2021-22 Budget Breakdown: Conservation, Natural Resources, Environmental Protection And Ag | The Numbers Racket

By Cassie Miller, Pennsylvania Capital-Star

July 19, 2021

Conservation & Natural Resources

• General Fund changes:
  • $1.63 million increase for General Government Operations
  • $2.55 million increase for State Forests Operations
  • $1 million decrease in Oil & Gas Lease Fund utilization

Environmental Protection
General Fund changes:

• $1.66 million increase for General Government Operations
• $2.12 million increase for Environmental Program Management
• $526,000 increase for Chesapeake Bay Agricultural Source Abatement
• $3.83 million increase for Environmental Protection Operations
• $4.29 million increase for Black Fly Control & Research
• Water Commissions level funded

Agriculture
General Fund changes:

• $34.9 million, a $1.82 million increase for General Government Operations, as proposed by the governor