1

Increase hunting opportunity by stopping commercialization of waterfowl hunting

Commercial waterfowl operators lease the best hunting opportunities for their paying customers, excluding the ordinary resident hunter

2

Increase resident opportunity by reducing the number of nonresident waterfowl hunters

1. Eliminate all three-day waterfowl licenses with the exception of 500 that are restricted to private land in the Missouri River unit
2. Limit the number of 10-day nonresident licenses each year to eight percent of the average number of resident waterfowl licenses sold in the prior three-years. (This change would make nonresident waterfowl licenses consistent with nonresident big game licenses.)

3

Increase opportunity through a statewide GF&P plan to maximize physical access for waterfowl hunters

This should be done on state game production areas, walk-in areas, conservation reserve enhancement program areas, cooperative hunting access areas, controlled hunting access program areas, waterfowl production areas and school and public lands

4

Increase opportunity by making an increase in hunting opportunity a larger component in GF&P decisions to purchase or lease land

5

Make an increase of 25 percent in resident waterfowl hunters over the next 10 years a goal of the GF&P department which, using the 8 percent formula, would also increase the number of nonresident licenses