[upthesaukee]

Fish & Game, like any other state agency, has a budget. Part of that budget would be the estimated costs of conducting search and rescue missions. In and or around the time of Mr. Surrette's search, that budgeted money was exhausted. This doesn't mean that they would no longer search for Mr. Surrette or any other people who are lost or missing, simply that the money to fund that continued search or new search would have to come from a different budget account. Many agencies and towns have been stretched with budgetary items due to all the bad weather this spring. Same type problem...budgeted money is exhausted...any additional money must come from a different source. Not really a story here except they have had a much higher than normal expense for search and rescue.