This is VERY IMPORTANT STUFF!
The Mass. Division of Fisheries and Wildlife is in serious peril now that the government has raided the dedicated funds from the Inland Fisheries and Game Fund and the Wildlands Acquisition Account and deposited them into the state's general tax fund to be spent at the whim of the administration.
If the money is not returned to those dedicated accounts in less than 30 days, Mass. sportsmen also will lose their share - $4.7 million - of federal taxes generated from the Pittman Robertson Act and the SportFish Restoration Program. Losing all this money will seriously affect MassWildife's programs, such as trout and pheasant stocking, Hunter Education, wildlife habitat acquisition and restoration, etc.
I urge everyone to get involved.
Mike Laptew
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