Forest Service(FS)
National forests and grasslands, wildfire management, recreation, conservation, and forest research.
Function
Sub-agency or bureau
Parent
Department of Agriculture
FY2026 Budget Authority
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Official Data
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Jul 5, 2026
Retrieved On
Jul 5, 2026
Modernization Levers
Digital case/grant/service workflows, interoperable data, risk-based oversight, and shared services where the parent department can supply them without erasing mission expertise.
Administrative Burden Review
Identify who is forced to learn this bureau's rules: beneficiaries, applicants, regulated entities, grantees, state partners, researchers, or frontline staff. Reduce that burden through reusable evidence and clearer status information.
Duplication & Coordination Review
Coordinate with sibling bureaus before proposing consolidation. Some overlap is useful when it supplies checks, field presence, or resilience.
Risk & Guardrails
Do not cut mission-critical inspectors, adjudicators, scientists, field staff, or technical experts before the replacement process has proved it can preserve accuracy and rights.
Innovation Party Proposal
Improve FS through Wildfire incident finance modernization, fuel-treatment outcome data, shared permitting with Interior, and maintenance prioritization.