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FY 2016 USDA Forest Service Budget Justification Errata

February 9, 2015

The FY 2016 Forest Service Budget Justification contains the following errata. Pages below 

should be replaced within the corresponding chapters if printed prior to February 9, 2015.

Overview –

• Page 29. Inserts the FY 2016 grazing related legislation proposals. 

Chapter 4 – State and Private Forestry

• Pages 88 – 89. Corrects the FY 2015 and 2016 totals and subtotals for the Insects, 

Diseases, and Invasive Plants by Fiscal Year table. 

• Page 108. Corrects the proposed FY 2016 funding levels identified from the Land and 

Water Conservation Fund. The President’s budget proposes $500 million in mandatory 

and $400 million in discretionary funds for a total of $900 million in LWCF.

• Page 119. Corrects the order of footnotes 13 and 14. Previously they were transposed.

Chapter 7 – Land Acquisition

• Page 228. Corrects the proposed date to permanently authorize annual mandatory funding 

to the correct date of FY 2017. 

• Page 230. Removes the mention of a legislative proposal for an amendment to the Small 

Tracts Act (P.L. 97-465).

Chapter 9 – Wildland Fire Management

• Page 244. Corrects the proposed FY 2016 target for hazardous fuels acres treated within 

the wildland-urban interface. The correct value is 1.725 million acres.

Chapter 10 – FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund

• Page 277. Corrects the value proposed to be available under a disaster funding cap 

adjustment. The correct value is $855 million.

Chapter 12 – Payments to Communities

• Page 345. Corrects the proposed reauthorization funding amounts for FY 2015 and 2016. 

Previously, the correct funding levels were depicted in the table, but were erroneously 

described in the first paragraph. The first paragraph was corrected to match the table.
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FY 2016 USDA Forest Service Budget Justification Errata

November 9, 2015

The FY 2016 Budget Justification posted on the Forest Service website contains the following errata. 

Pages below should be replaced within the corresponding chapters if printed prior to 

November 9, 2015. The projects lists were corrected to reflect a redistribution of funding as a result of 

projects that are no longer viable or funding levels have changed. 

Overview 

Land Acquisition

• Page F 1-2 and 234-235: Corrected Land and Water Conservation Fund Proposed Acquisition 

List Fiscal Year 2016:

o North Carolina - North Carolina Threatened Treasures funding decrease from $450,000 

to $440,000

o Montana - CLP: High Divide for the Gallatin Forest is no longer viable and the project is 

dropped resulting in $2,000,000 redistribution.

o California - Sierra Nevada Checkerboard funding decreased from $1,400,000 to 

$1,100,000.

o Montana - CLP National Trails for the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail is no 

longer viable and the project is dropped resulting in $255,000 redistribution.

o Wyoming - Upper Gros Ventre funding increased from $1,000,000 to $2,365,000.

o Idaho - CLP: High Divide funding increase from $2,300,000 to $3,500,000.

State and Private Forestry 

• Page G 1-2 and 112-113: Corrected the FY 2016 Forest Legacy Program Proposed Projects:

o Tennessee – The Sherwood Forest Project was decreased to $960,000 from $3,345,000.

o California – The Rainbow Ridge Wherrit Conservation Easement was eliminated from 

proposed projects resulting in $650,000 redistribution.

o Florida – The Wolfe Creek Forest Project was increased to $2,500,000 from $2,000,000.

o Vermont – The Groton Forest Legacy Initiative was decreased from $1,335,000 to 

$620,000.

o California – The Pacific Union Forest Project was increased from $3,000,000 to 

$3,500,000.

o Arkansas – The Wye Mountain Headwaters Project was increased from $2,000,000 to 

$2,325,000.

o Alabama – The Coastal Headwaters Forest Project was increased from $2,500,000 to 

$3,000,000.

o Mississippi – The Pascagoula River Conservation Lands Project was increased from 

$1,600,000 to $2,000,000.

o Delaware – Sussex Timberlands Project was increased from $1,860,000 to $2,260,000.

o Virginia – The Cove Project was increased from $1,035,000 to $1,230,000.

o Rode Island - Arcadia Woodlands Project was increased from $820,000 to $1,000,000.

o North Carolina – Poison Fork Forest $750,000 project added as part of redistribution.