🤔 Bill Would Divert $150 Million from Pennsylvania Game

[GOYABEAN]

Multiple conservation and sporting groups with representation in Pennsylvania are sounding the alarm about a last-minute amendment to a fiscal codes bill currently working through the state legislature. By diverting $150 million from the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Game Fund and redirecting it to a different fund managed by the Department of Agriculture, HB 1300 would have huge implications for Pennsylvania’s ability to finance its wildlife management, the Pennsylvania Confederation of Sportsmen and Conservationists announced earlier this month.

What’s even more problematic is that, by transferring funds away from the PGC, the state could forfeit Pittman-Robertson funding, a cornerstone federal program for supporting wildlife and habitat conservation in all states. But few hunters and anglers—of which the state has many—saw a move of this magnitude on the horizon. That’s especially true since diverting PR funds to other uses technically violates federal law, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation director of government affairs Ryan Bronson tells Outdoor Life. (He points out that Pennsylvania is an elk state, too.)

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[JaySmith]

Does that mean less game wardens?

[akley88]

Does that mean less game wardens?

it could if it became law but it would probably also result in higher license cost and the state selling off public land or finding some other way to make up the lost funds.