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House Ag chair urges investment in invasive-species prevention and water infrastructure
Summary
House Agricultural Affairs Chairman Representative Gerald Raymond told JFAC that dedicated funds and an ongoing $30 million line are critical to fight invasive species (quagga mussels, Mormon crickets, Karnal bunt) and support water infrastructure; he also updated the committee on a University of Idaho CAFE project.
Representative Gerald Raymond, chair of the House Agricultural Affairs Committee, told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee that agriculture faces uneven commodity pressures and that prevention of invasive species is a fiscal priority for his committee.
Raymond detailed how dedicated funds—largely boat-sticker revenue—are being used to pay for quagga mussel responses and that a Board of Examiners-approved expense should not burden the general fund. He…
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