Schultz, Courtney A.Moseley, Cassandra2016-04-122016-04-122016https://hdl.handle.net/1794/198382 pagesIn 2012, Congress authorized the Integrated Resource Restoration (IRR) budget line item, which consolidates previously separated budget line items into a single funding stream to support integrated restoration planning and project implementation. With the IRR, the Forest Service created several new performance measures to encourage national forests to focus on priority restoration activities. The goals of the IRR are to support greater integration and prioritization of restoration programs, increase flexibility to focus on priority work, and create budgetary and implementation efficiencies. The Southwestern, Intermountain, and Northern Regions of the Forest Service have been implementing the IRR approach on a pilot basis since 2012. The Forest Service asked us to provide a third-party evaluation of the IRR approach to understand its effects on restoration programs.en-USCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USForest restorationExpenditures, PublicUnited States. Forest ServiceFederal Forest Restoration Program (Or.)Other