Special Actions

A Special Action Request is an out-of-cycle change in a season, harvest limit, or method of harvest. Special Actions are taken when unusual situations arise, such as a significant change in resource abundance that could not reasonably have been anticipated. The Federal Subsistence Board may take a Special Action to restrict, close, open, or reopen the taking of fish and wildlife on Federal public lands and waters. Such actions are taken to ensure the continued viability of a particular fish or wildlife population, to ensure continued subsistence use, or for reasons of public safety. These guidelines and requirements can be found in 36 CFR 242.19 and 50 CFR 100.19(link is external).

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Pending Special Actions

Fisheries

Wildlife
 

Wildlife Special Action Request WSA24-01 from a resident of Eagle, AK. The request is asking to close all Federal public lands within Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve in Units 20E and 25C to the harvest of Dall’s sheep for all users during the fall 2024 season. The proponent is requesting this closure to assure the continued viability of sheep within the Preserve, as the latest survey results from the National Park Service indicate a 79% decline in sheep population. This closure is consistent with WSA23-05, which closed the same area to Dall’s sheep hunting in 2023. 

 

Public Hearing April 17, 2024, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
  Wildlife Special Action Request WSA24-02 from Wrangell-St. Elias National Park Subsistence Resource Commission requesting to close federal public lands in Units 11, 12 remainder, and 13 to all caribou hunting for the remainder of the 2024-2025 regulatory year. 
  Wildlife Special Action Request WSA24-03 from the Bureau of Land Management Glennallen Field Office requesting to close hunting of caribou by all users on federal public lands in Units 11, 12, and 13 for the 2024/25 regulatory year. 
  Wildlife Special Action Request WSA24-04 from Wrangell-St. Elias National Park Subsistence Resource Commission requesting to extend the end date of the fall moose season in the portion of Unit 12 from September 20 to September 30 for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 regulatory years.

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