The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2009-2010 budget for a proposed "Department of Conservation," which would combine the Department of Natural Resources and the Departmment of Environmental Quality. The DNR portion would appropriate $315.2 million in gross spending, compared to $289.9 million, which was the FY 2008-2009 amount enrolled in 2008. $72.8 million is from federal revenue. The DEQ portion would appropriate $388.9 million in gross spending, compared to $363.9 million the previous year. Of this, $180.2 million is from federal revenue.
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