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Agency 477

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Recommendation Summary

Dollars in Thousands

																								FY 97 FTEs											General Fund-State					Other Funds			Total Funds
1995-97 Expenditure Authority																																		66,888					133,477			200,365
Supplemental Changes
Employee Safety/Healthy Workplace																																							98			98
Rate Increases & Fixed Costs																																		160					220			380
Winter Feeding																																		367								367
Big Game Auction Funds																																							185			185
Subtotal - Supplemental Changes																																		527					503			1,030
Total Proposed Budget																																		67,415					133,980			201,395
Difference																																		527					503			1,030
Percent Change from Current Biennium																																		.8%					.4%			.5%

Supplemental Changes

Employee Safety/Healthy Workplace
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has been cited by the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) for not providing staff the ability to communicate while working in isolated areas and for failing to provide adequate safety gear at hatcheries. Partial funding is provided from the Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account to purchase safety and communications equipment. The agency will absorb the remaining costs for the equipment through existing dedicated funds appropriations. (Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account)
Rate Increases & Fixed Costs
Fish food and game bird food costs have increase over 30 percent based upon the latest contract. Funding is provided to cover this additional cost. An increase in premium payments for risk management is provided from the Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account. (General Fund-State, State Wildlife Fund, Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account, Industrial Insurance Premium Refund Account)
Winter Feeding
More than 90 percent of the winter range for mule deer in Chelan County was lost due to the Chelan fires in July of 1994. In response, WDFW implemented expanded hunting seasons along with a winter feeding program. The goal of these efforts is to achieve a deer population that the natural recovering winter range can support by the winter of 1998-99. Funding is provided for unbudgeted winter feeding costs.
Big Game Auction Funds
RCW 77.12.700 allows the Commission to authorize auctions or raffles for sheep and elk permits. These funds are dedicated to wildlife conservation purposes. This item provides authority to expend funds collected from auctions or raffles in the 1995-97 Biennium. (State Wildlife Account)