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General Category => Wisconsin DNR Outdoor Reports and News => Topic started by: mudbrook on December 11, 2008, 08:32:04 AM

Title: Hunting and fishing licenses not expected to go up for 09-2010
Post by: mudbrook on December 11, 2008, 08:32:04 AM
WDNR wants to avoid license fee boosts, stop collecting dead deer

By Lee Bergquist of the Journal Sentinel

Posted: Dec. 11, 2008

The price of hunting and fishing licenses isn't expected to go up, but how dead deer will be picked up from the side of the road is another matter.

The Department of Natural Resources has no plans to increase fees for hunting and fishing licenses over the next two years, despite a growing state budget deficit.

But in making cuts to address the deficit, the seven-member Natural Resources Board agreed Wednesday to eliminate a program that pays vendors to remove deer from state roadways.
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