Transcript Cloquet Pulp Mill Modernization and Expansion Project

Hunting Lease Program
(and ATV use)
Ed Patrias
Land Lease Manager
10/4/04
Potlatch Corporation
Minnesota Resource
Management Division
• Organizational Change – Less manufacturing,
more resource management
• Improved Environmental Performance - EMS
implementation (ISO 14001 and SFI Certified)
• Grow the Property Portfolio business segment
• Exploring opportunities to grow the business
Potlatch
Exploring opportunities to grow the business
– Land Sale Auctions
– Conservation Easements
– Hunting Lease Program
Hunting Lease Program
• Generate Revenue
• Protect Resource
• Safety
Hunting Lease Program
Generate Revenue
• RMD is a Profit Center
- helps cover costs
reforestation
taxes
• Working Forest
Hunting Lease Program
Protect Resource
• Develop Formal Relationship with Users of Land
Base
- Reduce Damage (ATVs, 4X4s, garbage, etc.)
- Report Problems
Timber Damage
Road Damage
Garbage
Hunting Lease Program
WHY PEOPLE LEASE: (survey results)
1. Certainty of a Place to Hunt
2. Hunter Safety
3. Tired of Crowds
4. Other Recreational Opportunities
5. More Economical than Land Purchase
Customer Selection
Targeted Customers:
• Adjacent/Local Landowners
• Past Users
• Screening
• Potlatch foresters
• Phone interviews
• Crosscheck with DNR Enforcement
records
Tract Pricing
Two Programs
• Non-bid Tracts
• Presently – 96%
• Price set per tract
• Rates Based on Qualities of Parcel
• Bid Tracts - 2005
• Small % (19 tracts)
• Unique Attributes
Wildlife Management
Opportunities
Customer Interest
• Food Plots (trails, logging roads & landings)
• Education
• CWD, Deer and Grouse Management, etc.
• Forkhorn Camps
Rules and Regulations
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LIMITS:
No buildings
No sub-leasing
No cutting of trees
No road or trail building
No deer feeding
No permanent deer stands in
trees
Deer Stands
Rules and Regulations
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ALLOWED:
Year around use; May 1st -April 30th
Free-standing deer stands (4’ x 6’)
Good neighbor policy
Camping
Posting of property
Posting Property
Rules and Regulations
ACCESS
• Primary access routes remain open to
public land
• Roads remain open for resource
management
Hunting Lease Program- History
• Prior to ’01 – fee base 330M acres open to
public use.
• ’01 – pilot program: 3 tracts – 280 acres
• ’02 – 56 tracts; 6,200 acres
• ’03 – 302 tracts; 34,000 acres
• ’04 – 659 tracts; 81,000 acres
• ’05 – continued growth
Hunting Lease Program
October 1, 2004 – 530 tracts advertised
www.pchhuntingleases.com
Questions?