Wyoming Tag increase 2014?
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No fee increase for 2014. There are currently two bills being debated in WY:
One would create a 10% license fee increase: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/interimCommittee/2013/14LSO-0078.L1.pdf
Another would take Healthcare costs, Grizzly Bear Management & Feedgrounds out of the WGFD's budget and put them in the general fund for a benefit of around $8million, IIRC (healthcare alone is a $4.8 million line item that sportsmen pay for out of license dollars): http://legisweb.state.wy.us/interimCommittee/2013/14LSO-0162.W1.pdf
Both bills have passed out of committee and it sounds like most of the sporting groups in WY are working this pretty hard: http://wyofile.com/dustin/hunters-anglers-restore-wyoming-game-and-fish-budget/
The bill to increase funding last session was killed by SFW - who then promptly took a bison tag and allocated themselves 30% of the tag rather than the standard 10% for Governors tags in Wyoming. SFW has also recently lost two of their chapters in WY: Big Horn Basin & Teton County - two of their largest chapters - over this and other issues.
One would create a 10% license fee increase: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/interimCommittee/2013/14LSO-0078.L1.pdf
Another would take Healthcare costs, Grizzly Bear Management & Feedgrounds out of the WGFD's budget and put them in the general fund for a benefit of around $8million, IIRC (healthcare alone is a $4.8 million line item that sportsmen pay for out of license dollars): http://legisweb.state.wy.us/interimCommittee/2013/14LSO-0162.W1.pdf
Both bills have passed out of committee and it sounds like most of the sporting groups in WY are working this pretty hard: http://wyofile.com/dustin/hunters-anglers-restore-wyoming-game-and-fish-budget/
The bill to increase funding last session was killed by SFW - who then promptly took a bison tag and allocated themselves 30% of the tag rather than the standard 10% for Governors tags in Wyoming. SFW has also recently lost two of their chapters in WY: Big Horn Basin & Teton County - two of their largest chapters - over this and other issues.
