As U.S. buys more guns, state agency has more dough than it can handle

The reintroduction of Wood Bison is one of the projects supported by gun tax revenues. Photo: Fish & Game Department.
Amid all the budget gloom, one branch of state government actually has more money than it can use. It’s the Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Wildlife Conservation. The division is largely funded by a federal tax on the sale of guns and ammunition, and sales nationwide are booming. But this fall, the division may have to give back a portion of its bou