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<blockquote data-quote="Vollmer" data-source="post: 182266" data-attributes="member: 8014"><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">A Complete Guide to the Proposed National Wildlife Refuge Hunting Expansions</span></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000">BY </span><a href="http://www.fieldandstream.com/people/joe-albert" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000">JOE ALBERT</span></a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><img src="http://www.fieldandstream.com/sites/fieldandstream.com/files/styles/small_1x_/public/images/2017/08/zinke_nationalmonuments.jpg?itok=jF68Unxl&fc=50,50" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Last week Secretary Ryan Zinke (shown) delivered on a promise to expand hunting and fishing opportunities on public lands.</span></span></span></em></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><em>Courtesy DOI</em></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000">Last week Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke proposed </span><a href="https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/secretary-zinke-expands-hunting-and-fishing-opportunities-10-national-wildlife-0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000">expanding hunting and fishing opportunities</span></a><span style="color: #000000">at 10 national wildlife refuges (NWR) across the country, setting in motion a 30-day public-comment period that closes on Sept. 8. The proposals encompass refuges in eight states and would bring the total number of refuges where hunting is allowed to 373, and the number of where fishing is to 312. In many cases, the proposals would simply expand existing hunting and fishing opportunities, but in some cases, they would create new ones.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">The new hunting and fishing opportunities would be compatible with existing wildlife-management goals, according to Greg Sheehan, acting director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “Sportsmen and anglers play a huge role in the conservation of wildlife and their habitat, so it only makes sense that refuges provide opportunities for folks to get outside to hunt and fish,” he said in the statement. “Refuges provide all Americans with places to hunt, fish, observe the natural world firsthand, and experience the great outdoors.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">The proposed expanded or new opportunities are as follows:</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000">Savannah River National NWR, in Georgia and South Carolina: Expand migratory bird, upland game, and big-game hunting, all of which are already permitted to various degrees. Sport fishing is also already allowed on the refuge. According to the </span><a href="http://investigations.blog.ajc.com/2017/08/11/trump-appointee-wants-more-hunting-at-savannah-wildlife-refuge/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000">Atlanta Journal Constitution</span></a><span style="color: #000000">, refuge ranger Amy Ochoa said the proposal would allow hunters to shoot any waterfowl that can be hunted under state law; currently, hunters on the refuge can shoot only coots and ducks. Additionally, hunters would be able to target rabbits and mourning doves.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Patoka River NWR, in Indiana: Expand migratory bird hunting, upland game, and big-game hunting, as well as sport fishing. The refuge is already open to these activities to various degrees.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Minnesota Valley NWR, in Minnesota: Expand migratory bird, upland game, and big-game hunting. The refuge is already open to these pursuits, as well as to sport fishing.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000">Des Lacs NWR and Upper Souris NWR, in North Dakota: In both refuges, moose hunting would be allowed for the first time. Additionally, wild-turkey hunting would be allowed for the first time in the Upper Souris NWR. Moose in North Dakota are doing well, according to the </span><a href="https://gf.nd.gov/magazine/2016/jul/moose" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000">North Dakota Game and Fish Department</span></a><span style="color: #000000">. Though the state’s population has been proposed for protection under the Endangered Species Act, state officials say it isn’t necessary, and that the local population is stable or increasing in population size. “North Dakota is included in the [Endangered Species Act] petition because we have the same subspecies of moose as those other states”—such as Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin—said Jeb Williams, wildlife division chief for North Dakota in a statement. “It’s confusing to a lot of people because we feel that we are in one of the better situations.” He added, “We don’t believe the species warrants protection under the Endangered Species Act.”</span></span></span></p><p></p><hr /><hr /><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Sequoyah NWR, in Oklahoma: Expand upland game and big-game hunting. The refuge is already open to migratory bird hunting, upland game, and big-game hunting, as well as to sport fishing.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000">Baskett Slough NWR, in Oregon: According to the </span><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2017/08/interior_secretary_calls_for_m.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000">Oregonian</span></a><span style="color: #000000"> and the regulations proposal, beginning in 2018, hunters age 17 and younger would be allowed to hunt in the refuge during the </span><a href="http://www.eregulations.com/oregon/game-bird/youth-hunting-opportunities/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000">Youth Waterfowl Hunt</span></a><span style="color: #000000"> in September.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Siletz Bay NWR, in Oregon: Fishing from the bank would be allowed for the first time, Brent Lawrence, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spokesman, told the Oregonian. Anglers would be able to fish for Chinook salmon, cutthroat trout, and steelhead from shore. Anglers can already fish from boats within the refuge. “We’ve had this in the plans for quite a while,” Lawrence said.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000">Horicon NWR, in Wisconsin: Eighty acres of land would be opened in addition to the 19,000 acres that are already available, Dave Bolin, a deputy refuge manager, told the </span><a href="http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/horicon-refuge-would-open-to-spring-turkey-hunt-under-plan/article_cd43deba-47fc-535e-9ac1-c4330b6efffb.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000">Wisconsin State Journal</span></a><span style="color: #000000">. Additionally, there would be a spring wild-turkey hunt for the first time in parts of the refuge, he said.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Fox River NWR, in Wisconsin: In addition to refuge land already open for hunting, another 80 acres would be made available, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000">For more details on the proposals, including how to comment, see the proposed rule entitled “</span><a href="https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=FWS-HQ-NWRS-2017-0005-0001" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000">2017-2018 Refuge-Specific Hunting and Sporting Fishing Regulations</span></a><span style="color: #000000">.”</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vollmer, post: 182266, member: 8014"] [B][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=arial]A Complete Guide to the Proposed National Wildlife Refuge Hunting Expansions[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/B] [SIZE=2][FONT=arial][COLOR=#000000]BY [/COLOR][URL="http://www.fieldandstream.com/people/joe-albert"][COLOR=#000000]JOE ALBERT[/COLOR][/URL] [/FONT][/SIZE] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=arial][IMG]http://www.fieldandstream.com/sites/fieldandstream.com/files/styles/small_1x_/public/images/2017/08/zinke_nationalmonuments.jpg?itok=jF68Unxl&fc=50,50[/IMG] [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][I][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=arial]Last week Secretary Ryan Zinke (shown) delivered on a promise to expand hunting and fishing opportunities on public lands.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=arial][I]Courtesy DOI[/I] [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][SIZE=2][FONT=arial][COLOR=#000000]Last week Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke proposed [/COLOR][URL="https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/secretary-zinke-expands-hunting-and-fishing-opportunities-10-national-wildlife-0"][COLOR=#000000]expanding hunting and fishing opportunities[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000000]at 10 national wildlife refuges (NWR) across the country, setting in motion a 30-day public-comment period that closes on Sept. 8. The proposals encompass refuges in eight states and would bring the total number of refuges where hunting is allowed to 373, and the number of where fishing is to 312. In many cases, the proposals would simply expand existing hunting and fishing opportunities, but in some cases, they would create new ones. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=arial]The new hunting and fishing opportunities would be compatible with existing wildlife-management goals, according to Greg Sheehan, acting director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “Sportsmen and anglers play a huge role in the conservation of wildlife and their habitat, so it only makes sense that refuges provide opportunities for folks to get outside to hunt and fish,” he said in the statement. “Refuges provide all Americans with places to hunt, fish, observe the natural world firsthand, and experience the great outdoors. 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[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=arial]Patoka River NWR, in Indiana: Expand migratory bird hunting, upland game, and big-game hunting, as well as sport fishing. The refuge is already open to these activities to various degrees. [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=arial]Minnesota Valley NWR, in Minnesota: Expand migratory bird, upland game, and big-game hunting. The refuge is already open to these pursuits, as well as to sport fishing. [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=2][FONT=arial][COLOR=#000000]Des Lacs NWR and Upper Souris NWR, in North Dakota: In both refuges, moose hunting would be allowed for the first time. Additionally, wild-turkey hunting would be allowed for the first time in the Upper Souris NWR. Moose in North Dakota are doing well, according to the [/COLOR][URL="https://gf.nd.gov/magazine/2016/jul/moose"][COLOR=#000000]North Dakota Game and Fish Department[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000000]. Though the state’s population has been proposed for protection under the Endangered Species Act, state officials say it isn’t necessary, and that the local population is stable or increasing in population size. “North Dakota is included in the [Endangered Species Act] petition because we have the same subspecies of moose as those other states”—such as Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin—said Jeb Williams, wildlife division chief for North Dakota in a statement. “It’s confusing to a lot of people because we feel that we are in one of the better situations.” He added, “We don’t believe the species warrants protection under the Endangered Species Act.”[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [HR][/HR] [HR][/HR] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=arial]Sequoyah NWR, in Oklahoma: Expand upland game and big-game hunting. The refuge is already open to migratory bird hunting, upland game, and big-game hunting, as well as to sport fishing. [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=2][FONT=arial][COLOR=#000000]Baskett Slough NWR, in Oregon: According to the [/COLOR][URL="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2017/08/interior_secretary_calls_for_m.html"][COLOR=#000000]Oregonian[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000000] and the regulations proposal, beginning in 2018, hunters age 17 and younger would be allowed to hunt in the refuge during the [/COLOR][URL="http://www.eregulations.com/oregon/game-bird/youth-hunting-opportunities/"][COLOR=#000000]Youth Waterfowl Hunt[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000000] in September.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=arial]Siletz Bay NWR, in Oregon: Fishing from the bank would be allowed for the first time, Brent Lawrence, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spokesman, told the Oregonian. Anglers would be able to fish for Chinook salmon, cutthroat trout, and steelhead from shore. Anglers can already fish from boats within the refuge. “We’ve had this in the plans for quite a while,” Lawrence said. [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=2][FONT=arial][COLOR=#000000]Horicon NWR, in Wisconsin: Eighty acres of land would be opened in addition to the 19,000 acres that are already available, Dave Bolin, a deputy refuge manager, told the [/COLOR][URL="http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/horicon-refuge-would-open-to-spring-turkey-hunt-under-plan/article_cd43deba-47fc-535e-9ac1-c4330b6efffb.html"][COLOR=#000000]Wisconsin State Journal[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000000]. Additionally, there would be a spring wild-turkey hunt for the first time in parts of the refuge, he said.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=arial] Fox River NWR, in Wisconsin: In addition to refuge land already open for hunting, another 80 acres would be made available, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=2][FONT=arial][COLOR=#000000] For more details on the proposals, including how to comment, see the proposed rule entitled “[/COLOR][URL="https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=FWS-HQ-NWRS-2017-0005-0001"][COLOR=#000000]2017-2018 Refuge-Specific Hunting and Sporting Fishing Regulations[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000000].” [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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