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Committee hears proposal to reserve 20% of wildlife-damage crop funds for low-density “Frontier 1” counties
Summary
The House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee heard testimony on Substitute Senate Bill 5165, which would require at least 20% of state funds for deer and elk crop damage to be reserved for Frontier 1 counties; staff and the bill sponsor said the program’s eligibility rules do not change.
The House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on March 19 heard from staff and the bill’s sponsor about Substitute Senate Bill 5165, which would require at least 20% of available state money for wildlife damage claims to be used for claims from so-called Frontier 1 counties.
Lily Smith, staff to the committee, told members the Department of Fish and Wildlife already runs a compensation program for commercial crop losses caused by deer and elk, and that claims are prioritized by percentage loss and limited by available funding. Smith said the bill “provides that at least 20%…
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