Walk In Access (WIA)
**2023 Sign up is currently happening now through May 1st, Please reach out if you are interested in signing up or wanting to re-enroll**
The State of MN has received federal funding to compensate landowners to open their habitat acres to public hunting. This is a cooperative effort by the MN Board of Water & Soil Resources, Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Pheasants Forever (PF) and Soil and Water Conservation Districts. Here are some of the highlights of this VOLUNTARY program:

- Targeted at lands already enrolled in federal or state conservation programs like CRP, CREP,
- RIM, WRP
- Minimum size of 40 acres
- Landowners afforded state protection from liability, unlike private leases
- Access during all open hunting seasons (including spring turkey season)
- DNR Conservation Officers responsible for any enforcement action
- Landowner payments are at a flat rate of $18/acre
- Signage to mark property boundaries is provided by the program
Learn more: Walk-In Access (WIA) Program | Minnesota DNR (state.mn.us)
For more information on this voluntary program, please call the Kandiyohi SWCD.