R657-37-4. Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit Management Plan

  (1)(a) The landowner association shall manage the CWMU in compliance with a CWMU Management Plan approved by the division.

  (b) The CWMU management plan shall be consistent with statewide and unit management objectives for the respective species hunted on the CWMU.

  (2)(a) The CWMU Management Plan shall be completed as part of the certificate of registration application and renewal processes.

  (b) If approved by the Wildlife Board, the CWMU management plan is incorporated into the CWMU's certificate of registration.

  (c) Amendments to the CWMU Management Plan may be requested by the Wildlife Board, the division, or the CWMU landowner association operator or president, and may result in an amendment to the certificate of registration, consistent with R657-37-5.5.

  (3)(a) The CWMU Management Plan must include:

  (i) species management objectives for the CWMU that are consistent with statewide and unit management objectives for the respective big game or turkey management unit;

  (ii) antlerless harvest objectives;

  (iii) dates that the general public with buck or bull CWMU permits will be allowed to hunt;

  (iv) a detailed explanation of how comparable hunting opportunities will be provided to both the private and public permit holders on the CWMU as required in Section 23-23-7.5;

  (v) an explanation of the purpose for including public land within the CWMU boundaries, if public land is included;

  (vi) an explanation of how the public is compensated by the CWMU when public land is included;

  (vii) rules and guidelines used to regulate a permit holder's conduct as a guest on the CWMU;

  (viii) County Recorder Plat Maps or equivalent maps depicting boundaries and ownership for all property within the CWMU;

  (ix) two original 1:100,000 USGS maps depicting all interior and exterior boundaries of the proposed CWMU;

  (x) strategies and methods that avoid, mitigate, and if necessary compensate for adverse impacts to adjacent landowners and lessees resulting from the operation of the CWMU;

  (xi) strategies and methods that avoid, mitigate, and if necessary compensate for adverse impacts to agricultural lessees within and adjacent to the CWMU;

  (xii) identification of areas within the CWMU that are closed to hunting by both public and private hunters;

  (xiii) any request for reciprocal agreements.

  (b) The division shall review all CWMU Management Plans and make recommendations to the Wildlife Board.

  (4)(a) CWMU operators are required to complete a CWMU training session provided by the division on an annual basis.

  (b) Failure to complete the CWMU training session may result in the CWMU operator being referred to the CWMU Advisory Committee described in R657-37-15 or may result in administrative action taken against a certificate of registration as described in R657-37-14.