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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