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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 103
Author: Berryhill (R), et al.
Amended: 8/13/12
Vote: 21
SUBJECT : Wildlife resources: federal Wildlife and Sport
Fish
Restoration Program
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution acknowledges the 75th
anniversary of the federal Wildlife and Sport Fish
Restoration Program and recognizes the many hunters,
anglers, boaters, recreational shooters, as well as, state
fish and wildlife agencies, and the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service for their leading role in restoring
healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and other natural
resources, both game and nongame, to the abundance we see
today.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following
legislative findings:
1.More than a century ago, hunters and anglers were among
the first conservationists who realized America's fish
and wildlife resources and their habitats were in peril
and could not sustain unregulated harvest and further
habitat destruction.
2.Hunters and anglers took it upon themselves to support
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laws that stopped excessive harvest of fish and wildlife,
established game and fish agencies to protect fish,
wildlife, and their habitats, and supported special
fishing and hunting license fees to help fund the new
agencies' efforts to provide for healthy natural
resources for future generations.
3.Upon realizing that license fees alone were insufficient
to restore and sustain healthy fish and wildlife
populations, hunters and anglers supported excise taxes
on firearms, ammunition, archery equipment, hunting
equipment, and fishing equipment to raise additional
funds to support restoration and enhancement efforts of
the state agencies.
4.These efforts became known as the federal Wildlife and
Sport Fish Restoration Program that began 75 years ago
with the passage of the Federal Aid in Wildlife
Restoration Act of 1937, and then in 1950, was bolstered
with the passage of the Federal Aid in Sport Fish
Restoration Act, which was further expanded with the
Wallop-Breaux amendment to the Sport Fish Restoration Act
in 1984.
5.The combined contribution of the federal Wildlife and
Sport Fish Restoration Program to state fish and wildlife
agencies exceeds $13 billion since 1939, more than any
other single conservation effort in American history.
6.Habitat stewardship and the actions of conservation
organizations combined with the annual funding generated
by hunting and fishing have become the cornerstone of our
nation's fish and wildlife conservation model.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/14/12)
California Outdoor Heritage Alliance
JA:n 8/14/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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