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Funding Sources

The Department receives zero Arizona State General Tax Funds (income, sales, property, gas, etc., taxes). Funding received by the Department to support wildlife management and recreation, shooting sports, watercraft and off-highway vehicle (OHV) management is linked to expenditures of the public’s discretionary (non-essential) spending. Revenues—whether from the purchase of licenses, tags or stamps, lottery tickets, gaming, watercraft registrations or OHV decals—are a result of discretionary purchases by the public.

A pie chart showing the funding sources for AZGFD, with 69% of funding comes from sportmen's discretionary purchases

Primary funding sources include:

A pie chart showing primary funding sources that include Game and Fish Fund (39%), Federal Aid (22%), Heritage Fund (18%), Wildlife Conservation (9%), Watercraft Licensing Fund (6%), Indirect Cost Recovery Fund (4%), OHV Recreation Fund (2%)
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