Bill > S1269

This bill appropriates a total of $525,672,500 for the Natural Resources sector for the fiscal year 2025, covering the period from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025. * **Department of Environmental Quality:** Receives a total of $166,123,500 from various funds, including the Department of Environmental Quality (General) Fund, Air Quality Permitting Fund, Public Water System Supervision Fund, Environmental Remediation Funds, Department of Environmental Quality (Receipts) Fund, Idaho Underground Storage Tank Program Fund, IPDES Program Fund, Bunker Hill Trust Fund, Department of Environmental Quality (Federal) Fund, and the ARPA State Fiscal Recovery Fund. Significant appropriations are directed towards water quality ($101,370,600) and waste management and remediation ($38,031,700). The bill also includes a $1,500,000 cash transfer from the Water Pollution Control Fund to the Environmental Remediation (Basin) Fund for Coeur d'Alene Basin cleanup projects. * **Department of Fish and Game:** Is appropriated $137,580,200 from the Fish and Game Fund, Fish and Game (Other) Fund, Fish and Game Set-Aside Funds, Expendable Big Game Depredation Fund, Fish and Game Expendable Trust Fund, Fish and Game Nonexpendable Trust Fund, and the Fish and Game (Federal) Fund. The largest allocations are for Fisheries ($55,053,900) and Wildlife ($41,243,400). * **Board of Land Commissioners (including Endowment Fund Investment Board and Department of Lands):** Receives a total of $84,533,700. The Endowment Fund Investment Board receives $874,300. The Department of Lands is appropriated $83,659,400 from various funds, including the General Fund, Indirect Cost Recovery Fund, Department of Lands Fund, Endowment Earnings Administrative Fund, Community Forestry Fund, Federal Grant Fund, Fire Suppression Deficiency Fund, Oil and Gas Conservation Fund, and Navigable Waterways Fund. Trust Land Management ($29,784,800) and Forest and Range Fire Protection ($15,474,500) are significant areas of funding. * **Department of Parks and Recreation:** Is appropriated $56,298,500 from the General Fund, Indirect Cost Recovery Fund, Parks and Recreation Fund, Recreational Fuels Fund, Parks and Recreation Registration Fund, Miscellaneous Revenue Fund, Public Recreation Enterprise Fund, Parks and Recreation Expendable Trust Fund, and the Federal Grant Fund. Park Operations ($23,880,800) and Management Services ($22,417,700) are the primary allocations. The bill also reappropriates unexpended balances for the Capital Development Program. * **Department of Water Resources:** Receives a total of $81,136,600 from the General Fund, Indirect Cost Recovery Fund, Water Administration Fund, Miscellaneous Revenue Fund, Aquifer Planning and Management Fund, and the Federal Grant Fund. Planning and Technical Services ($64,512,300) is the largest appropriation, which includes a $5,000,000 transfer to the Secondary Aquifer Planning, Management, and Implementation Fund and a $1,000,000 transfer to the Water Management Fund for flood management projects. The bill also authorizes specific full-time equivalent (FTE) positions for each department and includes reporting requirements for remediation projects. It also details transfers from various Earnings Reserve Funds to their respective Income Funds for the Endowment Fund Investment Board.