STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS27089
This is a FY 2020 appropriation bill that transfers $200,000 from the General Fund to the Wolf Control Fund
Other Money Subaccount.
Enabling legislation passed in 2014 found that additional financial resources are needed to continue the
implementation of Idaho's Wolf management plan administered by the Department of Fish and Game. It
established a five-member Wolf Depredation Control Board in the Governor's Office and created a set of
new funds and subaccounts to be administered by the Department of Agriculture. The law established fees
from the livestock industry, to be matched up to $110,000 per year by sportsmen, to be transferred into
the Wolf Control Fund. The responsibility of the Wolf Control Board is to allocate the money for control
actions for wolves where there is a depredation conflict between wolves and wildlife or between wolves and
livestock. The board has a cooperative services agreement and a work plan with both the Department of
Fish and Game and Wildlife Services. Fish and Game authorizes control actions when wolves are causing
conflicts with people and domestic animals or causing significant measured deer and elk population declines.
Wildlife Services reported to the board that it had conducted 217 depredation investigations as a result of wolf
complaints from July 1, 2017, though June 30, 2018. The investigations confirmed 65% of the depredations
were caused by wolves. As a result of the confirmed wolf depredations on livestock, the Idaho Department
of Fish and Game authorized Wildlife Services to initiate the lethal removal of 85 wolves.
FISCAL NOTE
FTP Gen Ded Fed Total
FY 2019 Original Appropriation 0.00 0 0 0 0
Noncognizable Funds and Transfers 0.00 0 1,106,500 0 1,106,500
FY 2019 Estimated Expenditures 0.00 0 1,106,500 0 1,106,500
Removal of Onetime Expenditures 0.00 0 (1,106,500) 0 (1,106,500)
FY 2020 Base 0.00 0 0 0 0
1. Wolf Control Program 0.00 200,000 0 0 200,000
Cash Transfers 0.00 (200,000) 0 0 (200,000)
FY 2020 Total 0.00 0 0 0 0
Chg from FY 2019 Orig Approp 0.00 0 0 0 0
% Chg from FY 2019 Orig Approp.
Contact:
Rob J Sepich
Budget and Policy Analysis
(208) 334-4742
DISCLAIMER: This statement of purpose and fiscal note are a mere attachment to this bill and prepared by a proponent
of the bill. It is neither intended as an expression of legislative intent nor intended for any use outside of the legislative
process, including judicial review (Joint Rule 18).
Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Note H0260