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This bill sets the base budgets for Utah's natural resources, agriculture, and environmental quality agencies for the 2026 and 2027 fiscal years, adjusting current-year funding and appropriating roughly $992 million in operating and capital funds for FY 2027 across the Departments of Agriculture and Food, Environmental Quality, and Natural Resources, as well as the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration. The bill directs how unspent funds may be carried over for specific purposes such as Great Salt Lake restoration and water rights acquisition, wildfire suppression, water infrastructure projects, invasive species control, and predator management, and it sets required performance measures agencies must report on for programs ranging from animal health inspections to air quality monitoring. Notable funding includes $40 million for Great Salt Lake water rights acquisition, over $63 million for water resource projects, and dedicated funding for the new Utah Wildfire Fund, along with smaller allocations for programs like veterinary loan repayment, industrial hemp regulation, and state park operations.