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Hunter Guidelines For CRP-MAP Tracts

This Program Depends on Your Actions In the Field.

Obey all Nebraska hunting and trapping regulations and respect the rights of landowners when using CRP-MAP tracts. Treat the land as if it were your own, and act responsibly. Remember: inappropriate behavior may cause landowners to drop out of the program or not enroll in the first place.

Hunt only on CRP-MAP property. Do not walk or hunt on adjacent property or cross fences or roads unless a sign access route is provided. Hunting is not allowed within 200 yards of buildings or livestock feedlots.

CRP-MAP tracts are for walk-in hunting and trapping only. Tracts are open year-around during legal hunting and trapping seasons.

Driving vehicles of any kind on CRP-MAP tracts is prohibited and is a serious and potentially dangerous violation of regulations. Habitat destruction, erosion and fire can all be consequences of driving on these tracts. Park along roads and be careful to avoid creating safety hazards for other vehicles.

Do not open gates and avoid stretching fences when entering CRP-MAP tracts.

Target shooting, camping, horseback riding, professional training and other unauthorized activities are prohibited.

CRP internet maps look the best when printed on a color printer. A copy of the CRP-MAP Atlas is available at most sporting goods stores and Nebraska Game and Parks Commission offices.

CRP-MAP contracts are enrolled for up to 5-years, but contracts are revisited annually. Tracts enrolled in the program in previous years might not be enrolled in CRP-MAP this year. Make sure the land you are entering is posted with yellow and black CRP-MAP "Hunting Permitted" signs.

Do not leave trash on an area and make an effort to pick up any trash left by others.

If you clean birds on site after your hunt, please pack out the remains. By-passers who do not hunt may be offended by seeing feathers scattered along the road and may think poorly of hunters. Landowners also may not appreciate what amounts to littering on their property.

On occasion, tracts enrolled in CRP-MAP and listed on this website may have been removed from the program. Again, pay attention to the signs.

Every effort is made to ensure habitat quality. At times, the habitat on some enrolled tracts is impacted by forces of nature beyond the control of the landowner or the Commission. When habitat quality becomes inadvertently degraded after enrollment, the landowner is held harmless in their agreement. If landowner actions result in significant habitat degradation, payment will be adjusted and withheld.

A small number of CPR-MAP tracts are not included in this brochure because of necessary early printing dates. However, all CRP-MAP tracts are posted with yellow and black "CRP-MAP Hunting Permitted" signs like the example to the right. Late enrollments can be viewed on the Internet at www.ngpc.state.ne.us.

CRP-MAP ADDRESSES HABITAT AND ACCESS ISSUES

The Nebraska Conservation Reserve Program-Management Access Program (CRP-MAP) is an innovative and unique approach designed to address wildlife habitat and hunting and trapping access issues in the state. CRP-MAP is a joint effort funded by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Pheasants Forever and the Nebraska Environmental Trust. It is also supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and most importantly, private landowners.

The management portion of CRP-MAP improves wildlife habitat on CRP lands. Research shows that habitat is the key to an abundance of any wild species. Light discing is the primary means used in CRP-MAP to enhance wildlife habitat. Light discing promotes the growth of broad-leafed plants, which provide important food and cover for wildlife and adds to the overall diversity of the site. In addition to the "volunteer" plants that grow following the disturbance provided by light discing, legumes like alfalfa and sweet clover are planted to improve habitat conditions. These legumes are nitrogen-rich and attract insects essential in the diet of newly-hatched, ground-nesting birds like pheasants.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, acting through the Farm Service Agency and Natural Resources Conservation Service, has cooperated in allowing habitat management on CRP tracts administered by the USDA program. Landowners make habitat improvements to their CRP tracts and allow walk-in public access for hunting and trapping.

Hunting permits and habitat stamp revenue fund Commission participation. Pheasants Forever funding comes from donations by its Nebraska chapters, earned through banquets and other local fund raising events. The Trust is funded through lottery proceeds. Therefore, landowners are compensated by hunters who purchase permits and habitat stamps, individuals and businesses that have supported Pheasants Forever chapters and citizens who play the lottery.

The Game and Parks Commission, Pheasants Forever and the Nebraska Environmental Trust are proud to share in this partnership that brings together Nebraska's hunters, landowners, private citizens and organizations and government agencies.

Working together, we can preserve the Nebraska hunting and trapping tradition.

2007 Nebraska Hunting Seasons