Public Accountability Report
| 2025 Natural and Cultural Resource Protection | |||||
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| Mission Statement | The mission of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources is to protect and manage the state's natural and cultural resources and to provide opportunities for all to use, enjoy and learn about these resources. | ||||
| Program Goals and Objectives |
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| Source of Funds | General Revenue Fund, State Boating Act Fund, State Parks Fund, Wildlife and Fish Fund, Salmon Fund, Mines and Minerals Underground Injection Control Fund, Plugging and Restoration Fund, Capital Development Fund, Explosives Regulatory Fund, Aggregate Operations Regulatory Fund, Coal Mining Regulatory Fund, Illinois Fisheries Management Fund, Oil and Gas Resource Management Fund, Underground Resources Conservation Enforcement Fund, Natural Areas Acquisition Fund, Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Fund, Flood Control Land Lease Fund, Wildlife Prairie Park Fund, Conservation Police Operations Assistance Fund, Illinois and Michigan Canal Fund, Partners for Conservation Fund, Federal Title-IV Fire Protection Assistance Fund, Federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Fund, Natural Resources Restoration Trust Fund, National Flood Insurance Program Fund, Land Reclamation Fund, DNR Special Projects Fund, DNR Federal Projects Fund, Illinois Forestry Development Fund, Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund, J.J. Wolf Memorial for Conservation Investigation Fund, State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp Fund, Park and Conservation Fund, Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach Marina Fund, Abandoned Mined Lands Reclamation Council Federal Trust | Statutory Authority | 20 ILCS 801 - 880 and others | ||
| Fiscal Year 2026 Target/Projected | Fiscal Year 2025 Actual | Fiscal Year 2025 Target/Projected | Fiscal Year 2024 Actual | Fiscal Year 2023 Actual | |
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| Input Indicators | |||||
| Total expenditures - all sources (in thousands) | $ 250,476.2 | $ 150,016.3 | $ 152,871.6 | $ 125,135.4 | $ 111,923.0 |
| Total expenditures - state appropriated funds (in thousands) | $ 250,476.2 | $ 149,999.6 | $ 152,871.6 | $ 125,086.0 | $ 111,787.8 |
| Average monthly full-time equivalents | 458.5 | 413.8 | 450.8 | 417.9 | 378.0 |
| Output Indicators | |||||
| Number of seedlings produced for reforestation | 850,000 | 900,000 | 750,000 | 850,000 | 850,000 |
| Number of protected natural areas | 645.0 | 639.0 | 642.0 | 629.0 | 622.0 |
| Number of acres annually enrolled in Conservation Reserve and Enhancement Program (CREP) | 92,706 | 91,138 | 92,433 | 90,480 | 90,532 |
| Number of acres reforested | 1,800 | 1,868 | 1,720 | 1,951 | 1,951 |
| Number of landowners receiving technical assistance with resource management (a) | 12,000 | 14,769 | 9,030 | 8,830 | 8,830 |
| Coal mine reclamation inspections performed | 700.0 | 696.0 | 700.0 | 681.0 | 830.0 |
| Number of abandoned mine land sites reclaimed | 50.0 | 15.0 | 46.0 | 26.0 | 13.0 |
| Number of oil/gas field inspections | 28,000 | 27,453 | 30,000 | 27,268 | 31,165 |
| Number of oil/gas permits issued | 350.0 | 322.0 | 375.0 | 369.0 | 294.0 |
| Outcome Indicators | |||||
| Tons of carbon removed from the atmosphere by reforestation | 15,000 | 15,900 | 14,546 | 16,500 | 16,500 |
| Number of deer harvested | 170,000 | 171,322 | 159,000 | 158,110 | 158,010 |
| Protected natural area acreage | 127,500 | 125,284 | 124,300 | 123,005 | 121,532 |
| Acquired land (acres) | 2,500 | 2,787 | 2,658 | 1,841 | 736.0 |
| Acres of abandoned mine land reclaimed | 1,000 | 377.0 | 1,000 | 915.0 | 802.0 |
| Number of oil/gas wells plugged or restored | 600.0 | 419.0 | 750.0 | 732.0 | 760.0 |
| Number of new acres protected by resource management plans | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 150.0 |
Footnotes
The increase is due to three districts being involved with implementing a federal disaster assistance program for impacted landowners. Assisting landowners enrolled in that program appears to have caused a spike in technical assists to constituents.
