I just got this one.
Rusty
A proposal has been put forward to test two programs as a five year pilot project and they are as you indicate: a walk on access program where a land owner will be reimbursed according to the number of recreation days of hunter use and another program where a percentage of tags will be given to a landowner or landowner association in exchange for providing hunting access. The purpose of the program is to reward landowners for wildlife production, habitat stewardship, and for providing access for hunting.
The details of how these programs will operate, such as landowner eligibility, contract conditions, compensation levels, and things like that have not been developed yet.
The questions that you asked that have been decided are: these pilot program will be located in Wildlife Management Units 108 and 300, in the southwest corner of Alberta; The permits allocated to landowners will come out of the resident permit quota.
The program details should be available in early spring 2008 and there will be communication to landowners at that time to get the pilot programs going.
Jim Allen
Head, Game and Priority Species
Wildlife Management Branch
9920 108 Street
Edmonton. T5K 2M4
Tel 780-427-4194, Fax 780-422-9557
Rocky office: 403-845-8237
Cell 403-844-0162
James.Allen@gov.ab.ca