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Budget cuts effect on Outdoor related activity
Posted on 2/28/13 at 10:45 pm
Posted on 2/28/13 at 10:45 pm
I am not going into this and how absolutely fricking stupid this shite is, and I used to a GD part time lobbyist. Our government has become completely dysfunctional. I am just wondering how this may begin to effect things we enjoy.
Less Rangers, may not be a bad thing for some people on here. (Insert the damn armadillo jokes here)
I am sure parks will be closed some, they are apparently going to cancel the Blue Angel show in Pensacola. No flyovers at ball games etc.
If they shut down the whole damn Coast Guard that would be positive in my book, but they will have to absorb cuts as will Wildlife and Fisheries from any federal money. (Ducks) etc
What have you guys heard from friends neighbors that are park rangers etc. Since the are about to indict the whole DMR in Mississippi have not heard much here.
Less Rangers, may not be a bad thing for some people on here. (Insert the damn armadillo jokes here)
I am sure parks will be closed some, they are apparently going to cancel the Blue Angel show in Pensacola. No flyovers at ball games etc.
If they shut down the whole damn Coast Guard that would be positive in my book, but they will have to absorb cuts as will Wildlife and Fisheries from any federal money. (Ducks) etc
What have you guys heard from friends neighbors that are park rangers etc. Since the are about to indict the whole DMR in Mississippi have not heard much here.
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Posted on 2/28/13 at 10:47 pm to TutHillTiger
Ive been told Jackson-Bienville wma will no longer be public in about 3 years.
Posted on 2/28/13 at 10:48 pm to TutHillTiger
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If they shut down the whole damn Coast Guard that would be positive in my book
Posted on 2/28/13 at 10:50 pm to TutHillTiger
The Budget Control Act of 2011 requires that 7.6% of the nation’s Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration
Programs and Boating Safety Trust Fund—collectively called the Trust Funds—be “sequestered” or
withheld from distribution to the states. The Trusts Funds are currently considered mandatory, nondiscretionary funds. Sequestration would equate to a loss of $74 million to states in FY2013.2
The Trust Funds are the collection of excise taxes paid by industry to the federal government from the
purchase of bows and arrows; guns and ammunition; fishing tackle and equipment; and motorboat fuel.
The Trust Funds are the lifeblood of state fish and wildlife agencies’ day-to-day operating budgets. State
agencies use their Trust Fund apportionments exclusively to restore and manage fisheries and wildlife
and their habitats; open and maintain recreational access for all (including shooting ranges); and deliver
hunter and boating safety education.
State agencies and boating administrators spend Trust Fund dollars, not the federal government. The
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) serves as the pass-through mechanism for distributing Wildlife
and Sport Fish Restoration funds to state fish and wildlife agencies, and similarly, the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security for the Boating Safety Trust Fund.
By withholding 7.6% of these Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Safety Trust Funds, the
State Boating Law Administrators also will experience a 7.6% cut to their federal allocation, which will
reduce funding available for boating safety activities, boating education, access and boat registration
and titling.
If withheld in 2013, $31 million, $34 million and $9 million ($74 million total) from Wildlife Restoration,
Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Safety, respectively, will collect in the Trust Funds accounts until
sequestration terminates, at which time the accumulated funds will be allocated to the states.
The money will not be diverted from the Trust Funds to the U.S. Treasury for other uses; but the funds
will be unavailable to the states for their intended purposes every year that sequestration is in effect.
The Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration laws require states to provide a 25% non-federal, state-funded
match to receive the 75% allocated from their Trust Funds. If annual Trust Funds are withheld from
apportionment and “banked,” states may not be able to raise the significant match or have carryforward spending authority when the funds are released.
Some states will lose more than $1 million from their operating budgets due to sequestration (like
Virginia) in 2013. Each state fish and wildlife agency and boating administrator will have to determine
where to make cuts to balance their reduced budgets if budget sequestration as written takes effect. At
risk are applied fish and wildlife research; public access to Wildlife Management Areas; fish hatcheries
and fish stocking programs; hunter safety and education courses; boating safety and education courses;
and shooting ranges. Decreased operating funds may result in staff layoffs.
Although not part of the Trust Funds sequestration, other discretionary federal grant programs
important to state agencies (i.e., State and Tribal Wildlife Grants and Section 6 funding under the
Endangered Species Act) will be reduced by 8.2% and restrict agencies’ ability to restore and enhance
critical habitats; manage wildlife diversity; and address threatened or endangered species listing issues.
Found this: LINK
Programs and Boating Safety Trust Fund—collectively called the Trust Funds—be “sequestered” or
withheld from distribution to the states. The Trusts Funds are currently considered mandatory, nondiscretionary funds. Sequestration would equate to a loss of $74 million to states in FY2013.2
The Trust Funds are the collection of excise taxes paid by industry to the federal government from the
purchase of bows and arrows; guns and ammunition; fishing tackle and equipment; and motorboat fuel.
The Trust Funds are the lifeblood of state fish and wildlife agencies’ day-to-day operating budgets. State
agencies use their Trust Fund apportionments exclusively to restore and manage fisheries and wildlife
and their habitats; open and maintain recreational access for all (including shooting ranges); and deliver
hunter and boating safety education.
State agencies and boating administrators spend Trust Fund dollars, not the federal government. The
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) serves as the pass-through mechanism for distributing Wildlife
and Sport Fish Restoration funds to state fish and wildlife agencies, and similarly, the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security for the Boating Safety Trust Fund.
By withholding 7.6% of these Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Safety Trust Funds, the
State Boating Law Administrators also will experience a 7.6% cut to their federal allocation, which will
reduce funding available for boating safety activities, boating education, access and boat registration
and titling.
If withheld in 2013, $31 million, $34 million and $9 million ($74 million total) from Wildlife Restoration,
Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Safety, respectively, will collect in the Trust Funds accounts until
sequestration terminates, at which time the accumulated funds will be allocated to the states.
The money will not be diverted from the Trust Funds to the U.S. Treasury for other uses; but the funds
will be unavailable to the states for their intended purposes every year that sequestration is in effect.
The Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration laws require states to provide a 25% non-federal, state-funded
match to receive the 75% allocated from their Trust Funds. If annual Trust Funds are withheld from
apportionment and “banked,” states may not be able to raise the significant match or have carryforward spending authority when the funds are released.
Some states will lose more than $1 million from their operating budgets due to sequestration (like
Virginia) in 2013. Each state fish and wildlife agency and boating administrator will have to determine
where to make cuts to balance their reduced budgets if budget sequestration as written takes effect. At
risk are applied fish and wildlife research; public access to Wildlife Management Areas; fish hatcheries
and fish stocking programs; hunter safety and education courses; boating safety and education courses;
and shooting ranges. Decreased operating funds may result in staff layoffs.
Although not part of the Trust Funds sequestration, other discretionary federal grant programs
important to state agencies (i.e., State and Tribal Wildlife Grants and Section 6 funding under the
Endangered Species Act) will be reduced by 8.2% and restrict agencies’ ability to restore and enhance
critical habitats; manage wildlife diversity; and address threatened or endangered species listing issues.
Found this: LINK
This post was edited on 2/28/13 at 10:52 pm
Posted on 2/28/13 at 10:55 pm to TutHillTiger
For me personally, WLF has an adequate amount of people working in the field. I think they should focus more on teaching people proper management of wildlife and the benefits of doing just that. Game wardens that I experience in the woods are just about checking if you are legal. Opening up people's eyes to what is right and why it is right, IMO, will lead to less people breaking the law because of peer pressure, and people being more likely to turn in rotten eggs. Problem with that is less revenue for WLF.
NRCS does a good job of informing people what is right and actually helping them do the right things
NRCS does a good job of informing people what is right and actually helping them do the right things
Posted on 2/28/13 at 11:03 pm to TutHillTiger
Coast Guard is a waste of money, get more people killed then they save, and have stated in court proceedings their job is not to save peoples lives.
Look to Mike Barhonovich (RIP) and the hundreds of people that hit the unmarked dredge pipes off deer island last year. Coast Guard didnt do a damn thing until someone was killed.
Look to Mike Barhonovich (RIP) and the hundreds of people that hit the unmarked dredge pipes off deer island last year. Coast Guard didnt do a damn thing until someone was killed.
Posted on 2/28/13 at 11:03 pm to TutHillTiger
Cutting a small pctg of funds will not adversely affect the way programs are administered. The political wrangling and whining trying to make it appear to be so will probably do more damage than 7-9% budget cuts.
Posted on 2/28/13 at 11:13 pm to TutHillTiger
Posted on 3/1/13 at 5:50 am to TutHillTiger
I wish there were even larger budget cuts.
Posted on 3/1/13 at 6:29 am to TutHillTiger
quote:
TutHillTiger
what the hell? explain more pls
Posted on 3/1/13 at 6:29 am to TutHillTiger
quote:
Coast Guard is a waste of money, get more people killed then they save, and have stated in court proceedings their job is not to save peoples lives.
Look to Mike Barhonovich (RIP) and the hundreds of people that hit the unmarked dredge pipes off deer island last year. Coast Guard didnt do a damn thing until someone was killed.
I am ignorant of all this so can you explain this? Was the Coast Guard Dredging?
Posted on 3/1/13 at 9:17 am to TutHillTiger
Only in Washington can a reduction in a projected INCREASE be called a "cut". 
The government will spend MORE, I said MORE money this year not less than last year.
The government will spend MORE, I said MORE money this year not less than last year.
Posted on 3/1/13 at 9:20 am to TutHillTiger
quote:
Coast Guard is a waste of money, get more people killed then they save
You're our your mind.
Posted on 3/1/13 at 9:28 am to JAB528
Yeah I'm with JAB. Coast Guard are a pain in the arse but if you ever need them, they WILL be there. One of the few federal government programs that actually benefits us.
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