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Show License fees blamed for ujildlifc cufc ices that benefit wildlife. wild-life. One fish hatchery has been closed In Beaver, and statewide fish production cut 15; all travel has been cut 15; funds for improving wildlife habitat have been reduced 50; funds for purchasing pur-chasing new wildlife habitat have been cut out complete -ly; and 10 positions are vacant va-cant and cannot be filled without additional funding. Monies saved on the cutbacks cut-backs are spent paying Inflated In-flated costs essential to manage Utah's wildlife. Gas -oline, fish feed, trucks, concrete con-crete and personal services have Increased 30 to 80 since the last fee Increase in 1976. Without additional funding fund-ing services provided now will be greatly curtailed and the wildlife in the state of Utah will continue to suffer. Utah's hunting and fishing fish-ing license fees have increased in-creased only four times in the last 47 years according to Clair Huff, operations director, di-rector, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. Since the last fee Increase in 1976 Inflation has caused our present fee schedule to be inadequate. According to Mr. Huff, many programs and services have been cut to adjust the budget with the inflationary trend. Ad-ditinal Ad-ditinal funding is absolutely abso-lutely necessary to continue services now being provided pro-vided by the Division of Wnaine Kesouces. In 1937, the Utah combination combi-nation license fee was established at ine price of the combination license, wmcn inciuueo uuui hunting and fishing privileges, privileg-es, increased to $5 in 1947; $6 in 1953; $10 in 1967; and $18 in 1976. Combination Combi-nation license fee has remained re-mained at $18; however the consumer price index has increased dramatically from 166.7 to 23C.1 during the same four year period. This inflationary trend has forced a cut in many serv- |