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DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAAIE 



SUMMARY OF COSTS FOR 10-YEAR PROGRAM 



Bstimated cost of 

 recommended project 



Marine fisheries __ $7,100,000 



Inland fisheries _ „ 11,500,000 



Salmon and steelhead program 3,950,000 



Subtotal for fisheries improvement $22,550,000 



Hunting opportunities 20,000,000 



Economic survey 15,000 



Tota Is - - $42,565,000 



Average per year $4,256,500 



Estimated annual 



operation and 

 maintenance costs 



$65,000 

 795,000 



2,700,000 



$3,560,000 

 $3,560,000* 



* This represents estimated annual cost of operating fully developed program. During period of develop- 

 ment, the operating costs will be approximately half of the ultimate cost of operation. 



Xcar the end of the biennium a study of the work 

 load and operation of the warden staff was set up. The 

 shorter work week, new responsibilities such as the 

 hunter safety training program, patrolling new public 

 shooting areas, new legislation and the constantly in- 

 creasing armv of anglers and hunters, as well as others 

 who flock to the outdoors, have materially increased 

 each warden's daily task during the past 10 years. 



This is the one group of specialized fish and game 

 workers that has remained more or less static in num- 

 bers for more than a decade. 



No Cost Estimate for More Service 



No estimate of cost to raise the current level of 

 service is included in the proposed 10-year plan, all of 

 which is outside of the presently scheduled fish and 



game program. However, attention is called to the 

 fact that the Fish and Game Commission has gone on 

 record as being opposed to further capital investments 

 in new facilities, or expansions of services, until op- 

 erating funds are assured. 



In order adequately to meet and solve the problems 

 ahead, the people responsible for wildlife have out- 

 lined a series of steps which can be taken during the 

 next 10 years to perpetuate and make California wild- 

 life available to maximum numbers of its people. 



The proposals summarized in the appendix, Table 6, 

 represent the combined thinking of sportsmen, busi- 

 nessmen and others vitall\' interested in wildlife, as 

 well as the thoughts of the fish and game workers who 

 are hired by the people as custodians of California's 

 \\ ildlife resources. 



