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<h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white'><span
lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Proposed
plan irks anglers, hunters<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white'
id="story_subheadline"><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>Governor to borrow from wildlife programs.<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white'><span
lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Sacramento
Bee – 1/16/09<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white'><span
lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>By
Matt Weiser<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#272627'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#272627'>Fishermen and
hunters are outraged about a plan tucked in the governor's proposed California
budget to shift $30 million out of wildlife programs. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#272627'>Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger wants to borrow money from the Fish and Game Preservation Fund,
which comes from hunting and fishing license fees, and use it to prop up other state
programs. The funds would be repaid to wildlife programs by 2013 with interest.
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#272627'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#272627'>Critics, however,
want the money to stay where it is and pay for wildlife programs. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#272627'>"They've made
some big blunders and caused problems for themselves, and it shouldn't be
fishing licenses that hook them out," said Frank Hashorva, a member of the
Rancho Murrietta Fishing Club. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#272627'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#272627'>"It's totally
absurd."<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#272627'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#272627'>The money
represents about one-third of the fund's annual receipts from hunting and
fishing license sales. It is a key operating fund for the department,
supporting law enforcement, habitat and research projects. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#272627'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#272627'>Fish and Game
spokeswoman Jordan Traverso said the loan will not affect department
operations. The fund will still have a balance of about $3.1 million at the end
of this fiscal year, in June. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#272627'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#272627'>She said budget
language requires the money to be paid back sooner if the department is
negatively affected. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#272627'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#272627'>H.D. Palmer,
Department of Finance spokesman, said the loan must be approved as part of a
legislative package to adopt the 2009-10 budget. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#272627'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#272627'>Brett Matzke, wild
and native trout manager at the advocacy group California Trout, said fishing
groups recently urged the department to spend $1 million from the fund to
restore habitat for the Paiute cutthroat trout. He said the request was denied.
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#272627'>Some anglers, he said, are considering a "license
burning" rally outside the Capitol</span></b><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#272627'>.</span><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Byron
Leydecker, JcT</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Chair, Friends
of Trinity River</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>PO Box 2327</span></i><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Mill Valley, CA
94942-2327</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>415 383 4810
land</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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