Sporting heritage council.

(1) The sporting heritage council shall study, and provide advice and make recommendations to the governor, the natural resources board, and the legislature about, issues relating to hunting, trapping, fishing, and other types of outdoor recreation activities including all of the following:

(a) Ways to improve the recruitment and retention of hunters, trappers, and anglers.

(b) Ways to improve the management and protection of the natural resources of this state for the purposes of hunting, trapping, fishing, and other types of outdoor recreation activities.

(c) Ways to encourage youth to participate in outdoor recreation activities, including ways to implement outdoor recreation programs for youth.

(d) Ways to improve access to public and private land for hunting, trapping, fishing, and other types of outdoor recreation activities.

(e) Ways to improve public access to lakes.

(f) Ways to increase the availability of public shooting ranges.

(2) The sporting heritage council shall prepare a biennial report on the status of the recruitment and retention of hunters, trappers, and anglers in this state. The sporting heritage council shall submit its initial report under this subsection no later than July 1, 2014, and shall submit subsequent reports no later than July 1 of each even-numbered year thereafter, to the governor, to the chairperson of the natural resources board, and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3) .

History: 2011 a. 168 .