WDFW Update: Budget and
Current Economic Times
PSMFC Annual Meeting
August 28-31, 2011
Regional Offices
• 900,000+ acres
• 88 hatcheries
• 697 access sites
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2009-11 Operating Budget
$326.3 Million
1,377 FTEs
176 FTE
Reduction
Dollars in millions
Other Funding
$24.1
7%
Local Funding
$47.7
15%
$3.2
Reduction
Federal Funding
$94.2
29%
$6.2
Reduction
$1.0
Addition
State General
Fund
$71.4
22%
$39.0
Reduction
State Wildlife
Account
$86.9
27%
$23.3
Addition
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Land Ownership
Source: WDFW GIS data
Federal and tribal lands
WDFW lands
Other State lands
Private lands
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Millions
Population Growth
10
CA
9
8
7
WA
AZ
6
5
CO
4
OR
UT
NV
NM
ID
MT
AK
WY
3
2
1
0
1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
2010 Census Population Data in millions
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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Political Landscape
Source: Secretary of State
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2011 Session – Accomplishments
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License Fees*
Discover Pass (DFW/DNR/Parks)*
Invasive Species Fee (DFW/DOE)*
Puget Sound Recreational Fishing*
Spree Killing
Coastal Spot Shrimp
Sanitary Shellfish (DOH)
SSB 5385
2SSB 5622
SSB 5036
HB 1698
HB 1340
SHB 1148
SHB 1453
* Agency Request Legislation
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2011-13 Biennium – Key Issues
• Implement Discover Pass
• Continue to Advance Strategic Priorities
– Hatchery Reform/21st Century Salmon & Steelhead
– Wolf Conservation Plan
– Orca/Chinook and ESA issues
– Enhance Fresh and Salt water fisheries
– Hunter Education Reform
– Columbia River Management Issues
– Conservation Initiative
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Upcoming Challenges
• Further Reductions in State Funding
– Sept 2011 Forecast Expected $1Billion Shortfall
– Governor Requested Agencies Identify Additional
10% Cut
• Anticipated Reductions in Federal Funding
– PFMC, PacFIN
• New Federal Initiatives Without Funding
– Catch Share Program
– Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning
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