The Wildlife Board approved new space as part of the Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit program. This DWR program allocates hunting permits to private landowners who then provide hunting opportunities to public and private hunters for a variety of wildlife species. The CWMU program in Utah has opened more than 2 million acres of private land to the public for hunting, including space in the Uintah Basin. The program provides an incentive to landowners to maintain their land as open spaces, improve the areas that serve as wildlife habitat and work with the DWR to manage for increased wildlife populations. There are now 132 CWMUs, 466 public permits, and 2,858 private permits.
