>The state keeps an ENTIRE years budget in reserve each year.
>Not sure of the total but well in excess of the $12million
>needed to by 4000 acres. Like you said the user fees could
>have been used to replenish the budget and having less than a
>years budget for a few years while we replenished would not
>have been a problem. Matter of fact I BELIEVE that hunters and
>fishermen would have gladly opened their pockets in order to
>donate money to get more land to fish and hunt.
>Jim Dicken
Tight lines and God Bless
Danny