This report provides a snapshot of federal wildfire appropriations and other spending across the federal government. It is meant as a resource for stakeholders inside and outside government working to understand and improve wildfire management budgeting and reporting. It includes a number of key items:

• A breakdown of recent wildfire spending, including the Biden Administration’s most recent budget request;
• An examination of the many programs crisscrossing the bureaucratic landscape; and
• Historical perspective and analyses: we explore wildfire spending and suggest policy options to improve landscape, community, and fiscal resilience.

As a nonpartisan budget watchdog, Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) is an advocate for American taxpayers and seeks to reduce the human impact and the opportunity cost of wasteful spending and policy choices.

Read the full report below, or download here.