SW LA items for LDWF meeting

[Top Dawg]

Originally Posted by Lreynolds

If we are going to hijack a thread, let's at least get some things straight:

1) The work done by DU and Delta Waterfowl on the breeding grounds for LDWF since 1965 has NEVER been funded by sale of Louisiana Duck Stamps. LA Duck Stamp money is legally required to be spent in Louisiana.

2) State law (that would be laws made by your elected representatives, ie. representation) dictates that 10% of basic hunting license revenues are allocated "for the preservation and development of breeding grounds for migratory waterfowl" as decided by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission. Since at least 2002, those funds have been made available to any organization with a proposed use of those funds for those specific purposes approved by the LWF Commission. Since 2008 there have been open calls for proposals, evaluation by LDWF biological staff and associated partners, public presentation of those evaluations at Commission meetings, summaries of public comment, and public decisions rendered by the Commission for use of that money. In 2010, there was even an oversight hearing by the Senate Natural Resources Committee regarding that process.

We must be talking about 2 different Stamps.