SR 57 — A resolution to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Sport Fish Restoration Program.

SR-57,MICHIGAN As Adopted by Senate, June 12, 2025 SENATE RESOLUTIONSenate NO.Resolution No.

57 Offered by Senators Bumstead, Bayer, Cherry, Santana and Webber offeredA RESOLUTION TO COMMEMORATE THE TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SPORT FISH RESTORATION PROGRAM WHEREAS, More than a century ago, hunters and anglers were among the followingfirst resolution:conservationists who realized America’s natural resources were in peril and could not sustain unregulated harvest and habitat destruction;

Aand resolutionWHEREAS, Sportsmen and women took it upon themselves to commemoratesupport thelaws 75ththat anniversarystopped excessive harvest of thefish Sportand Fishwildlife, Restorationestablished Program.state agencies to protect fish, wildlife, and their habitat, and supported special fishing and hunting license fees to help fund these efforts to provide healthy natural resources for future generations;

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and Whereas,WHEREAS, SportsmenWe andrecognize women took it upon themselves to support laws that stoppedthe excessiveprimary harvestauthority of fish and wildlife, established state agencies to protect fish, wildlife, and theirmanage habitat,fish andwithin supportedstate specialwaters fishingresides andin huntingthe licensestate feesagencies; to help fund these efforts to provide healthy natural resources for future generations;

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and Whereas,WHEREAS, WeA recognizemanufacturers’ thatexcise thetax primaryon authorityfishing toequipment, protectalong with an excise tax on motorboat and managesmall fishengine withinfuels, stateis watersmostly residesdistributed inback to the statestates agencies;through the U.S.

and Whereas, Upon realizing that license fees alone were insufficient to restore and sustain healthy fish populations, anglers supported excise taxes on fishing equipment to raise additional funds to support restoration and enhancement efforts of the state agencies;

and Whereas, A manufacturers’ excise tax on fishing equipment, along with an excise tax on motorboat and small engine fuels, is mostly distributed back to the states through the U.S.

and Whereas,WHEREAS, Since 1939, the combined contribution of the Sport Fish Restoration Program and license fees to state fish and wildlife agencies exceeds $78 billion –- more than any other single conservation effort in American history - which constitute, collectively, the American System of Conservation Funding;

and Whereas,WHEREAS, This cooperative partnership between the sportfishing industry, anglers, boaters, the U.S.

now, therefore, be it ResolvedRESOLVED byBY theTHE Senate,SENATE, That the members of this legislative Sport Fish Restoration Anniversary_SR57_AA_1 5s9xqg body commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Sport Fish Restoration Program;

and be it further Resolved,RESOLVED, That we recognize America’s anglers, boaters, the sportfishing industry, state fish and wildlife agencies, and the U.S.

SportAdopted Fishby Restorationthe Anniversary_SR57_AA_1Senate, 5s9xqgJune 12, 2025.

Secretary of the Senate