1. Support Conservation Funding
Funding levels for key environmental programs
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
President's
FY 2010 FY2012 budget NWF FY2012
Program enacted level FY2011 CR level request 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 $400 from
Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) ARRA $180 million $550 million $300 million
Clean Technology Fund &
Strategic Climate Fund $375 million $235 million $590 million $590 million
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2. Fact Sheet
Water resources programs
President's NWF FY2012
FY2010 FY2012 budget recommendation
Program enacted level FY2011 CR level request
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
President's NWF FY2012
FY2010 FY2012 budget recommendation
Program enacted level FY 2011 CR level request
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
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3. Fact Sheet
Public lands conservation programs
FY2010 enacted President's FY2012 NWF FY2012
Program level FY 2011 CR level budget request 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
FY2010 enacted President's FY2012 NWF FY2012
Program level FY 2011 CR level budget request 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
No cap on
Biomass Crop Assistance project areas
Program $248 million $112 million $201 million 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.
Contact: Corry Westbrook, Legislative Director, 202-797-6840 (p), 202-797-6646 (f). Email: westbrook@nwf.org
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