Every state should adopt a version of Missouri's "Design for Conservation." Years ago, Missouri voters passed a initiative that created a constitutional amendment that directs 1/8th of one percent of the money gleaned from the state sales tax to wildlife and conservation. As a result, Missouri's game and fish department is the best-funded such organization in the country. The cost is borne by all of the citizens of Missouri, not just hunters and anglers.
It generated so much money that the state legislature passed legislation allowing it to divert some of the funds to other needs, but the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that the funds could only be used for the conservation purposes included in the constitutional amendment. It has been imitated in several other states, as well. It effectively removes the entire burden of supporting wildlife, fisheries and parks from the backs of hunters and anglers and spreads it lightly (one penny out of every 8 dollars collected) to the entire population.
