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Hearing held to make landowner preference hunting program permanent
Summary
The committee heard testimony supporting Senate Bill 812, which would remove the sunset for Oregon’s Landowner Preference (LOP) program and make it permanent. The Department of Fish and Wildlife and multiple conservation, agricultural and industry groups testified in favor, citing stewardship incentives and program stability.
The House Committee on Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water held a public hearing on Senate Bill 812, which would repeal the program sunset and make Oregon’s Landowner Preference (LOP) hunting program permanent.
Brian Wolfer, wildlife division deputy administrator for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW), told the committee the LOP program helps private landowners who provide habitat to have access to controlled hunt tags for deer, elk and pronghorn and said the program balances landowner and public hunting interests. Wolfer described program mechanics: acreage thresholds (in Western Oregon a minimum of 40 acres for deer and elk…
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