I live in Region 6......EX-Fish Manager, Ron Warren.....liked to use "opportunity" in season setting for sports fishermen.

I like your comment........

The Dept explanation page. Prices for vanity plates currently run between about $55 and $75 plus the regular license fees. Looks like WDFW might be projecting the potential income based on the lower fee and a minimum of 3500 folks purchasing the plate(s).


http://wdfw.wa.gov/license_plates/steelhead/

If it happens, it would be nice to see the moneys go to a dedicated steelhead fund within the wildlife budget to be used for operational costs (not salaries) and a proviso that there not be any skimming of the fund to cover administrative costs such as happens with our "salmon stamp" money that goes to the Puget Sound Recreational Fisheries enhancement fund.

Not in.Don't trust where the money would go.Good luck,

SZ

Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife We're at 866 now, almost 25% of the way to the 3,500!
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That's badass.

Cost will be somewhere between $54 and $74 per plate plus you regular license fees

Well lets see.......known, cost between $54 - $74, people to purchase 3500

Not known "where to spend the money"

If staff time was used to do the cost and 3500 to purchase........where to spend the money, should have been done at the same time??????

As a former State employee, I've watched funds get "used for things other than what they were intended for"

Simple to solve the problem..........Put it in writing, date it, and post it on a State Web site...... What the money is used for.....seems simple to me.

Total......between $189,000 and $259,000......Not a large amount but I like accountability.......

I don't agree with these types of funding schemes. The reason is that we can always agree on methods of bringing more $$'s into WDFW, but we cannot control the appropriations process. Only the State legislature can.

For example, let's say the sales from these license plates brings in say $250,000. The Legislature can declare (with much fanfare) that every penny of that will go directly to WDFW, to be used for exactly what it was intended (e.g., steelhead conservation).

However, there is nothing to stop the Legislature from reducing WDFW's biannual appropriations by the exact same amount, with no public knowledge. So the net amount going to WDFW DOES NOT CHANGE!! The only thing that has changed is that WDFW has to spend $250,000 on steelhead conservation with no additional funds. Those additional funds went into General Appropriations to be used at the discretion of the Legislature. And the Legislature says "Thank you very much!".

So, if you decide you want to buy those plates, go ahead. Just be aware of the risks associated with that decision.