> Hunters pay taxes on
>guns, ammo, buy multiple licenses, etc.; how 'bout a binocular and bird
>book tax? I like the idea of free access to places we have already
>bought, but it's the maintaining and running of them plus acquiring
>new places which are causing the problem. More intensive use and
>management of facilities costs money; whence?

I think reallocation of current tax dollars is a much more suitable solution
to maintenance of wildlife areas than another tax on the users. How about
using the agriculture subsidies for wildlife instead of swelling farmers
purses? Or maybe we could eliminate some of our standing armies in other
countries?

John Shelton
Portland Oregon