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68A-15.061: Specific Regulations for Wildlife Management Areas - Southwest Region

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 34 No. 1, January 4, 2008 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

The only change made to the proposed amendments to this rule is to subsection (1). The remainder of the proposed rule amendments, to subsections (2) through (15), will be adopted as proposed. Subsection (1) will read as follows:

68A-15.061 Specific Regulations for Wildlife Management Areas – Southwest Region.

(1) Green Swamp Wildlife Management Area.

(a) Open season:

1. General gun – November 8 10 through January 4 6.

2. Archery – September 20 22 through October 19 21, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays only.

3. Small game – January 10 12 through February 8 10, Saturdays and Sundays only.

4. Spring turkey – March 21 15 through April 26 20.

5. Fishing and frogging – Permitted during periods in which hunting is allowed; and Saturdays and Sundays from May 2 3 to June 14 15. Fishing and frogging is permitted at all other times provided that access is by foot only.

(b) Legal to take: All legal game, hog, fish, frogs and furbearers. No bag or size limit on hogs.

(c) Camping: Allowed by permit only and only within the designated campsites at the Rock Ridge Road and 471 campgrounds. Camping is allowed Permitted only at both campgrounds designated campsites during archery, general gun and spring turkey seasons. Camping is allowed Permitted only at the Rock Ridge Road campground campsite during the designated fishing and frogging season and only at the 471 campground campsite during the designated small game season. Camping permits are non-transferable. Camping along the Green Swamp Hiking Trail (Florida Trail) is prohibited except by written permission from the Southwest Florida Water Management District. Kitchen stoves, refrigerators and freezers, unless contained in mobile campers are prohibited. Lumber, sheet metal or other building materials is prohibited. The alteration, defacing, moving or tampering in any way with official markings of campsites is prohibited. The use or operation of electrical generators powered by an internal combustion engine is prohibited within the campgrounds beginning each night at 10 p.m. until 4 a.m. A legible copy of the camping permit or the permittee’s name and permit number must be visibly affixed to camping shelters. Camping equipment must be removed by 8 p.m. on the last date listed on the camping permit.

(d) General regulations:

1. through 2. No change.

3. No deer or wild hog shall be quartered or otherwise dismembered until checked at a designated check station and tagged.

4. through 7. No change.

8. Camps shall be removed by 8:00 p.m., April 20 and June 15 from the Rock Ridge campground and by April 20 from the 471 campground.

9. through 10. renumbered 8. through 9. No change.

10. Until July 1, 2010, the possession or consumption of intoxicating beverages is prohibited.