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Office of Species Conservation outlines federal‑grant flows, trustee payments and warns NEPA whiplash may complicate sage‑grouse plans
Summary
The Office of Species Conservation told legislators it relies heavily on federal grants and trustee benefit payments; staff said appropriations rose and fell with IIJA grants and urged finalizing sage‑grouse NEPA plans to reduce regulatory uncertainty.
The governor’s Office of Species Conservation briefed the Joint Finance Committee on Tuesday on its federal grant portfolio, trustee and benefit payments and a request to increase miscellaneous revenue appropriation for non‑federal grant activity.
Janet Jessup, Legislative Services budget analyst, told the committee the office received about $5 million in federal IIJA‑related funds in fiscal 2023 and that much of the apparent appropriation‑to‑expenditure gap reflects…
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