Chapter IV - Block Management Effectiveness 



contracts. Contracts for the UGBP run from 5 to 20 years. 

 Landowners receive payments for UGBP projects upon submission 

 of bills. For the landowners participating in both block management 

 and the UGBP, a total of 451,377 acres were enrolled in block 

 management and 238,647 acres were involved in the UGBP projects. 



Of the 28 landowners with conservation easements, we found 16 are 

 also in the Block Management Program. Table 12 shows the number 

 of BMAs and easements by region, and compares the year the 

 landowner enrolled in block management and entered the 

 conservation easement contract, cost, and acres between the two 

 programs. The block management payment is for the 1998 hunting 

 season and may vary between years. The conservation easement 

 payment is a lump sum paid when the easement is established. 



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