What are the economic influences that large wildlife mammal management activities have on local communities?

What is the economic value of Livestock Economic Value – The dollar amount that the public is willing to pay for a good or service rather than be without it. Willingness to pay Based on wants and preferences Assumes that preferences can be expressed in monetary terms

What are ways large mammal wildlife contribute to the economy of local communities and to the state of Minnesota? 477,000 people hunt in Minnesota Hunting generates $417 million in salaries and wages Yearly spending by hunters in Minnesota is $733 million The average Minnesota Hunter spends $1,500 each year

AMERICA’S 13.7 MILLION HUNTERS COULD FILL EVERY NASCAR TRACK 5½ TIMES.

Hunters spent 38.3 Billion in 2011 Hunters spending Amazon.com revenue USFWS reported 13.7 million people (16 & over) went hunting in 2011 and spent $2,800 per hunter; which created 680,300 jobs and $11.8 billion generated in taxes

Hunters have provided Since $7.2 to state conservation efforts through excise tax on guns and ammunition $796 million on licenses each year $1.6 billion donated to conservation and sportsman's organizations

States Ranked by number of resident hunters

What are the five funding sources that contribute dollars in Minnesota? Reinvest in Minnesota Game and Fish Fund Lottery Legacy Funding Wildlife Sports clubs/organizations

Reinvest in Minnesota (RIM) A Conservation program that protects and restores the health of Minnesota’s natural resources Started in 1986 Compensates landowners for placing a permanent easement on land

RIM Since 1986 over $200 million in state funding has resulted in 5,500 permanent easements protecting 230,000 acres Keeps private land in private ownership and on tax rolls

RIM Funding From 1. Clean Water Funds 2. Outdoor heritage Funds 3. Bonding by the State Legislature 4. Leveraged $90 million in Federal Funds

Administered by County SWCDs and NCRS Funding impacts: Water Quality- Decrease erosion and sedimentation Wildlife – Restore habitat Rare Species & Habitat – protects Soil – replants and protects drained farmland and wells Fishing – prevents erosion from flowing into lakes and streams Wetlands – pays owners to restore previous previously drained wetlands Flooding – reduces Contributes to job creation and local economies

Game and Fish Fund Largest source of funding for Minnesota DNR The revenue is primarily the product of hunting and fishing license sales, federal reimbursements and a sales tax on state lottery tickets Established in 1927 to ensure that hunting and fishing license fees would be used for conservation

Sources of Funding

Game and Fish Funds Uses Minnesota now has 1,440 public wildlife areas with 1.29 million acres of habitat, from prairies and wetlands to forests and swamps, for Minnesota's wildlife species MDHA partnering with Legacy Grant Program to establish this WMA Development of Wildlife Management Areas

Game and Fish Funds Uses Hunting and trapping regulations and research Promotion of wildlife habitat protection Endangered species management Non-game program Scientific & Natural areas protection Natural heritage program Promotion of Wildlife Habitat

Minnesota Lottery Funding Approximately.07 cents of every dollar spent on the lottery goes to the environment Natural Resources Trust Fund. Established by voter approval of a constitutional amendment in 1988

Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) The LCCMR is made up of 17 members: 5 Senators, 5 Representatives, 5 citizens appointed by the governor, 1 citizen appointed by the Senate, and 1 citizen appointed by the House. The function of the LCCMR is to make funding recommendations to the legislature for special environment and natural resource projects, Since 1963, over $735 million has been appropriated to more than 1,700 projects recommended to the legislature by the Commission to protect and enhance Minnesota's environment and natural resources.

2013 Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund Appropriations The LCCMR selected 46 proposals to be recommended to the 2013 MN Legislature to collectively receive $38.2 million in funding from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund.46 proposals The Legislature adopted all 46 of these project recommendations and added one additional project. All 47 appropriations were signed into law by the Governor on 05/09/13.

Where do the LCMR Funds Go?

Minnesota Legacy Amendment On Nov. 4, 2008, Minnesota voters approved a proposed Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment which added 3/8 of 1 % onto the Minnesota Sales Tax with the proceeds going to:

Amendment dollars

Funding through 2013

Constitutional Legacy Funding for clean water activities The Legislature appropriated $ million of Clean Water Funds for water activities during fiscal years

Example of a Legacy Funded Project MN Forests for the Future / Upper Mississippi Project The Upper Mississippi Forest Project is the largest conservation project ever undertaken by the state of Minnesota. It protects more than 187,876 acres of Northwood's forests, wetlands and shoreline in the Grand Rapids area North- central Minnesota

Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Funds Council makes recommendations to Legislature who finalizes the funded projects Former Minnesota Senator Bob Lessard with Bud Grant promoting the Amendment Funs to be used for the restoration, protection, and enhancement of wetlands, prairies, forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife, and that prevent forest fragmentation, encourage forest consolidation, and expand restored native prairie

Lessards-Sams Heritage Council Minnesota Law specifies, “The council shall use the regions of the state based upon the ecological regions and subregions developed by the Department of Natural Resources and establish objectives for each region and sub-region to achieve the purposes of the fund outlined in the state constitution”

Priority Actions for the Northern Forest Section 1. Protect shoreland and restore or enhance critical habitat on wild rice lakes, shallow lakes, cold water lakes, streams and rivers, and spawning areas. 2. Protect forest land though acquisition or easement, to prevent parcelization and fragmentation and to provide the ability to access and manage landlocked public properties. 3. Restore and enhance habitat on existing protected properties, with preference to habitatfor rare, endangered or threatened species identified by the Minnesota County Biological Survey. 4. Restore forest-based wildlife habitat that has experienced substantial decline in aerial extent in recent decades.

Priority Actions for the Forest/Prairie Transition Section 1. Protect, enhance and restore wild rice wetlands, shallow lakes, wetland/grassland complexes, aspen parklands, and shoreland that provide critical habitat for game and non-game wildlife. 2. Protect, enhance and restore rare native remnant prairie. 3. Protect, enhance and restore migratory habitat for waterfowl and related species, so as to increase migratory and breeding success.

Priority Actions for the Metropolitan Urbanizing Area 1. Protect, enhance and restore remnant native prairie, Big Woods forests and oak savanna with an emphasis on areas with high biological diversity. 2. Protect habitat corridors, with emphasis on the Minnesota, Mississippi and St. Croix rivers (bluff to floodplain.) 3. Enhance and restore coldwater fisheries systems. 4. Protect, enhance and restore riparian and littoral habitats on lakes to benefit game and non- game fish species.

Priority Actions for the Southeast Forest Section 1. Protect forest habitat though acquisition in fee or easement, to prevent parcelization and fragmentation and to provide the ability to access and manage landlocked public properties. 2. Protect, enhance and restore habitat for fish, game and non-game wildlife in rivers, cold water streams and associated upland habitat. 3. Protect, enhance and restore remnant goat prairies. 4. Restore forest-based wildlife habitat that has experienced substantial decline in aerial extent in recent decades.

Priority Actions for the Prairie Section 1. Protect, enhance, or restore existing wetland/upland complexes, or convert agricultural lands to new wetland/upland habitat complexes. 2. Protect, enhance and restore remnant native prairie, Big Woods forests and oak savanna. 3. Convert agricultural land to wetland/upland to protect, enhance, or restore existing habitat complexes, such as existing WMA’s. 4. Restore or enhance habitat on public lands. 5. Protect, restore and enhance shallow lakes. 6. Protect expiring Conservations Reserve Program (CRP) lands. 7. Protect, enhance and restore migratory habitat for waterfowl and related species, so as to increase migratory and breeding success.

Clean Water Fund Those funds may only be spent to protect, enhance, and restore water quality in lakes, rivers, and streams and to protect groundwater from degradation. At least five percent of the clean water fund must be spent to protect drinking water sources.

Clean Water Fund Those funds may only be spent to protect, enhance, and restore water quality in lakes, rivers, and streams and to protect groundwater from degradation. At least five percent of the clean water fund must be spent to protect drinking water sources.