Wyoming will receive more than $17-million to support critical state conservation and outdoor recreation projects this year, according to the U.S. Department of the Interior.
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is granted this funding annually from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service through the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration and Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration acts.
This funding is part of more than $1-billion going to state wildlife agencies from revenues generated by excise taxes paid by the hunting, shooting, boating and angling industries on firearms, bows, ammunition, sport fishing tackle, some boat engines and small engine fuel.
The amount of money allocated is based, in part, on the number of licensed anglers and hunters a state has, and each state must provide a 25% match. Wyoming apportionments include more than $5.5-million in Sport Fish Restoration funds and about $11.7-million in Wildlife Restoration funds.
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