H.F. No. 23 Summary

• Modifies Fish and Wildlife Management appropriations from $78,978,000 to $78,402,000, reducing total funding by $576,000 across fiscal years 2020-2021.

• Allocates $8,539,000 (2020) and $8,658,000 (2021) from heritage enhancement account for specified activities, with five percent available for hunter and angler recruitment and retention.

• Establishes chronic wasting disease adopt-a-dumpster program with $50,000 from wild cervidae health management account to provide dedicated dumpsters for deer carcass disposal in affected areas.

• Provides $500,000 from game and fish fund for grants to schools and organizations for firearms safety, trap shooting, archery, hunting, and angling activities consistent with state physical education standards through the No Child Left Inside program.

• Appropriates $200,000 from heritage enhancement account for grants to support high school fishing leagues and basic angling curriculum through the No Child Left Inside program, effective retroactively from July 1, 2019.