The Legislative Budget and Finance Committee Wednesday released a study on the feasibility of combining and Game and Fish and Boat Commissions into one agency which pointed out as much as $5 million a year could be saved by having one agency.

The study was done pursuant to House Resolution 129 (Causer-R-Cameron).

“The idea of a merger is definitely something that deserves further consideration,” said Rep. Martin Causer said. “After reading through the study, I would classify the proposed savings as a very conservative estimate; I think the savings would be far greater.

“But no matter what the amount, I firmly believe we should be working to save every dollar we can and instead investing that money in initiatives to benefit our sportsmen across the state,” he continued. “Further, I believe recent actions by the Pennsylvania Game Commission related to the position of executive director provide one more piece of evidence that reform is sorely needed in the management of our wildlife agencies.”

A copy of the report is available online.  Click Here for report highlights.

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Report: Save $5 Million Merging Fish And Game Commissions

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3/24/2014