State owned hunting land

[Bob Peters]

I was wondering if state owned land, wma/gpa ever gets sold off? Such as the state sells a piece of land to a private party. I had an acquaintance tell me once that some public land he hunted as a kid was gone now and it's all houses. Of course this anecdote I didn't get a specific mention of what type of public land it was. I'm assuming that there is zero associated costs to the gov't for owning a wma. I wouldn't think they would have to pay taxes on it. Of course there is a cost with habitat management on state land, but that is optional. I suppose I could pose the same questions concerning federal land, but there's so many different types it might get confusing.

 

[benelli-banger]

They can swap it, but I believe total acreage has to stay the same or possibly increase?

 

[Alaskan swamp collies]

I think in ND the state pays property taxes on state owned land to the county. That is for state owned land not wpa's

 

[A5 Sweet 16]

In the areas I'm familiar with in SD, I can't recall any State Game Production Areas disappearing. I know of a few that've been created though. It doesn't happen often, but I think it's common for the land to be donated to the State or sold at a crazy low price. I think.

 

[captainshotgun]

Imho it depends on the state. The state of Michigan has land for sale every year