Chapter IV - Block Management Effectiveness 



Forms of Compensation 

 Other than Money 



At the current time, the program is not growing due to lack of 

 resources and money to compensate landowners. Department 

 officials indicated monetary compensation in conjunction with a 

 resident sportsman license are the only forms of benefits they can 

 provide to resident landowners. Non-resident landowners can 

 receive compensation or a non-resident big game combination 

 license. 



Many field staff indicated landowners would be willing to accept 

 some form of benefit other than money to enter into the program. 

 Suggestions included: 



► Gates, fences, 



► Weed control, 



► Lower tax rate, 



► Sportsman license(s), 



► Tags/permits from the special drawing, 



► Establish preference points on the special drawing system for 

 permits/tags, and 



► Menu of hunting licenses instead of just a sportsman license. 



This concept is supported by responses to our landowner surveys. 

 All landowners were not expecting direct compensation from the 

 program. Monetary incentive was a high priority, but managing 

 hunter numbers and hunter activities were rated just as high. 



Landowner Reasons for 

 Wanting to Enroll in the 

 Program 



We sent surveys to a sample of landowners wanting to enroll, 

 landowners enrolled in, and landowners no longer enrolled in the 

 program. One question related to why they wanted to enroll in the 

 program. We asked them to rank eight options. The following 

 shows the overall ranking of the top three options for the three 

 groups of landowners. Next to the overall ranking (in parentheses) 

 is the number of landowners who indicated that option as their first 

 choice. 



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