We audited costs claimed by the State of North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission under grants awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) through the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program. The audit included claims totaling approximately $103 million on 54 grants that were open during the State fiscal years that ended June 30, 2017, and June 30, 2018. The audit also covered the Commission’s compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and FWS guidelines, including those related to the collection and use of hunting and fishing license revenues and the reporting of program income.We found that the Commission complied, in general, with applicable grant accounting and regulatory requirements. We identified, however, that the Commission may have overstated the number of licenses in its annual license certifications to the FWS for State fiscal years 2016 and 2017 because it did not have a process in place to remove some multiyear licenses. In addition, we identified, and the Commission corrected, an overstatement of in-kind contributions.The FWS concurred with our recommendation to implement a process to remove multiyear licenses that do not generate income for the State and will work with the Commission to implement the recommendation. We considered the recommendation resolved but not implemented.
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