FWP Open Fields enrollment is now open

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2017

Contact: Greg Lemon,

406-444-3051, glemon@mt.gov

It’s time for landowners to enroll in the state-sponsored “Open Fields for Game Bird Hunters.”

The voluntary program, offered through Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ Upland Game Bird Enhancement Program, is available to private landowners who have a minimum of two years left on their federal Conservation Reserve Program contract or are enrolling new lands into CRP. Nearly 60,000 acres have been enrolled in Open Fields since 2012.

Participating landowners receive $5 per-acre each year the land is enrolled in C...