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State forester seeks $950,000 for emerald ash borer grants, asks for nursery staff funding
Summary
State Forester Tom Claeys presented the North Dakota Forest Service's budget and optional requests to the Appropriations — Education and Environment Division, including a $950,000 grant pool for emerald ash borer mitigation and up to $350,000 for two FTEs at the Towner nursery.
Tom Claeys, State Forester, told the Appropriations — Education and Environment Division that the North Dakota Forest Service’s Armstrong‑recommended budget includes routine salary, health‑insurance and inflationary increases, and that the agency has two scalable optional asks: up to $350,000 for two FTEs at the Towner State Nursery, and $950,000 in special funds for emerald ash borer mitigation grants.
Claeys said the baseline Armstrong recommendation contains regular adjustments — a 3% per year salary increase line, a health insurance increase and inflationary items such as utilities and motor‑pool costs — and that total ongoing increases…
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