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Committee approves changes to block management to ease landowner participation and unlock public land
Summary
House Bill 763, aimed at expanding access-only block-management agreements and streamlining landowner participation, passed the House Fish, Wildlife and Parks Committee after broad support from hunters, conservation groups and outfitters. The bill authorizes up-to-$25,000 payments per landowner (as written) and aims to increase access to landlocked public parcels.
The House Fish, Wildlife and Parks Committee voted to advance House Bill 763, legislation intended to expand and streamline Montana’s block management program to increase public access to landlocked public lands.
Representative Josh Seckinger, sponsor of HB 763, said the bill makes it "easier for land owners to participate and fairly compensates them for letting hunters cross their land to reach public areas without forcing them to allow hunting on their property." Seckinger told the committee more than 3 million acres of public land are effectively inaccessible for reasons of access.
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