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 44545 Atwood Dam Repair Ashley National Completed Project Forest All Units (11040100) 38011 Ballpark Road Re- Lost River Ranger Completed Location District (11041304) 43169 Black Canyon CDT Ashton/Island Park Completed (Continental (11041552) Divide Trail) 41469 Cart Creek Vernal Ranger Completed Watershed Roads District (11040102) Improvement Project 42438 Centennial--Seligma Ely Ranger District Completed n Mine Plan (11041709) 21302 Cumo Exploration Idaho City Ranger Completed Project District (11040203) (previously listed as Cumo 2007 Project) 44874 Dry Ridge Montpelier Ranger Completed Exploration District (11041553) 41401 East Walker Bridgeport Ranger Completed Landscape Habitat District (11041702) Improvement Project 40233 East Zone Minerals Escalante Ranger Completed Source Sites District (11040704) 38334 Ely Ranger District Ely Ranger District Completed Wilderness (11041709) Management Plan 44115 Green Springs Ely Ranger District Completed Exploration (11041709) Project 45873 Jackson Hole Jackson Ranger Completed Mountain Resort District (11040304) Suite of Projects 41247 Kilgore, North Area Dubois Ranger Completed District (11041551) 41873 Mill Creek Dam Salt Lake Ranger Completed Removal and District (11041901) Restoration Project 40164 Moon Lake Boat Ramp Roosevelt Ranger Completed District (11040103) 45605 Multi-use Visitor Powell Ranger Completed Path District (11040703) 40313 North Elk Ridge Monticello Ranger Completed Forest Health District (11041005) Project 45097 North Heber Salvage Heber-Kamas Ranger Completed Project District (11041903) 34413 North Island Park Ashton/Island Park Completed WUI (11041552) 37616 Old Mill WUI Spring Mountains Completed Hazardous Fuels National Recreation Treatment Area (11041705) 36593 Overland Pass Ruby Mountains Completed Habitat Ranger District Improvement (11041707) Project 37386 Sawyer Point Cedar City Ranger Completed Vegetation District (11040702) Treatment 46245 South Central Utah Powell Ranger Completed Telephone District (11040703) Association Special Use Project 42811 Stoddard Creek Dubois Ranger Completed Recreation Plan District (11041551) 35803 Teeple Springs Fremont River Ranger Completed Vegetation District (11040802) Management Project 42807 Thomas Draw Road Dubois Ranger Completed 637 Bypass District (11041551) 46148 Toms Creek Ashton/Island Park Completed Powerline (11041552) 44514 Town of Manila Land Flaming Gorge Ranger Completed Conveyance--Manila District (11040101) Landfill 41548 Upper Provo Heber-Kamas Ranger Completed Watershed District (11041903) Restoration Project. 36586 Ward Mt. Ely Ranger District Completed Interagency (11041709) Landscape Restoration and Fuels Reduction Project 40734 West Slope Wildland- Moab Ranger District Completed Urban Interface (11041004) Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Region: R5--Pacific Southwest Region (1105) Decision Doc Type: DN NEPA Decision Signed Date Range: 10/01/2014 through 09/30/2015 Project Simple Format Projects Found: 38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 42834 29 Milestone Eldorado National Completed Residence Removal Forest All Units (11050300) 45965 8Bald Fire Salvage Lassen National Completed and Restoration0 Forest All Units (11050600) 39344 Bald Mountain High Sierra Ranger Completed Project District (11051552) 35610 Baron Ranch Trail Santa Barbara Ranger Completed Connector District (11050754) 40396 Bloody Run Sub- Yuba River Ranger Completed Watershed Forest District (11051753) Health Improvement Project 39216 Cabin Removal and Ojai Ranger District Completed Restoration (11050755) 33698 Carr-Tucker Doublehead Ranger Completed Allotments Water District (11050956) Development Projects 45698 Cedar Creek Falls Palomar Ranger Completed Visitor Use Permit District (11050253) System Modification 41607 Cleveland National Cleveland National Completed Forest Invasive Forest All Units Weed Management (11050200) Plan 40398 Coleman Thinning Yuba River Ranger Completed Project District (11051753) 40981 Discovery Placer Beckwourth Ranger Completed Exploration District (11051101) Project 41631 Dry Creek Project Truckee Ranger Completed District (11051757) 41661 Eagle Bird Mine Yuba River Ranger Completed Claim Group District (11051753) Project 45962 Eiler Fire Salvage Lassen National Completed and Restoration Forest All Units (11050600) 38566 Feather River Almanor Ranger Completed Allotment District (11050651) Livestock Grazing Management Project--Name Change 45636 8French Fire Bass Lake Ranger Completed Recovery and District (11051551) Reforestation Project0 39787 Geraldine Mining Feather River Ranger Completed Plan of Operations District (11051103) 32113 Gordon Hill Gasquet Ranger Completed Vegetation District/Smith Management Project River NRA (11051051) 40385 Hayden Project Beckwourth Ranger Completed District (11051101) 34802 Historic Facilities Lake Tahoe Basin Mgt Completed BMP Retrofit Unit (11051900) 37551 Incline Lake Dam Lake Tahoe Basin Mgt Completed Project Unit (11051900) 38745 Laguna Water System Descanso Ranger Completed Improvement District (11050254) 38743 Lake Morena Descanso Ranger Completed Community Defense District (11050254) Project 46674 Liberty Utilities Beckwourth Ranger Completed 619 Power Line District (11051101) Maintenance Project 45313 Little Deer Project Goosenest Ranger Completed District (11050557) 38544 Little Truckee Fish Truckee Ranger Completed Habitat District (11051757) Improvement Project 41939 McKesick Peak and Beckwourth Ranger Completed Ferris Fields District (11051101) Allotments Project 40910 Neilsen Grazing Placerville Ranger Completed Allotment District (11050356) Management Plan 42264 Parks-Eddy Mt. Shasta Ranger Completed Watershed District (11051459) Restoration 44035 Perez Pipeline Doublehead Ranger Completed Extension District (11050956) 35104 PG&E Herbicide Plumas National Completed Vegetation Forest All Units Management Program (11051100) 44112 Pioneer Invasive Eagle Lake Ranger Completed Plant Treatment District (11050658) Project 42877 Sierra Front OHV White Mountain Completed Restoration Ranger District (11050453) 44911 TCRCD Hazardous Almanor Ranger Completed Fuels Reduction District (11050651) 45961 Upper Pine Creek Eagle Lake Ranger Completed Boundary Fence District (11050658) 41757 Watershed American River Completed Restoration Near Ranger District Pagge Creek and (11051754) the Sugar Pine Staging Area 40832 West Calaveras Thin Calaveras Ranger Completed Plantation Health District (11051652) Improvement 25380 Westside Plantation Shasta Trinity Completed Project National Forest All Units (11051400) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Region: R6--Pacific Northwest Region (1106) Decision Doc Type: DN NEPA Decision Signed Date Range: 10/01/2014 through 09/30/2015 Project Simple Format Projects Found: 48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 44960 1136 Spur Road Hebo Ranger District Completed Project (11061201) 40719 Accessible Fishing Tonasket Ranger Completed Docks Project District (11061709) 43087 Annie Restoration Tonasket Ranger Completed (AR) Project District (11061709) 45739 Bailey Butte Fire Lookout Mountain Completed Project Ranger District (11060701) 41022 Big Mosquito Blue Mountain Ranger Completed District (11060401) 38013 Bluejay Vegetation Chiloquin Ranger Completed Restoration District (11060212) Project 44624 Bonaparte Lake and Tonasket Ranger Completed Lost Lake District (11061709) Campground Projects 38487 Buck Tule Detroit Ranger Completed District (11061804) 41511 Cascadia Day Use Sweet Home Ranger Completed Forest Plan District (11061803) Amendment and Site Development 42821 Central Malheur Emigrant Creek Completed Allotment Ranger District (11060402) 46234 Central Oregon Redmond Air Center Completed Interagency (11060106) Dispatch Center Building Lease 43726 Chewuch River Methow Valley Ranger Completed Restoration RM 13- District (11061704) 15.5 43264 Cool Soda Sweet Home Ranger Completed District (11061803) 43484 Crooked Mud Honey Lakeview Ranger Completed District (11060202) 42153 Deer Jasper Three Rivers Ranger Completed Restoration District (11062112) Project 43646 Dry Restoration Naches Ranger Completed District (11061708) 32129 Elk 16 Prairie City Ranger Completed District (11060404) 37320 Grove Thin Clackamas River Completed Ranger District (11060605) 44548 Hansen Creek North Bend Ranger Completed Vegetation Project District (11060505) 43733 Indian Ford Creek Sisters Ranger Completed Restoration District (11060105) Project 44567 Izee Allotment Emigrant Creek Completed Management Plan Ranger District (11060402) 32816 Junction Vegetation Bend/Fort Rock Completed Management Project Ranger District (11060101) 40686 Lava Restoration Hood River Ranger Completed District (11060606) 21280 Little Dean Fuels Whitman Ranger Completed Vegetation District (11061631) Management 45715 Mt. Baker Ranger Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie Completed District National Forest All Geothermal Consent Units (11060500) to Lease Project 30232 Newberry Geothermal Bend/Fort Rock Completed Consent to Lease Ranger District Project (11060101) 43665 North Fork Mill Hood River Ranger Completed Creek Revised District (11060606) 46300 North Pine Creek Hells Canyon NRA Completed Channel (11061604) Restoration 41044 Queets Vegetation Pacific Ranger Completed Management District South (11060903) 42639 Red Butte Cinder Bend/Fort Rock Completed Pit Expansion Ranger District (11060101) 41515 Renshaw Vegetation Sullivan Lake Ranger Completed Management Project District (11062105) EA 28900 Research Natural Bend/Fort Rock Completed Area Ranger District Establishment--Hea (11060101) dwaters of the Cultus River 28899 Research Natural Bend/Fort Rock Completed Area Ranger District Establishment--Kat (11060101) suk Butte 28897 Research Natural Bend/Fort Rock Completed Area Ranger District Establishment--Man (11060101) y Lakes 28898 Research Natural Bend/Fort Rock Completed Area Ranger District Establishment--Wec (11060101) hee Butte 42022 Riparian Weed Willamette National Completed Treatment Project Forest All Units (11061800) 42664 Science and Gifford Pinchot Completed Learning Center at National Forest All Coldwater Camp Units (11060300) 39933 South Nestucca Hebo Ranger District Completed Restoration (11061201) Project 46112 South Summit Forest Methow Valley Ranger Completed and Fuels II District (11061704) 42769 Stevens Pass Phase Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie Completed 3 National Forest All Units (11060500) 33407 Sucker Creek Legacy Wild Rivers Ranger Completed Roads and Trails District (11061022) Project 46147 Trout habitat Newport Ranger Completed Restoration District (11062103) Program Fish Habitat Improvements Programmatic EA 25671 Umpqua National Umpqua National Completed Forest Travel Forest All Units Management Plan (11061500) 40801 Wenaha Wild and Pomeroy Ranger Completed Scenic River District (11061404) Comprehensive River Management Plan 45021 West Branch LeClerc Sullivan Lake Ranger Completed Creek Watershed District (11062105) Restoration 45208 White King/Lucky Lakeview Ranger Completed Lass Mines District (11060202) Withdrawal Extension 40194 Willow Sump North Umpqua Ranger Completed Invasive Plant District (11061506) Project 42301 Wolf Project Emigrant Creek Completed Ranger District (11060402) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Region: R8--Southern Region (1108) Decision Doc Type: DN NEPA Decision Signed Date Range: 10/01/2014 through 09/30/2015 Project Simple Format Projects Found: 41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 45473 2015 Gypsy Moth George Washington Completed Slow the Spread and Jefferson Project National Forest All Units (11080800) 44473 Amaranthine Talladega Ranger Completed Environmental District (11080106) Assessment 45300 Amendment to the St. Francis Ranger Completed Original District (11081007) Environmental Assessment for the Louisiana Purchase Baseline Trail 46170 Bee Ridge Pleasant Hill Ranger Completed District (11081004) 43056 Big Brushy Mena Ranger District Completed Campground (11080907) 42157 BNF Rush Creek/NFSR Bankhead Ranger Completed 263 Culvert District (11080101) Replacement Project 38850 C63 Project Angelina Ranger Completed District (11081301) 30460 Camp Livingston Catahoula Ranger Completed Ecosystem District (11080601) Management Project 38856 Cane Pole Multiple Nantahala Ranger Completed Resource District (11081111) Management Project 42106 Caney Shortleaf Caney Ranger Completed Restoration District (11080606) Project 43592 Christopher Womble Ranger Completed Mountain District (11080910) Restoration Project 43233 Columbia Co. and National Forests In Completed Plum Creek Land Florida All Units Exchange (11080500) 44038 Compartment 112 Sam Houston Ranger Completed Longleaf Pine District (11081304) Restoration Project 44637 Fariview Campground R8--Southern Region Completed Decommission All Units Project (11080000) 45239 Forest Health EA Seminole Ranger Completed District (11080505) 46077 Forest Supervisor's Daniel Boone Completed Closure Orders National Forest All Units (11080200) 41944 Georgia Aster and Enoree Ranger Completed Shortleaf Pine District (11081201) Management 43526 Giant Cane Enoree Ranger Completed Restoration District (11081201) Project on the Enoree Ranger District 40077 Grandfather Grandfather Ranger Completed District District (11081105) Restoration Burns 42468 Greater Collier Bankhead Ranger Completed Watershed Forest District (11080101) Health and Restoration Project 42473 Horn Mountain Talladega Ranger Completed Communication District (11080106) Tower 45629 Howard Creek Francis Marion and Completed Restoration Sumter National Project Forest All Units (11081200) 43611 Locust Gap Pleasant Hill Ranger Completed District (11081004) 40207 London Fuels London Ranger Completed Treatment District (11080214) 42570 Mount Ida Watershed Womble Ranger Completed Restoration District (11080910) Management Project 39772 NFsAL Indiana Bat National Forests in Completed Forest Plan Alabama All Units Amendment (11080100) 42090 Nickleson Branch Oden Ranger District Completed (11080908) 41436 Oconee Range Oconee Ranger Completed Allotment District (11080308) 45858 Pipeline Northwest Oakmulgee Ranger Completed Restoration Plan District (11080104) 43274 Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill Ranger Completed Wildlife Habitat District (11081004) Improvement 40286 Potato Hill Fourche Ranger Completed Mountain District (11080904) 43562 Road/trail Conasauga Ranger Completed decommissioning District (11080301) and trail seasonal closures 44925 Shoal Creek Road Shoal Creek Ranger Completed Access District (11080105) 46503 Southern Creek Mena Ranger District Completed Ouachita River (11080907) 40305 Spirits Project Boston Mountain Completed Ranger District (11081005) 40500 Suppression of National Forests In Completed Southern Pine Texas All Units Beetle (11081300) Infestations in Wildernesses in the National Forests in Texas. 41170 Three Knob Project Bayou Ranger Completed District (11081003) 43553 Upper Kisatchie Kisatchie Ranger Completed Bayou Sub District (11080603) Watershed Project 44143 US 17, NCDOT National Forests In Completed Project North Carolina All Units (11081100) 44366 Watson Hill LLC Long Cane Ranger Completed Vegetation District (11081203) Management and Timber Sale Project 33235 Wolf Pen Gap 2011 Mena Ranger District Completed Project (11080907) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Region: R9--Eastern Region (1109) Decision Doc Type: DN NEPA Decision Signed Date Range: 10/01/2014 through 09/30/2015 Project Simple Format Projects Found: 33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 46076 2015 Gypsy Moth Athens Ranger Completed Slow the Spread District (11091401) Project 43438 Administrative White Mountain Completed Radio Repeater National Forest All Improvement Units (11092200) Project 41796 Ameren Powerline Shawnee National Completed Reconstruction Forest All Units Project (11090800) 44135 Bigelow-Newaygo Baldwin/White Cloud Completed Project Ranger District (11090401) 41621 Bison Introduction Midewin National Completed and Grazing Tallgrass Prairie All Units (11091500) 43807 Black Locust Cadillac/Manistee Completed Fuelwood EA Ranger District (11090403) 41633 Boyden Brook Road Rochester Ranger Completed Decommission, District (11092005) Watershed Restoration and Trail Relocation Project 43303 Briggs and Bridge Mio Ranger District Completed KW and Hazardous (11090405) Fuels Project 45414 Chequamegon Salvage Chequamegon/Nicolet Completed and Restoration National Forest All Units (11091300) 40660 Cook County Land Superior National Completed Exchange Forest All Units (11090900) 42959 Eureka Gravel Washburn Ranger Completed Source Development District (11091305) Project 39955 Fremont-Pineknot Doniphan/Eleven Completed East Restoration Point Ranger Project District (11090523) 42945 Gardner Land-for- Mio Ranger District Completed Land Exchange (11090405) 41839 Gilmore Aspen Middlebury Ranger Completed Management Project District (11092001) 33106 Glen Ellis Falls Androscoggin Ranger Completed Day Use Area Site District (11092202) Improvement Project 44672 Hunters Creek Road Hoosier National Completed Right-of-Way Forest All Units Conveyance (11091200) 40494 Jakes Rocks Epic Bradford Ranger Completed Mountain Bike District (11091903) Trail 39573 Knutson Dam Blackduck Ranger Completed Improvement District (11090301) Project 43639 Laurentian Deer River Ranger Completed Vegetation District (11090303) Managment Project 44286 Morgan Lake Eagle River-Florence Completed Campground ATV Ranger District Designation (11091303) 45310 North Fork Access Ava/Cassville/Willow Completed Springs Ranger District (11090521) 40841 Pearl Project Kawishiwi Ranger Completed District (11090905) 37233 Phragmites Shawnee National Completed Eradication Forest All Units (11090800) 43270 Ramsey Branch Hidden Springs Completed Hardwood Ranger District Restoration (11090804) 42975 Red Pine Thinning Ottawa National Completed Project Forest All Units (11090700) 44674 Sell Special Use Hoosier National Completed Permit Forest All Units (11091200) 42197 SEMO Grazing Doniphan/Eleven Completed Allotments Project Point Ranger District (11090523) 44591 Shingobee Walker Ranger Completed Vegetation District (11090305) Management Project 45228 Smithers RAPRA Hiawatha National Completed Special Use Permit Forest All Units Reissuance (11091000) 45814 Supplement to the Pemigewasset Ranger Completed Green Peak District (11092204) Expansion and Trail Construction at Waterville Valley Ski Resort 45339 Sweetwater Non- Baldwin/White Cloud Completed Motorized Winter Ranger District Trail (11090401) 28198 Upper Greenbrier Greenbrier Ranger Completed North District (11092103) 41909 Windy Project Tofte Ranger Completed District (11090907) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Region: R10--Alaska Region (1110) Decision Doc Type: DN NEPA Decision Signed Date Range: 10/01/2014 through 09/30/2015 Project Simple Format Projects Found: 16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 45109 Anan Floating Dock Wrangell Ranger Completed District (11100522) 45851 Baranof Island Sitka Ranger Completed Brewing Company District (11100531) Special Forest Products Permit for the Harvest of Spruce Tips 43521 Davidson Creek Juneau Ranger Completed Falls Fish Passage District (11100533) 45795 Hard Labor Mining Seward Ranger Completed Plan of Operations District (11100430) 47104 Ice Box Mining Plan Seward Ranger Completed of Operations District (11100430) 41219 Kruzof Island Sitka Ranger Completed Outfitter Guide EA District (11100531) 43699 Lena Beach Juneau Ranger Completed Recreation Area District (11100533) Renovation 45010 Margaret Wildlife Ketchikan--Misty Completed Observation Ranger District Enhancements (11100552) 37050 Mendenhall Glacier Juneau Ranger Completed Recreation Area District (11100533) Planning 29099 8Mitkof Island0 Petersburg Ranger Completed District (11100521) 43147 Sand Trail Parking Cordova Ranger Completed Area Construction District (11100420) Project 47105 Three D mining plan Seward Ranger Completed of operations District (11100430) 45794 Timberline & Stormy Seward Ranger Completed Mining Plan of District (11100430) Operations 43698 West Glacier Spur Juneau Ranger Completed Road Area District (11100533) Enhancements 45887 White Rock Mining Seward Ranger Completed Plan of Operations District (11100430) 45711 Wood Bison Project-- Glacier Ranger Completed Supplemental EA District (11100410) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [attachment 4] Project Search Constraints (This report contains the best available information at the time the data was published.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Project Overall NEPA No. Project Name Lead Management Unit Process Status ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Region: R1--Northern Region (1101) Decision Doc Type: ROD NEPA Decision Signed Date Range: 10/01/2014 through 09/30/2015 Project Simple Format Projects Found: 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 29614 Cedar-Thom Superior Ranger Completed District (11011607) 33829 Como Forest Health Darby Ranger Completed Project (FHP) District (11010302) 40648 Crooked River Nez Perce-Clearwater Completed Valley National Forest All Rehabilitation Units (11011700) Project 25807 6East Deer Lodge Pintler Ranger Completed Valley Landscape District (11010208) Restoration Management0 34594 8East Reservoir0 Libby Ranger Completed District (11011405) 9850 Forest Plan Kootenai National Completed Revision Forest All Units (11011400) 41368 8Greater Red Lodge Beartooth Ranger Completed Vegetation and District (11010802) Habitat Management Project0 38916 6Greater Sage- Beaverhead-Deerlodge Completed grouse Management National Forest All Direction--Beaverh Units (11010200) ead--Deerlodge National Forest0 894 Idaho Panhandle and Idaho Panhandle Completed Kootenai National National Forest All Forest, Forest Units (11010400) Plan Revision 45758 Lower Orogrande Nez Perce-Clearwater Completed National Forest All Units (11011700) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Region: R2--Rocky Mountain Region (1102) Decision Doc Type: ROD NEPA Decision Signed Date Range: 10/01/2014 through 09/30/2015 Project Simple Format Projects Found: 13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 46080 8Greater Sage- Medicine Bow-Routt Completed grouse Management National Forest All Direction--Medicin Units (11020600) e Bow NF and Thunder Basin National Grassland0 43846 WRNF Wild and White River National Completed Scenic River Forest All Units Suitability Study (11021500) 30774 Black Hills Black Hills National Completed National Forest Forest All Units and Thunder Basin (11020300) National Grasslands Power 230 Kv Line 34685 Cumbres Vegetation Conejos Peak Ranger Completed Management Project District (11020903) 38944 Gore Creek Yampa Ranger Completed Restoration District (11020601) 38134 6Greater Sage- Douglas and Thunder Completed grouse Basin Ranger Conservation District (11020609) Measures--Thunder Basin NG Plan Amendment0 38913 8Greater Sage- Medicine Bow-Routt Completed grouse Management National Forest All Direction--Routt Units (11020600) NF0 19692 Invasive Plant Medicine Bow-Routt Completed Management EIS for National Forest All the Medicine Bow-- Units (11020600) Routt NFs and Thunder Basin NG 37026 Middle Bald Canyon Lakes Ranger Completed Mountain Area District (11021005) Communication Site 41812 Pawnee National Arapaho and Completed Grassland Oil and Roosevelt National Gas Leasing Forests All Units Analysis (11021000) 6719 Shoshone Forest Shoshone National Completed Plan Revision Forest All Units (11021400) 40682 Vail Mountain East Zone/Holy Cross Completed Recreation Ranger District Enhancements (11021507) 35945 8Village at Wolf Rio Grande National Completed Creek Access Forest All Units Project0 (11020900) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Region: R3--Southwestern Region (1103) Decision Doc Type: ROD NEPA Decision Signed Date Range: 10/01/2014 through 09/30/2015 Project Simple Format Projects Found: 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 27239 Apache-Sitgreaves Apache-Sitgreaves Completed NFs Revised Land & National Forests Resource All Units Management Plan (11030100) 34857 Four-Forest Coconino National Completed Restoration Forest All Units Initiative EIS: (11030400) Kaibab and Coconino 31102 Prescott National Prescott National Completed Forest Revision of Forest All Units Land and Resource (11030900) Management Plan 10919 Special-Use Permits Safford Ranger Completed for Occupancy of District (11030504) Recreation Residences at Old Columbine and Turkey Flat, Safford ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Region: R4--Intermountain Region (1104) Decision Doc Type: ROD NEPA Decision Signed Date Range: 10/01/2014 through 09/30/2015 Project Simple Format Projects Found: 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 27442 8Golden Hand #1 and Payette National Completed #2 Lode Mining Forest All Units Claims Plan of (11041200) Operations [81]0 38914 6Greater Sage- Bridger-Teton Completed grouse Management National Forest All Direction--Bridger- Units (11040300) Teton National Forest0 38918 8Greater Sage- Humboldt-Toiyabe Completed grouse Management National Forest All Direction--Humbold Units (11041700) t-Toiyabe National Forest0 38922 6Greater Sage- R4--Intermountain Completed grouse Management Region All Units Direction--Idaho0 (11040000) 38915 8Greater Sage- R4--Intermountain Completed grouse Management Region All Units Direction--Utah0 (11040000) 17068 Hooper Springs Soda Springs Ranger Completed Transmission Line District (11041555) 42401 Panels F and G Soda Springs Ranger Completed Lease and Mine District (11041555) Plan Modification Project at Smoky Canyon Mine 33793 Upper North Fork North Fork Ranger Completed HFRA Ecosystem District (11041307) Restoration Project ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Region: R5--Pacific Southwest Region (1105) Decision Doc Type: ROD NEPA Decision Signed Date Range: 10/01/2014 through 09/30/2015 Project Simple Format Projects Found: 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 28599 California Pacific Lake Tahoe Basin Mgt Completed Electricity Unit (11051900) Company 625 and 650 Electrical Line Upgrade Project 30324 6Harris Vegetation McCloud Ranger Completed Management0 District (11051461) 43163 Heavenly Epic Lake Tahoe Basin Mgt Completed Discovery Project Unit (11051900) 45952 King Fire Eldorado National Completed Restoration Forest All Units (11050300) 35130 Southern California Cleveland National Completed National Forests Forest All Units Land Management (11050200) Plan Amendment 15504 Tule River Western Divide Completed Reservation Ranger District Protection Project (11051352) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Region: R6--Pacific Northwest Region (1106) Decision Doc Type: ROD NEPA Decision Signed Date Range: 10/01/2014 through 09/30/2015 Project Simple Format Projects Found: 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 34220 10C Designated Siuslaw National Completed Routes Project Forest All Units (11061200) 38873 Bannon,Aeneas,Revis Tonasket Ranger Completed and Tunk--revised District (11061709) grazing allotment plan for 4 allotments. 22404 D-Bug Hazard Diamond Lake Ranger Completed Reduction Timber District (11061503) Sale Project 34208 Invasive Plant Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie Completed Management National Forest All Units (11060500) 30717 Lower Imnaha Hells Canyon NRA Completed Rangeland Analysis (11061604) 35614 Malheur National Malheur National Completed Forest Site- Forest All Units Specific Invasive (11060400) Plants Treatment ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Region: R8--Southern Region (1108) Decision Doc Type: ROD NEPA Decision Signed Date Range: 10/01/2014 through 09/30/2015 Project Simple Format Projects Found: 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 44310 Chester County Francis Marion and Completed Stream and Sumter National Riparian Forest All Units Restoration/ (11081200) Enhancement Project 31884 Revised Land and George Washington Completed Resource and Jefferson Management Plan National Forest All for the George Units (11080800) Washington National Forest ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Region: R10--Alaska Region (1110) Decision Doc Type: ROD NEPA Decision Signed Date Range: 10/01/2014 through 09/30/2015 Project Simple Format Projects Found: 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14556 Navy Timber Sale Wrangell Ranger Completed District (11100522) 23483 Resurrection Creek Seward Ranger Completed Restoration Phase District (11100430) II ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [attachment 5] 1/8/2016: Based on data available in PALS and CARA This report shows all USFS Projects in FY 2015 that received at least one objection letter and a draft or a final decision exists (total 100). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Project Project Decision Decision Decis. No. Name Region LMU Name Signed Date Type ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 33238 Flint 1 Beaverh Foothill ead- s Deerlo Vegetati dge on Nation Manageme al nt Forest Project All Units (11010 200) 30894 Trapper 1 Wise Trapper 12/01/2014 DN Creek River Creek Vegetati Ranger Vegetat on Distri ion Manageme ct Managem nt (11010 ent 202) Project 35069 Butte 1 Butte Butte 10/09/2015 DN Highland Ranger Highlan Mine Distri d Mine Haul ct Haul Road (11010 Road 204) 25807 East Deer 1 Pintler East 03/30/2015 ROD Lodge Ranger Deerlod Valley Distri ge Landscap ct Valley e (11010 Landsca Restorat 208) pe ion Restora Manageme tion nt Managem ent Project 21183 Bitterroo 1 Bitterr t oot National Nation Forest al Travel Forest Manageme All nt Units Planning (11010 300) 36615 Darby 1 Darby Darby 07/02/2015 DN Lumber Ranger Lumber Lands Distri Lands Watershe ct Watersh d (11010 ed Improvem 302) Imp.and ent and Travel Travel Mgt. Manageme Project nt Decisio Project n Memo 33829 Como 1 Darby Como 07/14/2015 ROD Forest Ranger Forest Health Distri Health Project ct Project (FHP) (11010 Record 302) of Decisio n 42483 Bottom 1 Fernan Bottom 08/11/2015 DN Canyon Ranger Canyon Project Distri Project ct (11010 403) 40785 Hellroari 1 Bonners Decision 08/04/2015 DN ng Ferry Notice Ranger and Distri FONSI ct for the (11010 Hellroa 407) ring Project 41368 Greater 1 Beartoo Greater 05/19/2015 ROD Red th Red Lodge Ranger Lodge Vegetati Distri Vegetat on and ct ion and Habitat (11010 Habitat Manageme 802) Managem nt ent Project Project 38754 Martin 1 Tally Martin 06/29/2015 DN Creek Lake Creek Resource Ranger Resourc Manageme Distri e nt ct Managem Project (11011 ent 008) Project Decisio n Notice 27201 Gallatin 1 Custer Gallatin 11/02/2015 DN Forest Gallat Forest Plan in Plan Amendmen Nation Amendme t to al nt to Remove Forest Remove or All or Replace Units Replace Outdated (11011 Outdate Manageme 100) d nt Managem Directio ent n (Clean Directi Up on Amendmen (Clean Up Amendme n 41100 Sweet 1 Yellows Sweetgra 05/21/2015 DN Grass tone ss Integrat Ranger Restora ed Distri tion Resource ct and Resilien (11011 Resilie cy and 104) ncy Restorat Project ion 24091 Divide 1 Helena Travel Ranger Plan Distri ct (11011 202) 30355 Stonewall 1 Lincoln Vegetati Ranger on Distri Project ct (11011 204) 11743 Montanore 1 Kootena Project i Nation al Forest All Units (11011 400) 33676 Highwood 1 Judith Arrowhea 09/25/2015 DN Mountain Ranger d s Range Distri Allotme ct nt DN (11011 504) 33676 Highwood 1 Judith Highwood 09/25/2015 DN Mountain Ranger Allotme s Range Distri nt DN, ct (11011 504) 33676 Highwood 1 Judith Little 09/25/2015 DN Mountain Ranger Belt s Range Distri Cr.,Mar ct tin (11011 Cr.,She 504) d Cr.,Tho mas Corner & Yendric k Allotme nts DN 29614 Cedar- 1 Superio Cedar- 02/25/2015 ROD Thom r Thom Ranger Distri ct (11011 607) 38021 Clear 1 Nez Clear 12/17/2015 ROD Creek Perce- Creek Integrat Clearw Integra ed ater ted Restorat Nation Restora ion al tion Project Forest Project All Units (11011 700) 40648 Crooked 1 Nez Crooked 07/21/2015 ROD River Perce- River Valley Clearw Valley Rehabili ater Rehabil tation Nation itation Project al -Final Forest Record All of Units Decisio (11011 n 700) 45758 Lower 1 Nez Lower 04/24/2015 ROD Orogrand Perce- Orogran e Clearw de ater Record Nation of al Decisio Forest n All Units (11011 700) 38517 Strychnin 1 Palouse Decision 04/13/2015 DN e Pine Ranger Notice Distri and ct Finding (11011 of No 752) Signifi cant Impact- -Strych nine Pine 38515 Barnyard 1 North Barnyard 07/08/2015 DN South Fork South Sheep Ranger Sheep Distri ct (11011 753) 30774 Black 2 Black Teckla- 05/18/2015 ROD Hills Hills Osage- National Nation Rapid Forest al City and Forest 230 kV Thunder All Transmi Basin Units ssion National (11020 Line Grasslan 300) Project ds Power 230 Kv Line 43154 Wilson 2 Grand Wilson 09/03/2015 DN Peak Mesa Peak Land Uncomp Land Exchange ahgre Exchang and e Gunnis on Nation al Forest All Units (11020 400) 30090 Steamboat 2 Hahns Steamboa 10/01/2015 DN Front Peak/ t Front Bears Hazardo Ears us Ranger Fuels Distri Reducti ct on (11020 Project 603) 40812 Rangeland 2 Hahns Rangelan 07/30/2015 DN Manageme Peak/ d nt in Bears Managem the Ears ent in Whiskey Ranger the Creek Distri Whiskey Analysis ct Creek Area (11020 analysi (formerl 603) s area y the Dudley Analysis Area). 39610 Cain 2 Nebrask Cain 07/02/2015 DN Creek a Creek Land Nation Land Exchange al Exchang Forest e All Units (11020 700) 35945 Village 2 Rio Final 05/21/2015 ROD at Wolf Grande Record Creek Nation of Access al Decisio Project Forest n All Village Units at Wolf (11020 Creek 900) Access Project 41812 Pawnee 2 Arapaho Decision 02/09/2015 ROD National and for the Grasslan Roosev Pawnee d Oil elt Nationa and Gas Nation l Leasing al Grassla Analysis Forest nd Oil s All and Gas Units Leasing (11021 Analysi 000) s 42285 Eldora 2 Boulder Eldora 10/01/2015 ROD Mountain Ranger Mountai Resort Distri n Ski Area ct Resort Projects (11021 Ski 001) Area Project s 18244 Colorado 2 Boulder State Ranger Highway Distri 7 ct Recreati (11021 on 001) Improvem ents Plan 41474 Cherokee 2 Canyon Decision 05/26/2015 DN Park Lakes Notice Project Ranger and Distri Finding ct of No (11021 Signifi 005) cant Impact: Cheroke e Park Project 37026 Middle 2 Canyon Middle 12/17/2014 ROD Bald Lakes Bald Mountain Ranger Mountai Area Distri n Area Communic ct Communi ation (11021 cation Site 005) Site Record of Decisio n 43000 Forest 2 Columbi Fosset 01/05/2015 DN Health-- ne Gulch/ Fosset Ranger Norther Gulch/ Distri n HD's Northern ct Ecosyst HDs (11021 em Ecosyste 308) Restora m tion Restorat Project ion Project 29938 White 2 White White 12/03/2015 ROD River River River National Nation Nationa Forest al l Oil and Forest Forest Gas All Oil and Leasing Units Gas Environm (11021 Leasing ental 500) Environ Impact mental Statemen Impact t Stateme nt 42876 Larson 2 Black Larson 08/13/2015 DN Forest Mesa Forest Restorat Ranger Restora ion Distri tion Project ct Project (11030 102) 34153 Magdalena 3 Magdale Magdalen 09/30/2015 DN Travel na a Manageme Ranger Travel nt Distri Managem Project ct ent (11030 Project 303) 34857 Four- 3 Coconin Record 04/17/2015 ROD Forest o of Restorat Nation Decisio ion al n for Initiati Forest the ve EIS: All Four- Kaibab Units Forest and (11030 Restora Coconino 400) tion Initiat ive 43534 Angell 3 Flagsta Angell 11/20/2015 DN Grazing ff Allotme Alltomen Ranger nt t Distri Finding ct of No (11030 Signifi 408) cant Impact and Decisio n Notice 46027 Chino 3 Chino Hitt 09/29/2015 DN Small Valley Wash Grazing Ranger Grazing Allotmen Distri Allotme ts ct nt (11030 Managem 901) ent 46027 Chino 3 Chino Old Camp 09/29/2015 DN Small Valley Grazing Grazing Ranger Allotme Allotmen Distri nt ts ct Managem (11030 ent 901) 46027 Chino 3 Chino Quartz 09/29/2015 DN Small Valley Wash Grazing Ranger Grazing Allotmen Distri Allotme ts ct nt (11030 Managem 901) ent 46027 Chino 3 Chino Yolo 09/29/2015 DN Small Valley South Grazing Ranger Grazing Allotmen Distri Allotme ts ct nt (11030 Managem 901) ent 44049 Bighorn 3 Tonto Sheep Nation Populati al on Forest Manageme All nt Units Project (11031 200) 33162 Labarge 4 Kemmere LaBarge 12/14/2015 DN Vegetati r Vegetat on Ranger ion Restorat Distri Restora ion ct tion (11040 Project 301) 40734 West 4 Moab West 05/08/2015 DN Slope Ranger Slope Wildland- Distri Wildlan Urban ct d Urban Interfac (11041 Interfa e 004) ce Hazardou Hazardo s Fuels us Reductio Fuels n Reducti Project on Project 40313 North Elk 4 Montice North 11/18/2014 DN Ridge llo Elk Forest Ranger Ridge Health Distri Forest Project ct Health (11041 Project 005) 34565 La Sal 4 Montice Mines llo Complex Ranger Distri ct (11041 005) 29417 Thompson 4 Challis- Creek Yankee Modified Fork Plan of Ranger Operatio Distri ns for ct Mine (11041 Expansio 302) n 46552 Hughes 4 North Hughes 11/04/2015 DN Creek #2 Fork Creek Placer Ranger Placer Testing Distri Project ct #2 (11041 307) 40683 Greater 4 Humbold Sage t- Grouse Toiyab Bi-State e Distinct Nation Populati al on Forest Segment All Forest Units Plan (11041 Amendmen 700) t 38743 Lake 5 Descans Lake 01/09/2015 DN Morena o Morena Communit Ranger Communi y Distri ty Defense ct Defense Project (11050 254) 31457 Lava 5 Big Hazardou Valley s Fuels Ranger Reductio Distri n ct Project (11050 954) 25380 Westside 5 Shasta Westside 02/19/2015 DN Plantati Trinit Plantat on y ion Project Nation Project al Decisio Forest n All Notice Units (11051 400) 42264 Parks- 5 Mt. Decision 12/19/2014 DN Eddy Shasta Notice Watershe Ranger Parks d Distri Eddy Restorat ct Watersh ion (11051 ed 459) Restora tion Project 30324 Harris 5 McCloud Harris 11/13/2014 ROD Vegetati Ranger Vegetat on Distri ion Manageme ct Managem nt (11051 ent 461) Project 37551 Incline 5 Lake Incline 01/02/2015 DN Lake Dam Tahoe Lake Project Basin Dam Mgt Project Unit (11051 900) 28599 Californi 5 Lake Californ 07/22/2015 ROD a Tahoe ia Pacific Basin Pacific Electric Mgt Electri ity Unit city Company (11051 Company 625 and 900) 625 and 650 650 Electric Electri al Line cal Upgrade Line Project Upgrade Project 30232 Newberry 6 Bend/ Newberry 10/09/2014 DN Geotherm Fort Geother al Rock mal Consent Ranger Consent to Lease Distri to Project ct Lease (11060 Project 101) 30232 Newberry 6 Bend/ Newberry 10/10/2014 DN Geotherm Fort Geother al Rock mal Consent Ranger Consent to Lease Distri to Project ct Lease (11060 Project 101) Decisio n Notice 32816 Junction 6 Bend/ Junction 06/30/2015 DN Vegetati Fort Vegetat on Rock ion Manageme Ranger Managem nt Distri ent Project ct Decisio (11060 n 101) Notice 38724 Sisters 6 Sisters Communit Ranger y Trails Distri ct (11060 105) 43246 Antelope 6 Chemult Sagebrus 05/23/2014 DM Grazing Ranger h Draw Allotmen Distri Drift ts AMP ct Fence (11060 Jamison 211) Meadow Range Fence and N Moffat Fence 38013 Bluejay 6 Chiloqu Bluejay 05/20/2015 DN Vegetati in Vegetat on Ranger ion Restorat Distri Managem ion ct ent Project (11060 Project 212) 31895 Yamsi 6 Chiloqu Grazing in Allotmen Ranger t Distri ct (11060 212) 35614 Malheur 6 Malheur Malheur 09/11/2015 ROD National Nation Nationa Forest al l Site- Forest Forest Specific All Site- Invasive Units Specifi Plants (11060 c Treatmen 400) Invasiv t e Plants Treatme nt 41022 Big 6 Blue Big DN Mosquito Mounta Mosquit in o Ranger Project Distri Decisio ct n (11060 Notice 401) and Finding of No Signifi cant Impact 42301 Wolf 6 Emigran Decision 07/23/2015 DN Project t Notice Creek for Ranger Wolf Distri Vegetat ct ion (11060 Managem 402) ent Project EA 32129 Elk 16 6 Prairie Final 09/14/2015 DN City Decisio Ranger n Distri Notice ct and (11060 Finding 404) of No Signifi cant Impact 37320 Grove 6 Clackam Grove 10/20/2014 DN Thin as Thinnin River g Ranger Distri ct (11060 605) 40686 Lava 6 Hood Lava 04/29/2015 DN Restorat River Restora ion Ranger tion Distri Final ct Decisio (11060 n 606) Notice and Finding of No Signifi cant Impact 43665 North 6 Hood North 01/16/2015 DN Fork River Fork Mill Ranger Mill Creek Distri Creek Revised ct Revised (11060 Decisio 606) n Notice 41044 Queets 6 Pacific Queets 09/18/2015 DN Vegetati Ranger Vegetat on Distri ion Manageme ct Managem nt South ent (11060 903) 34220 10C 6 Siuslaw Oregon 01/29/2015 ROD Designat Nation Dunes ed al NRA Routes Forest Designa Project All ted Units Routes (11061 Record 200) of Decisio n 40473 Millwrigh 6 Central Millwrig 08/29/2014 DN t Beaver Coast ht- Landscap Ranger Beaver e Distri Landsca Manageme ct/ pe nt Oregon Managem Project Dunes ent Nation Project al -Covere Recrea d by tion ARBO II Area (11061 208) 40473 Millwrigh 6 Central Millwrig 08/29/2014 DN t Beaver Coast ht- Landscap Ranger Beaver e Distri Landsca Manageme ct/ pe nt Oregon Managem Project Dunes ent Nation Project al -No Recrea Effect tion on Coho Area Salmon (11061 208) 36365 Loafer 6 Diamond Decision 05/08/2013 DN Timber Lake Notice Sale Ranger and Project Distri FONSI ct for the (11061 Loafer 503) Timber Sale Project EA 30717 Lower 6 Hells Lower 09/03/2015 ROD Imnaha Canyon Imnaha Rangelan NRA Rangela d (11061 nd Analysis 604) Analysi s 43087 Annie 6 Tonaske Annie 07/30/2015 DN Restorat t Restora ion (AR) Ranger tion Project Distri Project ct (11061 709) 43264 Cool Soda 6 Sweet Cool 05/15/2015 DN Home Soda Ranger Distri ct (11061 803) 38487 Buck Tule 6 Detroit Final 07/31/2015 DN Ranger Decisio Distri n ct Notice/ (11061 Finding 804) of No Signifi cant Impact Buck Tule Project 41515 Renshaw 6 Sulliva Renshaw 04/14/2015 DN Vegetati n Lake Vegetat on Ranger ion Manageme Distri Managem nt ct ent Project (11062 Project EA 105) 42153 Deer 6 Three Deer 11/06/2014 DN Jasper Rivers Jasper Restorat Ranger Restora ion Distri tion Project ct Project (11062 Environ 112) mental Assessm ent 43562 Road/ 8 Conasau Road/ 06/12/2015 DN trail ga Trail decommis Ranger Decommi sioning Distri ssionin and ct g and trail (11080 Seasona seasonal 301) l closures Closure Project 30460 Camp 8 Catahou Camp 08/04/2015 DN Livingst la Livings on Ranger ton Ecosyste Distri Ecosyst m ct em Manageme (11080 Managem nt 601) ent Project Project 42925 Gilmore 8 Glenwoo Gilmore 11/16/2015 DN Hollow d and Hollow Vegetati Pedlar Vegetat on Ranger ion Project Distri Project cts (11080 813) 41170 Three 8 Bayou Three 01/06/2015 DN Knob Ranger Knob Project Distri Project ct (11081 003) 44803 Laurel 8 Nationa Creek l Property Forest Owners s In Associat North ion Caroli Access na All Across Units National (11081 Forest 100) System Lands 44038 Compartme 8 Sam DN/FONSI 06/23/2015 DN nt 112 Housto Compart Longleaf n ment Pine Ranger 112 Restorat Distri Longlea ion ct f Pine Project (11081 Restora 304) tion Project 42945 Gardner 9 Mio Decision 07/12/2015 DN Land-for- Ranger Notice Land Distri & FONSI Exchange ct for (11090 Gardner 405) Land- for- Land Exchang e 42975 Red Pine 9 Ottawa Red Pine 12/05/2014 DN Thinning Nation Thinnin Project al g Forest Project All Decisio Units n (11090 Notice 700) 41909 Windy 9 Tofte Windy 03/20/2015 DN Project Ranger Project Distri Decisio ct n (11090 Notice 907) and Finding of No Signifi cant Impact 45711 Wood 10 Glacier Wood 04/10/2015 DN Bison Ranger Bison Project- Distri Project -Supplem ct Supplem ental EA (11100 ental 410) EA 23483 Resurrect 10 Seward Resurrec 07/30/2015 ROD ion Ranger tion Creek Distri Creek Restorat ct Phase ion (11100 II:Stre Phase II 430) am Restora tion & Hope Mining Co Plan of Ops 45109 Anan 10 Wrangel Anan 05/08/2015 DN Floating l Wildlif Dock Ranger e Distri Observa ct tory (11100 Floatin 522) g Dock and Trail Safety Improve ments 14556 Navy 10 Wrangel Navy 08/11/2015 ROD Timber l Timber Sale Ranger Sale Distri Record ct Of (11100 Decisio 522) n 37050 Mendenhal 10 Juneau Final DN 07/06/2015 DN l Ranger and Glacier Distri FONSI Recreati ct MGRA on Area (11100 Plan Planning 533) Revisio n for Commerc ial Service s ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [all]