Idaho Bills

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Fish and Game for fiscal years 2025 and 2026.

This appropriation to the Department of Fish and Game provides enhancements to the FY 2026 maintenance budget that includes funding for a license sales system contract increase, the final year of the Albeni Falls projects; funding for recreational access leases; phase two of the agency's website overhaul; support for seasonal employees who will work to restore habitat as part of mitigation stewardship; hatchery fish trailer tanks; region 7 office renovations; support for operational increases at regional offices; funding a lease at the McCall regional office; improvements to regional offices in Coeur d'Alene and Jerome; hatchery improvements; software licenses; fire rehabilitation funds pursuant to a settlement with the Idaho Power Company; support for remote connectivity; replacement items; and IT hardware. This appropriation also includes a FY 2025 supplemental for the costs incurred by the agency to purchase and plant grass/forb seed and apply herbicide via aerial application in Ada County to mitigate damage caused by the Valley Fire (table 2). This bills does not include funding for federal grant alignment in table 1 (line 13).