Post on 05-Jan-2016
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Cave Management: Linking Land Use Planning to Budgeting
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What Does the BLM Budget Look Like?
Context of the Federal Budget
2013: Previous Year
2014: Current Year
2015: Budget Year
2016: Program Year
2017: Out Years
Why important: Administration Proposes, and Congress Disposes.
Budget is Complex?!!
Source: BLM (WO 800)
FY 2013Previous Year
FY 2014Current Year
FY 2015Budget Year
FY 2016Program Year
FY 2017Out YearsDream Time
What the Budget Look Like to the Field?Context of the Federal Budget2014: Current Year
AWP, Congress has spoken. No big increases. BPS Projects for Next Year This will go away !!
2015: Budget Year Budget JustificationsBudget has been decided by administration, but
congress hasn’t approved. Add ons, Line items, and Anti-deficiency problems.
2016: Program Year The budget is being put together. Opportunities for
initiatives and increases. Has to be in big chunks ($500,000) Look into the future, line up external support. Hope
2017: Out Years: Opportunities to line up external support.
Tie Funding Proposals to Current Budget Initiatives: $ Opportunity $
Source: Internet, 6/1/2007
Current Budget Initiatives (FY 2014) High
Visitor Safety/Services Travel & Transportation Mgmt. Recreation Permit & Fee Program Applied Science
Medium Youth Wild & Scenic River Management National Scenic & Historic Trails
Low = Forget it
What’s in the 2014 BLM Budget:536 pages.
Total BLM Budget: $1,105,000,000 (That’s billion)
Operating Accounts: Recreation Program ($51,819,000)
Increase of $2,745,000 from FY2012
Problems: Fixed Costs, Pay raises, Personnel reductions, Admin. initiatives
How much for caves?
Recreation, Cultural, Wildlife, Oil & Gas
What’s in the 2015 BLM Budget:
Budget Request 1.1Billion
Decrease of $5.6 Million
Personnel Reduction 144 FTE
Recreation? +1,325 Million
Priority Initiatives: America’s Great Outdoors and Youth Programs (Hire students to find caves)
Look at other program initiatives that fit
How much for caves? That’s up to you
Program Year (FY16) Budget Process
Concept of Implementation Plans
Take the land use plan decisions and integrate into program year processes.
Highly Variable
Program specific versus land use plan specific. (BLM funds programs, not plans)
Highly dependent on Initiative and close coordination with Washington & State Office.
Program Year Budget: the Field Context
Problems/issues that require budget resources to resolve
Link to administration initiatives: Look to opportunities In FY 2016, it may be AGO or Youth Initiatives:
How can cave and karst resources relate to this?Cultural initiativesRecreation InitiativesWildlife - T&E Initiatives, WNSOil and Gas BMPs, conflict resolution process
GET SUPPORT OF PARTNERSNSS, NLCS, Wildlife partners, others
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Be observant of opportunities to link to initiatives.Work with your Program Leads (No Matter
What Program: Wildlife, Cultural, Recreation, NLCS, Oil and Gas, etc.) Have your needs pre-packaged, & ready to
go. Make sure it fits one or two pages, with pictures.Generate external support. (Not budget
busting, but awareness.)
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