Unlocking Public Land

[RobertR]

Good or bad ,this is a step in the right direction to access public land.
Instead of having an enhancement fee it should go toward public land access.
http://fwp.mt.gov/hunting/hunterAccess/unlockingPublicLands/

 

[MTpubliclander]

I believe last year there were only 4 sections opened by this but every program has to start somewhere!
A good monetary incentive for landowners who are able and open to allowing access. I am unsure but i believe the part of the enhancement fee goes to Block Management.

 

[James Riley]

I'm not all that familiar with Montana. I have two questions:

1. Are these just isolated 640 acre sections, or do you have large deeded-land-locked blocks of public land we can't get to? (I know size doesn't matter and I am aware of the corner-hopping issue from public section to public section. I'm specifically curious about inaccessibility to large contiguous blocks.)

2. I know some of these are literally no-access-except-by-air public lands. But is any of the complaint a convenience issue, where the land can be accessed but it's a long hump around to get in there?

Thanks.