Sign-Up Form for Access Yes! Available Online

Interested landowners now may find sign-up forms online to participate in Idaho's Access Yes!, a voluntary incentive program that compensates participating landowners who provide sportsmen access to or through their land. The forms must be downloaded and mailed to Idaho Fish and Game. The program, which lets landowners specify conditions of access to meet their needs, provides access to wildlife that may cause depredation problems and helps improve landowner-sportsmen relationships and hunter ethics. The program is a cooperative effort among the Idaho departments of Fish and Game and Agriculture and the Idaho Fish and Game Advisory Committee. The state's recreational liability statute shields participating landowners who allow recreational activities on their property without charge or who have entered a cooperative lease agreement with the state. The deadline to sign up to participate in 2006 is February 28. For information on the program or for signup forms go to: http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/ifwis/huntplanner/accessyesguide.aspx Information for sportsmen who wish to support the program, along with a property list and the opportunities they provide also are available on the site. Program contact offices are: Panhandle Region 208-769-1414 2885 Kathleen Ave., Coeur d'Alene, ID 83815 Clearwater Region 208-799-5010 3316 16th Ave, Lewiston, ID 83501 Southwest Region and McCall 208-634-8137 555 Deinhard Lane, McCall, ID 83638 Magic Valley Region 208-324-4350 319 South 417 East, Jerome, ID 83338 Southeast Region 208-232-4703 1345 Barton Rd., Pocatello, ID 83204 Upper Snake Region 208-525-7290 4279 Commerce Circle, Idaho Falls, ID 83401 Salmon Region 208-756-2271 99 Hwy 93 N, P.O. Box 1336, Salmon, ID 83467