Jewelee:
I obtained this information from a gentlemen who is concerned about how the
government spends our tax dollars and how fish and game programs seem to
always get the short end of the stick.
I don't declare any of this to be true and furthermore I believe that the
claims should probably be validated. However, I doubt the investigators
from the GAO, FBI, and a congressional committee investigated this on a
whim. Their findings, if true, are disgusting.
BTW - You can find more info on the USFWS home page and by contacting the
office of Don Young, the Chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, for
a published record.
Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: Jewelee at Cluster Businesses [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 10:18 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: USFWS misuse of sportsmens conservation funds
What was your source on this information?
Also, in my experience, mentioning anything to Patty Murray
about hunting will get you her "That's not the way I see it" reply.
-Jewelee
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Mix [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 7:29 AM
To: Washington Flyfishers (E-mail)
Subject: USFWS misuse of sportsmens conservation funds
Not sure if this is true or not.....but if it is it's fairly alarming.
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Subject: USFWS misuse of sportsmens conservation funds
The U.S. Senate will soon begin to work on S.2609, The Wildlife and Sport
Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act of 2000. This piece of legislation
was crafted to stop the USFWS from using funds from the Pittman-Robertson
Wildlife Restoration Act, instituted in 1937 as an excise tax on firearms,
and related shooting equipment, and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish
Restoration Act of 1950 which taxed fishing related items.
...
The funds generated by these taxes now equal
1/3
of the USFWS total budget and they have been using them illegally.
...
If you would like to see these funds used to actually benefit fish & game
agencies then I suggest you send an e-mail to Sen. Patty Murray at:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
