Chapter VI - Conclusion 



licenses/tags/permits, gates, fences, or weed control. It appears, if 

 the department provided benefits other than compensation more land 

 could be enrolled in the program. 



Another alternative to expand the program is to develop an 

 additional funding source. We surveyed a sample of hunters to 

 determine if they would be willing to pay for the Block Management 

 Program. We sent 294 surveys and received 122 responses. 

 Seventy-one said they hunted on a BMA in 1998. Forty-seven of the 

 seventy-one indicated they would be willing to pay for the program 

 if the money is used to enroll more land into the program. Another 

 20 of the 71 indicated they would not be willing to pay. Four did 

 not answer the question. An additional 42 hunters said they were 

 aware of the program but did not hunt on a BMA in 1998. Twenty- 

 four of the forty-two said they would be willing to pay for the 

 program and nine said they would not be willing to pay for the 

 program. Nine did not answer the question. Nine hunters said they 

 had not heard of the program; six would pay for it and three said 

 they would not pay for the program. Generally it appears hunters 

 would be willing to contribute some amount to enroll more land in 

 the Block Management Program. 



Conclusion Overall, it appears the enhanced Block Management Program 



opened some previously closed land to free public hunting. In this 

 regard it is meeting one of its goals. If alternative forms of 

 compensation to landowners are created, it appears more land could 

 be enrolled in the program. If hunters contributed to the program, 

 additional land could also be enrolled. 



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