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Landowner, DWR and sportsmen responsibilities

Landowner involvement

The landowner's primary responsibilities in this program are:

• to grant public access to the property enrolled.
• to designate areas for parking and kiosk placement.
• to decide, with DWR representatives, how to properly post the property.
• to decide on the time period for hunting access.
• to determine the type of contact with the general public from the following three options:
  1. Letting anyone hunt or fish the property with no contact
  2. Requiring those accessing the property to register before entering
  3. Require all public to personally contact the landowner before entering

DWR involvement

The DWR's involvement in this program is:

• to assist with the application process and ensure prompt payment
• to evaluate property for suitability
• to provide signs required for the property
• to work with landowner to properly post the property
• to provide kiosks with information and registration boxes
• to install registration boxes for sportsmen to use to sign in and out
• to provide conservation officer patrols
• to verify property ownership information
• to provide maps of the WIA area

Sportsmen's involvement

The sportsmen's primary responsibilities in this program are:

• to respect the property and landowner!
• to sign in and out at all registration sites
• to provide comments on their experience with the program
• to obtain maps of properties and stay within those boundaries
• to follow specific property regulations