r/Wildfire • u/Flat-Suggestion-8373 • May 02 '25

News (General) FY26 Trump Budget Request Details Released - New Wildfire Agency and Huge Cuts Outside WFM

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Here are some of the wildfire-related items in the FY26 budget blueprint that the White House released today (link below). Chiefly, it proposes a “new Federal Wildland Fire Service” under DOI. But also note significant changes in related areas, like the draconian cuts to the “non-fire” side of Forest Service (e.g., almost complete elimination of FS R&D, significant cut to already underfunded NFS activities, etc.).

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Fiscal-Year-2026-Discretionary-Budget-Request.pdf

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u/[deleted] May 02 '25

This needs to be front page, headline, top of the feed. It’s got the MOST info I’ve heard in months, and real numbers. Does anybody know if this is “proposed” reductions or if this is reality?

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u/Ready-Ad6113 May 02 '25

It’s a request and not official yet. However they will probably pass it since it’s written by the douche Russel Vought (the “put them in trauma” guy) and Susan Collins is a republican. If it does pass, this is essentially the end of the USFS. Other non-environmental agencies are expecting deep cuts too, so we’ll see how this plays out. Better brush up my resume though as I work on a research station.