Idaho Fish and Game submits 9.4 million budget with plan for future funding
Department head Joe Greenley told the Joint Finance Appropriations Committee that the 1978 budget totals 9.4 million, up from 9.2 million, with funding shifts from federal and private grants. He warned that without new outside funds the core programs will shrink and that taxes on hunters and anglers may need adjustment to sustain wildlife resources.
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Department of Fish and Game
Joe Greenley
Joint Finance Appropriations Committee
Greenley
Fish and Game Commission
Idaho
American ‘Falls
Department
Administration Bureau
Enforcement Bureau
Fisheries Bureau
Game Bureau
Information Education
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Environmental Services Bureau
Bureau
Statewide fish and wildlife plan okayed by Idaho commission
The Idaho Fish and Game Commission gave a go ahead for a 20 year statewide plan covering fish and wildlife goals. In Boise the panel outlined the first volume on broad policy statements and set February 9 for a follow up meeting. Joe Greenley urged measurable goals and repeated the need for interagency input and five year plan updates to balance development with habitat preservation.
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Department of Fish and Game
Boise
Fish and Game Commission
Joe Greenley
Few Changes in Regulations for Controlled Hunts
The Fish and Game Commission approved minor changes to controlled hunt rules. A deer and elk tag validation is removed in Unit 44 Campas County, and post season hunts are reclassified as regular controlled hunts. A $1 duplicate tag fee is added. spring turkey hunts open April 30 in specified units with a single bearded male bag limit. Application is by July 1, drawing August 1, with permit numbers unchanged from 1976.
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Fish and Game Commission
Camas County
Department ‘of Fish and Game
Hatchery Design Stage Reached Near Eureka Montana
Army Corps advances the Westslope cutthroat trout hatchery near Lake Koocanusa in Eureka Montana to the design stage. Congress authorizes 4 million dollars for the facility to mitigate fish losses from Libby Dam on the Kootenai River. Montana Fish and Game aids in design and will operate the hatchery after completion in 1979. The state currently grows brood stock for transfer to the new site.
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Army Corps, of Engineers
Montana
Eureka
Lake Koocanusa
Congress
Page Elected Chairman Fred Page Heads Idaho Wildlife Group
Fred Page of Hope was elected 1977 chairman of District One Idaho Wildlife Association at a Sunday meeting in Eagle Hall Coeur d Alene Cliff Schnider of Hope was named secretary treasurer Opposition arose to an Idaho Fish and Game proposal to divert $1 from a $2 license toward operating funds and to keep $1 in the range rehabilitation fund The fund now exceeds 450000 dollars but cannot buy large parcels The IPG will hear Joe Greenley discuss the plan on Jan 20 at the Eagle Lodge Coeur d Alene The issue may be raised again at the state meeting in Pocatello Feb 18 19 20
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Fred Page
Hope
District One
Idaho Wildlife Association
Eagle Hall
Coeur d’ Alene
Cliff Schnider
Idaho Fish and Game
IFG General Fund
IFG
IFG Commission
Joe Greenley
IPG
Eagle Lodge
Coeur d' Alene
Ida W Wildlife Association
Carl Huhta
Mullan
Elk Unlimited Meet Slated in Sandpoint Hall
Elk Unlimited Bonner County chapter will hold an organizational meeting January 25 at 7 30 pm in Sandpoint Community Hall. The group aims to maintain a huntable Idaho elk population through habitat and access programs and will elect officers with annual dues of ten dollars for adults and five dollars for juniors.
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Bonner County
Elk Unlimited
Sandpoint
Idaho
The Drab And The Dandy In Bonner County Widgeon
Bonner County outdoors notes the American Widgeon blends bold drake plumage with drab hens. The male features a white head stripe and green eye stripe while the hen carries a bluish bill. Widgeon nesting, mating patterns, and diet are discussed with emphasis on camouflage and interspecies feeding habits.
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Dave Finkelnburg
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Idaho
Bonner County
Alaska
British Columbia
American
Midwest
Hudson’s Bay Region
Canada
Utah
California
Mexico
Pack
Clark Fork
Pend Oreille
Frank C Bellrose
America
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Dworshak
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Ririe and
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Idaho Power Company
Hells Canyon
Mike Cramer
Bonner County Sportsmen Association
By Royce Williams
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Pocatello
Dave Finkeinburg
Widgeon Drake
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