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Office of Species Conservation describes federal grant timing, IIJA funds and sage grouse planning challenges
Summary
The Joint Finance Corporation Committee reviewed the budget and priorities of the Office of Species Conservation, and heard the administrator describe federal grant timing, recent federal grants and policy headwinds related to endangered‑species planning.
The Joint Finance Corporation Committee reviewed the budget and priorities of the Office of Species Conservation, and heard the administrator describe federal grant timing, recent federal grants and policy headwinds related to endangered‑species planning.
Janet Jessup, legislative services budget analyst, said the Office is allocated 16 full‑time positions and that trustee and benefit payments in 2024—largely federal funds—accounted for the majority of the Office’s expenditures. She noted a $5 million federal IIJA appropriation recorded in fiscal 2023 that remained largely unspent in that year because grant activity spanned multiple fiscal years.
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