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For Immediate Release
October 13, 2022    

SITKA, Alaska – Sitka District Ranger Eric Garner, under authority delegated by the Federal Subsistence Board, is closing the Upper Blue Lake zone to the harvest of mountain goats. The closure will be effective Friday, October 14, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. and will remain in effect through the rest of the 2022 season, which ends December 31. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has issued a concurrent closure in the same zone. Additional mountain goat harvest in this zone could have long term negative effects on the conservation of the mountain goat subpopulation. The remainder of Baranof Island is open to goat hunting until the season closes, unless closed by special action.

For Immediate Release:
October 12, 2022

YAKUTAT, Alaska - Yakutat District Ranger Lee Benson, under authority delegated by the Federal Subsistence Board, is closing the 2022 Federal subsistence moose season for that portion of Unit 5A west of the Dangerous River, except the Nunatak Bench, effective Oct. 12 2022 at 11:59 p.m.. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) will implement a closure for the State season.  

Cordova, Alaska – August 24, 2022 – Cordova District Ranger Steve Namitz, under authority delegated by the Federal Subsistence Board, is closing the Unit 6D subarea RG 242 to additional harvest of Federal Subsistence Mountain Goats.

For Immediate Release:

August 19, 2022

SITKA, Alaska – Sitka District Ranger Eric Garner, under authority delegated by the Federal Subsistence Board, is closing the Lisa Creek Zone to the harvest of mountain goats. The closure will be effective Friday, August 19, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. and will remain in effect through the rest of the 2022 season which ends December 31. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has issued a concurrent closure in the same zone. Additional mountain goat harvest in this zone could have long term negative effects on the conservation of the mountain goat subpopulation. The remainder of Baranof Island is open to goat hunting until the season closes, unless closed by special action.  

For Immediate Release:

August 4, 2022

MOOSE PASS, Alaska – Seward District Ranger Ruth D’Amico, under authority delegated by the Federal Subsistence Board, is closing the Unit 7 Federal subsistence sheep drawing hunt to the harvest of Dall sheep. The closure will be effective for the entire season of August 10 - September 20, 2022.

For Immediate Release:

July 29, 2022

This special action is valid for federal public lands occurring in portions of Units 17A and 17C consisting of the Nushagak Peninsula south of the Igushik River, Tuklung River and Tuklung Hills, west to Tvativak Bay – communities of Manokotak, Aleknagik, Clark’s Point, Twin Hills, Togiak, and Dillingham.

For Immediate Release:

July 29, 2022

Frequently asked questions on closure of Federal public lands to 
Dall sheep hunting by all users.

For Immediate Release:

July 22, 2022

 

Under the authority of:
36 CFR §242.10 and .19
50 CFR §100.10 and .19

 

COPPER CENTER, AK – The Superintendent of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, under authority delegated by the Federal Subsistence Board, has issued an Emergency Special Action setting a harvest quota of zero and closing the Federal subsistence hunt for the Chisana Caribou Herd in a portion of Unit 12 for the 2022 season. The closure is for the purposes of conserving caribou populations, and the closed area is that portion of the unit that lies east of the Nabesna River and Glacier and south of the Winter Trail. The closure is effective Wednesday, August 10, at 12:01 a.m., and will remain in effect through Friday, September 30, 2022, at 11:59 p.m.

Under the authority of:
36 CFR §242.10 and .19
50 CFR §100.10 and .19


SITKA, Alaska – Sitka District Ranger Eric Garner, under authority delegated by the Federal Subsistence Board, is closing the South Baranof Zone to the harvest of mountain goats. The closure will be effective Sunday, July 31, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. and will remain in effect through the rest of the 2022 season which ends December 31. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has issued a concurrent closure in the same zone. Additional mountain goat harvest in this zone could have long term negative effects on the conservation of the mountain goat subpopulation. The remainder of Baranof Island is open to goat hunting until the season closes, unless closed by special action.