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House Fish, Wildlife and Parks Committee advances resolution to study block management access programs
Summary
The committee voted 17–3 to advance House Joint Resolution 73, which directs an interim study of block management and related hunting access programs; witnesses and legislators urged a consolidated, data-driven review to address rising costs and declining landowner participation.
A House Fish, Wildlife and Parks Committee moved HJR 73 forward after a hearing in which proponents, the Private Land Public Wildlife Council and Fish, Wildlife and Parks staff urged a coordinated review of block management and other hunting access programs.
The sponsor of the resolution said rising costs in access programs require an interim study to identify funding sources and growth metrics and to ensure hunters and landowners continue to have access to hunting lands. Proponents said they supported study language that would identify strategies to retain and expand landowner participation.
Ed Beall, introduced himself as chair of the Private Land Public Wildlife Council and said the council is statutorily charged to review access programs. "I am currently the…
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