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State and Federal Partnership improves NJ’s Hunting, Fishing & Shooting Opportunities!
Did you know your license dollars and a federal excise tax on your purchase of hunting and fishing equipment pays for most of New Jersey’s fish, wildlife and habitat management and its other conservation programs?
When you purchase hunting, shooting, fishing equipment, motors, sonars and motorboat fuel in New Jersey, excise tax dollars – paid by manufacturers of that equipment – come back to New Jersey to support wildlife conservation! This is the federal Wildlife Restoration Program, Sport Fish Restoration Program or the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program. This partnership program serves as a cost-effective model for fish and wildlife conservation by providing fish and wildlife access to those who both funded and directly benefit from the resource—the anglers and hunters. Their contributions through this “user pay, user benefit” conservation model—funded by license purchases and excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment—benefit all New Jersey residents, fish, wildlife and their habitats.
When you purchase fishing equipment, motors, sonar and motorboat fuel in New Jersey, excise tax dollars come back to New Jersey to support freshwater and marine fisheries! This is the federal Sport Fish Restoration Program. Your license fees and federal Sport Fish Restoration dollars produce the following benefits:
- Management of public waters
- Production of the sport fish stocked in public waters
- Artificial reef development
- Marine sport fish research
- Development and management of public fishing areas
- Creation of aquatic education programs
- Development and maintenance of boating-associated access facilities throughout the state
When you purchase hunting equipment in New Jersey, excise tax dollars come back to New Jersey to support wildlife conservation! This is the federal Wildlife Restoration Program. Your hunting license fees and federal Wildlife Restoration dollars produce the following benefits:
- Management and restoration of wildlife species throughout the state
- Acquisition of suitable wildlife habitat and/or public access for hunting or other wildlife oriented recreation.
- Development, maintenance and restoration of Wildlife Management Areas throughout the state for the benefit of the public
- NJ’s pheasant hunting program
- Creation of hunter education and R3 programs
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