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DNCR presents FY26 priorities: parks, timber revenue shifts, PFAS funds and state aid grant risks
Summary
The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources told the finance committee it cut general‑fund requests while shifting some forest management staff to timber‑sale revenues, warned the committee about long‑term obligations from state aid grants for wastewater projects and requested non‑lapsing authority for PFAS settlement funds.
Concord — Commissioner Sarah Stewart told the House Finance Committee the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR) produced a budget that reduces general‑fund demand but relies on revenue‑funded shifts, timber sale proceeds and one‑time money for PFAS and park infrastructure.
Stewart said the agency reduced general‑fund allocations by about 11% from its agency request and preserved critical federally matched programs such as the Division of Historical Resources review and Section 106 compliance. She said the department moved three generally funded forest management positions to the forest management and protection revolving fund — the timber sale fund — and warned the committee that over‑obligating that fund risks long‑term sustainability.
Parks and user fees: DNCR said state parks are operationally self‑funded…
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