Post by duff on Dec 29, 2005 8:52:16 GMT -5
After reading on here a few people said the license money went to the State's general fund I wanted to find out if that was the case. I asked another guy who is deeply involved with the DNR and very informed on hunting laws.
If I get his permission to copy his reply to me I will, but in short, all license fees are dedicated to the Fish and Wildlife department of the DNR. The only way it can be used outside of this section is for habitat improvements to the DNR reservoir property and DNR owned nature preserves. Now the F&W budget has to be approved by the elected officials and they can deny spending even when this money can not be spent in other areas of the state.
So our hunting/fishing/trapping license money is not used for general funds.
If I get his permission to copy his reply to me I will, but in short, all license fees are dedicated to the Fish and Wildlife department of the DNR. The only way it can be used outside of this section is for habitat improvements to the DNR reservoir property and DNR owned nature preserves. Now the F&W budget has to be approved by the elected officials and they can deny spending even when this money can not be spent in other areas of the state.
So our hunting/fishing/trapping license money is not used for general funds.
