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Office of Species Conservation cites federal grant timing and urges completion of sage-grouse planning
Summary
Analyst and the Office of Species Conservation presented federal grant-driven spending patterns, trustee-and-benefit outlays and a request to increase a miscellaneous revenue appropriation by $30,000 to pursue nonfederal grants; the administrator said federal rulemaking and NEPA timelines complicate species-management planning.
The Office of Species Conservation told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee that much of its recent budget activity reflects federal grant timing and one-time federal appropriations, and the office requested a small increase in its miscellaneous revenue appropriation to pursue nonfederal grants.
Janet Jessup, the committee’s analyst, said the office was allocated 16 FTP and in 2023 received a $5 million federal appropriation tied to IIJA-related grant…
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