Authorizes the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (Department) to create the Brushy Mountains State Natural Area (BMSNA) in Alexander, Caldwell, and Wilkes counties, and to add BMSNA to the State Parks System. Allows the State to receive donations of appropriate land and purchase other needed land for BMSNA with existing funds in the specified funds and other available funding sources.
Appropriates $250,000 in nonrecurring funds and $250,000 in recurring funds for 2025-26 from the General Fund to the Department to be allocated for initial land acquisition and site development associated with operating costs at BMSNA. Effective July 1, 2025.
CREATE/FUND BRUSHY MTNS. STATE NATURAL AREA.
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AN ACT TO CREATE AND FUND THE BRUSHY MOUNTAINS STATE NATURAL AREA IN ALEXANDER, CALDWELL, AND WILKES COUNTIES.Intro. by Eddins.
Status: Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action) (Mar 5 2025)
H 273
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