Sets forth the act’s purpose and findings, including to provide additional funding and awareness of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in the State's deer population and to enhance wildlife conservation programs, especially northern bobwhite quail habitat restoration and red wolf recovery initiatives.

Appropriates $5 million from the General Fund to the Wildlife Resources Commission (Commission) for 2025-26 to expand statewide monitoring, reporting, and mitigation efforts for CWD, including the creation of an incentive program to provide cash bounties to any person reporting a confirmed positive CWD case, a reduced-price hunting license to hunters participating in CWD tracking programs, and grants for research into CWD transmission and mitigation to universities and nonprofit wildlife research entities.

Appropriates $5 million from the General Fund to the Commission for 2025-26 to establish a statewide habitat restoration initiative for northern bobwhite quail, through at least the three described programs, including a cost-share program to provide matching grants of up to $5,000 to landowners who agree to participate in northern bobwhite quail habitat restoration activities on their lands, and a study on sustainable quail hunting regulations, with a report on this study due to the specified NCGA committees by December 1, 2026.

Appropriates $5 million from the General Fund to the Commission for 2025-26 to establish two initiatives for red wolf conservation and rural support, including a cost-share program to provide matching grants of up to $10,000 to landowners who agree to provide protected habitat for red wolf populations on their land. Requires the Commission to report on its implementation including any recommendations for funding needs and legislative changes to accommodate making these initiatives permanent, to the specified NCGA committee by no later than December 1, 2027.

Requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to utilize the grant received from the Federal Highway Administration's Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program to install wildlife crossings for red wolves on U.S. Highway 64 in and adjacent to the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge.

Requires the Commission to adopt rules to revise its fees and fee payment for lifetime hunting and fishing licenses in the following revenue neutral manner: (1) create the specified age-based categories, with the middle-aged adult category charged the maximum fee, seniors receiving a 50% discount on the maximum fee, and younger age groups charged less than older age groups; (2) multi-generational license discounts to families purchasing three or more lifetime licenses at the same time; and (3) offer a monthly installment payment options for licenses that are over $1,000. Directs the Commission to seek sources of funds from non-State sources for the initiatives funded by the act, including grants from federal and nonprofit wildlife conservation organizations. Requires the Commission to provide a report on its implementation of the above as part of its annual report required by GS 143-250.

Effective July 1, 2025.