Fund NH Fish & Game by Allowing a License Fee Update

New Hampshire's Fish and Game Department funds itself almost entirely through license fees, which haven't increased since 2016.

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Subject Our Fish & Game Department is running on empty — please act

New Hampshire's Fish and Game Department is in trouble, and it didn't have to be this way. License fees haven't gone up since 2016 — ten years of flat funding while costs for everything from wildlife management to conservation officers have kept rising. Department Director Stephanie Simek warned the state last fall that revenues simply aren't keeping up. The agency asked for a modest fee increase to close that gap. Governor Ayotte blocked it.

This isn't a complicated budget mystery. Fish and Game is one of the few state agencies that funds itself almost entirely through licenses and fees paid by hunters and anglers — people who love this state and want to keep its wildlife healthy. When that funding falls short, we're talking about fewer conservation officers patrolling our forests, less habitat protection, and degraded programs that have taken decades to build. The sportsmen and families who use our public lands deserve a department that can do its job. Blocking a routine fee update doesn't save anyone money — it just shifts the cost onto the department's ability to function.

I'm asking you to support legislation that allows Fish and Game to update its license fees so the department can stay solvent and keep serving New Hampshire residents and our natural resources.

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Hi, my name is [NAME] and I'm a constituent from [TOWN]. I'm calling about New Hampshire Fish and Game funding.
The department's license fees haven't changed since 2016, and the director has said publicly that revenues aren't keeping up with costs. Governor Ayotte blocked a fee increase this spring, and that leaves the agency in a really difficult spot.
Fish and Game basically pays for itself through hunter and angler fees — it's not asking for a taxpayer bailout. It just needs to be allowed to adjust fees that have been frozen for a decade.
I'd like to know if the representative will support legislation to let Fish and Game update its fees and keep the department fully operational — this matters to me and I vote.

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