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RAC backs pilot program to pay landowners to retain big-game forage
Summary
The RAC unanimously endorsed a proposed cooperative-agreement pilot that would pay landowners to retain cleared/planted land as forage for big game and turkeys to boost deer populations; staff said Pittman-Robertson funds could be used and that pilot areas will be chosen with sideboards to avoid CWMUs.
Staff presented a proposed cooperative-agreement pilot (agenda item 9) that would pay landowners to retain forage, alter harvest timing or otherwise tolerate big game or turkey use on cleared and planted land to benefit populations that are below unit objectives. A minor but important wording change was proposed: replace "or" with "and" in the…
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