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Notice: 6575453

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION

Division:

Freshwater Fish and Wildlife

Chapter:

TYPE I WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS

Overview

RULE:

68A-15.063

Specific Regulations for Wildlife Management Areas - Northwest Region

PURPOSE:

The purpose of the proposed rule changes is to revise specific area regulations on Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) in the Northwest Region and conform to calendar year date changes. The effect of the proposed rule changes will be to enable the agency to better manage fish and wildlife resources and public use on WMAs.

SUMMARY:

The proposed rule changes would adjust season dates to conform to calendar year changes on Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) in the Northwest Region.
Yellow River WMA – establish the Burnt Grocery Creek area (the area west of Burnt Grocery Creek, north of Bernice Road and Old Fisher Mill Road) within Yellow River WMA with the following open seasons (no quota permit required): 88-day archery season, 3-day muzzleloading gun season, 9-day small game season, 11-day archery and muzzleloading gun season, four 3-day spring turkey hunts; allow fishing and frogging throughout the year; prohibit trapping; legal to take – all legal game, fish, frogs and furbearers; allow antlerless deer to be taken only during the first 30 days of the archery season and change the spring turkey season in the Grassy Point area from three 2-day hunts to four 3-day hunts with a quota of 5 per hunt.
Blackwater WMA – allow vehicular access on named or numbered roads only except on that portion of the area south of State Road 4 and east of County Road 191 where vehicles may be operated on established roads only.
Blackwater WMA – Hutton Unit – clarify that only mobility-impaired permit holders and guest permit holders may hunt during mobility-impaired hunts and allow for one non-hunting assistant.
Tate’s Hell WMA – increase the spring turkey quota from 35 to 200.
Econfina Creek WMA – clarify that only mobility-impaired permit holders and guest permit holders may hunt during mobility-impaired hunts and allow for one non-hunting assistant

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

Article IV, Section 9, Florida Constitution 379.2223 FS.

LAW:

Article IV, Section 9, Florida Constitution 379.2223 FS.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

12/31/2008 Vol. 34/53

COMMENTS:

From 12/31/2008 To 1/21/2009 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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