§ 11-0501. Fish and wildlife management practices cooperative program.\n 1. Purpose.\n The cooperative program provided in this section is authorized for the\npurpose of obtaining on the privately owned or leased lands and waters\nof the state practices of fish and wildlife management which will\npreserve and develop the fish and wildlife resources of the state and\nimprove access to them for recreational purposes by the people of the\nstate.\n 2. Definitions.\n a. "Fish and wildlife management" means management of either fish or\nwildlife, or both.\n b. "Region" means a fish and wildlife management region established as\nprovided in subdivision 3.\n c. "Regional board" means a board constituted as provided in\nsubdivision 4. "State board" means the board constituted as provided in\nsubdivision 5.\n d. "Cooperator" means a person with whom an agreement is made as\nprovided in subdivision 9.\n e. "Regional supervisor for natural resources" means the employee of\nthe department bearing that title in each region.\n f. "Department", "commissioner", "fish" and "wildlife" have the\nmeanings stated in section 11-0103.\n 3. Fish and wildlife management regions.\n The commissioner shall establish not to exceed fifteen fish and\nwildlife management regions of one or more counties each, which shall\ninclude all counties of the state not wholly included within a city.\n 4. Regional fish and wildlife management boards.\n a. A regional fish and wildlife management board shall be appointed in\neach of the regions established under subdivision 3 of this section.\nSuch regional board shall consist of three members from each county\nwithin the region which has appointed its members. In each county, one\nmember shall be a member of or represent the board of supervisors or\ncounty legislative body, one member shall represent the landowners of\nthe county and one member shall represent the sportsmen of the county.\nSuch members from each county shall be appointed by the chairman of the\nboard of supervisors of such county with the approval of the board of\nsupervisors, except that in a county having a county president, a county\nexecutive or other chief executive officer, the chief executive officer\nshall appoint the members representing such county with the approval of\nthe board of supervisors of such county. In a county having an elected\nlegislative body the presiding officer shall appoint the members\nrepresenting such county with the approval of the legislative body. If\nthere is no presiding officer then the members representing such county\nshall be appointed by the legislative body as a whole. If a member of\nthe board of supervisors or legislative body is not available to\nactively participate on the fish and wildlife management board, a\nrepresentative shall be selected who is an elected county official or\nwho is employed by the county government in a position having\nadministrative or managerial authority. A landowner representative must\nactually reside upon rural lands within the county and actually be\nengaged in the operation of such lands for production of agricultural\ncommodities or forest products. If a landowner representative with such\nqualifications is not available to actively participate on the fish and\nwildlife management board, a representative may be appointed who has\nbeen for at least five of the past ten years, before commencing his\nfirst term in any series of consecutive terms, engaged in such operation\nof rural lands, and who resides within the county he represents. If no\nlandowner representative with either of these qualifications is\navailable to actively participate on the fish and wildlife management\nboard a representative may be appointed who is a resource manager\nengaged in such operations on rural lands, and designated by the\ncorporate owner of those lands to represent the landowner's agricultural\nor silvicultural interests. In the case of certain counties designated\nby the full stat
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