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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR Ingle

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2-11-06

HB

SHORT TITLE Shorten Quail Hunting Season

SB SJM72

ANALYST Woods

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

NFI

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Joint Memorial 72 requests that the Department of Game and Fish shorten the quail hunt-

ing season to eight weeks. There is no appropriation attached to this legislation.

Specifically the memorial notes that:

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the current quail hunting season is too long and, consequently, threatens an

ample bird population, especially when combined with the drought condi-

tions plaguing New Mexico; and

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the desert grasslands that is the quail's natural habitat is more fragile than it

appears, and a long quail season can be punishing to that environment; and

•

the long season also exacerbates the problems that occur when hunters pur-

sue their sport on private property.

The memorial resolves that the department of game and fish be requested to shorten the quail

hunting season to eight weeks. The memorial further resolves that a copy of the memorial be

transmitted to the director of the department of game and fish.

BW/mt