50 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission • 2016 Annual Report
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 2016 revenues
include permits and stamps. Approximately
14 percent of the 2016 funding came from
the State General Fund.
The 17 additional cash/federal funds
established for agency use are: Game Fund,
Park Fund, Federal Funds, VPA Federal
Fund, Fort Atkinson National Park Service
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, Wildlife Education
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
Parks
$23.8 M (28%)
Wildlife
$18.9 M (22%)
2016 Calendar Year Revenue Sources
(total = $88.8 million)
2016 Calendar Year Expenditures
(total = $86.6 million)
Hunting Permits and
Stamps
$13.8 M (16%)
General Fund Appropriation
Expended
$12 M (14%)
Direct Federal
Funds
$11.1 M (13%)
Camping and
Lodging Fees
$12.1 M (14%)
