cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/27981884

The Kansas Forest Service (KFS) issued a press release on Wednesday, May 14, calling on the state’s residents to support the agency as it faces dire straits. The source of the KFS’s anxiety comes from the federal Fiscal Year 2026 proposal, which contains a big change that could seriously impact some of its critical services.

The KFS said the Trump Administration’s budget proposal would eliminate all Forest Service State, Private and Tribal Forestry (SPTF) programs. These programs help the KFS with wildfire prevention, support local fire departments, assist private landowners with management of forests or windbreaks, community tree planting and care, along with habitat restoration.