Department of Natural Resources

Last Updated: 07/16/2026

Budgeted Operating Expenditures

Dollars in Thousands

Does Not Include Higher Education Tuition and Fee Accounts)

Fiscal Year 2026 through July 2026

Department of Natural Resources	Fiscal Year 2026 Actual	Fiscal Year Total Estimate	Fiscal Year to Date Actual	Balance
Staffing
Total Full Time Equivalent Staff Years	2,316	1,750	2,316	(566)
Statewide Totals	2,316	1,750	2,316	(566)
Programs
Administration and Agency Support	35,851	46,732	35,851	10,881
Resource Protection	360,858	302,930	360,858	(57,928)
Resource Management	107,962	143,812	107,962	35,851
Statewide Services	32,209	29,734	32,209	(2,475)
Interagency Payments	20,112	19,853	20,112	(259)
Payroll Clearing	295		295	(295)
Total Programs	557,287	543,061	557,287	(14,226)
Objects of Expenditures
Salaries and Wages	191,845	179,597	191,845	(12,248)
Employee Benefits	61,102	58,270	61,102	(2,833)
Professional Service Contracts	7,985	11,147	7,985	3,162
Goods and Other Services	261,354	244,219	261,354	(17,134)
Travel	22,390	23,035	22,390	645
Capital Outlays	7,455	9,760	7,455	2,305
Inter Agency/Fund Transfers	1,583	1,583	1,583
Grants, Benefits & Client Services	14,729	15,451	14,729	723
Interagency Reimbursements	(11,073)		(11,073)	11,073
Intra-Agency Reimbursements	(81)	(0)	(81)	81
Total Objects of Expenditures	557,287	543,061	557,287	(14,226)
Source of Funds
General Fund Federal	47,433	79,663	47,433	32,230
General Fund Private/Local	4,651	16,347	4,651	11,696
General Fund State	271,820	162,674	271,820	(109,147)
Other Funds Non-Appropriated	57,160	81,303	57,160	24,144
Other Funds State	176,223	203,074	176,223	26,852
Total Source of Funds	557,287	543,061	557,287	(14,226)