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Committee backs $5 million-plus in large-project funding from wildlife trust income

Select Water Committee · February 12, 2026
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Summary

Senate File 52, a package of large-project funding drawn from a trust income account (not the general fund), won committee do-pass after presentations about fish passage, invasive-grass treatments and rangeland health; directors said unobligated income-account cash is about $20 million.

The Select Water Committee recommended do-pass on Senate File 52, a 2026 large-project funding bill that funds water and habitat projects from the wildlife/natural resource trust income account rather than the general fund.

The presenting senator and the director summarized seven projects in the bill, including fish-passage work in…

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