Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Environmental Law Enforcement

Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Environmental Law Enforcement.

2300-0100

For the office of the commissioner of the department of fisheries, wildlife and environmental law enforcement

...............................................................$575,427

General Fund............................................................. 62.5%

Environmental Law Enforcement Fund............................................................. 12.5%

Marine Fisheries Fund............................................................. 12.5%

Public Access Fund............................................................. 12.5%

2300-0101

For a program of riverways protection, restoration, and promotion of public access to rivers, including grants to public and non- public entities; provided, that the positions funded herein shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter 31 of the General Laws

...............................................................$412,852

Public Access Fund............................................................. 59.23%

General Fund............................................................. 40.77%

2300-0104

For a conservation engineering program to promote alternative species fisheries through the development, testing and monitoring of new fishing gear and fishing techniques; provided, that the department shall conduct research on gear modifications that reduce the risk of entanglement of northern right whales and other protected species; and provided further, that said department shall fund emergency research and management measures in coastal waters of the commonwealth necessitated by the presence of northern right whales

...............................................................$110,000

Any federal funds received as reimbursements for expenditures from any of the following items shall be credited to the Inland Fisheries and Game Fund.

2310-0200

For the administration of the division of fisheries and wildlife, including expenses of the fisheries and wildlife board, the administration of game farms and wildlife restoration projects, for wildlife research and management, the administration of fish hatcheries, the improvement and management of lakes, ponds and rivers, for fish and wildlife restoration projects, the commonwealth's share of certain cooperative fishery and wildlife programs, and for certain programs reimbursable under the federal aid to fish and wildlife restoration act; provided, that an amount shall be used by the University of Massachusetts at Amherst for the purposes of wildlife and fisheries research; provided further, that the University of Massachusetts at Amherst shall receive no more than the amount received in fiscal year 1998 for said research; provided further, that expenditures for such programs shall be contingent upon prior approval of proper federal authorities for reimbursement of at least 75 per cent of the amount expended; provided further, that not more than $200,000 of the sum appropriated herein may be obligated for a program of acid rain monitoring; and provided further, that $40,000 shall be expended to implement the provisions of item 2310-8960 of section 2 of chapter 15 of the acts of 1996

...............................................................$6,860,354

Inland Fisheries and Game Fund............................................................. 100.0%

2310-0316

For the purchase of land containing wildlife habitat and for the costs of the division of fisheries and wildlife directly related to the administration of the wildlands stamp program pursuant to sections 2 and 2A of chapter 131 of the General Laws

...............................................................$2,000,000

Inland Fisheries and Game Fund............................................................. 100.0%

2310-0317

For the waterfowl management program pursuant to section 11 of chapter 131 of the General Laws

...............................................................$85,000

Inland Fisheries and Game Fund............................................................. 100.0%

2310-0500

For the expenses of a state funded program for natural heritage and environmental assessment

...............................................................$342,274

Inland Fisheries and Game Fund............................................................. 50.0%

Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Fund............................................................. 50.0%

2315-0100

For the administration of a program of non-game management and research

...............................................................$433,177

General Fund............................................................. 75.0%

Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Fund............................................................. 25.0%

2320-0100

For the administration of the public access board; provided, that positions funded herein shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter 31 of the General Laws

...............................................................$251,028

Public Access Fund............................................................. 100.0%

2320-0200

For the maintenance, operation, acquisition, and improvement of public access land and water areas, as authorized by section 17A of chapter 21 of the General Laws

...............................................................$720,000

Public Access Fund............................................................. 100.0%

2330-0100

For the operation of the division of marine fisheries, including expenses of the Annisquam river marine research laboratory, marine research programs, a commercial fisheries program, a shellfish management program including coastal area classification, mapping, and technical assistance, and for the operation of the Newburyport shellfish purification plant and shellfish classification program; provided, that $300,000 shall be expended on a recreational fisheries program to be reimbursed by federal funds; provided further, that the Newburyport shellfish purification plant shall generate not less than $115,000 from purification fees; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the joint operation of a shellfish propagation program on Cape Cod between the division and Barnstable county

...............................................................$3,950,851

Marine Fisheries Fund............................................................. 100.0%

2330-0120

For the division of marine fisheries for a program of enhancement and development of marine recreational fishing and related programs and activities, including the cost of equipment maintenance, staff, and the maintenance and updating of data

...............................................................$735,995

Marine Fisheries Fund............................................................. 100.0%

2330-0121

N.B. - The Acting Governor has struck the italicized language and reduced the appropriation for this item by $80.000 to $387,000

For the division of marine fisheries to utilize reimbursable federal sportfish restoration funds to further develop marine recreational fishing and related programs, including the costs of activities that increase public access for marine recreational fishing, support research on artificial reefs, and otherwise provide for the development of marine recreational fishing; provided, that not less than $80,000 shall be expended for the research on artificial reefs; provided further, that the division of marine fisheries is hereby authorized to expend revenues up to $467,000 collected from federal sportfish restoration funds and from the sale of materials which promote marine recreational fishing; and provided further, that this expenditure shall generate an additional $350,000 reimbursement from the federal sportfish restoration program to the marine fisheries fund

...............................................................$467,000

Marine Fisheries Fund............................................................. 100.0%

2350-0100

For the operation of the division of environmental law enforcement; provided, that each county in the commonwealth shall be assigned at least one full-time environmental officer; provided further, that officers shall be assigned to vacant patrol districts; provided further, that officers shall provide monitoring pursuant to the national shellfish sanitation program; and provided further, that not more than $20,000 shall be expended on the continued expansion of the communications network to join a statewide communications system with the executive office of public safety

...............................................................$9,208,025

Environmental Law Enforcement Fund............................................................. 50.0%

General Fund............................................................. 35.0%

Highway Fund............................................................. 15.0%

2350-0101

For the hunter safety training program

...............................................................$271,175

Inland Fisheries and Game Fund............................................................. 100.0%

2350-0104

For environmental police private details, so-called; provided, that the division is hereby authorized to expend revenues of up to $150,000 collected from fees charged for private details

...............................................................$150,000

Environmental Law Enforcement Fund............................................................. 100.0%