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Panel approves consolidation of species and energy offices and funds fisheries and energy resiliency grants
Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee · March 12, 2026
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Summary
The committee voted to consolidate the Office of Species Conservation and the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources into a new Office of Species, Minerals and Energy Coordination, authorized 23 FTE, and included funding for fisheries projects and one-time energy resiliency grants.
Noah Peterson, a Legislative Services Office analyst, summarized a consolidation prompted by House Bill 737 to merge the Office of Species Conservation and the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources. The…
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