Thank A BMA Landowner.

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Hunters can thank landowners through new portal on FWP website​

HELENA – In Montana, many landowners allow hunting on their lands with permission or as part of a Fish, Wildlife & Parks access program. Now hunters have a simple way to say thank you for the privilege of access.

Today FWP is launching a portal for hunters to say thank you to landowners who provided access and helped make their hunting season a success.

Hunters can go online, identify a landowner by name and/or block management area and FWP region, provide a note of thanks and even upload a photo. FWP will collect these thank you notes and distribute them to landowners at the end of the year.

“We frequently hear from hunters how grateful they are for the access they get from landowners across the state,” said FWP Director Dustin Temple. “Many hunters enjoy incredible access to private lands. We want to help facilitate communicating their gratitude to the landowners who provide that access.”

This new online feature is part of the “It’s Up To Us” campaign to promote ethical hunting. This campaign is an annual effort with FWP and several partner organizations to encourage hunters to take the initiative to promote good hunter ethics and behavior, particularly on private lands. The campaign website is fwp.mt.gov/ItsUpToUs. Here hunters can find tips on ethical hunting, links to informative video content and the new “Thank a Landowner” portal.

The page also features access to the Hunter Landowner Stewardship projects and links to campaign partners.​

I think this is really cool and it's one of the many things that is needed to give the Block Management Program an edge over private leasing operations like LandTrust and other 'AirBNB' websites for hunting. I think it's important to understand that even if the landowners are getting compensation from FWP it is NEVER convenient to have a bunch of random hunters on your land. Hunting in MT would be a lot busier without the robust BMA program.