Report to Legislature fr DLNR - Wildlife Revolving Fund FY 2014

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Hunting license Investment pool Fees for copies Hunter Ed Fees Conservation stamp Donations Supplies Reimbursement Criminal fines 168,280.50 242.62 0.00 2019.00 1262.50 0.00 170.00 100.00 Total Revenue for FY 2014 178,824.62 Summary of Expenditures FY 2014 Personnel 124,120.79 Operations 111,972.64 236,093.43 Total Expenditures Summary of Outstanding Claims FY 2014 Operations Total Outstanding Claims 23,265.15 23,265.15 FUNDING PRIORITIES The WRF has been an important portion of the overall budget to meet obligations of state match and operating and salary expenses for game and wildlife projects. Because the major sources of revenue for the WRF come from direct charges to hunters, priority is given to expenditures which benefit this user group. Presently, the appellate court ruling has halted the sale of stamps, game tags, and application fees until a formal hunting rules change can reestablish these direct assessments to hunters by species, area, and season chosen to hunt. In budgeting for the WRF, a policy of allotting at least 85% of the budget for the hunting program has been in place and followed. Up to 15% of the budget may be used for nongame and wildlife sanctuary management, for projects that may have dual benefits to game species and nongame species. Typical examples are the predator and weed control efforts to benefit game birds in the Kapapala Cooperative Game Management Area (CGMA) and the Kipuka `Ainahou Nene Sanctuary on the Big Island, which also benefit neve. Section 183D -10.5(e), HRS, also requires that the state first use WRF monies to "maximize the state's participation to secure federal funds under the Pittman -Robertson Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act." Consequently, a priority was given to those expenditures that provided the state match for Pittman -Robertson (PR) projects. 2