Where are the Hunting Lands that are Funded by Legacy Dollars?
Tens of millions of dollars for public hunting areas are going from the Lessard-Sams Council recommendations to the Legislature and then from the Legislature to the Governor and then from the Governor to the State’s accountants and then to the DNR and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Currently, it is very difficult to find these lands on the websites of the Lessard-Sams Council, DNR and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
It is time for the Lessard-Sams Council and the DNR to actually produce a special Legacy listing on a website with a detailed map of where these properties are located. This listing and map should share the name of the public area, acreage size and county location within 1 month of when the site is posted with a sign that says it is open to public hunting. We owe it to the sportsmen and other tax payers to know what new Legacy properties are now open to public hunting and where they are located.
It is time for the Lessard-Sams Council and the DNR to actually produce a special Legacy listing on a website with a detailed map of where these properties are located. This listing and map should share the name of the public area, acreage size and county location within 1 month of when the site is posted with a sign that says it is open to public hunting. We owe it to the sportsmen and other tax payers to know what new Legacy properties are now open to public hunting and where they are located.