How the Fish & Wildlife Money Was Spent: Wildlife

29.3¢ of each Fish and Wildlife dollar $28.6 million total 179 Staff 23% of Fish & Wildlife-funded positions

What you're paying for...

• Monitor wildlife population trends using scientific research
• Protect, restore and improve habitat on 500,000+ acres of public land; help landowners manage wildlife on private land
• Protect and restore rare species
• Produced 52,000 ring-necked pheasants, and provided 51,000 pheasant chicks to conservation and hunting partners
• Manage overabundant wildlife populations
• Study and monitor wildlife diseases
• Set harvest quotas with public input; issue permits; reimburse farmers for wildlife damage to crops
• Provide information and wildlife education