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Support Conservation Funding
Funding levels for key environmental programs
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION • NATIONAL ADVOCACY CENTER • 901 E ST. NW, SUITE 400 • WASHINGTON, DC 20004
The Continuing Resolution includes devastating cuts to many environmental programs including: $1.6 billion from the Environmental Protection Agency $4.7 billion from Forest Service Operations $140 million from National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration More than $500 million cut from the Army Corps These cuts, which will limit the government’s ability to protect and restore ecosystems and wildlife, are described in more detail below; however, some program specific cuts won’t be known until relevant agencies make budget determinations.
Climate and clean energy programs
Program FY 2010 enacted level FY2011 CR level
President's FY2012 budget request
NWF FY2012 recommendation
Dept. of Energy – Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy* $2.24 billion $1.8 billion $3.2 billion by specific program
Solar Energy Technologies Program $243 million TBD $457 million $450 million
Wind Power Program $79 million TBD $127 million $88 million
Water Energy Program $49 million TBD $39 million $60 million Geothermal Technology Program $43 million TBD $102 million $90 million
Vehicle Technologies Program $304 million TBD $588 million $500 million
Building Technologies Program $219 million TBD $471 million $450 million
Industrial Technologies Program $94 million TBD $320 million $200 million
Biomass and Biorefinery Systems R&D Program $216 million TBD $341 million $295.3 million
Federal Energy Management Program $32 million TBD $33 million $32 million
Weatherization Assistance Program $210 million TBD $320 million $2 billion
State Energy Program $50 million TBD $64 million $125 million
Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
$400 from ARRA $180 million $550 million $300 million
Clean Technology Fund & Strategic Climate Fund $375 million $235 million $590 million $590 million
Fact Sheet
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION • NATIONAL ADVOCACY CENTER • 901 E ST. NW, SUITE 400 • WASHINGTON, DC 20004
Water resources programs
Program FY2010 enacted level FY2011 CR level
President's FY2012 budget request
NWF FY2012 recommendation
EPA Geographic Programs $608 million $416 million $463 million $600 million
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative $475 million $300 million $350 million $475 million
Chesapeake Bay Restoration $50 million TBD $67.4 million $75 million
Puget Sound Restoration $50 million TBD $19.3 million $50 million
Long Island Sound Restoration $7 million TBD $2.96 million $7 million
Lake Champlain Restoration $4 million TBD $1.4million $5 million
San Francisco Bay Restoration $7 million TBD $4.85 million $7 million
Clean Water State Revolving Fund $2.1 billion $1.5 billion $1.5 billion $2.5 billion
Mississippi River Basin Restoration $0 TBD $6 million $7 million 319 Nonpoint Pollution Reduction Program $200 million $200 million $165 million $220 million South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Construction (US Army Corps) $0 TBD $162.7 million $75 million
National Estuary Program $32.5 million $27 million $27 million $35 million
Wildlife conservation programs
Program FY2010 enacted level FY 2011 CR level
President's FY2012 budget request
NWF FY2012 recommendation
State and Tribal Wildlife Grants program $90 million $62 million $95 million $95 million
Cooperative Endangered Species Fund $85 million $60 million $100 million $100 million
North American Wetlands Conservation Fund $47.6 million $37.5 million $50 million $50 million
Department of Interior Climate Change Programs (Adaptation) $136 million TBD $175 million $175 million
Operations budget of the Fish and Wildlife Service $1.3 billion $1.2 billion $1.3 billion $1.3 billion
Fact Sheet
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION • NATIONAL ADVOCACY CENTER • 901 E ST. NW, SUITE 400 • WASHINGTON, DC 20004
Contact: Corry Westbrook, Legislative Director, 202-797-6840 (p), 202-797-6646 (f). Email: westbrook@nwf.org
Public lands conservation programs
Program FY2010 enacted level FY 2011 CR level
President's FY2012 budget request
NWF FY2012 recommendation
Land and Water Conservation Fund $452 million $300 million $900 million $900 million National Wildlife Refuge System $503 million TBD $503 million $511 million
National Park Service operating resources $2.262 billion $2.25 billion $2.297 billion $2.362 billion
National Landscape Conservation System $97 million TBD $82 million $82 million
Wildlife-friendly agriculture and forestry programs
Program FY2010 enacted level FY 2011 CR level
President's FY2012 budget request
NWF FY2012 recommendation
Environmental Quality Incentives Program $1.174 billion $1.238 billion $1.408 million $1.75 billion
Wetlands Reserve Program 250,000 acres 202,218 acres 271,158 acres 271,158 acres
Forest Legacy Program $79.5 million $53 million $135 million $135 million
Biomass Crop Assistance Program $248 million $112 million $201 million
No cap on project areas component
Conservation Stewardship Program $294 million $649 million $788 million $800 million
EXPLANATORY NOTES REGARDING FY 11 Funding Levels As of publication, the FY11 CR has not been passed or signed into law. The FY 11 CR does not have report language; therefore, many programs will be funded either by agency determination or at FY10 levels. For these programs, we have listed the funding level as TBD. *Programs (identified by italics in the Climate and Energy Programs section on page 1) administered by the Department of Energy office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy have been severely cut. While we can’t determine the cut to each individual program yet, the entire office budget has been cut by $440 million. This chart does not identify all programs that have been cut by riders. One such rider eliminates the NOAA National Climate Service, a climate science program designed to provide scientific assistance to farmers, fishery managers, water managers and transportation managers.
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