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Idaho Senate Ag Committee Reviews Soil and Water Commission FY24 Report; Two Reappointments Deferred
Summary
The Senate Agricultural Committee heard the Idaho State Soil and Water Conservation Commission's fiscal year 2024 performance report, discussed funding and staffing needs for key programs including WACPA and CREP, and postponed votes on two gubernatorial reappointments to a future meeting.
The Idaho Senate Agricultural Committee on Tuesday heard a fiscal year 2024 report from the Idaho State Soil and Water Conservation Commission and considered two gubernatorial reappointments to the commission, but lawmakers did not vote on the appointments and will take them up at a subsequent meeting.
Commission administrator Delwyn Trefts presented the commission’s annual performance and fiscal report, saying commission revenues in FY24 came from the general fund, trustee/benefit fund interest receipts and a dedicated RCRDP loan fund, with total annual revenues of approximately $3,950,000 and expenditures just over $7,900,000. Trefts highlighted several program results and funding pressures and told the committee that staffing and funding remain the commission’s principal challenges.
The report showed the commission provided technical support for 49,705 acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) and that the Resource Conservation and Rangeland Development Program (RCRDP) assisted financing conservation projects on…
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