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Show tmm nimn ' mm mn ip" i'i"" ' i nm : : C r w. - -j v .'3 tm , ' , . I ' '' - .; I t j.- " ' ' "' " i v I p.-1 jt ' .v, Division of Wildlife Resources Worker Releases Bighorn Sheep Where Do The 'Bucks' Go? DWR Has The Facts For hunting and other wildlife enthusiasts who may wonder where the "bucks" go, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has an explanation. ex-planation. In distributing wildlife dollars, fisheries management is allocated 24.5 percent of Wildlife Resources funds. It deals with fish hatchery operation, research, new fisheries development, acquisition of conservation con-servation pools in reservoirs and obtaining access to lakes and streams. Game management receives 27.7 percent of the funds. It conducts range inventories and wildlife research, surveys and analyzes game population trends, relocates and introduces game animals and operates waterfowl management areas and game farms. Law enforcement uses 20 percent of Division funds. It ensures public observation of and cooperation with the rules, regulations and statutes in the Wildlife Resources Code of Utah. Administration is responsible to implement division policy established by the Board of Big Game Control and the Wildlife Board. It uses 7.8 percent of the funds and is the coordinating leadership for regional and statewide wildlife programs. Field services receives six percent per-cent of the funds. It oversees engineering, construction and maintenance of division facilities and developments, acquires and improves wildlife habitat. Resources analysis is allocated three percent of the funds and is charged with wildlife habitat protection. It is intensively involved in land-use planning and environmental en-vironmental assessment processes affecting the wildlife resources of Utah. Nongame management recieves three percent of the funds. It is responsible for 87 percent of Utah's wildlife species which are not hunted or fished. It conducts research and surveys on these species. Fiscal accounting uses three percent of the funds for managing the income and expenditures of the accounts receivable and accounts payable and coordinates the wildlife license and permit system including distribution. Information and education receives five percent of the funds. It communicates wildlife (Continued on Page 4 WHERE BUCKS GO (Continued from page 6) buy sporting equipment. The money is apportioned back to each state by the Federal Government for special projects. The state must match one dollar for every three dollars of Federal aid. The Utah general fund contributes eight percent of the Division's revenue (16 percent in 1978). This is state tax money appropriated to the Division by the Legislature to help fund wildlife management programs that benefit Utah citizens as a whole, whether or not they hunt or fish. General fund monies usually remain intact for wildlife program use. Other sources comprise four percent of the total income. These are from nongame tax checkoff (Continued on Page 10) |