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Committee amends Wildlife and Parks budget to add three game warden FTEs and reinstate $3,632 EDIF line
Summary
After questions about staffing, World Cup support and fee-funded park operations, the committee voted to add three game warden FTEs for FY2027 (estimated $125,000 each) and to reinstate a $3,632 EDIF reappropriation; the KDWP budget was adopted as amended.
Secretary Kennedy opened comments before the Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) budget hearing by defending prior remarks about game warden operations and stressing officer safety. "Our game wardens are tasked with difficult and dangerous work," Kennedy said, and urged support for law‑enforcement staffing.
Legislative analysts noted the special committee deleted EDIF reappropriations across agencies; Luke Drury, senior fiscal analyst, told the committee that most EDIF lapses affected veteran and disabled-veteran license lines and that roughly…
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