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HEARING TO REVIEW THE 2015 FIRE SEASON AND LONG-TERM TRENDS
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HEARING
BEFORE THE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
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OCTOBER 8, 2015
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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
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Scott C. Graves, Staff Director
Robert L. Larew, Minority Staff Director
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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
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C O N T E N T S
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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
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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.
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Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Wildland Fire Cost Consumes Forest
Service Budget
This 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
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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
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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
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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
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Cattle lead away from the fires.
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Cattle that were unable to escape.
[GRAPHIC NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT]
Exhibit G
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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,
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Lee McDaniel,
President,
National Association of Conservation Districts.
Supplemental
Washington Forest Management: Success Versus Federal Failure
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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\
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\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.
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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.
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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\
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\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.*
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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\
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\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).
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Vegetation & Watershed Management_24% Reduction
Vegetation & Watershed Mgmt
Enacted Amounts in Inflation Adjusted 2015 Dollars. Dollars in
Thousands.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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All Salvage Total Harvest
Acres Acres Wildfire Acres
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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
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10 yr. avg...... 169,270 619,433 506,960
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Table 2. Salvage acres, total harvest acres, and wildfire acres 2006-
2015
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All Salvage Total Harvest
Acres Acres Wildfire Acres
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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
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10 yr. avg...... 39,629 220,526 1,483,731
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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.
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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.
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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.*
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* 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.
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2014 2015
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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)
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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
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National Project Brief
State Region Forest Name Description
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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.
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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
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Litigation Objections
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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
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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
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Totals........ 1,494 2 279 3 51 8 1,824 18 1.0% 330 100 30.3%
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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?
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* Editor's note: See, Supplemental graphic submitted by Rod
Haeberle, Owner, Haeberle Ranch on page 44.
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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
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Values Fire Non-Fire Grand Total
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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
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8All WFM vs. All other mainheads.0
Fire vs. Non-Fire Bar Data (2)
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Values Fire Non-Fire Grand Total
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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
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Fire vs. Non-Fire Bar Data (3)
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Values 1 2 Grand Total
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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
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8\1\ Means Suppression, Preparedness, FLAME.0
8\2\ Means all other BLIs.0
Forest Service Approprations: Fire vs. Non-Fire
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Sum of FY 1999 Enacted
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Fire 13% 13%
Non-Fire 87% 87%
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Grand Total....................... 100%
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FY 1999 Forest Service Appropriations: Fire vs. Non-Fire
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FY 1999
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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%
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Grand Total....................... 100%
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Forest Service FY 1991 Appropriations by Fund
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Sum of FY 2015 Enacted
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Fire 52% 52%
Non-Fire 48% 48%
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Grand Total....................... 100%
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FY 2015 Forest Service Appropriations: Fire vs. Non-Fire
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FY 2015
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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%
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Grand Total....................... 100%
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Forest Service Enacted Appropriations Fire vs. Non-Fire Real (Inflation
Adjusted) to FY 2015 Dollars
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Fire Non-Fire
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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
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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
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FY 1990 to [FY] 2015 FS Funding
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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
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Forest & Rangeland Research
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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
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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
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State and Private Forestry
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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
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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
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IRR
Collaborative Forest
Landscape Restoration
Restoration
Partnerships
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FY 1990 to [FY] 2015 FS Funding
[Continued]
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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
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Forest & Rangeland Research
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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
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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
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State and Private Forestry
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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
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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
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National Forest System
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IRR 0
Collaborative Forest 14,970 39,936 37,885 40,000 40,000
Landscape Restoration
Restoration 2,000
Partnerships
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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
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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
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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
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Capital Improvement and Maintenance
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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
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FY 1990 to [FY] 2015 FS Funding--Cont.
[Continued]
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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
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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
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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
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Capital Improvement and Maintenance
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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
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FY 1990 to [FY] 2015 FS Funding--Cont.
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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
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Road Maintenance & 99,884
Decommission
Land Between the Lakes 1,200
NRA
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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
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Land Acquisition, Special Acts & Exchanges
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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
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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
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Other Appropriations
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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
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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
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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
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Wildland Fire Management
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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
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FY 1990 to [FY] 2015 FS Funding--Cont.
[Continued]
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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
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Road Maintenance &
Decommission
Land Between the Lakes
NRA
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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
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Land Acquisition, Special Acts & Exchanges
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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
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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
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Other Appropriations
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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
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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
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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
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Wildland Fire Management
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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
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FY 1990 to [FY] 2015 FS Funding--Cont.
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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
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Fire Facilities 10,376
Land Between the Lakes 300
NRA
Fuels Management 8,837 8,407 7,719 12,195 16,406
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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
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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
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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
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Suppression Cap Adjustment
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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
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[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.
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FY 1990 to [FY] 2015 FS Funding--Cont.
[Continued]
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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
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Fire Facilities 1,838
Land Between the Lakes
NRA
Fuels Management
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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
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FLAME Wildfire 413,000 290,418 315,381 298,967 315,000 303,060
Suppression Reserve
Fund
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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
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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
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FY 1990 to 2015 FS for Pivot
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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.
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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
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FY 1990 to 2015 FS for Pivot
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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.
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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
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FY 1990 to 2015 FS for Pivot--Cont.
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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.
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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
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FY 1990 to 2015 FS for Pivot--Cont.
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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.
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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
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FY 1990 to 2015 FS for Pivot--Cont.
[Continued 1]
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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.
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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
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FY 1990 to 2015 FS for Pivot--Cont.
[Continued 2]
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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.
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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
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FY 1990 to 2015 FS for Pivot--Cont.
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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.
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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
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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
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Non-Fire BLM 874,000 678,020 689,012 699,930
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Total BLM 1,000,000
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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]
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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.
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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
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Fire NPS 42,359 56,178 101,759 94,038 78,742 98,805 108,663 99,512 101,009
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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
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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
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FY 1990 to 2015 FS for Pivot--Cont.
[Continued 2]
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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.
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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
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Fire NPS 94,799 103,006 93,615 119,606 70,181 92,111 120,902 86,878
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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
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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
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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
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FY 1990 to 2015 FS Real FY 2015 Dollars
[Continued]
[Note: Discretionary funding only]
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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
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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
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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
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FY 1990 to 2015 FS Real FY 2015 Dollars--Cont.
[Continued]
[Note: Discretionary funding only]
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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Fire NPS 134,025 118,890 117,762 106,864 115,779 103,760
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Non-Fire NPS 2,721,156 2,505,649 2,549,028 2,656,646 2,723,001 2,943,520
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Total NPS 2,855,181 2,624,539 2,666,790 2,763,510 2,838,780 3,047,280
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Fire BLM 476,994 543,889 523,944 567,966 536,246 438,547
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Non-Fire BLM 1,164,731 1,142,259 649,240 545,514 608,510 801,060
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Total BLM 1,173,184 1,113,479 1,144,756 1,239,608
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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.
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FY 1990 to 2015 FS Real FY 2015 Dollars--Cont.
[Continued]
[Note: Discretionary funding only]
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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.
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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
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Fire NPS 129,878 74,651 96,489 124,753 88,516
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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
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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
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Line Graph Master w FS BLM NPS
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Forest Service NPS BLM
Values -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fire Non-Fire Fire Non-Fire Fire Non-Fire
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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
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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
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BLM Forest Service NPS
Values -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BLM Fire BLM non- BLM Total
Fire Non-Fire Total Fire Non-Fire Fire Non-Fire Total fire
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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
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Inflators/Deflators
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Year 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
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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]
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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]
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Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
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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]
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Vegetation & Watershed Mgmt
[Master Table]
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1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Project Search Constraints
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Project Overall NEPA
No. Project Name Lead Management Unit Process Status
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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39236 NEON Flux Tower at San Joaquin ER All Completed
San Joaquin Units (11271000)
Experimental Range
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Project Overall NEPA
No. Project Name Lead Management Unit Process Status
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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)
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[attachment 4]
Project Search Constraints
(This report contains the best available information at the time the
data was published.)
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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
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[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
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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
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