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Rescue missions in the red
"CONCORD – Search-and-rescue missions in New Hampshire's water and woods have kept New Hampshire Fish and Game busy and financially in the red -- again.
Col. Martin Garabedian said yesterday that the department began the new fiscal year July 1 with a series of rescues and a budget deficit of $26,000.
'It has been a very busy summer,' but that's not unusual, said Garabedian.
The continual cost of the missions is forcing him to make cutbacks in hiker education, including program funding for Hike Safe.
'We are looking at something else and trying to find a new funding mechanism,' Garabedian said.
As it stands, money for search-and-rescue missions comes from registrations of motorboats and off-highway road vehicles, including snowmobiles and ATVs.
Garabedian said that amounts to about $180,000 a year to cover, on average, about 150 search-and-rescue missions.
But he said the budget often does not keep pace with the calls."
-- Union Leader
Col. Martin Garabedian said yesterday that the department began the new fiscal year July 1 with a series of rescues and a budget deficit of $26,000.
'It has been a very busy summer,' but that's not unusual, said Garabedian.
The continual cost of the missions is forcing him to make cutbacks in hiker education, including program funding for Hike Safe.
'We are looking at something else and trying to find a new funding mechanism,' Garabedian said.
As it stands, money for search-and-rescue missions comes from registrations of motorboats and off-highway road vehicles, including snowmobiles and ATVs.
Garabedian said that amounts to about $180,000 a year to cover, on average, about 150 search-and-rescue missions.
But he said the budget often does not keep pace with the calls."
-- Union Leader
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