Steve,

Did any of the $30,000 that came from license sales from the DCNR go to this project?

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8 CHAIRMAN MOULTRIE: Very good. Allan, thank you.
9 The game animal research proposal.
10 Mr. Moody?
11 MR. MOODY: Yes, sir. This is the one that we
12 discussed briefly at the last meeting and
13 you -- all of you had a copy of this. And I
14 can give you another copy if you don't have
15 it with you.
16 But, basically, it's an opportunity
17 that we have to do game animal research --
18 well, to allow -- to work with Auburn to do
19 game animal research. We've not had funding
20 for many years to do a lot of game animal
21 work. We've had funding for non-game
22 species and listed species, but not
23 specifically game animals.
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1 And the money would come from the
2 Heritage License sales. And if y'all will
3 recall, when the Heritage License was
4 developed, it was said that the first
5 $500,000 would go specifically for
6 research. The research had to be approved
7 by the board. So right now there's just
8 slightly more than $50,000 in that account.
9 It's not building up real fast.
10 CHAIRMAN MOULTRIE: After the first 500, where
11 does that go?
12 MR. MOODY: To the Game and Fish fund. It stays
13 in the fund, but it's -- the first 500 --
14 CHAIRMAN MOULTRIE: Only the first 500 goes to
15 research?
16 MR. MOODY: Right, that's correct. But we're
17 going to be a long time getting to that
18 500,000.
19 So what we would propose -- what we
20 have proposed to do is take $30,000 of that
21 money that's there and use it specifically
22 for game animal research with Auburn.
23 Auburn has agreed to match that. And then
1 we will, in addition to the 30 that they're
2 going to be putting in, work with Auburn to
3 find additional matching funds to try to
4 extend that even further. So, you know,
5 it's just a good opportunity to get some
6 good game animal research going.
7 CHAIRMAN MOULTRIE: That would be great. Now,
8 with all the things with Wildlife and
9 Freshwater Fisheries, I think that's the end
10 of it. We could have a motion to go ahead
11 and pass all those issues.
12 Corky, any other issues y'all have
13 besides that?
14 MR. PUGH: No, sir.
15 CHAIRMAN MOULTRIE: Okay. All the board -- Any
16 other questions? Can I get a motion from
17 somebody on the board for that?
18 MR. RAYMOND JONES: So moved.
19 MR. HARTZOG: Second.

Minutes of the CAB Meeting, May 14, 2011