The Trump administration on Friday called on Congress to cut the Interior Department’s budget by nearly 13 percent in its fiscal 2027 proposal and at the same time execute major realignments to agencies overseeing wildfire response and offshore oil and gas production.
The reduction would shrink Interior’s budget to $15.9 billion — a reduction of $2.3 billion — including a continued effort to slash investments in renewable energy projects, eliminating $45 million from those programs.
Among the few increases proposed Friday for agencies that oversee public lands, waters and wildlife is the recently established Wildland Fire Service. President Donald Trump would bolster that agency — which Congress has yet to anoint, having first demanded a feasibility study — by allotting $3.96 billion.
The total combines funds previously allocated via Interior and the Agriculture Department and adds a new “Wildfire Intelligence Center” to “centralize and modernize fire intelligence and technology.”
