2021-2022 Station-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations
wildlife-refuge · US Fish and Wildlife Service · Published 2021-08-31 · Effective 2021-08-31 · 86 FR 48822
Document
Document number
2021-18426
Federal Register citation
86 FR 48822
CFR reference
50 CFR 32
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
wildlife-refuge
Sub-agency
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication date
2021-08-31
Effective date
2021-08-31
Interior docket
Docket No. FWS-HQ-NWRS-2021-0027
Abstract
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), open, for the first time, seven National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs) that are currently closed to hunting and sport fishing. In addition, we open or expand hunting and sport fishing at 81 other NWRs, and add pertinent station-specific regulations for other NWRs that pertain to migratory game bird hunting, upland game hunting, big game hunting, and sport fishing for the 2021-2022 season. We also open hunting or sport fishing on one unit of the National Fish Hatchery System (NFH). We add pertinent station-specific regulations that pertain to migratory game bird hunting, upland game hunting, big game hunting, and sport fishing at this NFH for the 2021-2022 season. Finally, we make regulatory changes to existing station-specific regulations in order to reduce the regulatory burden on the public, increase access for hunters and anglers on Service lands and waters, and comply with a Presidential mandate for plain language standards.