This was the first proposal that included a RAMP program.
Highlights
Open Spaces Alberta – Recreation Access Management Program (RAMP)
Open Spaces Alberta – Recreation Access Management Program (RAMP)
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Landowners enrol their private lands and commit to provide access opportunities for
hunting and fishing by contract
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Only available to landowners who are not participating in HFH
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Provide $10 - $20 per hunting/fishing user day (one payment made per day per user)
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User day payment is not applicable to landowner or direct relatives of the landowner(s)
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Maximum payment of $2,000/section or parts thereof or per landowner, per year as per
contract
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Only available to landowners who have significant wildlife habitat (native grass, shrubs,
etc.) or key access for fishing
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Lands identified for RAMP are free access for hunters and anglers
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Recreational user days paid only for W.I.N. card holders
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High use lands must have an Access Management Plan
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Lands included in the program must be available for all species (including hunting and
angling)
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Program is subject to audit
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Includes access appeal process in the event of access refusal
Open Spaces Alberta – Hunting for Habitat (HFH)
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HFH unit is a group of landowners who form a unit of land
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The HFH unit includes only private land and does not include any crown land (e.g.
grazing leases)
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Minimum block size must be 20% of significant wildlife habitat of Wildlife
Management Unit. HFH lands need not be contiguous.
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Allocation to HFH unit for baseline:
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If 20% of WMU, then 15% of tag allocation
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If 20 – 40% of WMU, then 20% of tag allocation
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If >40% of WMU, then 25% of tag allocation
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Only one HFH unit per WMU
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HFH unit must provide comparable access to public hunters and anglers
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HFH operates under the authority of a contract
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HFH includes an access appeal process
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High use lands must have an Access Management Plan
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The base HFH Unit allocation is for the five year trial period, subject to force majeure
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An HFH Unit may sell their tags to resident hunters or to guide/outfitters. The guide
It sure would be great to see what the new draft looks like but considering that the people involved are the same and considering they were not too interested in informing Alberta's hunters the first time, I suppose this is to be expected.
outfitters may market and sell tags they purchase to non-resident and non-resident
alien hunters.
• Program is subject to auditalien hunters.
It sure would be great to see what the new draft looks like but considering that the people involved are the same and considering they were not too interested in informing Alberta's hunters the first time, I suppose this is to be expected.
