Bismarck, N.D. (AP) Gov. Jack Dalrymple wants the state to spend more oil tax revenues to improve North Dakota's park system and for statewide conservation enhancements.
Dalrymple's plan calls for raising the cap on the North Dakota Outdoor Heritage Fund from $30 million every two years to $50 million.
The plan also calls for investing an additional $30.4 million in new funds to improve state parks.
The GOP governor's plan comes as conservation advocates are pushing a measure for an even bigger slice of North Dakota oil tax revenues for a fund to benefit water, wildlife and parks projects. The measure will appear on the November ballot.
Backers want 5 percent of the state's oil extraction taxes for the fund. That would raise about $260 million during the 2015-17 budget cycle.