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§ 32.1 - Opening of wildlife refuge areas to hunting.

The opening of a wildlife refuge area to hunting will be dependent upon the provisions of law applicable to the area and upon a determination by the Secretary that the opening of the area to the hunting of migratory game birds, upland game, or big game will be compatible with the principles of sound wildlife management and will otherwise be in the public interest. The opening or closing of wildlife refuge areas to hunting shall be in accordance with the rulemaking requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553). Lands acquired pursuant to the Act of May 18, 1948 (62 Stat. 238, 16 U.S.C. 695) will be opened to hunting only after it has been determined that the major portion of the crops in the vicinity of the area involved have been harvested, that the period of susceptibility of such crops to wildfowl depredation has passed, or that the possibility of these crops being damaged by waterfowl is minor. Lands acquired as “waterfowl production areas” shall annually be open to the hunting of migratory game birds, upland game, and big game subject to the provisions of State law and regulations and the pertinent provisions of parts 25 through 31 of this subchapter: Provided, That all forms of hunting or entry on all or any part of individual areas may be temporarily suspended by posting upon occasions of unusual or critical conditions of, or affecting land, water, vegetation, or wildlife populations.

§ 32.2 - What are the requirements for hunting on areas of the National Wildlife Refuge System?

The following provisions shall apply to each person while engaged in public hunting on areas of the National Wildlife Refuge System:

(a) Each person shall secure and possess the required State license.

(b) Each person 16 years of age and older shall secure and possess a Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp while hunting migratory waterfowl.

(c) Each person shall comply with the applicable provisions of Federal law and regulations including this subchapter and the current Federal Migratory Bird Regulations.

(d) Each person shall comply with the applicable provisions of the laws and regulations of the State wherein any area is located unless further restricted by Federal law or regulation.

(e) Each person shall comply with the terms and conditions authorizing access or use of wildlife refuges, including the terms and conditions under which hunting permits are issued.

(f) Each person must comply with the provisions of any refuge-specific regulations governing hunting on the wildlife refuge area. Regulations, special conditions, and maps of the hunting areas for a particular wildlife refuge are available at that area's headquarters. In addition, refuge-specific hunting regulations for migratory game bird, upland game, and big game hunting appear in §§ 32.20 through 32.72.

(g) The use of any drug on any arrow for bow hunting on national wildlife refuges is prohibited. Archers may not have arrows employing such drugs in their possession on any national wildlife refuge.

(h) The unauthorized distribution of bait and the hunting over bait is prohibited on wildlife refuge areas. (Baiting is authorized in accordance with State regulations on national wildlife refuges in Alaska).

(i) The use of nails, wire, screws or bolts to attach a stand to a tree, or hunting from a tree into which a metal object has been driven to support a hunter is prohibited on wildlife refuge areas.

(j) The use or possession of alcoholic beverages while hunting is prohibited.

(k) You may possess only approved nontoxic shot while in the field, which we identify in 50 CFR 20.21(j), while on Waterfowl Production Areas, or on certain other areas of the National Wildlife Refuge System as delineated on maps, leaflets and/or signs, available at each refuge headquarters or posted at each refuge, or as stated in refuge-specific regulations. Where we allow turkey and deer hunting, you may use slugs and shot containing lead to hunt these species unless prohibited by refuge-specific regulations and/or State law.

(l) The refuge-specific regulations (§ 32.20 through § 32.72) may include the items discussed in § 32.3(b). Refuge permits and brochures should also include those items and any special conditions allowed by paragraph (f) of this section.

[58 FR 5064, Jan. 19, 1993, as amended at 63 FR 46914, Sept. 3, 1998; 65 FR 30777, May 12, 2000; 67 FR 58943, Sept. 18, 2002; 81 FR 52271, Aug. 5, 2016; 82 FR 52010, Nov. 9, 2017]

§ 32.3 - What are the procedures for publication of refuge-specific hunting regulations?

(a) Refuge-specific hunting regulations are issued only at the time of or after the determination and publication of the opening of a wildlife refuge area to migratory game bird, upland game or big game hunting.

(b) Refuge-specific hunting regulations may contain the following items:

(1) Wildlife species that may be hunted;

(2) Seasons;

(3) Bag limits;

(4) Methods of hunting;

(5) Description of areas open to hunting; or

(6) Other provisions as required.

(c) Refuge-specific hunting regulations will not liberalize existing State laws or regulations.

(d) Refuge-specific hunting regulations are subject to change and the public is invited to submit suggestions and comments for consideration at any time.

(e) We initially publish refuge-specific hunting regulations in the daily issue of the Federal Register, and subsequently they appear in §§ 32.20 through 32.72, except that the refuge manager may adopt and issue relevant refuge-specific season dates and times after the State establishes its hunting seasons by publication through one or more of the methods identified in § 25.31 of this subchapter C.

(f) Refuge-specific hunting regulations may be amended or new conditions imposed at any time during the hunting season when unpredictable changes occur in wildlife populations, habitat conditions or in other factors affecting a refuge's wildlife resources. Changes in refuge-specific hunting regulations made under the conditions noted in this paragraph (f) can be in force only for the one season to which the changes apply.

[58 FR 5064, Jan. 19, 1993, as amended at 67 FR 58943, Sept. 18, 2002]

§ 32.4 - Opening of wildlife refuge areas to fishing.

Wildlife refuge areas may be opened to sport fishing only after a determination is made that this activity is compatible with the purposes for which the refuge was established. In addition, the sport fishing program must be consistent with principles of sound fishery management and otherwise be in the public interest. The opening or closing of wildlife refuge areas to fishing is subject to the rulemaking requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 551 et seq.). Lands acquired as “waterfowl production areas” are open to sport fishing subject to the provisions of State laws and regulations and the pertinent provisions of parts 25 through 31 of this subchapter: Provided, that fishing or entry on all or any part of individual areas may be temporarily suspended by posting upon occasions of unusual or critical conditions of, or affecting, land, water, vegetation or fish and wildlife populations.

§ 32.5 - What are the requirements for sportfishing on areas of the National Wildlife Refuge System?

The following provisions shall apply to each person while engaged in public sport fishing on a wildlife refuge area:

(a) Each person shall secure and possess the required State license.

(b) Each person shall comply with the applicable provisions of Federal law and regulation including this subchapter.

(c) Each person shall comply with the applicable provisions of the laws and regulations of the State wherein any area is located unless the same are further restricted by Federal law or regulation.

(d) Each person shall comply with the terms and conditions authorizing access and use of the wildlife refuge area.

(e) Each person must comply with the provisions of any refuge-specific regulation governing fishing on the wildlife refuge area. Regulations, special conditions, and maps of the fishing areas for a particular wildlife refuge are available at that area's headquarters. In addition, refuge-specific sport fishing regulations appear in §§ 32.20 through 32.72.

[58 FR 5064, Jan. 19, 1993, as amended at 67 FR 58943, Sept. 18, 2002]

§ 32.6 - What are the procedures for publication of refuge-specific sport fishing regulations?

(a) Refuge-specific fishing regulations are issued only at the time of or after the opening of a wildlife refuge area to sport fishing.

(b) Refuge-specific fishing regulations may contain the following items:

(1) Fish species that may be taken;

(2) Seasons;

(3) Creel limits;

(4) Methods of fishing;

(5) Description of areas open to fishing; or

(6) Other provisions as required.

(c) Refuge-specific fishing regulations will not liberalize existing State laws or regulations.

(d) Refuge-specific fishing regulations are subject to change and the public is invited to submit suggestions and comments for consideration at any time.

(e) We initially publish refuge-specific sport fishing regulations in the daily issue of the Federal Register, and subsequently they appear in §§ 32.20 through 32.72.

(f) Refuge-specific fishing regulations may be amended as needed when unpredictable changes occur in fish and wildlife populations, habitat conditions or in other factors affecting a refuge's fish and wildlife resources.

[58 FR 5064, Jan. 19, 1993, as amended at 67 FR 58943, Sept. 18, 2002]

§ 32.7 - What refuge units are open to hunting and/or sport fishing?

Refuge units open to hunting and/or sport fishing in accordance with the provisions of this subpart and §§ 32.20 through 32.70, inclusive, are as follows:

(a) Alabama. (1) Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge.

(7) Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge.

(8) Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge.

(9) Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge.

(b) Alaska. (1) Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Becharof National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Innoko National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.

(7) Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge.

(8) Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.

(9) Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge.

(10) Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge.

(11) Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge.

(12) Salawik National Wildlife Refuge.

(13) Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge.

(14) Togiak National Wildlife Refuge.

(15) Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge.

(16) Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge.

(c) Arizona. (1) Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Cibola National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Havasu National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Imperial National Wildlife Refuge.

(7) Kofa National Wildlife Refuge.

(8) Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge.

(9) San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge.

(d) Arkansas. (1) Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Cache River National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge.

(7) Overflow National Wildlife Refuge.

(8) Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge.

(9) Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge.

(e) California. (1) Cibola National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Delevan National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Havasu National Wildlife Refuge.

(7) Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

(8) Imperial National Wildlife Refuge.

(9) Kern National Wildlife Refuge.

(10) Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge.

(11) Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuge.

(12) Merced National Wildlife Refuge.

(13) Modoc National Wildlife Refuge.

(14) Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge.

(15) Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge.

(16) Salinas River National Wildlife Refuge.

(17) San Diego National Wildlife Refuge.

(18) San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

(19) San Luis National Wildlife Refuge.

(20) San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

(21) Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge.

(22) Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge.

(23) Sutter National Wildlife Refuge.

(24) Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(f) Colorado. (1) Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Baca National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Rocky Mountain Arsenal.

(g) Connecticut. (1) Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge.

(h) Delaware. (1) Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge.

(i) Florida. (1) Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge.

(7) Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge.

(8) J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge.

(9) Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge.

(10) Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge.

(11) Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.

(12) Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge.

(13) Pinellas National Wildlife Refuge.

(14) St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge.

(15) St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge.

(16) Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge.

(j) Georgia. (1) Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

(7) Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge.

(8) Savannah National Wildlife Refuge.

(9) Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge.

(10) Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge.

(k) Hawaii. (1) Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Kakahaia National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge.

(l) Idaho. (1) Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Camas National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge.

(m) Illinois. (1) Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Great River National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge.

(7) Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge.

(8) Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge.

(9) Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge.

(10) Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge.

(11) Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge.

(12) Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge.

(n) Indiana. (1) Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge and Management Area

(o) Iowa. (1) De Soto National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Iowa Wetland Management District.

(4) Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge.

(7) Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge.

(8) Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge.

(p) Kansas. (1) Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Quivira National Wildlife Refuge.

(q) Kentucky. (1) Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge.

(r) Louisiana. (1) Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(7) Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge.

(8) Breton National Wildlife Refuge.

(9) Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge.

(10) Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge.

(11) Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge.

(12) D'Arbonne National Wildlife Refuge.

(13) Delta National Wildlife Refuge.

(14) Grand Cote National Wildlife Refuge.

(15) Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge.

(16) Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge.

(17) Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge.

(18) Red River National Wildlife Refuge.

(19) Sabine National Wildlife Refuge.

(20) Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge.

(21) Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge.

(s) Maine. (1) Franklin Island National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Great Thicket National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge.

(7) Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.

(8) Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge.

(t) Maryland. (1) Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Patuxent Research Refuge.

(u) Massachusetts. (1) Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge.

(7) Parker River National Wildlife Refuge.

(8) Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge.

(v) Michigan. (1) Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Harbor Island National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Kirtland's Warbler Wildlife Management Area.

(4) Michigan Wetland Management District.

(5) Seney National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge.

(w) Minnesota. (1) Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Big Stone Wetland Management District.

(4) Crane Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District.

(6) Fergus Falls Wetland Management District.

(7) Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge.

(8) Hamden Slough National Wildlife Refuge.

(9) Litchfield Wetland Management District.

(10) Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge.

(11) Minnesota Valley Wetland Management District.

(12) Morris Wetland Management District.

(13) Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge.

(14) Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(15) Rydell National Wildlife Refuge.

(16) Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge.

(17) Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge.

(18) Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge.

(19) Windom Wetland Management District.

(x) Mississippi. (1) Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Coldwater River National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Hillside National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Holt Collier National Wildlife Refuge.

(7) Mathews Brake National Wildlife Refuge.

(8) Morgan Brake National Wildlife Refuge.

(9) Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.

(10) Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge.

(11) St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge.

(12) Tallahatchie National Wildlife Refuge.

(13) Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge.

(y) Missouri. (1) Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Great River National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Mingo National Wildlife Refuge.

(7) Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(8) Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge.

(z) Montana. (1) Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Benton Lake Wetland Management District.

(3) Black Coulee National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Bowdoin Wetland Management District.

(6) Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge.

(7) Charles M. Russell Wetland Management District.

(8) Creedman Coulee National Wildlife Refuge.

(9) Hailstone National Wildlife Refuge.

(10) Hewitt Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(11) Lake Mason National Wildlife Refuge.

(12) Lake Thibadeau National Wildlife Refuge.

(13) Lamesteer National Wildlife Refuge.

(14) Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge.

(15) Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge.

(16) Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(17) Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge.

(18) Northeast Montana Wetland Management District.

(19) Northwest Montana Wetland Management District.

(20) Pablo National Wildlife Refuge.

(21) Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge.

(22) Swan River National Wildlife Refuge.

(23) UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge.

(24) War Horse National Wildlife Refuge.

(aa) Nebraska. (1) Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) John W. and Louise Seier National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) North Platte National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District.

(7) Valentine National Wildlife Refuge.

(bb) Nevada. (1) Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Desert National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Fallon National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge.

(7) Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge.

(cc) New Hampshire. (1) Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge.

(dd) New Jersey. (1) Cape May National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge.

(ee) New Mexico. (1) Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) San Andres National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge.

(ff) New York. (1) Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Great Thicket National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

(7) Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge.

(8) Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge.

(9) Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge.

(10) Wallkill National Wildlife Refuge.

(11) Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge.

(gg) North Carolina. (1) Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Currituck National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge.

(7) Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge.

(8) Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge.

(9) Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge.

(10) Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge.

(11) Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge.

(hh) North Dakota. (1) Appert Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Ardoch National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Arrowwood Wetland Management District.

(5) Audubon National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Audubon Wetland Management District.

(7) Bone Hill National Wildlife Refuge.

(8) Brumba National Wildlife Refuge.

(9) Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(10) Camp Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(11) Canefield Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(12) Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(13) Chase Lake Wetland Management District.

(14) Cottonwood Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(15) Crosby Wetland Management District.

(16) Dakota Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(17) Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge.

(18) Devils Lake Wetland Management District.

(19) Half Way Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(20) Hiddenwood Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(21) Hobart Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(22) Hutchinson Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(23) J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge.

(24) J. Clark Salyer Wetland Management District.

(25) Johnson Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(26) Kulm Wetland Management District.

(27) Lake Alice National Wildlife Refuge.

(28) Lake George National Wildlife Refuge.

(29) Lake Ilo National Wildlife Refuge.

(30) Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(31) Lake Nettie National Wildlife Refuge.

(32) Lake Otis National Wildlife Refuge.

(33) Lake Patricia National Wildlife Refuge.

(34) Lake Zahl National Wildlife Refuge.

(35) Lambs Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(36) Little Goose Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(37) Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(38) Long Lake Wetland Management District.

(39) Lords Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(40) Lost Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(41) Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge.

(42) Lostwood Wetland Management District.

(43) Maple River National Wildlife Refuge.

(44) Pleasant Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(45) Pretty Rock National Wildlife Refuge.

(46) Rabb Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(47) Rock Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(48) Rose Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(49) School Section National Wildlife Refuge.

(50) Sheyenne Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(51) Sibley Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(52) Silver Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(53) Slade National Wildlife Refuge.

(54) Snyder Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(55) Springwater National Wildlife Refuge.

(56) Stewart Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(57) Stoney Slough National Wildlife Refuge.

(58) Storm Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(59) Sunburst Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(60) Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge.

(61) Tewaukon Wetland Management District.

(62) Tomahawk National Wildlife Refuge.

(63) Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge.

(64) Wild Rice National Wildlife Refuge.

(65) Willow Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(66) Wintering River National Wildlife Refuge.

(67) Wood Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(ii) Ohio. (1) Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge.

(jj) Oklahoma. (1) Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Little River National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Optima National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge.

(7) Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge.

(8) Tishomingo Wildlife Management Unit.

(9) Washita National Wildlife Refuge.

(10) Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge.

(kk) Oregon. (1) Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Bear Valley National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Cold Springs National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge.

(7) Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-Tailed Deer.

(8) Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge.

(9) Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge.

(10) Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge.

(11) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

(12) McKay Creek National Wildlife Refuge.

(13) McNary National Wildlife Refuge.

(14) Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

(15) Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge.

(16) Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

(17) Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge.

(18) Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge.

(19) Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge.

(20) Wapato Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(21) William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge.

(ll) Pennsylvania. (1) Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Erie National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum.

(4) Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge.

(mm) Rhode Island. (1) Block Island National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge.

(nn) South Carolina. (1) Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Santee National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Savannah National Wildlife Refuge.

(7) Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge.

(oo) South Dakota. (1) Huron Wetland Management District.

(2) Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Lake Andes Wetland Management District.

(5) Madison Wetland Management District.

(6) Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(7) Sand Lake Wetland Management District.

(8) Waubay National Wildlife Refuge.

(9) Waubay Wetland Management District.

(pp) Tennessee. (1) Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge.

(7) Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge.

(qq) Texas. (1) Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Aransas National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(7) Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(8) Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge.

(9) Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge.

(10) Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge.

(11) McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge.

(12) Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge.

(13) Neches River National Wildlife Refuge.

(14) San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge.

(15) Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge.

(16) Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge.

(rr) Utah. (1) Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.

(2) Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Ouray National Wildlife Refuge.

(ss) Vermont. (1) Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge.

(tt) Virginia. (1) Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge.

(7) Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.

(8) James River National Wildilfe Refuge.

(9) Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge.

(10) Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

(11) Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge.

(12) Presquile National Wildlife Refuge.

(13) Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge.

(14) Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge.

(uu) Washington. (1) Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Columbia National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Hanford Reach National Monument/Saddle Mountain National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-tailed Deer.

(7) Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge.

(8) McNary National Wildlife Refuge.

(9) Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.

(10) San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge.

(11) Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge.

(12) Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge.

(13) Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge.

(14) Willapa National Wildlife Refuge.

(vv) West Virginia. (1) Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge.

(ww) Wisconsin. (1) Fox River National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) Horicon National Wildlife Refuge.

(5) Leopold Wetland Management District.

(6) Necedah National Wildlife Refuge.

(7) St. Croix Wetland Management District.

(8) Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge.

(9) Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge.

(10) Whittlesey Creek National Wildlife Refuge.

(xx) Wyoming. (1) Bamforth National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) Cokeville Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.

(3) Hutton Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

(4) National Elk Refuge.

(5) Pathfinder National Wildlife Refuge.

(6) Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge.

(yy) Guam. (1) Guam National Wildlife Refuge.

(2) [Reserved]

[84 FR 47671, Sept. 10, 2019, as amended at 85 FR 54103, Aug. 31, 2020; 86 FR 48849, Aug. 31, 2021; 87 FR 57128, Sept. 16, 2022]

§ 32.8 - Areas closed to hunting.

Proclamations and orders State Land and waters within boundary and adjacent to, or in the vicinity of— Citation No. Date Nov. 20, 1959AlabamaWheeler National Wildlife Refuge24 FR 9513. Oct. 15, 1960.......do.......do25 FR 9899. Nov. 3, 1970.......doEufaula National Wildlife Refuge35 FR 16935. 2325Mar. 21, 1939ArkansasBig Lake National Wildlife Refuge3 CFR Cum. Supp. 4 FR 1309. Oct. 24, 1958.......doHolla Bend National Wildlife Refuge23 FR 8429. 2274Mar. 15, 1938.......doWhite River National Wildlife Refuge3 FR 591. July 13, 1963DelawareBombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge28 FR 6228. Oct. 22, 1953FloridaSt. Marks National Wildlife Refuge18 FR 7837. Oct. 20, 1960.......do.......do25 FR 10030. 2758Dec. 2, 1947.......do“Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge3 CFR 1947 Supp.; 12 FR 8039. 2239Apr. 10, 1939GeorgiaSavannah National Wildlife Refuge3 CFR Cum. Supp.; 4 FR 1595. Nov. 3, 1970.......doEufaula Wildlife Refuge35 FR 16935. Nov. 3, 1970.......doWassaw National Wildlife Refuge35 FR 16936. 2748Oct. 1, 1947IllinoisHonshoe Lake, Alexander County3 CFR, 1947 Supp. 12 FR 6521. Sept. 9, 1953.......do.......do18 FR 5495. 2322Feb. 7, 1939LouisianaLacassine National Wildlife Refuge3 CFR, Cum. Suppl. 4 FR 611. Nov. 19, 1982.......doDelta National Wildlife Refuge47 FR 52183. Dec. 2, 1969.......doLacassine National Wildlife Refuge34 FR 19077. Aug. 13, 1960MarylandMartin National Wildlife Refuge25 FR 7741. 2617Oct. 18, 1948MassachusettsParker River National Wildlife Refuge3 CFR, 1948 Supp. 13 FR 6115. 2200Oct. 7, 1936MontanaRed Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge1 FR 1554. Aug. 30, 1976.......doCharles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge41 FR 31539. 2284May 9, 1939North CarolinaPea Island National Wildlife Refuge3 FR 912. 2129July 18, 1935.......doSwanquarter National Wildlife Refuge49 Stat. 3450. Aug. 21, 1963.......doMackay Island National Wildlife Refuge28 FR 9209. Sept. 22, 1967.......doPee Dee National Wildlife Refuge32 FR 13384. 33 FR 749, Jan. 20, 1968. Sept. 27, 1964.......do.......do49 FR 38141. 2000June 6, 1932South CarolinaCape Romanain National Wildlife Refuge47 Stat. 2513. 2329Apr. 10, 1939.......doSavannah National Wildlife Refuge3 CFR, Cum. Supp.; 4 FR 1595. Sept. 13, 1968.......doCape Romain National Wildlife Refuge33 FR 12964. Oct. 8, 1963TennesseeCross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge28 FR 10782. Aug. 23, 1956TexasAransas National Wildlife Regudge21 FR 6513. 2370Oct. 16, 1939VirginiaBack Bay National Wildlife Refuge3 CFR, Cum. Supp. 4 FR 4285. Aug. 13, 1954.......doPresquile National Wildlife Refuge19 FR 5290. Jan. 5, 1962.......doBack Bay National Wildlife Refuge27 FR 104; 27 FR 858. Aug. 21, 1963.......doMackay Island National Wildlife Refuge28 FR 9209. Oct. 9, 1969.......doMason Neck National Wildlife Refuge34 FR 15653. 2439Nov. 7, 1940WashingtonWillapa National Wildlife Refuge3 CFR, Cum. Supp.; 5 FR 4443.
[58 FR 5064, Jan. 19, 1993, as amended at 58 FR 42880, Aug. 12, 1993; 74 FR 45678, Sept. 3, 2009]

§ 32.9 - Information collection requirements.

The information collection requirements contained in this part have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. and assigned clearance number 1018-0140. The information is being collected to provide the refuge managers the information needed to decide whether or not to allow the requested use. A response is required in order to obtain a benefit. The Service may not conduct or sponsor, and you are not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Direct comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of these information collection requirements to the Service's Information Collection Clearance Officer at the address provided at 50 CFR 2.1(b).

[84 FR 47675, Sept. 10, 2019]