Department of Natural Resources
| Average Annual FTEs | Near General Fund State | Other Funds | Total Funds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Dollars in Thousands) | ||||
| Current Budget | 1,750.7 | 326,218 | 697,599 | 1,023,817 |
| 2025-27 Maintenance Level | 1,752.7 | 327,055 | 698,002 | 1,025,057 |
| Difference from 2025-27 Original | 2.0 | 837 | 403 | 1,240 |
| % Change from 2025-27 Original | 0.11% | 0.26% | 0.06% | 0.12% |
2026 Policy Other Changes |
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| Administrative Reduction | 0.0 | (641) | 0 | (641) |
| Columbia Basin Geothermal Research | 0.0 | (779) | 779 | 0 |
| Fire Suppression | 0.0 | 0 | 176,803 | 176,803 |
| Forest Health Assessments | 0.0 | (593) | 0 | (593) |
| Forest Health Technical Assistance | 0.0 | (387) | 0 | (387) |
| Recreation Land Maintenance | 0.0 | (750) | 0 | (750) |
| Reduce Administration | 0.0 | (1,433) | 0 | (1,433) |
| Trust Land Improvement Work | 17.0 | 0 | 13,371 | 13,371 |
| 2026 Policy Other Changes Total | 17.0 | (4,583) | 190,953 | 186,370 |
2026 Policy Comp Changes |
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| WPEA General Government | 0.0 | 1,954 | 5,023 | 6,977 |
| 2026 Policy Comp Changes Total | 0.0 | 1,954 | 5,023 | 6,977 |
2026 Policy Central Services Changes |
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| Audit Services | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DES Central Services | 0.0 | 32 | 79 | 111 |
| GOV Central Services | 0.0 | 39 | 53 | 92 |
| Legal Services | 0.0 | 32 | 81 | 113 |
| OFM Central Services | 0.0 | 1,337 | 2,787 | 4,124 |
| Self-Insurance Liability Premium | 0.0 | 7,092 | 801 | 7,893 |
| WTS Central Services | 0.0 | 120 | 174 | 294 |
| 2026 Policy Central Services Changes Total | 0.0 | 8,653 | 3,975 | 12,628 |
| Total Policy Changes | 17.0 | 6,024 | 199,951 | 205,975 |
| 2026 Policy Level | 1,769.7 | 333,079 | 897,953 | 1,231,032 |
| Difference from 2025-27 Original | 19.0 | 6,861 | 200,354 | 207,215 |
| % Change from 2025-27 Original | 1.1% | 2.1% | 28.7% | 20.2% |
Policy Changes
Administrative Reduction
Funding is reduced to reflect a reduction in administrative services. (General Fund - State)
Audit Services
Adjustments are made for each agency's anticipated cost of audits performed by the Washington State Auditor. (General Fund - State)
Columbia Basin Geothermal Research
This shifts remaining funding for DNR’s Columbia Basin geothermal research effort initiated in the 2021–23 biennium to the Climate Commitment Account. (General Fund - State, Natural Climate Solutions Account - State)
DES Central Services
Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from the Department of Enterprise Services for Capitol Campus costs; real estate, risk management, and small agency services; the Perry Street and Capitol Campus child care centers; enterprise applications, and other items. (General Fund - State, Resource Management Cost Account - State, Wildfire Resp Forest Restor & Comm - State, other funds)
Fire Suppression
DNR is responsible for responding to and suppressing wildfires. One-time funding is provided for the projected fiscal year 2026 fire-suppression costs that exceed base funding suppression appropriations. (Budget Stabilization Account - State, General Fund - Federal, General Fund - Local, other funds)
Forest Health Assessments
This reduces General Fund-State funding for statewide forest-health monitoring and planning activities by 15%. This adjustment affects work related to the Statewide Forest Action Plan and other planning requirements. (General Fund - State)
Forest Health Technical Assistance
This reduces General Fund-State funding for forest-health technical assistance by 15%. This reduction applies to programmatic funding which supports insect and disease monitoring, forest-health technical assistance, and cost-share support for landowners. (General Fund - State)
GOV Central Services
Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from the Office of the Governor for the Office of Equity. (General Fund - State, Resource Management Cost Account - State, Wildfire Resp Forest Restor & Comm - State, other funds)
Legal Services
Adjustments are made for each agency's anticipated cost of legal services provided by the Office of the Attorney General. Funding provided in the central service model is not all inclusive, as legal services expenditures are based on consumption. (General Fund - State, Resource Management Cost Account - State, Wildfire Resp Forest Restor & Comm - State, other funds)
OFM Central Services
Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from the Office of Financial Management for existing statewide applications, the One Washington program, and other central services. (General Fund - State, Resource Management Cost Account - State, Wildfire Resp Forest Restor & Comm - State, other funds)
Recreation Land Maintenance
This reduces General Fund-State funding to a 2022 supplemental appropriation for agency capacity to maintain grounds and facilities, trails, restrooms, and water access areas. (General Fund - State)
Reduce Administration
This reduces General Fund-State funding for administrative functions at the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) by 15%. (General Fund - State)
Self-Insurance Liability Premium
Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's share of actuarially projected costs of the self-insurance liability premium. (General Fund - State, Resource Management Cost Account - State, State Forest Nursery Revolving Acct - Non-Appropriated, other funds)
Trust Land Improvement Work
This provides capacity from the Resource Management Cost Account for trust land improvement projects that maintain revenue-generating state trust properties. This one-time spending is for repairs and maintenance, including work on roofs, parking areas, water systems, and safety or environmental repairs on trust parcels. (Resource Management Cost Account - State)
WPEA General Government
Funding is provided for a collective bargaining agreement with the Washington Public Employees Association on behalf of general government employees, which includes a general wage increase of 3 percent, effective July 1, 2025, and of 2 percent effective July 1, 2026; provision of a starting wage of $18 per hour and addressing of compression and inversion, effective July 1, 2025; retroactive wildfire rest and recouperation leave, effective July 1, 2025; a prescribed fire premium, effective July 1, 2025; targeted job classification increases, effective July 1, 2025; annual lump sum payments for employees of CDHR and WSSSB, for the current biennium only; and increased paid bereavement leave. (Forest Development Account - State, General Fund - State, Resource Management Cost Account - State, other funds)
WTS Central Services
Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from Washington Technology Solutions for the Office of Cybersecurity, the state network, enterprise services, small agency IT services, enterprise architecture and data management, Microsoft 365 licenses, and other items. (General Fund - State, Resource Management Cost Account - State, Wildfire Resp Forest Restor & Comm - State, other funds)