Syracuse.com - DEC schedules two meetings to discuss sportsmen's license restructuring proposal

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Highlights include lowering the resident annual fishing license from $29 to $25 and the hunting license from $29 to $22. It would do away with the trapping and small games licenses, folding those into the hunting license.

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<p>The local state Department of Environmental Conservation has scheduled two informational meetings – one tonight, another on Tuesday – to review and answer questions about Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to simplify the state’s outdoors license fee schedule and lower some of the license fees.</p>

<p>The first meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Martha Eddy Room in the Art and Horticulture building at the state fairgrounds in Geddes. The second session will be held beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the DEC’s Cortland office, 1285 Fisher Ave. in Cortland.</p>

<p>Cuomo’s proposal, <a href="http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/02/cuomos_ny_open_for_fishing_and.html">part of his "NY Open for Fishing and Hunting" effort,</a> is multi-faceted.</p>

<p>Highlights include lowering the resident annual fishing license from $29 to $25 and the hunting license from $29 to $22. It would do away with the trapping and small games licenses, folding those into the hunting license.</p>

<p>Also, a fishing license would last a year from when it was purchased, as opposed to only being good to the end of the season on Sept. 30.</p>

<p>For further information, call (315) 426-7403.</p>

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