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MAPLand Act Would Put Public Land Access into the Digital Age

by TBC Press on 03/20/20

MAPLand Act Would Put Public Land Access into the Digital Age Less than 15 percent of Forest Service easements are digitized. That might change soon making it easier to find hunting access..

For today’s hunters and anglers, the GPS has become an omnipresent tool not only for orienteering, but for finding access to public lands and waters in the first place. A bill recently introduced in Congress could make computerized tools even more effective in unlocking hunting and fishing spots. Americans own 640 million acres of federal public land – national parks, national forests, wildlife refuges and Bureau of Land Management ground. These lands provide invaluable opportunities for hunting, fishing, camping and the like. However... READ MORE

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