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TDEC budget pitch emphasizes state parks, Duck River watershed planning and new fusion regulatory program
Summary
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation officials presented FY26 priorities including investments in new state parks and maintenance, a $224.5 million regional Duck River watershed planning request, and funding to build a new fusion regulatory program; committee deferred detailed budget questions to a later meeting,
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) Commissioner David Salyers and agency staff presented highlights of the department’s FY26 request to the Senate Energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, emphasizing parks investments, watershed planning and a proposed regulatory framework for nuclear fusion.
Salyers opened by quoting the governor’s state of the state theme: “To grow Tennessee, we must conserve Tennessee,” and outlined recommendations that include funding for three new state parks (Dry Branch State Park, Cherokee Removal Memorial Park staffing/capital upgrades, and Clinch River Blueway State Park), recurring maintenance dollars to…
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