Idaho Fish and Game to host sportsman's breakfast

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game will host a Sportsman's Breakfast in Mountain Home at AJ's Restaurant on Thursday, Jan. 15, from 7-9 a.m.

Fish and Game staff will buy coffee for all attendees.

"It's really an opportunity for folks from the Mountain Home area to interact with Fish and Game staff," Fish and Game regional supervisor Scott Reinecker said. "We want to invite everyone to attend the event, have some coffee and visit with us."

One major item on the agenda will be an explanation of the department's proposed revenue increase. The agency's last increase -- in 2005 -- was only intended to last through 2007.

"We've been good stewards of hunter/angler dollars, making that increase stretch across four years," Reinecker noted. "The time has come however, for us to seek additional revenue."

Eighty percent of the proposed increase would be used to catch up with inflationary pressures, while the remaining 20 percent would be used for expansion of select, existing programs, including urban fishing waters, improved access to some wildlife management areas and increased hatchery fish production.

For more information regarding the Mountain Home Sportsman's Breakfast, contact the Fish and Game Nampa office at 465-8465 or the Jerome office at 324-4359.