# National Wildlife Refuge System; 2025-2026 Station-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule. · Published 2025-08-28 · Effective 2025-08-27 · 90 FR 41900
## Document
- **Document number:** 2025-16440
- **Category:** wildlife-refuge
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 90 FR 41900
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 32
- **Publication date:** 2025-08-28
- **Effective date:** 2025-08-27
- **Interior docket:** Docket No. FWS-HQ-NWRS-2025-0031
## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), open or expand hunting or sport fishing opportunities on 16 National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) stations and 1 National Fish Hatchery System (NFHS) station. This includes inaugural hunting opportunities at Southern Maryland Woodlands National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), the newest addition to the NWRS, and the formal opening of hunting opportunities at Grasslands Wildlife Management Area (WMA), as well as inaugural sport fishing at North Attleboro National Fish Hatchery (NFH). These actions open or expand 42 opportunities for hunting and fishing across more than 87,000 acres of Service-managed lands and waters. We also make administrative changes to existing station-specific regulations to improve the clarity and accuracy of regulations, reduce the regulatory burden on the public, and comply with a Presidential mandate for plain- language standards.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/28/2025-16440/national-wildlife-refuge-system-2025-2026-station-specific-hunting-and-sport-fishing-regulations)
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