# Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund

**Agency:** Interior  
**Account:** Permanent Operating Funds  
**Source document:** Bureau of Land Management · p. 205  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/interior/forest-ecosystem-health-and-recovery-fund  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2026 | enacted | 16.0 |
| FY2027 | request | 16.0 |

## Interior discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $18.80B, FY2026 $17.30B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund *An adjustment was made in 2017 to correct a 2016 deposit error. The 2016 Annual Deposit should have been approximately 50% of the value shown due to the expiration of Secure Rural Schools. The 2017 Annual Deposit reflects the net deposit after the correction for 2016. Bureau of Land Management 2027 Budget Justification At the end of 2025, the unobligated balance in the FEHRF was $43.8 million. The BLM estimates the Fund balance will be approximately $17.8 million at the end of fiscal year 2026. Timber Sale Pipeline Restoration Fund (TSPRF) - The TSPRF was established under Section 327 of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996. The Act establishes separate funds for the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and the BLM using revenues generated by timber sales released under Section 2001(k) of the 1995 Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Assistance and Rescissions Act. This Act directs that 75 percent of the TSPRF be used to fill each agency's timber sale "pipeline"; and, that 25 percent of the TSPRF be used to address the maintenance backlog for recreation projects on the BLM and the USFS lands. Receipts are deposited into the TSPRF after statutory payments are made to State and


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Interior › Bureau of Land Management › Permanent Operating Funds › Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*