Legal precedent for this was set in 1977, when the MescaleroApache Tribe of New Mexico, seeking to replace dwindling timber harvesting revenues from their 185, 000-hectare reservation, began selling hunting licenses with terms more liberal than the state's.
Legal precedent for this was set in 1977, when the MescaleroApache Tribe of New Mexico, seeking to replace dwindling timber harvesting revenues from their 460, 000-acre reservation, began selling hunting licenses with terms more liberal than the state's.