H.B. 1122 - Summary

• Adds new definition of "cooperative resource management" as a process for managing public resources that actively involves stakeholders with interests in recreation, hunting, or gathering

• Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to manage state wildlife using cooperative resource management strategies that include traditional, recreational, and culturally dependent resource users and stakeholders

• Prohibits DLNR from closing existing game management areas, wildlife sanctuaries, or public hunting areas unless the department provides findings based on scientific data spanning at least one year and notifies the Game Management Advisory Commission

• Takes effect on July 1, 2050