Access Yes! Online

Hunters and anglers can find a place where they are welcome by going online. This year's current lineup of properties in the Access Yes! program has been added to the Idaho Fish and Game web site at http://fishandgame.idaho.gov with maps and details of each property. The access program was started last year with the goals of rewarding landowners for allowing access to their lands and opening previously blocked public lands. It has already grown from about 117,000 private acres to 194,758 with a few contracts still to be added. A final total of 225,000 to 250,000 acres is expected. Access to public lands will be increased by more than 250,000 acres. Among the 66 landowners taking part in Access Yes! this year are many of the same ones who participated in the first year. Properties are available in all seven regions of Idaho. The program has spent $222,396 for lease agreements. Access Yes! may be further expanded when money comes in from the Supertag and Superslam tag lotteries being held for the first time this year to raise funds specifically for this effort.