When Montana looked at these free & reduced cost licenses, we found out that we were essentially losing $5 million per year for conservation efforts. These kinds of feel good licenses are great for short term politics, but they take significant bites out of operations and maintenance budgets, warden funding, etc.
If the state decides to give these licenses away, then they should also make the agencies that have to deal with it whole through no-strings attached funds going to General License Accounts.
If the state decides to give these licenses away, then they should also make the agencies that have to deal with it whole through no-strings attached funds going to General License Accounts.