DNR Wants Your Vote on New Wildlife Tag Designs

The Department of Natural Resources' Wildlife Resources Division wants the public to help select the best tag design for their new wildlife tags.

Georgians can vote for the new wildlife tags at www.georgiawildlife.com by clicking on the “Make Your Vote Count” link, filling out a short survey and casting a vote.

According to a press release from the DNR, a share of purchases and renewals of the new tag will go toward conservation and habitat restoration efforts for the Nongame Conservation Section, the Bobwhite Quail Initiative (BQI) and the Trout Restoration Program of the DNR’s Fisheries Management Section.

“We are excited about the opportunity to allow Georgians to vote on their favorite tag design through our website,” Wildlife Resources Division Director Dan Forster said in the press release. “We have many beautiful wildlife designs to pick from and we hope that the switch to a full plate design will excite the public and they will want one on their vehicle.”

The deadline to vote on the new tag designs is Sept. 15, 2012. The winning designs will then be announced and made available in local tag offices and for on-line renewals through the Georgia Department of Motor Vehicles. Specialty plates cost $60 (plus ad-valorem taxes and other fees standard for all plates). Annual renewals cost $35.