Mountain Goat Subsistence Harvest Closes

The subsistence hunting season for mountain goat on Federal public lands in game area RG 249 in Prince William Sound has been closed. The area includes that portion of sub-unit 6D east of Columbia Glacier; north of Valdez Arm and west of Port Valdez; Shoup Bay and Shoup Glacier.

The Federal Subsistence Board closed the season because the maximum allowable subsistence harvest published in the Federal subsistence management regulations for the 1994-95 season has been met. The season was scheduled to close January 31, 1995 had the quota not been met.

Information on the closed area is available from the Forest Service, Cordova Ranger District, at (907) 424-7661. Subsistence harvesters may also contact the Office of Subsistence Management in Anchorage at (907) 786-3888 or 1-800-478-1456 toll free. Hearing impaired may call (907) 786-3487.

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