Hunters have limited access to public hunting in California. The lands developed through this project in the Imperial Valley provide hunters with opportunities to hunt migratory and resident upland game birds. Specifically, the Imperial Valley provides hunting opportunities for the Los Angeles and San Diego populations, two of the 3 most populated regions in the state. This program will provide public hunting access consistent with the legislative intent of the Upland Game Bird account. All of the lands that are part of the project are open to the public for hunting opportunities from September 1 through January 31.
The objective of this project is to implement upland gamebird food crops on 262 acres that will be planted and available for hunting, an additional approximately 1,600 acres will also be available to access for hunting, providing a total of more than 1800 acres of hunting opportunity. The applicant will coordinate with both the CDFW and the Imperial County Fish and Game Commission to promote the use of these fields by public hunters.
Desert Wildlife Unlimited enters into lease agreements with landowners in the northern Imperial Valley to provide public hunting opportunities. A subset of land parcels will be seeded with various upland game bird crops and flailed to liberate food grains for mourning and white-winged doves as well as resident game birds.