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3 OFW Canyon Access Initiative – In 2015, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission began working with the National Wild Turkey Federation to offer increased access to the Loess Canyons region. This area in Lincoln County is a biologically unique landscape that provides optimal habitat for turkey, mule deer, and elk hunting. This program will enroll 8,825 acres for hunting access for the 2015-2016 hunting season. If you hunt one of these sites, call Adam Kester at the North Platte Game and Parks office (308-535-8025) and let him know how you did. OFW Canyon Access Initiative sites are located on Map Sheet 19. OFW Small Grain Stubble Access Program – This fall, hunters can find OFW sites consisting of milo or wheat stubble. This stubble is left taller after harvest as it has been shown to provide multiple benefits to wildlife from late summer through the harsh winter. With that, these areas have the opportunity to provide great hunting for pheasants, quail and other wildlife. Check the online version of the Public Access Atlas after Oct. 20 to find these sites illustrated in light purple by visiting OutdoorNebraska.org. See Other Programs – Small Grain Stubble Management Program (on page 3) to learn more about this program. The following map sheets in the Public Access Atlas may have these stubble hunting opportunities: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 32, and 38. If you hunt one of these stubble fields, call T.J. Walker at the North Platte Game and Parks office (308-535-8025) and let him know how you did. OTHER PROGRAMS Focus on Pheasants – Focus on Pheasants (FOP) is a grassland habitat initiative that creates public and private land focus areas for targeted habitat management. The goal is to demonstrate the value of diversified grasslands in supporting pheasant populations throughout the year. Management techniques include setting back plant succession through combinations of disking, herbicide use, prescribed burning, grazing, haying, and interseeding of alfalfa, clover and wildflowers, along with other habitat improvements including managing small grain stubble. Landowners in focus areas may receive incentives for enrollment in the program. For more information on FOP, contact Jake Holt at 402-471-5413. Small Grain Stubble Management Program – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission and several partnering agencies and organizations are offering incentives to landowners to leave taller wheat and milo stubble in place through April 1 of next year. The tall stubble program is being offered in eight Natural Resources Districts (NRDs) located in the southern and western portions of Nebraska (stretching from the Harlan County Lake area to the Pine Ridge near Chadron). Similar incentives are also being offered in the Southwest (Hitchcock, Hayes, Red Willow and Frontier counties) and South-central (Harlan and Furnas) Focus on Pheasants areas.