From the Associated Press: "The cost of fighting large fires in California and elsewhere is forcing the U.S. Forest Service to divert hundreds of millions of dollars set aside for work including roads, trails, recreational improvements — even fire prevention." More media coverage of the USFS transfers:

Record fire season leaves Forest Service strapped for cash (Missoulian)

Forest Service: Fire costs pinching accounts (Daily Inter Lake)

Feds cut forest spending to fight fires (The Coloradoan)

Forest pinching pennies because of fire costs (Jackson Hole News & Guide)