Senate adopts resolution commemorating Sport Fish Restoration program; member cites $78 billion contribution since 1939

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Senate adopted Senate Resolution 6 on Feb. 14, commemorating the Sport Fish Restoration program as part of the American system of conservation funding.

On the floor, the senator from Upshur urged support, saying the combined contribution of the wildlife and sport fish restoration program and licensing fees to state fish and wildlife agencies "exceeds $78,000,000,000" since 1939 and praising anglers, boaters, the sports-fishing industry, state fish and wildlife agencies, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for their roles. The senator closed by asking for the chamber's vote in favor of the resolution. The Senate adopted the resolution by voice vote; the chair declared the resolution adopted after the ayes were heard.

The resolution is honorary and commemorative in nature and does not itself appropriate funds or change program administration. The floor record provides a figure cited by the sponsor for cumulative contributions but does not attach new funding or implementational directives.

The clerk recorded the adoption after the voice vote and the chair announced the resolution adopted.