Resolution

WHEREAS agricultural producers are reporting more instances of wildlife damage to fences, crops, and other property due to increasing populations of elk, deer, and other wildlife species;

WHEREAS Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation administers the Wildlife Damage Compensation Program and has data to show where problems are occurring;

WHEREAS other jurisdictions, including Alberta and Manitoba, offer designated big game tags to landowners that are restricted for use on their property;

BE IT RESOLVED that APAS request the Ministry of Environment to provide special hunting licenses for Saskatchewan-based landowners/producers and work with Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation to base tag allocation on the number of wildlife damage claims that are reported in the hunting zones.