A program to match outdoor enthusiasts with private landowners for outdoor recreational experiences.  This innovative concept is designed to increase the public's outdoor recreational opportunities by facilitating access to private lands.

The program is available in the west central Illinois area of Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Pike, Scott, Greene, and Schuyler counties.  This area is the home to a host of outdoor resources - over 400,000 acres of woodland, hundreds of miles of streams, over 1,000 farm ponds and some of Illinois most generous populations of wildlife.

Although this area is known nationally for the large whitetail deer and bow hunting is the most popular outdoor activity, there are many other non-hunting activities that are available - such as camping, hiking, biking, fishing, bird watching, photography, etc.

People wanting to hunt, hike, camp, bird watch, take pictures, fish, or pursue other outdoor activities, complete an application and submit a membership fee to the Access Illinois Outdoors office.  The Access program members rank the counties on their application in which they wish to pursue the various outdoor activities.  These applications, upon receipt in the Access office, are given to a field coordinator who will assist the Access member in making the access arrangements with the land owner for both hunting and or non-hunting activities.  Access members must realize that in most situations, land owners will request a fee to access their property.  This fee is in addition to the program administrative fee paid to the Access Illinois Outdoors / Two Rivers. 

Land owners wishing to enroll their land complete a similar application and send to the Access office.  After the field coordinators receive copies of the land owner applications for their region, they visit each farm to get acquainted with the land owner, the resources, and facilities available on the farm.

For the non-hunting uses, the coordinator will assist in making necessary arrangements. 

Land Owner and Land User applications are available upon request from the Access Illinois Outdoors / Two Rivers office.

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