r/Wildfire • u/Flat-Suggestion-8373 • Jun 01 '25
News (General) Additional FY26 Trump Budget Request Details - Forest Service
Details pulled from 2026 USDA Budget Summary: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2026-usda-budget-summary.pdf. Will post DOI details separately.
Pasting the WFM excerpt below, which confirms that all WFM program funding will be requested through DOI. Summary table outlines reductions to all FS account (e.g., -100% for Forest and Rangeland Research, -100% for State, Private, and Tribal Forestry, -48% for Capital Improvement and Maintenance, -34% for FS Operations, -30% for National Forest System). Overall, the request would reduce total discretionary approps for FS from $6.2b in FY25 to $2.1b in FY26.
“Wildland Fire Management The 2026 request will transfer the Forest Service Wildland Fire Management appropriations to DOI for the creation of the new U.S. Wildland Fire Service. This new DOI bureau will absorb the Forest Service Wildland Fire Management response program, including over 11,000 firefighters, 3,000 operational fire support personnel and leadership, and nearly 450 business support personnel. In addition, the Joint Fire Science program previously within the Forest and Rangeland Research account will be transferred to DOI to support the U.S. Wildland Fire Service.”
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u/BACKCUT-DOWNHILL Jun 01 '25
Long overdue. I have a pride attached to my green truck that I’ll have to swallow but anyone that argues the way we currently do things is better than just having one fed fire monolith is just too attached to the way things are to look at the bigger picture. This is part of recognizing that fires are now large interagency events instead of small district specific problems. There will be some major growing pains for a few years and a lot of pouting piss baby’s that show up whenever any change to there day to day happens but when it comes to maximizing positive outcomes for the tax payer this makes a lot more sense than what we currently do