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FY 2015 Budget Justification USDA Forest Service Forest Service FY 2015 Budget Justification Table of Contents Page Annual Performance Report ...............................................................................................1-1 Appropriations Language Changes....................................................................................2-1 Forest and Rangeland Research .........................................................................................3-1 State and Private Forestry ..................................................................................................4-1 Landscape Scale Restoration ...........................................................................................4-4 Forest Health Management ..............................................................................................4-7 Federal Lands ................................................................................................................4-12 Cooperative Lands ........................................................................................................4-19 Cooperative Fire Protection .............................................................................................4-24 Cooperative Forestry ........................................................................................................4-25 Forest Stewardship Program .........................................................................................4-26 Forest Legacy Program .................................................................................................4-31 Community Forest and Open Space Conservation .......................................................4-37 Urban and Community Forestry ...................................................................................4-40 Forest Resources Information and Analysis .................................................................4-44 International Forestry .......................................................................................................4-45 National Forest System ........................................................................................................5-1 Integrated Resource Restoration ......................................................................................5-5 Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration ...................................................................5-16 Restoration Partnerships ..................................................................................................5-27 Land Management Planning, Assessment and Monitoring .............................................5-29 Recreation, Heritage and Wilderness ...............................................................................5-37 Grazing Management .......................................................................................................5-47 Minerals and Geology Management ................................................................................5-52 Landownership Management ...........................................................................................5-60 Law Enforcement Operations ..........................................................................................5-67 Valles Caldera National Preserve ....................................................................................5-71 Capital Improvement and Maintenance ............................................................................6-1 Facilities ...........................................................................................................................6-3 Roads................................................................................................................................6-12 Trails ................................................................................................................................6-21 Deferred Maintenance and Infrastructure Improvement ..................................................6-27 Table of Contents i FY 2015 Budget Justification USDA Forest Service Land Acquisition ..................................................................................................................7-1 Other Appropriations ..........................................................................................................8-1 Range Betterment Fund ...................................................................................................8-1 Gifts, Donations, and Bequests for Forest and Rangeland Research ...............................8-3 Management of National Forest Lands for Subsistence Uses .........................................8-4 Wildland Fire Management ................................................................................................9-1 Preparedness ....................................................................................................................9-3 Suppression ......................................................................................................................9-8 Hazardous Fuels ...............................................................................................................9-14 Research and Development..............................................................................................9-20 Joint Fire Science Program ..............................................................................................9-23 Forest Health Management - Federal Lands ....................................................................9-25 Forest Health Management - Cooperative Lands ............................................................9-26 State Fire Assistance ........................................................................................................9-27 Volunteer Fire Assistance ................................................................................................9-32 FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund ...................................................................10-1 Payments to Communities ...................................................................................................11-1 Permanent Appropriations .................................................................................................12-1 Brush Disposal .................................................................................................................12-5 Hardwood Technology Transfer and Applied Research ..................................................12-7 Timber Salvage Sales .......................................................................................................12-9 Timber Sale Pipeline Restoration ....................................................................................12-11 Forest Botanical Products ................................................................................................12-14 Stewardship Contracting ..................................................................................................12-16 Recreation Fees, Forest Service .......................................................................................12-19 Timber Purchaser Election Road Construction................................................................12-24 Operation and Maintenance of Forest Service Quarters ..................................................12-26 Roads and Trails for States ..............................................................................................12-28 Land Between the Lakes Management ............................................................................12-30 Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie Rental Fees .............................................................12-32 Quinault Special Management Area Fund .......................................................................12-34 Valles Caldera ..................................................................................................................12-36 Restoration of Forest Lands and Improvements ..............................................................12-39 Commercial Filming and Still Photography Land Use Fee Retention ............................12-41 Table of Contents ii FY 2015 Budget Justification USDA Forest Service Organizational Camps Program .......................................................................................12-43 Cost