2026-2028 Regulatory Cycle

Wildlife Regulatory Proposals and Closure Reviews

Statewide 

WP26-01:  Move delegated authority to letters in unit specific regulations 

Southeast

WP26-02:  Units 1- 5; prohibit take between civil sunset and sunrise

WP26-03:  Unit 2 deer; close Federal public lands to hunting by non-federally qualified users 

WP26-04:  Unit 2 deer; conduct a §804 user prioritization analysis

WP26-05:  Unit 2 deer; conduct §804 analysis, eliminate doe hunt; limit non-federally qualified users to one buck, starting Aug. 15

WP26-06:  Eliminate Unit 2 doe hunt

WP26-07:  Eliminate Unit 2 doe hunt

WP26-08:  Unit 2 deer; Eliminate the January season

WP26-09:  Unit 2 wolf; shorten trapping season to open Dec. 15

WP26-10:  Unit 2 wolf; 45-day guaranteed season from Nov. 15 - Dec. 31

WCR26-01:  Unit 2 deer

WCR26-02:  Unit 5 moose

Southcentral

WP26-11:  Unit 6D black bear; require Federal registration permit; close portions to non-federally qualified users 

WP26-12:  Unit 6 brown bear; recognize customary and traditional uses for Cordova

WP26-13a:  Unit 6 brown bear; recognize customary and traditional uses for Cordova

WP26-13b:  Unit 6 brown bear; establish hunt 

WP26-14a:  Unit 6 brown bear; recognize customary and traditional uses for Chenega Bay and Tatitlek 

WP26-14b:  Unit 6 brown bear; establish hunt 

WP26-15:  Unit 6D deer; close Hawkins and Hinchinbrook Islands to non-federally qualified users

WP26-16:  Unit 6 beaver; increase possession limit and extend hunting season

WP26-17:  Unit 7 moose; establish late fall season  

WP26-18:  Unit 7 furbearers; require 100 yard setback from Kenai Lake beaches

WP26-19:  Unit 7 furbearers; require 50 yard setback from campgrounds

WP26-20:  Unit 7 furbearers; require 100 yard setback from highway pullouts and winter trails in Summit Lake Recreational Area

WP26-21:  Unit 7 furbearers; require "active trapping" signs

WP26-22:  Unit 7 furbearers; require 200 yard setbacks along Quartz Creek road, Old Sterling Highway, and Sterling Highway pullouts 

WP26-23:  Unit 7 furbearers; require 100 yard setbacks along trails

WP26-24:  Unit 11 brown bear; increase harvest limit

WP26-25:  Unit 13 brown bear; increase harvest limit 

WP26-26:  Unit 13 brown bear; increase harvest limit

WP26-27:  Unit 13 remainder caribou; change harvest limit

WP26-28a:  Unit 11 moose; extend season 

WP26-28b:  Unit 13 moose; extend season 

WP26-29:  Unit 13 moose; shift season five days later

WP26-30:  Unit 13 moose; shift season 10 days later

WP26-31:  Unit 13 moose; close BLM lands to non-federally qualified users

Kodiak/Aleutians 

WP26-32:  Unit 8 brown bear; recognize customary and traditional uses of Kodiak

WP26-33:  Unit 8 brown bear; issue up to four permits to Kodiak

WP26-34:  Unit 8 brown bear; allow the sale of handicrafts using any nonedible byproduct

WP26-35:  Unit 9D caribou; modify fall season dates

Bristol Bay

WP26-36:  Unit 9 wolverine; modify hunting season dates  

WP26-37:  Units 9 and 17 beaver; modify trapping season dates and methods and means

WP26-38:  Unit 17 brown bear; modify harvest limit and permit requirements

WP26-39:  Unit 17 brown bear; modify season dates

WP26-40:  Unit 17 caribou; close hunt except by seven communities

WCR26-05:  Unit 9C moose

WCR26-07:  Unit 17 caribou 

Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta

WP26-41:  Unit 18 caribou; modify methods and means

WP26-42:  Unit 18 moose; modify methods and means

WP26-43:  Unit 18 moose; modify fall season dates and delegated authority

WP26-44:  Unit 18 moose; modify winter season dates

WP26-45:  Unit 18 moose; modify cow season dates

WP26-46:  Unit 18 ptarmigan; increase harvest limit

WP26-47:  Unit 18 beaver; modify trapping methods and means

WP26-48:  Unit 18 wolf; increase hunting harvest limit

WP26-49:  Unit 18 coyote; modify hunting harvest limit and season date

Western Interior

WP26-50:  Unit 19D; modify the Upper Kuskokwim Control Use Area boundary

WP26-51:  Units 21D and 24D muskox; establish hunt

Seward Peninsula

WP26-55:  Unit 22A moose; establish winter hunt

WP26-56:  Unit 22A moose; modify season dates and establish winter hunt 

WP26-57:  Unit 22A moose; modify permit requirements 

WP26-58:  Unit 22B moose; modify permit requirement for winter hunt

WP26-59:  Unit 22B moose; modify fall season dates

WP26-60:  Unit 22D moose; modify legal animal and establish "may be announced" season

WP26-61:  Unit 22E moose;  require Federal registration permit 

WP26-62a:  Unit 22A muskox; recognize customary and traditional use of Unit 22A residents   

WP26-62b:  Unit 22A muskox; establish hunt

WP26-63:  Unit 22D muskox; combine hunt areas and Federal permits 

WP26-64:  Unit 22 and 23 Southwest muskox; extend season to close March 31

WCR26-09A/B/C:  Unit 22 moose

WCR26-11/12:  Unit 22 moose 

WCR26-13/14/15:  Unit 22 moose

WCR26-16:  Unit 22 moose 

Northwest Arctic

WP26-65:  Unit 23 muskox; establish hunt  

WP26-66:  Unit 23 wolf; modify season and increase harvest limit

WP26-67:  Unit 23 muskrat; extend trapping season to year round

WP26-68:  Unit 23 ptarmigan; increase harvest and possession limits and modify season dates

WP26-69:  Unit 23 mink/weasel; extend season to close April 15

WCR26-18:  Unit 23 sheep

WCR26-45:  Unit 23 caribou

Eastern Interior

WP26-70:  Units 20E, 25A, and 25B black bear; allow sale of handicrafts using any nonedible part

WP26-71:  Unit 12 brown bear; increase harvest limit

WP26-72a:  Unit 20E brown bear; recognize customary and traditional use for Unit 20E residents

WP26-72b:  Unit 20E brown bear; increase harvest limit  

WP26-73:  Unit 25B brown bear; increase harvest limit

WP26-74:  Unit 12 sheep; modify customary and traditional use determination

WP26-75:  Unit 25D moose; close to non-federally qualified users in Unit 25D remainder

WP26-76:  Units 20E and 25C sheep; extend closure to all users for two years 

WP26-77:  Units 12, 20, and 25 wood bison; recognize customary and traditional use

WP26-78:  Units 25C and 25D; modify unit boundaries

WCR26-22:  Unit 25 moose

North Slope

WCR26-25:  Unit 26 muskox

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