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California’s wild animals and plants need your help, and there’s an easy way to do it! Just make a voluntary contribution on line 403 and/or line 410 of your state income tax return (Form 540). By contributing any amount over one dollar you can support the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) Rare and Endangered Species Preservation Fund and/or the California Sea Otter Fund.
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Common Sense

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This is wrong, wrong, wrong.

Read the article about the species that the DFG are fighting to save; there ain't one critter listed there that you or me will ever be legally able to hunt. I want the Department of Fish & GAME to concentrate its efforts on game animals.

If folks want to help endangered species, that is their business, but let Defenders of Wildlife, PETA, or some other private group carry the load. The government GAME agency should help game, not other things.
 

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Well after the DFG commissioner supported the closing down of nearly all my spearfishing locations and beyond as part of the MLPA farce, no DFG program will get an extra cent of my money beyond that which I must pay to remain legal in my hunting or fishing pursuits.

I'm have no doubt there are some good men and women among the ranks and I thank those few.

And really, sea otter fund? I don't think so.
 

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What a joke. From this thread the DFG should be banned from this site. Let me get this straight, you send this link to a bunch of hunter/conservationists asking to donate money to a program that involves the "Defenders of Wildlife" whose mission statement is......"dedicated to the protection of all native animals and plants in their natural communities". I didn't see anything on their web page about game management or the support of hunting. Did I miss something here? Oh, but I did see in their FAQ page that if you find an injured animal I can call the Humane Society. It all makes perfect sense now. Between all the hunting and fishing licenses, stamps for everything, Type A passes and all the other money I give to the State of California to hunt, fish, and enjoy the outdoors, maybe it's time to ask someone else to help out.

Wonder why the DFG isn't asking us to donate to the California Outdoor Heritage Alliance (COHA) and the California Waterfowl Association (CWA)?

Help me out if I'm missing something here.
 
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WildlifeBranch

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I'm a little surprised at the angst over this-- The rss feed is voluntary, Jesse receives dfg press releases. this was a press release for the tax checkoff program in my wildlife branch and I was one of the last people to review it before it went out. Our Wildlife Branch has a GAME program, a NONGAME program, and a LANDS program, and DFG has responsibility for both game and nongame species in CA.

This is on your state tax forms and completely voluntary for people in CA who do want to support conservation of species that are not game species. Hunters already support game species conservation and management as well as indirectly nongame species (the recent press release on the fundraising and auction tags for example).

It is well established that there is not much funding for the conservation of species that are not hunted. If you feel that a species that is not hunted or eaten has no value and should not be conserved that's your right. I would argue that the best conservationists are mindful that conservation of species you can't shoot is important as well.

the last point about asking hunters to donate to NGO's like CWA/COHA is not the same as tax-checkoff for funding that comes into the DFG.

Lastly-- by comparison- this effort raises about $500,000-800,000/year for conservation compared to game programs which generate millions more. There currently is no real funding mechanism for non-consumptive users or the public to pay for overall wildlife conservation. Many of the state/federal areas people hunt on are purchased with broader conservation dollars and not just hunter generated dollars. Be glad to try and help explain our perspective on the differences and/or similarities on this topic as well as other concerns.

Eric
 

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I'm a little surprised at the angst over this--

Eric

To answer your question. I don't have a problem that the DFG seeks donations to support endangered species; I feel insulted that the DFG has kicked this community in the nutz and is coming back round with its hand out asking for donations. Hell No!
 

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