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ANR says FY27 budget falls as federal infrastructure funds taper; proposes trust‑fund adjustments and flags program risks
Summary
Agency of Natural Resources Secretary Julie Moore told the Senate Appropriations Committee that ANR's FY27 budget will be just under $300 million as Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and ARPA funds wind down, highlighted staffing transitions and proposed technical changes to the Lands and Facilities Trust Fund to increase distributions from 5% to 8%.
Julie Moore, the secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources, told the Senate Appropriations Committee that ANR's FY27 budget will be “just shy of $300 million,” down from a peak driven by a recent surge in federal infrastructure funds.
Moore said about two‑thirds of the agency's budget sits in the Department of Environmental Conservation and that roughly half of the agency's spending is returned to partners and municipalities through contracts, grants and loans. “We invest about $40 million a year in contracts,” she said, and the agency also issues about $59 million in grants and approximately $65 million in loans for water and conservation projects.
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