The State Department of Fish and Wildlife has scheduled a public webinar for 7 p.m. Monday, July 23, to discuss current funding challenges and opportunities for the state to invest in fish and wildlife management and conservation of lands and habitat.

To take part in the webinar, the public should visit this link attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8360838542216730371) — also available at wdfw.wa.gov — and follow the instructions there to register. Registration via the website is available now through Monday.

For those who only wish to listen in, please call 415-655-0052 after 6:45 p.m. Monday and enter code 281-297-953.

Policy director Nate Pamplin will describe the work of independent consultants and the agency’s Budget and Policy Advisory Group to explain the causes of a projected $30 million gap in funding faced by the department over the two-year budget cycle that begins in July 2019.

Pamplin will describe planned budget cuts and proposed funding increases that are designed to eliminate the shortfall and ensure the department has adequate funding in the future. The department is preparing a set of state general fund budget proposals and is exploring options for recreational license fee increases to propose to the Governor and Legislature to address the budget gap.

Documents describing spending and revenue proposals are available online at wdfw.wa.gov/about/budget/development/.