1. Urban & Community Forestry Stakeholder Conference Call April 3, 2014 Jan Davis Assistant Director, Cooperative Forestry Washington Office

2. FY 2015 Budget Overview Total Discretionary Request: $4.77 Billion Agency Themes: Restoring Resilient Landscapes Building Thriving Communities Managing Wildland Fire Alignment with USDA and Administration Suppression Cap Adjustment Presidents Opportunity Growth and Security Initiative Presidents Climate Resilience Fund Presidents Centennial Land Management Fund Secretary Vilsacks All Lands Vision USDA Strategic Water Goal Americas Great Outdoors Initiative USDA Cultural Transformation

3. Agency Themes Building Thriving Communities Urban & Community Forestry Program $24 Million (-$5 Million) Restoring Resilient Landscapes Forest Health Management $105 Million (level with FY 2014) Research & Development $275 Million (+17.5 Million) Additional $18 Million from OGSI Landscape Scale Restoration $23 Million (+10 Million)

4. Budget Trends Appropriation FY 2013 Continuing Resolution FY 2014 Omnibus FY 2015 Forest Service Budget Request Urban & Community Forestry30,70128,04023,676 Forest Health Management104,921104,577 Research & Development279,854292,805275,315 Landscape Scale Restoration-14,00023,513 *Dollars in thousands