Funding levels for key environmental programs

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Funding levels for key environmental programs

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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


Water resources programs

Program FY2010 enacted level FY2011 CR level



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



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


Contact: Corry Westbrook, Legislative Director, 202-797-6840 (p), 202-797-6646 (f). Email: [email protected]

Public lands conservation programs




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




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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Funding levels for key environmental programs