State budget spokesman: State Conservation Fund only for "fish and wildlife purposes"

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State budget spokesman: State Conservation Fund only for "fish and wildlife purposes"1 December 2010, 6:12 pmA spokesman for Gov. Paterson’s Budget Division was quoted recently as saying there’s a possibility the state could somehow dip into the state’s $50 million Conservation Fund, which is fueled by hunting, fishing and trapping license fees, to help solve...Source: Outdoors Blog

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So other state funds that has traditionally been used to conduct DEC activities are removed. It all results in the resources for the agency being severely cut regardless of whether it actually comes from the conservation fund or not. It really doesn't make any difference which pail it comes out of, it all has the same effect as raiding the Conservation Fund and the results are exactly the same.

Let's face it, regardless of which set of resources the cuts have been coming from, the severe multiple raids on the DEC over the past few years have reduced the agency to a level of total ineffectiveness.