Last year, a little more than 53-hundred Iowa taxpayers helped boost wildlife conservation with donations to the Fish and Wildlife Fund on their state tax form.
However, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources says in the last 20-years, the number of donors has declined by 50 percent and represents about 0.3 percent of total taxpayers in the state.
The amount donated decreased as well, with a little under 134-thousand dollars contributed, a decrease of roughly 14-thousand dollars from last year and 22-thousand dollars from the two previous years.
The Fish and Wildlife Fund, commonly known as the “Chickadee Check-off”, is a mechanism the Iowa Legislature created in the 1980s for Iowans to donate to wildlife conservation on the Iowa state income tax form.
Once found on the form, simply write the donation amount next to Fish/Wildlife, which is line 21 on Form 1040.
