BOZEMAN — When it comes to hunting on private land, the numbers are staggering: 6.8 million acres in Block Management, or a little more than the size of Massachusetts. And almost the state of Rhode Island in upland game bird enhancement, private land — 700,000 acres.

Morgan Jacobsen from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks emphasizes the importance of these partnerships.

"We're grateful that we have this Block Management program and the Upland Gamebird Enhancement program in Montana that facilitate partnerships like this, and without it things would not be the same and you know a lot of states they don't enjoy what we have in Montana when it comes to partnerships with private landowners in the volume that we have here," Jacobsen said.

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