From Deseret News archives:
Fed funds: More for parks, less for CUP
White House releases budget overview for Interior Department
Those were among the items highlighted in President Bush's 2006 budget overview for the Department of Interior released Monday in Washington, D.C.
"This budget focuses on funding essential activities and programs that fulfill Interior's core responsibilities, such as reforming Indian trust systems, protecting communities against wildland fire and conserving our national parks, refuges, waters and wildlife," Secretary of Interior Gale Norton said.
The Department of Interior budget is of significant interest to Utah because the federal government owns most of the state. The vast majority of federal land is managed by the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service, both entities within Interior.
Overall, the president's budget for Interior calls for the department's budget to be trimmed by $100 million, from $10.9 billion to $10.8 billion.
Some of the cuts were accomplished through eliminating certain federal programs that had outlived their usefulness, Norton said. Other money was trimmed from existing programs, like the Central Utah Project.
According to a budget document released by Interior, the decrease is due primarily to the transfer of budget authority from Interior to the Western Area Power Administration.
Bush's budget includes money to complete the Diamond Fork water delivery system, to continue construction on Big Sand Wash dam and to implement local projects. It also includes $397,000 for mitigation and conservation projects associated with CUP.
The National Park Service was a winner once again, seeing its proposed budget for maintenance and construction increase by $27.1 million to a total of $716.6 million. Some $3.7 billion has been spent since 2002 to improve the nation's parks.
Utah has five national parks, seven national monuments, two national recreation areas and a national historic site, almost all administered by the National Park Service.
The president's budget is broad, and specific details of where money would be spent were not immediately available.
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