00HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4                                                                                       
01 Relating to management of Alaska wildlife and fish resources.                                                           
02 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03  WHEREAS the wildlife and fish of Alaska are important renewable resources that                                         
04 must be properly managed; and                                                                                           
05  WHEREAS sport hunters, sport fishers, and trappers contributed $11,400,000 toward                                      
06 the management of wildlife and fish in Alaska through the purchase of sport hunting, sport                              
07 fishing, and trapping licenses in 1992; and                                                                             
08  WHEREAS sport hunters, sport fishers, and trappers have contributed more than                                          
09 $100,000,000 toward the management of wildlife and fish in Alaska through the purchase of                               
10 sport hunting, sport fishing, and trapping licenses since 1980; and                                                     
11  WHEREAS the federal Pittman-Robertson Act (16 U.S.C. 669 - 669i) and the federal                                       
12 Dingell-Johnson/Wallop-Breaux Act (16 U.S.C. 777 - 777l) have provided tens of millions of                              
13 dollars, collected from a federal excise tax on sport hunting and sport fishing equipment, to                           
14 the State of Alaska for wildlife and fish management projects; and                                                      

01  WHEREAS many non-Alaskans would like to advise the State of Alaska on the                                              
02 management of wildlife and fish in Alaska; and                                                                          
03  WHEREAS many nonhunters, nonfishers, and nontrappers consider themselves to be                                         
04 nonconsumptive users of Alaska wildlife and fish, but they are in fact consumptive users of                             
05 wildlife and fish because they also live on this planet and affect and displace wildlife and fish;                      
06 and                                                                                                                     
07  WHEREAS nonhunters, nonfishers, and nontrappers do not contribute financially                                          
08 toward the cost of wildlife and fish management programs in Alaska;  and                                                
09  WHEREAS nonhunters, nonfishers, and nontrappers should be given the opportunity                                        
10 to contribute financially toward the cost of wildlife and fish management programs in Alaska;                           
11 and                                                                                                                     
12  WHEREAS the Department of Commerce and Economic Development, division of                                               
13 tourism, expresses grave concern about the opinion of the people of the world regarding the                             
14 soundness of wildlife management programs in Alaska;                                                                    
15  BE IT RESOLVED by the Alaska State Legislature that there are no nonconsumptive                                        
16 users of wildlife and fish in Alaska; and be it                                                                         
17  FURTHER RESOLVED by the Alaska State Legislature that persons who are                                                  
18 interested in the management of the wildlife and fish of Alaska but who do not purchase sport                           
19 hunting, sport fishing, or trapping licenses should be given the opportunity to contribute                              
20 financially to the support of wildlife and fish management programs in Alaska and to show                               
21 their sincere concern for the wildlife and fish of Alaska; and be it                                                    
22  FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature encourages the Department                                           
23 of Commerce and Economic Development, division of tourism, to issue a token license "to                                 
24 advise the State of Alaska on the management of wildlife and fish resources."