6 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission • 2016 Annual Report
FISH AND WILDLIFE
B E R G G R E N P L A N
In April, Game and Parks approved the Berggren Plan, a
comprehensive five-year initiative aimed at improving the pheasant
hunting experience in Nebraska. The plan, named after late
Commissioner Lynn Berggren of Broken Bow, will work to:
●
increase pheasant abundance,
●
increase hunter access to land holding pheasants,
●
increase numbers of potential pheasant hunters, and
●
manage hunter expectations appropriately.
The Plan will consider all manageable aspects of the pheasant
hunting experience. Improving upland gamebird habitat and increasing
hunter access are
the cornerstone
activities identified
in the Plan and
these efforts will
be concentrated in
areas where it will
be most effective.
Staff prioritized
and developed
habitat goals on
17 public wildlife
management areas
and within the eight private
Focus on Pheasant (FOP)
and Pheasant Opportunity
Areas (POA) and have begun
implementation of the Plan.
On private lands, area-specific
landowner incentives were
developed within each of
the areas to improve habitat
and increase public access.
Promotion of Game and
Parks' public access programs
and new enrollments in
the Open Fields and Waters
(OFW) program were targeted
COMMISSIONER
LYNN
BERRGREN
HUNTING
PHEASANTS
IN
2015
