Federal Funding for Wildfire Control and Management

Gorte, Ross W.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Natural resources;    Emergency management;    Forest fires;    Budgets;   

RP-ID  :  RL33990
RP-ID  :  RL33990_2011Jul05

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report looks at four issues dominating wildfire funding debates: the high cost of fire management, funding for fuel reduction, the federal role in protecting nonfederal lands, and post-fire rehabilitation. The Forest Service (FS) and the Department of the Interior (DOI) are responsible for protecting most federal lands from wildfires, however, many in Congress are concerned that wildfire costs are spiraling upward without a reduction in damages.