(a) The Department may acquire, by purchase, lease, condemnation, or gift, title or control of any area of land or water in the State suitable to protect, propagate, or manage wildlife or for hunting purposes. The area of land or water shall be known as a wildlife management area. Any area of land or water greater […]
(a) The title to any land or water acquired by purchase, gift, or condemnation shall be taken in the name of the State for the Department’s use. The entire control of the area of land and water shall be under the State’s direction. (b) The Secretary may expend from the State Wildlife Management and Protection Fund any […]
(a) If the Department considers it in the State’s best interests and the Governor consents, the Department may exchange any area of land or water or part the Department owns together with any improvement on the area of land or water for any privately owned area of land or water equal to or greater in value […]
(a) An acquired area of land or water may be used to create and maintain State wildlife refuges, for wildlife management, and hunting grounds as the Department deems advisable for hunting grounds. (b) (1) The Department may cut and remove and sell or permit the cutting and removing and selling of timber on lands to which title has […]
(a) The Department, in order to protect and propagate wildlife, may establish and maintain State wildlife refuges where wildlife may not be hunted, disturbed, or molested at any time. Upon the consent of the Governor and the superintendent in charge of any area of federally owned or State-owned land or water, the Department may locate a […]
(a) If a person who owns or controls any suitable area of land or water desires to have the area of land or water set aside for a refuge, the person may apply to the Department, giving a description of the area of land or water including a specific location, map, or sketch showing an outline […]
(a) A person may not enter in any manner on any State wildlife refuge without the consent of the Department or person in charge of the area of land or water. (b) (1) A person may not allow any dog, domestic stock, or poultry to enter in any manner on any State-owned wildlife refuge. (2) The Department may grant […]
The Department may adopt and post rules and regulations for the proper use and administration of any State land or water the Department controls or owns.
