Trump’s proposed budget would cut the Ecosystems Mission Area and much of its work
The Trump administration’s proposed budget for 2026 slashes about 90 percent of the funding for one of the country’s cornerstone biological and ecological research programs. Known as the Ecosystems Mission Area, the program is part of the U.S. Geological Survey and studies nearly every aspect of the ecology and biology of natural and human-altered landscapes and waters around the country. The 2026 proposed budget allocates $29 million for the project, a cut from its current funding level of $293 million. The budget proposal also reduces funds for other programs in the U.S. Geological Survey, as well as other federal science agencies. … The E.M.A. is also a core part of federal climate research. The Trump administration has sharply reduced or eliminated funds for climate science across federal agencies, calling the study of climate change part of “social agenda” research in an earlier version of the budget proposal.
Other water and environmental project funding news:
- High Country News: As Trump comes after research, Forest Service scientists keep working
- Grist: Trump cuts hundreds of EPA grants, leaving cities on the hook for climate resiliency
- Monterey County Now (Seaside, Calif.): Trump Administration cuts some federal funding from the Pajaro River levee project
