FY 2016 Appropriation

The Wildlife Resources Capital line item keeps large structural projects or habitat improvements. They include projects such as fish hatchery reconstruction, shooting centers, or related structures. Currently there is only one active program in this line item: the Fisheries Program.

Funding History
Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $3,628,800 from all sources for Wildlife Resources Capital. This is a 49.2 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $649,400 from the General/Education Funds, a change of 0 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.

Fish Hatchery Data

Information on Hatcheries : The second measure tracks the number of hatcheries in operation, the number of species raised, and the average cost per pound of fish raised by DWR each year.

fish stats

Ponds of Fish Stocked

Amount of Fish Stocked: DWR's goal is to increase fish production and reduce the costs. The first measure tracks how much fish was raised in DWR's hatcheries each year.

fish stocked

Intent Language

HB0003: Item 104

Under the terms of 63J-1-603 of the Utah Code, the Legislature intends that appropriations provided for the Wildlife Resources Capital line item in Item 12, Chapter 5, Laws of Utah 2014, shall not lapse at the close of FY 2015. Expenditures of these funds are limited to Operations and Maintenance of the Hatchery Systems in the state: $649,400.


Two dollars of each fishing license fee or combination license fee are deposited into the State Fish Hatchery Maintenance Restricted Account, which together with the earned interest, constitute the revenue source for this restricted fund. The federal funds generally come from the Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Dingell/Johnson program, designed to maintain all fisheries at a standard to meet the public needs.

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COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.