- Business Resources
- Agritourism
- Bed and Breakfasts
- Business Planning
- Bird Watching
- Conservation Easements
- Corn Mazes
- Cost Share Programs
- Farmers Markets
- Fee Fishing
- Financial Considerations
- Heritage Tourism
- Hunting Leases
- Legal Issues
- Marketing Your Business
- Mushroom Production
- Pine Straw
- Timber Management
- Trail Riding & Nature Trails
- Wildlife Watching
- Wildlife Management
- Backyard Habitat
- Bobwhite Quail
- Eastern Cottontail Rabbit
- Field Borders
- Louisiana Black Bear
- Mourning Doves
- Nongame Birds
- Tree Squirrels
- Warm Season Grasses
- Waterfowl
- Wetlands
- White-tailed Deer
- Wild Turkey
- Wildlife Foods
- Demonstration Areas
- Ames Plantation
- Charleston Farms
- Dove Fields
- Demonstration Pond
- Holly Springs
- Newton
- Pennington Seed
Business Resources: Legal and Liability Issues
Business owners who allow their land to be used for recreational purposes need to make sure that they reduce their liability . Part of that is clearly stating the rules and considering the safety of their customers to be of utmost importance. Liability insurance should also be purchased.
These resources have been compiled from various resources and agencies and are provided here for educational purposes only. Please if you find information that needs to be updated, broken links, or if you have an additional resource you feel is pertinent.
- Trespassers: Can't shoot 'em, but not responsible for 'em
Commentary by Mike Massey, published by The Clarion-Ledger, September 30, 2007. - Hunting Clubs and Landowners: Liability Issues and Hunting Leases
Massey, Higginbotham, and Vise, P.A. Attorneys and Counselors at Law.
This publication provides information on legal issues such as dealing with trespassers, people with licenses that come onto the property, and people that are invited to hunt on the property. Liability concerns for hunting clubs is also discussed with examples of law suits that hunting clubs were involved with. The publication provides ways to avoid liability issues such as incorporating the hunting club, purchasing insurance, waivers, creating rules and make safety a top priority. Types of leases, their terms and benefits of leasing are also given.
- Listing of Liability Insurance Providers in the Southeast
- Mississippi Forestry Association's liability insurance brochure
- Business.gov - The official business link to the U.S. government
- Questions on Potential Landowner Liability for Recreational Use in Georgia
Georgia Environmental Policy Institute. This publication contains information on the Recreational Property Act, the Uniform Conservation Act, Scenic Trails Act and the Equine Activities Liability Act. It discusses the rules and regulations of each act including when landowners are protected from liability if a person using their land is injured and when they are not protected. - Landowner Liability in Fee-Hunting Enterprises
1996. Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Lee Stribling - Interactions of Hunters and Landowners: Working Together to Provide Management Services and Recreational Opportunities
Jonathan S. Kays Regional Extension Specialist - Natural Resources University of Maryland Cooperative Extension - A Landowner's Guide to Working with Recreationalists
Edwin J. Jones and Peter T Bromley. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
Special Event Liability Insurance
More family farms are providing unique, educational, family oriented tourism opportunities in addition to typical farm activities. Whether you conduct tours around your farm, offer birthday parties, operate a corn maze, manage a u-pick operation or hunting or fishing enterprise, you are giving those people who live the urban lifestyle an opportunity to experience life on a family farm.
If you are considering adding a fee-based activity such
as hunting, angling, a u-pick operation, a corn maze, a
pumpkin patch, a petting zoo, or other natural-resource
based recreational activity, it is vital that you obtain
adequate insurance coverage.
The number one risk associated with non-traditional
fee-based agriculture activities is insurance, or the lack
of the right kind of insurance.
Agritourism operations require a different type of coverage called Special Events Liability Insurance and may not be provided by your local insurance agent. It is often hard to locate, expensive and comes with no guarantee of future renewal. Special Event Liability Insurance is designed for fee-based activities to protect you and the farm in case of an accident. Read the full article.
Mississippi State University • Mississippi State University Extension Service • MSU-ES Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Forest and Wildlife Research Center • Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station
