Butterflies, wolves beat Packers Taxpayers pick wildlife over Packers in tax checkoff Associated Press MADISON - Wisconsin income taxpayers are picking endangered animals over the Green Bay Packers on their tax checkoff forms, the state Department of Revenue said. So far, only eight of every 1,000 taxpayers used the checkoff on the state income tax form to donate money to renovate Lambeau Field. The state has processed about 80 percent of the returns received, Revenue Department spokesman David Blaska said. Taxpayers who did back the Packers have contributed at an average rate of $9.76 each. So far, 19,891 taxpayers have donated $194,320 for Lambeau Field remodeling. More than twice as many - 17 out of every 1,000 - used the income tax checkoff to support programs for endangered species such as the Karner blue butterfly, timber wolf, peregrine falcon and trumpeter swan, state Department of Revenue figures show. The department said 38,745 taxpayers donated $537,543 for endangered resources programs, an average of $13.87 each. Blaska said the state didn't estimate how much the Packers tax might generate, since 2001 was the first year it was included on the tax form. The endangered species checkoff has been on the form for years, raising as much as $679,500 a year, according to the Legislature's budget office. Pat Webb, executive director of the Green Bay-Brown County Professional Football District, said he was happy with the amount of money raised so far through the program. "To have people provide additional support for the facility, I think, really lets people know what an impact the Packers have. I was very impressed with the amount," Webb said. The money goes into the district's operations and maintenance fund.