| (3) Provide linkage with local conservation | organizations, volunteer groups and advisory groups; |
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| (4) Enhance enforcement of trespass, dumping and | property damage violations; |
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| (5) Provide educational materials and signs; |
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| (6) Coordinate with other related landowner relations | activities, including Landowner Recognition Day; and |
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| (7) Encourage landowners who allow access to their | property only with permission to conspicuously post | signs on the property indicating the name and address | of the owner or other person with authority to grant | permission; and |
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| B. A program called the Sport Hunter Program. The Sport | Hunter Program is established to combat disrespect and | misconduct and to improve the hunter's image through | landowner relations, coordination with hunter safety | programs and conservation ethics. Three Four dollars of | each $15 $20 collected under subsection 3 is dedicated to | the Sport Hunter Program. |
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| The Support Landowners Program and the Sport Hunter Program must | operate within the department and must be implemented no later | than January 1, 1996. |
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| | Sec. 30. 12 MRSA §10108, sub-§§10 and 11 are enacted to read: |
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| | 10.__Becoming an Outdoors Woman.__The Becoming an Outdoors | Woman program is established in the department to encourage women | to participate in hunting, fishing and other outdoor activities | within the State.__The commissioner may sponsor Becoming an | Outdoors Woman events, establish appropriate fees for | participation and accept money, goods and services donated to the | department for the Becoming an Outdoors Woman program. |
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| | 11.__Coyote control program.__Pursuant to section 10053, | subsection 8, the commissioner shall maintain a coyote control | program as follows. |
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| A.__The commissioner may employ qualified persons to serve as | agents of the department for purposes of coyote control. These | agents must be trained by the department in animal damage control | techniques and must be utilized by the department to perform | coyote control duties in areas where predation by coyotes is | posing a threat to deer or other |
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