1. (1) The division shall submit a draft management plan to the Resource Development Coordinating Committee created in Section 63L-11-401 and the Habitat Council created by the division for their review and recommendations.

2. (2) The division shall submit a draft management plan and any recommendations received from the Resource Development Coordinating Committee and the Habitat Council to:

   1. (a) the regional advisory council for the wildlife region in which the lands covered by the management plan are located; and
   2. (b) the regional advisory council for a wildlife region that may be affected by the management plan.
3. (3) A regional advisory council reviewing a draft management plan may make recommendations to the director.
4. (4) The director may adopt the management plan, adopt the management plan with amendments, or reject the management plan.

5. (5)

   1. (a) At the request of the director or a member of the Wildlife Board, the Wildlife Board may review a management plan to determine whether the plan is consistent with Wildlife Board policies.
   2. (b) The director may amend a management plan in accordance with recommendations made by the Wildlife Board.
6. (6) Neither the division nor the director may permanently close a road within a wildlife management area as part of a management plan without coordinating with the county legislative body within which the wildlife management area is located.

7. (7)

   1. (a) The division shall record with the county in which the wildlife management area is located any road on or across the wildlife management area before the sale or exchange of a wildlife management area.
   2. (b) The sale or exchange of any portion of a wildlife management area is subject to the public access rights existing at the time of the sale or exchange.

Amended by Chapter 200, 2026 General Session