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For a typical Pittman-Robertson wildlife project, how is the cost usually split?

75 percent federal, 25 percent state.

  1. 75 percent federal, 25 percent state ✔
  2. 50 percent federal, 50 percent state
  3. 100 percent federal

Why: States put up a match, usually from hunting and fishing license sales. So when you buy a license, you help unlock three federal dollars for every state dollar.

Huh, didn't know that: Federal shares are divided among states by land area and the number of hunting licenses sold.

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Sources

  1. USFWS: State Fish and Wildlife Agencies to Share in More than $478 Million https://www.fws.gov/story/2003-05/state-fish-and-wildlife-agencies-share-more-478-million
  2. South Carolina DNR: Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration https://dnr.sc.gov/wsfr/index.html
  3. TPWD: Pittman-Robertson Act https://tpwd.texas.gov/shooting-sports/pittman-robertson-act.phtml

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