The RVCC Appropriations task group has been hard at work analyzing the President's fiscal year (FY) 2011 budget proposal and evaluating its impact on rural communities and landscape scale restoration. 

View highlights and a detailed summary of the President's FY2011 proposal. (downloads a PDF)

There is reason to celebrate because the FY2011 proposal reflects many long-held RVCC priorities, especially in regard to the U.S. Forest Service.

The FY2011 proposal includes a $5.38 billion request for the Forest Service, which is a $23 million program increase from the 2010 level. The FY 2011 budget for the Forest Service contains five key objectives: Restoring and Sustaining Forest Landscapes, Protecting and Enhancing Water Resources and Watershed Health, Making Landscapes More Resilient to Climate Change, Responsibly Budgeting for Wildfire, and Creating Jobs and Sustainable Communities.

View highlights and a detailed summary of the President's FY2011 proposal (downloads a PDF)

Learn what other groups have to say about the President's budget...

For more information:

Department of Agriculture

• Forest Service budget website
• Forest Service full budget justification
• USDA Budget Summary (includes NRCS, Rural Development, etc)
  
  

Department of the Interior

Click her for the main DOI budget page. From here you can link to each agency's full budget justification or if you click on the "Budget in Brief" link at the top of the page, you will go to summary documents for all agencies in DOI.

Summary documents for key agencies in DOI:

• Bureau of Land Management
• Fish and Wildlife Service
• DOI, Climate Change Initiative Overview

Administration

White House Budget website