The DNR’s Community Hunting Access Program (CHAP) is now taking applications for funding for the 2019 hunting season through March 31.

Parks, homeowners associations, and other land-managing entities are eligible to apply. If selected, community partners will be awarded financial assistance to help them manage a deer hunt during the regulated deer-hunting seasons.

CHAP allows for community partner oversight and the flexibility to determine when and where managed hunts occur. The program provides a practical and economical method for reducing deer numbers and balancing ecological and societal needs.

“Participating in the CHAP program has been a great option for us as a community,” said Rick Normington, member of the Cordry-Sweetwater Conservancy District. “The efforts of our hunt coordinator helped us make great strides in balancing our deer numbers.”

More information and how to apply is at wildlife.in.gov/9420.htm.

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Media contact: Megan Dillon, south urban biologist, DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife, 765-490-2679, mdillon@dnr.IN.gov.