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USDA Forest Service Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Request. Urban & Community Forestry Stakeholder Conference Call April 3 , 2014. Jan Davis Assistant Director, Cooperative Forestry Washington Office. FY 2015 Budget Overview. Total Discretionary Request: $ 4.77 Billion Agency Themes:
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USDA Forest ServiceFiscal Year 2015 Budget Request Urban & Community Forestry Stakeholder Conference Call April 3, 2014 Jan Davis Assistant Director, Cooperative Forestry Washington Office
FY 2015 Budget Overview • Total Discretionary Request: $4.77 Billion • Agency Themes: • Restoring Resilient Landscapes • Building Thriving Communities • Managing Wildland Fire • Alignment with USDA and Administration • Suppression Cap Adjustment • President’s Opportunity Growth and Security Initiative • President’s Climate Resilience Fund • President’s Centennial Land Management Fund • Secretary Vilsack’s “All Lands” Vision • USDA Strategic Water Goal • America’s Great Outdoors Initiative • USDA Cultural Transformation
Agency Themes • Building Thriving Communities • Urban & Community Forestry Program • $24 Million (-$5 Million) • Restoring Resilient Landscapes • Forest Health Management • $105 Million (level with FY 2014) • Research & Development • $275 Million (+17.5 Million) • Additional $18 Million from OGSI • Landscape Scale Restoration • $23 Million (+10 Million)
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