Pennsylvania Game Commission officials on Tuesday presented lawmakers with their 2023-24 fiscal year review, which showed gas and oil lease royalties down 72% from the prior year.
These revenues still totaled $85,915,299 for the year, but were $220,949,115 below the prior fiscal year’s gas and oil lease revenues worth $306,864,414, according to the commission’s report.
The money goes into the commission’s Game Fund that closed out the fiscal year with a balance of $525,927,223. As of Tuesday, during the fiscal year that runs through June 2025, the balance stood at about $460 million, according to commission Executive Director Stephen Smith…