Non-Game Support

Sun., Dec. 15, 1996

Idaho Fish And Game

Conservation

Idaho taxpayers interested in supporting the state’s Nongame, Endangered, and Watchable Wildlife programs can check off a box on their tax forms so that a portion or all of their refund goes to the programs.

Since the programs were started in 1982, state officials say voluntary contributions have declined to $44,000 last year - less than half of what they were 13 years ago.

Officials say that even as the money dries up, watchable wildlife recreation grew in Idaho. In addition, the number of species on the verge of slipping into the endangered or threatened category has increased from 30 in 1985 to 48 in 1990.

Nongame wildlife supported by the programs makes up about 80 percent of Idaho’s wildlife species, but most of the attention - and state funding - is focused on game species because the Fish and Game Department is funded primarily by hunting and fishing fees.

In addition to the tax form check-off, folks interested in helping Idaho’s Nongame Programs can make a donation to the Nongame Wildlife Trust Fund, P.O. Box 25, Boise, ID 83707. Money from the special wildlife license plates for motor vehicles also goes to help nongame species.

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