No special costs or funding. 



COLORADO 



The state has assumed statutory liability for big 

 game damage since 1931. The program includes 

 damage by big game to nurseries, orchards, crops 

 under cultivation, harvested crops, fences, 

 significant damage to livestock forage in excess 

 of historical levels, and damage incurred in the 

 use of damage prevention techniques, such as 

 movement of wildlife by the Fish and Game 

 Division. 



The state is not liable for damage if a person 

 fails to use or to accept prevention material, 

 refuses to allow hunting or access, or charges a 

 fee for hunting that exceeds $25 per person. 



Costs averaged $30,510 for 1968-1978. Costs rose 

 to over $1,000,000 in 1978-1980 due to a severe 

 winter and legislation increasing types of damage 

 covered and prevention provided. 



IDAHO 



A statute requires the Department to investigate 

 all damage complaints. The Department may control 

 or trap wildlife, allow landowner to do so, or may 

 issue a kill permit. 



The cost of handling 976 complaints in 1983 was 

 $121,146; responses to the 918 complaints in the 

 first six months of 1984 cost $137,234. 



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