Chapter V - Block Management Efficiency 



There was no specific place or format in the tabloids describing 

 how to obtain maps. 



One region indicated reservations had to be made through 

 personal contact. We were not sure if "personal contact" meant 

 via telephone or going to the landowner's door. 



One region indicated if you live in the town of the regional 

 headquarters, you must go to the office to obtain maps. Staff 

 will not mail maps to you. When we called an area office in 

 another region they indicated we would have to come to the 

 office to obtain maps. Staff would not mail them to us. The 

 fact maps would not be mailed if you lived in the town of the 

 area office was not included in the tabloid. We also called 

 another area office in the same region and they sent us maps. 



One region had the wrong year in the tabloid. 



Two regions separate the maps in the tabloids by the counties in 

 the regions. Other regions use hunting districts, while others 

 have one map for the entire region. The map for one region 

 was across a page break making it hard to read. 



One region had a number for a BMA on the map but not in the 

 written description of the BMA. 



Some regional maps showed BMAs off the edge of the map so a 

 reader was not sure where the BMAs are located in the region. 



Regions 4 and 5 both list two of the same BMAs in their 

 tabloids. Region 5 indicates Region 4 administers the BMAs. 

 The information on the BMAs in the two tabloids was not 

 consistent. 



One of the regions did not list the BMAs in order. For 

 example, BMA numbers 116 through 133 were listed between 

 BMA 23 and 24. This made trying to find a description of the 

 BMA difficult. 



Not all regions provide information, such as walk-in area only, 

 hunter numbers limited, etc. in the additional information 

 column. This information could help a hunter determine if 

 he/she wants to hunt that BMA. 



Some regions specify the kind of deer (mule deer or whitetail) 

 and upland game bird species that are huntable on the BMA, 



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