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Taking Action to Save
Our Fish and Wildlife Legacy
Updated June 5, 2007
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Hot issue: The FY08-09
Budget
Director Lee Perry made Fish and
Game's presentation on the budget to the House Finance
Committee on March 5, 2007.
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The Fish and Game
Department budget, as part of the overall State budget,
"crossed over" from the N.H. House
to
the N.H. Senate in April. The last remaining active bills
related to Fish and Game funding -- for
example, SB191, related to funding for the Nongame Program -- also crossed
to the opposite chamber.
The House version of the budget does
not contain additional General Fund support for the Department.
The Fish and Game Department has been
testifying in the Senate regarding needed
changes. Fish
and Game's budget presentation before the Senate Finance
Committee occurred on April 27.
Fish and Game presented its
budget before the Senate Capital Budget committee
on May 7. A Senate Ways and Means committee
revenue briefing took place May 8.
JUNE 4: The Senate Finance recommended operating budget for the state (HB 1-A) is now available for review and download - CLICK HERE
Watch this page for more
updates on the budget and related legislation. |
Other budget & legislative matters
What can I do to help?
Help others recognize the benefits and services
that Fish and Game brings to everyone in New Hampshire, and ask
them to support a new funding solution that will better reflect
and better support our broad mission and consituency.
From the NH General Court website: "Citizen
Participation: You have many opportunities
to impact this process, including testifying at hearings, writing
letters or making phone calls to your representatives, or working
with organizations to create awareness of the possible impact
of a piece of legislation. You should know that New Hampshire's "citizen
legislature" is a great source of state pride, and that
Representatives and Senators welcome phone calls at home since
most of them don't have offices at the State House, and have
little or no staff to help them gather information. To contact
your Legislator you may call the House Clerk's office (603)
271-2548 or the Senate Clerk's office (603) 271-3420 for more
information."
Who's on the NH State Legislative Committees
this session? Certain committees will make decisions that
directly affect Fish and Game funding before these legislative proposals
come before the entire House or Senate. In addition to communicating
with your own representatives, it's important to contact these keylawmakers
(especially the chairpersons) to encourage them to support a funding
solution for Fish and Game. Click on the committee name for contact
information.
Click
to search Legislative Service Requests (LSRs)
for the NH 2007 Legislative session (New Hampshire General Court
website)
Click
to get general information on legislation (bill
text, status, committee hearings, calendars, etc. - New Hampshire
General Court website)
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