When the state Department of Fish and Game proposed an increase to the cost of hunting and fishing licenses earlier this year, the feedback the agency received from hunters and anglers was largely positive, officials said.
But shortly after those information-gathering sessions, the department pulled back the changes until at least next year, a move Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s office later said she had requested.
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