2022-2023 Station-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Proposed Rule

The 2022-2023 Station-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Proposed Rule includes changes at the following national wildlife refuges.

 

California

• San Diego National Wildlife Refuge: Open dove, quail, rabbit, and mule deer hunting for the first time.

Indiana

• Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge: Expand existing migratory bird, upland game, and big game hunting and sport fishing to new acres.

Illinois

• Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge: Expand existing migratory bird hunting to new acres.

Maine/New York

• Great Thicket National Wildlife Refuge: Open migratory bird, upland game, and big game hunting for the first time.

Maine

• Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge: Open turkey hunting and close existing quail and pheasant hunting.

Maryland

• Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge: Open coyote hunting on acres already open to other hunting and expand existing migratory bird and big game hunting to new acres.
• Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge: Open coyote hunting and expand existing big game hunting.
• Patuxent Research Refuge: Open turkey hunting on acres already open to other hunting and expand existing migratory game bird, upland game, and big game hunting.

New York

• Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge: Open black bear and turkey hunting and expand existing white-tailed deer hunting to new acres.

Oregon

• Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge: Expand existing waterfowl hunting opportunities to new acres.

Pennsylvania

• Erie National Wildlife Refuge: Open mute swan, feral hog, weasel, and porcupine hunting and expand existing sport fishing to new acres.

Rhode Island

• Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge: Open coyote, fox, and white-tailed deer hunting for the first time.

South Carolina

• Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge: Expand methods of take to include crossbow for archery white-tailed deer hunting.

Virginia

• Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge: Open upland game and turkey hunting on new acres and acres already open to other hunting and expand existing big game and waterfowl hunting.
• James River National Wildlife Refuge: Open migratory bird hunting.
• Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge: Open waterfowl hunting on acres already open to other hunting.
• Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge: Open migratory game bird and upland game hunting for the first time.

Washington

• Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge: Open turkey hunting for the first time.

West Virginia

• Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge: Expand existing big game hunting to new acres.