United States Forest Service
Agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
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| January 2025 | The Trump administration implemented mass layoffs following the extreme Southern California wildfires, dismissing probationary employees and potentially weakening the agency's wildfire mitigation capabilities. |
| April 2023 | The U.S. Forest Service published a proposed rulemaking to improve climate resilience on public lands, addressing challenges such as wildfire, drought, insects, disease, and extreme weather events affecting national forests and grasslands. |
| March 2023 | The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposed new regulations to allow for responsible carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration projects on National Forest lands, marking a significant policy shift in environmental management strategies. |
| 2022 | Total Forest Service budget peaked at $9,161,463,000, with Research budget increasing to $313,560,000 and State and Private Forestry budget at $304,614,000. |
| 2022 | Reached peak total budget of $9,161,463,000, with discretionary appropriations rising to $8,436,564,000. |
| 2021 | Total budget increased to $8,370,527,000, with discretionary appropriations at $7,451,262,000. |
| 2020 | Melody Starya Mobley, the first black female forester hired by the Forest Service, publicly claimed she was sexually assaulted by a colleague in the late 1970s and that the incident was ignored by the agency. |
| 2020 | Highest total budget recorded at $8,142,677,000, with discretionary appropriations reaching $7,450,413,000. |
| 2020 | The Forest Service allocated $2.4 billion for Wildland Fire Management, which was a $530 million decrease from the 2019 Annualized Continuing Resolution due to the 'fire fix' cap adjustment becoming available. |
| 2019 | The family comedy movie 'Playing With Fire' featured John Cena as a U.S. Forest Service firefighter, portraying the service's role in wilderness rescue and child safety. |
| 2019 | Sent a contingent of firefighters to assist during the 2019-2020 Australian bushfires, working alongside other American fire departments. |
| 2019 | The Forest Service experienced a budget decrease of $815 million compared to the previous fiscal year, with the total budget authority being $5.14 billion in fiscal year 2020. |
| 2018 | Significant budget increases observed, with National Forest System budget rising to $1,890,313,000 from previous years, and State and Private Forestry budget increasing to $319,737,000. |
| 2018 | The Forest Service was reprimanded by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for issuing permits for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline that violated the National Forest Management Act of 1976 and the National Environmental Policy Act. |
| September 20 2018 | The Forest Service reported having 27,062 permanent, full-time employees, with 541 in the headquarters office and 26,521 in regional and field offices. |
| 2017 | A draft report describing the legal basis for federal land managers' decision-making authority proved unexpectedly controversial. |
| 2017 | Withdrawn from UNESCO Biosphere Reserve status, ending its international designation for environmental research and preservation. |
| June 2017 | The Stanislaus-Tuolumne site was withdrawn from the UNESCO biosphere reserve programme, becoming one of 17 sites removed. |
| August 2014 | Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced putting $400-$500 million in wildfire prevention projects on hold due to low firefighting funding. |
| 2011 | Forest Service budget for Research was $306,637,000, with State and Private Forestry receiving $277,596,000, and Wildland Fire Management receiving $2,168,042,000. |
| 2011 | United States Forest Service received a discretionary appropriation of $5,096,746,000, with total budget reaching $5,858,615,000. |
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