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Alaska fish, wildlife get $35 million boost

Anchorage Daily News

Published: February 25th, 2009 08:55 PM
Last Modified: February 25th, 2009 08:55 PM

Alaska will receive about $35 million of some $741 million to be split among all 50 states to fund fish and wildlife conservation, boater access and the education of boaters, anglers and hunters, Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar announced this week. More than $20.2 million will go toward sport fish restoration in Alaska, with more than $14.2 million for wildlife restoration.

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"Alaska's fish and wildlife are rightly treasured by the hunters, boaters and anglers who make our state their home," said Geoffrey Haskett, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Alaska region director. "The sportfish and wildlife restoration programs, supported by the very people who benefit from the natural resources that these funds help maintain, will help assure that our state will be a bastion of outdoor recreation for generations."

Sport fish restoration is funded by excise taxes and import duties on sport fishing equipment and motorboat and small engine fuels as well as pleasure boats. About 62 percent of the wildlife restoration funds are used to buy, develop and maintain wildlife management areas.