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Fish & Game seeks capital funds to replace 30‑year backhoe; agency says derby fish match is paused this year
Summary
New Hampshire Fish and Game asked the Senate capital budget committee to fund a $350,000 backhoe through bond financing and explained a temporary pause in the agency's matched support for local fishing derbies this year.
New Hampshire Fish and Game asked the Senate Capital Budget Committee on Monday to approve capital funding to replace an agency backhoe and discussed a temporary pause to a long‑standing program that matched town fishing‑derby fish purchases.
The agency’s executive director, Stephanie Simic, told the committee the current backhoe is "over 30 year[s]" old, can no longer be repaired reliably and has become a staff‑safety concern. She said the agency is requesting capital funding so the $350,000 purchase can be financed over 20 years rather than paid from operating funds at once.
The backhoe is used statewide across…
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