Chapter IV - Block Management Effectiveness 



amount would take into consideration game population fluctuations, 

 the number of licenses issued, and quotas. 



The contract could be for 2, 4, or 6 years to coincide with the 

 appropriation process. This will allow the department and regions to 

 budget the payments to landowners. This process can be done in 

 conjunction with a payment system based on impacts. 



Staff also indicated that if the system is changed to longer contract 

 terms, they still want permission slips or other means to track 

 hunters each year. Hunter numbers would still be determined. 



A longer term contract might not be appropriate for every 

 landowner, but there are many landowners who have been in the 

 program for a number of years. Over one-third of the landowners in 

 the program in 1998 enrolled between 1975 and 1995. These 

 landowners are candidates for a longer term contract based on their 

 history in the program. 



Department staff indicated with the extension of program 

 authorization granted under SB 338, the department expects to 

 negotiate a limited number of long-term block management contracts 

 beginning with the 2000 hunting season. 



Recommendation #6 



We recommend the department develop a system where contracts 



can be established for terms of more than one year. 



Compensation for 

 Landowners in Aggregate 

 Block Management Areas 



Landowners in aggregate (multi-landowner) BMAs are not 

 compensated in the same way as those in single BMAs. Every 

 landowner in an aggregate BMA receives the basic enrollment fee of 

 $250 but the impact payments do not reflect actual hunter days. 

 Landowners in aggregate BMAs must divide the number of hunter 

 days among all the landowners. For example, if four landowners are 

 in an aggregate BMA and there are 100 hunter days, each of the four 

 receives $250 instead of $1 ,000 each. In other cases landowners are 

 paid a percentage of the hunter days based on the percent of land 



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