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Sponsor proposes steep nonresident fee increase to support block management; stakeholders urge smaller compromise
Summary
HB145 would raise the nonresident base hunting fee from $15 to $100 and direct most of the increase toward block-management access. Outfitters and conservation groups support funding but called $100 too large; sponsors and stakeholders discussed a compromise amendment (reported as $50 with $40 to access).
Representative Gary Perry presented House Bill 145, a one‑page bill proposing to raise the nonresident base hunting fee from $15 to $100 and to allocate $90 of the increase to the state's block management program to pay landowners and expand public access.
Online and in-room proponents told the committee nonresident hunter numbers have grown in Regions 6 and 7 and that block management acreage has declined; they supported a fee increase to recruit…
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