Illinois Dept. of ConservationCost-Recovery by Service Area

(1988)

Service Area Cost Revenues Cost-Recovery

Boating 7,264,900 6,094,176 83.9%

Parks 26,031,741 2,551,461 9.8%

Commercial 760,155 230,206 30.3%

Wildlife 13,322,869 8,543,795 64.1%

Snowmobile 675,828 267,440 39.6%

Sport Fishing 10,936,387 7,714,638 70.5%

Forestry 3,570,461 598,411 16.8%

Natural Heritage 2,296,018 206,790 9.0%

Other 951,290 371,321 39.0%

David M. Griffith & Associates, Ltd., “Fee” Assessment Study Prepared for the Illinois Department of Conservation, Executive Summary, Dec. 1988

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