The commission may contract with the owners of all tracts of land acquired or accepted under reforestation projects within the state for the establishment and maintenance of wildlife refuges, wildlife management areas, public hunting grounds, upland game preserves, or wildlife sanctuaries on such lands, providing that after such land has been selected and the contract entered into, notice describing the land by section, township, and range and advising that the land has been set aside as a wildlife refuge, wildlife management area, a public hunting ground, upland game preserves, or wildlife sanctuaries shall be published as provided in R.S. 56:783.
La. R.S. § 56:784