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Northern RAC approves cooperative‑agreement rule to pay landowners for tolerating big game, adds reporting requirement
Summary
The RAC unanimously approved a DWR rule (r 6 57 - 74) allowing cooperative agreements to compensate landowners who tolerate mule deer, turkeys and other big game, with an added requirement for annual reporting on program use and budget for the first three years.
The Northern Regional Advisory Council voted unanimously Dec. 10 to approve a Division of Wildlife Resources rule (r 6 57 - 74) authorizing cooperative agreements with landowners to compensate tolerance of big game on cleared or cultivated lands. DWR said the program is intended as a proactive population-management tool — to maintain or grow target populations — rather than as reactive depredation payments.
DWR staff said pilot programs are planned in the Southern…
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