How the Fish & Wildlife Money Was Spent: Fish

29.2¢ of each Fish and Wildlife dollar $28.4 million total 252 Staff 33% of Fish & Wildlife-funded positions

What you're paying for...

• Conduct extensive monitoring of fish populations for VHS
• Implement hatchery operations to prevent the introduction of VHS
• Sample over 800 streams, lakes and rivers to assess water quality and habitat health
• Maintain network of fish biologists and technicians statewide
• Use science to manage fisheries in 15,000 lakes and 44,000 miles of streams
• Monitor and manage Great Lakes sport and commercial fish populations and harvest
• Improve and maintain trout habitat using dedicated stamp money
• Produce and stock fish
• Monitor fish populations statewide
• Protect critical habitat
• Develop and maintain boat launches and shore fishing facilities
• Provide anglers with the best information possible
• Sponsor kids' fishing clinics and train volunteer instructors
• Sample fish populations for mercury, PCBs and other potentially harmful contaminants
• Reintroduce native sport fish into Wisconsin rivers and the Great Lakes