If it passes, for every day an angler goes unlicensed, the revenue generated by license sales (no matter where it actually ends up) will be reduced. Is that good or bad? I think it would have both good and bad effects.
THE DWR IS A FEDERAL BUDGETED AGENCY, THE STATE RUNS LOCATIONS SUCH AS THE HATCHERIES, MARINAS, DAY USE AREAS. THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR THE DWR, ARE THE EMPLOYED BY THE UTAH DIVISION OR WILDLIFE SERVICES, NOTE DIVISION, AS POINTS TO THE FEDERAL FUNDING. THE FEDS ALLOCATE MONIES TO THE APPROPRIATE PROGRAMS FOR STOCKING FISH, PAYING RANGERS, AND ALL THAT, VERY LITTLE GETS ALLOCATED TO THE STATE ITSELF HENCE THE FEES FOR A LICENSE MOSTLY GOTO MAINTAINING THE STATE RAN USE AREAS, MARINAS AND LOCAL HATCHERIES. I LIKE THE CALANDER YEAR CONCEPT, BUT IN TERMS OF ACTUALL PURCHASE DATE OF YOUR LICENSE IF IT EXPIRES ON DEC 31ST YOU LOSE MONEY IF YOU BOUGHT THE TAG IN SAY JUNE. THE PEOPLE THAT BUY IN JANUARY GET THE FULL BENIFIT OF THE 26 BUCKS, THE PEOPLE THAT BUY IN JUNE, ONLY GET 23 DOLLARS WORTH OF FISHING FOR A 26 DOLLAR PRICE TAG, WITH THE CHANGE, IF MADE, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO LEVEL THAT FEILD BY GETTING A FULL 365 DAYS NO MATTER WHEN YOU PURCHASE, AS I UNDERSTAND THIS THE DWR IS TAKING THIS INTO CONSIDERATION FOR THAT REASON, IF PEOPLE ARENT BUYING IN JANUARY EVERY MONTH PAST THAT THE PERCENTAGES DROP AS FAR AS THE CHANCES OF ANYONE BUYING A LICENSE BECUASE THEY FEEL RIPPED OFF. THE NEW CHANGES WILL LET EVERYONE GET A WHOLE YEAR AND THE MOST OUT OF THEIR MONEY. I DONT MIND A FEW DOLLARS INCREASE IN LICENSE COST BECUASE I DO ENJOY HAVNING A PLACE TO PARK MY CAR WHEN I GO FISHING. BUT THAT IS MY HUMBLE OPINION.
LATERS,
I’m all for this change. I made this recommendation to Tom Pettingill over a year ago. I know many people who didn’t purchase a fishing license for a few months into the year, and then rationalized that it didn’t make sense to purchase a license that is only good for a few months. They didn’t fish at all that year, and before you know it they are out of the habit of fishing and have given up fishing all together. A few of them may have purchased a one or seven day fishing license, but I believe far more didn’t purchase a license at all. Our drivers licenses and vehicles expire at staggered times during the year and somehow we manage to deal with it, I’m sure that we can manage to remember to renew our fishing licenses – we just need to set up a reminder system.
I think that this is a great idea.
More than once I’ve had a friend pass up an end-of-year fishing trip because they do not want to sink the money for a short amount of time. The DWR loses this money and my friends miss out on a trip. I’ll bet sales go up on an annual basis. I appreciate the flexibility.
Badfish you’ve got some good info there but some of it is wrong. It looks like you got the parks service mixed up with the DWR. All wildlife belongs to each individual state. All the funding comes from the state to support the DWR. The feds have a tax on all fishing and marine products. There are two excise taxes that goes back to the states for funding big projects such as Strawberry or Jordenalle. This funding is allocated on a 2 to 1 ratio. So if the DWR takes 1 million for a new pond the Pitman or dingle-johnson tax will supple the other 2 million for a 3 million dollar project. The only problem with this is it gets divided by the amount of water the state has. So if your last one the list you get the least amount of money.
Heck for the price of a license I’d pay double or triple the amount if they could promise some sort of improvements. I’m sure everybody here blows more money just for one trip then they do for there licenses.
The states current budget is around 23 million. What a joke considering we spent over 1.4 billion dollars last year alone.
Heres the people we need to start sending emails or calling to get more funding to improve the wildlife in Utah. I’d also contact our representatives and congress members and encourage them to support wildlife in Utah. Remember the squeaky wheel gets the grease so don’t stop until they do something.
Wildlife board members
Dr. Max Morgan, Chair
590 East 100 North #5
Price, UT 84501
Home: (435) 637-2908; Work: (435) 637-2300
Fax: 637-1581
E-mail: m.morgan@castlenet.com
Brenda Freeman
1596 North 725 East
North Ogden, UT 84404
Home: (801) 737-9709; Work: (801) 544-8920
E-Mail: Brenda.Freeman.B7PQ@Statefarm.com
Paul Niemeyer
P.O. Box 954
Richfield, UT 84701
Home: (435) 896-4254; Work: (435) 896-8436 or 1-800-237-2678; Fax: (435) 896-6981
E-mail: paul.niemeyer@jorgford.com
Jim Bowns
126 Ridge Road
Cedar City, UT 84720
Home: (435) 586-9394; Work: (435) 586-7922
E-mail: bowns_je@suu.edu
Allan Smith
1137 Park Ridge Drive
Roosevelt, UT 84066
Home: (435) 725-3232
E-mail: aesmith@ubtanet.com
Richard Diamond
3293 Harrison Blvd.
Ogden, UT 84403
Home: (801) 782-9762; Work: (801) 627-1072; Fax: (801) 627-1078
E-Mail: rdiamond@sisna.com
Lee Howard
2929 Kenwood Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84106
Home: (801) 466-8830
E-Mail: leeearl@sisna.com