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<blockquote data-quote="KDM" data-source="post: 445943" data-attributes="member: 314"><p>I'm sorry for the folks that lost their jobs, but follow the money.&nbsp; The usfws only has influence on about 4% of North Dakota land.&nbsp; According to my research, the usfws controls 289,000 acres of land and about 1.5 million acres of perpetual and limited easements in ND.&nbsp; It's probably easy to justify the fisheries end of the budget.&nbsp; The hatcheries and such where the fish are used nationwide so to speak.&nbsp; However, justifying the staff and overhead for programs that affect only 4% of the land I would guess is a bit more difficult.&nbsp; I don't know what the usfws budget is for ND, but I can't help but wonder what money is left for actual conservation programs after you pay salaries, electric bills, rents, fuels, transportation, and the other overhead costs given the 420k annual rent for one building.&nbsp; My guess the bang for their buck in ND is fairly dismal.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="KDM, post: 445943, member: 314"] I'm sorry for the folks that lost their jobs, but follow the money. The usfws only has influence on about 4% of North Dakota land. According to my research, the usfws controls 289,000 acres of land and about 1.5 million acres of perpetual and limited easements in ND. It's probably easy to justify the fisheries end of the budget. The hatcheries and such where the fish are used nationwide so to speak. However, justifying the staff and overhead for programs that affect only 4% of the land I would guess is a bit more difficult. I don't know what the usfws budget is for ND, but I can't help but wonder what money is left for actual conservation programs after you pay salaries, electric bills, rents, fuels, transportation, and the other overhead costs given the 420k annual rent for one building. My guess the bang for their buck in ND is fairly dismal. [/QUOTE]

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