Just to make it clear at the commencement of the 2014 hunting season, everything you as a
hunter and you as a
leaseholder, need to know can be found per the following links.
“In 2003, the Alberta Government clarified the rules for recreational and exploration access on agricultural dispositions issued under the Public Lands Act, including grazing leases and farm development leases. The legislation balances the needs of the leaseholders to protect the land and livestock from harm with the rights of the recreational users for reasonable access. The legislation also includes a process for addressing exploration disputes. The new rules encourage communication, co-operation and respect.”
Link to Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development - Recreational on Agricultural Public Land
http://esrd.alberta.ca/recreation-pu...d/default.aspx
Link to the Recreational Access on Agricultural Public Land and Access Condition Information interactive map:
https://maps.srd.alberta.ca/RecAcces...ewer=RecAccess
So, as a leaseholder, know what you can and cannot do! If you don’t like what your terms are, sorry, talk to government about your lease terms to see if they will entertain a change. Also, please check terms of your lease for recreational access so that educate yourself on what it says and to ensure that the most up to date information is associated to your lease (most of time, I find that the leaseholder doesn’t even know what is stated on the web for their lease).
And, as a hunter, please respect the terms to accessing agricultural public land for recreational purposes and do your due diligence by following the terms as set out in the lease agreements.
If everyone does these two little things, there shouldn’t be any issues.
And.. remember, you don’t own the land, you simply lease it from the public (which means you, me, and every other tax paying citizen of this great Nation)!