The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program recently awarded $2.1 million dollars to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ Walk-In Access Program to increase public access to private lands for wildlife-based recreation.
The USDA is investing $52 million in 19 projects across the United States to help encourage landowners to allow public access to their land for hunting, fishing and other wildlife-dependent recreation.
“This partnership has been the driving force behind Minnesota’s Walk-In Access Program since its inception in 2010,” said Jason Moeckel, DNR Fish and Wildlife Division director. “This award will help us to maintain this very popular program for the next three years.”
The Walk-InAccess Program pays landowners to allow public access to their property without additional landowner contact.
