ECONOMIC
RESOURCES
F I N A N C I A L R E P O R T
The Nebraska Game and Parks
Commission is predominately funded by
user pay – 86 percent of the 2015 revenues
include permits and stamps. Approximately
14 percent of the 2015 funding came from
the State General Fund.
The 16 additional cash/federal funds
established for agency use are: Game Fund,
Park Fund, Federal Funds, VPA Federal
Fund, Habitat Fund, Nebraska Outdoor
Recreational Development Act (NORDA)
Fund, Recreational Trails Federal Fund,
Aquatic Habitat Fund, Wildlife Conservation
Fund, Game Law Investigation Fund,
Cowboy Trail Fund, Youth Conservation
Program Fund, Hunters Helping the Hungry
Fund, Nebraska Snowmobile Trail Fund,
State Park Improvement and Maintenance
Fund, and Game and Parks Capital
Maintenance Fund.
General Fund is supported by money
collected by the State Department of
Revenue, deposited with the State
Treasurer and appropriated by the
Legislature. General Fund money is
appropriated to the Commission for
those operating activities that are not self-
supporting (primarily operations of the state
park system and nongame and endangered
species activities); administrative activities
that are general in nature, applicable to the
Parks
$24.4 M (29%)
Wildlife
$18.8 M (22%)
2015 Calendar Year Revenue Sources
(total = $92.3 million)
2015 Calendar Year Expenditures
(total = $85.2 million)
Hunting Permits and
Stamps
$13.7 M (15%)
General Fund Appropriation
$11.5 M (13%)
Federal and State Grant
Reimbursements
$11.8 M (13%)
Camping
Lodging
$11.3 M (
54 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission • 2015 Annual Report
