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DNR Considers Habitat/Hunter Access Program

I think it would be great.
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There are numerous benefits to private landowners from enrolling in a habitat access program including:

* Habitat improvements increase wildlife populations on the property.
* Habitat improvements increase property value.
* Landowners enrolling in the program would be freed from dealing with requests for access.
* Only foot traffic is allowed on enrolled lands.
* Landowners enrolled in a DNR sponsored program would be protected from liability concerns under state law. Landowners who privately lease land for a fee are not protected under state law.
* DNR law enforcement staff would patrol enrolled properties.

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Not interested as JJNR stated but they did miss one bullet point...

* Landowners no longer need to worry about trespassing
 
Without really checking it out, sounds a little like Kansas' Walk-in program. In Kansas the landowner gets reimbursed by state and federal $$, but there is no habitat improvement, unless of course the landowner is enrolled in the CRP program too. For what it's worth, the walk-in program here has been successful. I do wish the state checked out the land enrolled a little better, some landowners are getting $$ for some pretty worthless tracts of land.
 
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My first thought: Who wants to own and pay taxes on public hunting land
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I give the IDNR credit for trying to come up with new ideas for public access so I really don't want to slam their idea....however

I really can't see many landowners participating for obvious reasons.

The price of corn has got the bulldozers and landmovers working overtime around here!

They are cleaning out every last tree, waterway and fencerow...
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I can't imagine a farmer/landowner "wasting" any ground on "habitat" right now...

They want to get rid of it..
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I don't want to get into the NR tag situation but in this area where ground is being leased for as high as $80 an acre for deer hunting and being listed at $2500 to 3000 per acre for sale....

I just can't see landowners turning their farm into "state land" just for habitat improvements
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I don't have any answers to the access problem but I do know this...in these parts it's gone...all gone and it ain't never coming back
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They did it in Michigan, there was literally thousands of acres enlisted in it this year. I think its a great idea. As far as total loss of access, I havent found a part of this state that I couldnt get some type of permission to hunt on, even in the most leased regions. These are the people that I would think would put there ground in a program like this.
 
While I would like to see something like this work, I'm not sure that I could see it happening in my home county where anymore most farms are tilled fenceline to fenceline already.
 
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They did it in Michigan, there was literally thousands of acres enlisted in it this year. I think its a great idea. As far as total loss of access, I havent found a part of this state that I couldnt get some type of permission to hunt on, even in the most leased regions. These are the people that I would think would put there ground in a program like this.

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You got me curious so I checked the MDNR and I assume this is what your referring too?

MI Hunter Access

As I read it the state of MI leases land for hunter access which would no doubt garner more support then what IDNR is looking into.

Here, it's a trade of creating wildlife habitat for hunter access.

Please don't misunderstand me...we need it and I'm all for it but I just don't see enough Iowa landowners participating in it to get it off the ground.

Right now that's the $64? being mulled over by the IDNR.
 
As a land owner myself, I couldn't see participating in this type of program. With C.R.P and other Govt. programs like W.H.I.P, and Trees For C.R.P, a land owner can do alot for wildlife habitat "WITH" Govt. assistance and not have to allow every slob hunter in the county access to his property. From a Q.D.M standpoint it would never work either. How could you monitor what deer are being harvested on your land? I think their money would be better spent "purchasing" more land for public use.
 
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