95-19483. Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska, Subparts C and D1995-1996 Subsistence Taking of Fish and Wildlife Regulations for the Kenai Peninsula  

  • [Federal Register Volume 60, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 9, 1995)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Pages 40461-40465]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 95-19483]
    
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
    
    Forest Service
    
    36 CFR Part 242
    
    DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
    
    Fish and Wildlife Service
    
    50 CFR Part 100
    
    RIN 1018-AC82
    
    
    Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska, 
    Subparts C and D--1995-1996 Subsistence Taking of Fish and Wildlife 
    Regulations for the Kenai Peninsula
    
    AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture; and Fish and Wildlife Service, 
    Interior.
    
    ACTION: Final rule.
    
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    SUMMARY: This rule establishes customary and traditional use 
    determinations and seasons and harvest limits related to the taking of 
    moose for subsistence uses on Federal lands on the Kenai Peninsula 
    during the 1995-1996 regulatory year.
    
    EFFECTIVE DATES: The amendments to Sec. ____.24 are effective August 
    10, 1995. The amendments to Sec. ____.25 are effective August 10, 1995, 
    through June 30, 1996.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Chair, Federal Subsistence Board, c/o U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
    Attention: Richard S. Pospahala, Office of Subsistence Management, 1011 
    E. Tudor Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99503; telephone (907) 786-3447. For 
    questions specific to National Forest System lands, contact Ken 
    Thompson, Regional Subsistence Program Manager, USDA, Forest Service, 
    Alaska Region, P.O. Box 21628, Juneau Alaska 99802-1628, telephone 
    (907) 586-7921.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    
    Customary and Traditional Use Determinations
    
        The Federal Subsistence Board (Board) implemented a systematic 
    program for review of customary and traditional use determinations as 
    provided for in 36 CFR 242 and 50 CFR 100. As a priority consideration, 
    the Board focused its determinations on community or area uses of large 
    mammals (ungulates and bears), examining uses of species of large 
    mammals by communities or areas rather than focusing on individual 
    herds or populations. The Board recognized that subsistence resource 
    use patterns of neighboring communities are often interrelated and 
    should be analyzed concurrently.
        Existing regulations at 36 CFR 242.16(b) and 50 CFR 100.16(b) 
    identify eight factors that a community or area shall generally exhibit 
    which exemplify customary and traditional subsistence uses. The eight 
    factors are as follows:
        1. A long-term consistent pattern of use, excluding interruptions 
    beyond the control of the community or area;
        2. A pattern of use recurring in specific seasons for many years;
        3. A pattern of use consisting of methods and means of harvest 
    which are characterized by efficiency and economy of effort and cost, 
    conditional by local characteristics;
        4. The consistent harvest and use of fish or wildlife as related to 
    past methods and means of taking; near, or reasonably accessible from 
    the community or area;
        5. A means of handling, preparing, preserving, and storing fish or 
    wildlife which has been traditionally used by past generations 
    including consideration of alteration of past practices due to recent 
    technological advances, where appropriate;
        6. A pattern of use which includes the handing down of knowledge of 
    fishing and hunting skills, values and lore from generation to 
    generation;
        7. A pattern of use in which the harvest is shared or distributed 
    within a definable community of persons; and
        8. A pattern of use which relates to reliance upon a wide diversity 
    of fish and wildlife resources of the area and which provides 
    substantial cultural, economic, social and nutritional elements to the 
    community or area.
        Each Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Council (Regional 
    Council) has a substantial role in reviewing and developing information 
    on which to base a recommendation to the Board concerning customary and 
    traditional use determinations. The Southcentral Regional Council had 
    available for consideraton an extensive compilation of existing 
    information on historic and contemporary large mammal resource use 
    patterns by rural Kenai Peninsula communities. A draft report, dated 
    December 8, 1993, incorporated information from historic ethnographic 
    sources; census data; community surveys conducted by the Alaska 
    Department of Fish and Game, Division of Subsistence; and harvest 
    ticket and sealing records compiled by the Alaska Department of Fish 
    and Game.
        During its public meeting of February 28-March 2, 1995, the 
    Southcentral Regional Council reviewed and discussed written 
    information and oral testimony on resource use patterns as related to 
    the eight factors for the Kenai Peninsula rural communities of 
    Whittier, Hope, Cooper Landing, Ninilchik, the Homer rural area, 
    Nanwalek (formerly known as English Bay), Port Graham and Seldovia. 
    Based on this review and discussion, the Southcentral Regional Council 
    developed and submitted to the Board recommendations for customary and 
    traditional use determinations for rural communities in Units 7 and 15. 
    The Board adopted these recommendations, and subsequently issued a 
    proposed rule announcing its action. Following the public comment 
    period for the proposed rule, the Southcentral Regional Council 
    convened in a public session on July 12, 1995, and re-evaluated the 
    recommendations reflected in the proposed rule, revising its 
    recommendation to the Board. The revised recommendations called for 
    positive customary and traditional use determinations for moose in Unit 
    15 by the communities of Ninilchik, Seldovia, Nanwalek, and Port 
    Graham. The revised recommendations also called for deferral of 
    customary and traditional use findings for species other than moose, 
    and for communities other than Ninilchik, Seldovia, Nanwalek, and Port 
    Graham.
        At its July 13, 1995, public meeting, the Board amended the 
    proposed rule in response to several considerations. A primary 
    consideration was the revised recommendations submitted by the 
    Southcentral Regional Council. An additional consideration was 
    compelling public testimony calling into question the factual basis for 
    the proposed customary and traditional use determinations. A related 
    concern was that the customary and traditional use determinations in 
    the proposed rule may not have been supported by substantial evidence 
    reflecting the eight factors used to access customary and traditional 
    uses, particularly with regard to the factors concerning long-term 
    consistent pattern of local resource use and the community's pattern of 
    reliance upon a wide diversity of local resources for cultural, 
    economic, social and nutritional needs.
        The Board adopted the Southcentral Regional Council's revised 
    
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        recommendation to defer action on customary and traditional use 
    determinations for species other than moose, and for communities other 
    than Ninilchik, Seldovia, Nanwalek, and Port Graham. The Board also 
    adopted the Southcentral Regional Council's revised recommendation that 
    the communities of Ninilchik, Seldovia, Nanwalek, and Port Graham have 
    customary and traditional use of moose in Units 15(B) and 15(C). The 
    Board deferred the Southcentral Regional Council's recommendation 
    calling for positive customary and traditional use determinations for 
    moose in Unit 15(A) for the communities of Ninilchik and Seldovia 
    because use of this subunit by residents of Ninilchik and Seldovia is 
    extremely low. The aforementioned customary and use determinations are 
    found in the changes delineated for section ____.24.
    
    Changes for the 1995-1996 Seasons and Bag Limit Regulations
    
        The Regional Council also proposed Federal subsistence seasons for 
    the taking of moose on public lands in Unit 15. The Regional Council 
    recommendation was for an any-bull harvest season beginning August 10, 
    1995 and ending September 20, 1995. The Board, however, was persuaded 
    by the biological data concluding that recognized principles of fish 
    and wildlife conservation would be violated in that adverse impacts 
    would result to the moose population from any significant harvest of 
    bulls in the middle age categories. Since 1987, antler restrictions 
    have been a key part of the management efforts to rectify alarmingly 
    low bull:cow ratios in the Kenai Peninsula moose population. This 
    management regime has had positive effects, resulting in a dramatic 
    improvement in the moose population composition, allowing for longer 
    hunting seasons, larger animals being taken, and a larger overall 
    harvest. However, the gains could be reversed and conservation of a 
    healthy moose population jeopardized under an any-bull subsistence 
    harvest opportunity. The adverse impacts of an any-bull harvest could 
    also be detrimental to the satisfaction of subsistence opportunities 
    over the longer term. In addition, local wildlife biologists report 
    that the high snow fall of the 1994-95 winter has resulted in high 
    natural mortality, with virtually no recruitment into the spike-fork 
    age class of bull moose anticipated this coming year. The Board 
    therefore retained the antler restriction previously in effect as a 
    part of the subsistence seasons in Unit 15 to avoid adverse biological 
    consequences. The seasons and harvest limits are found in the changes 
    to section ____.25.
        Regulations contained in this final rule will take effect on August 
    10, 1995. The Departments waived the 30-day effective date time period 
    for the final rule in order to provide the maximum opportunity for 
    public participation during the comment period following publication of 
    the proposed rule, while simultaneously allowing the hunting season to 
    start on August 10, 1995.
    
    Applicability of Subparts A, B, and C
    
        Subparts A, B, and C of the Subsistence Management Regulations for 
    Public Lands in Alaska, 50 CFR Secs. 100.1 to 100.24 and 36 CFR 
    Secs. 242.1 to 242.24, remain effective and apply to this proposed 
    rule. Therefore, all definitions located at 50 CFR Sec. 100.4 and 36 
    CFR Sec. 242.4 apply to regulations found in these subparts. The 
    identified sections include definitions for the following terms:
        ``Federal lands means lands and waters and interests therein title 
    to which is in the United States''; and ``public land or public lands 
    means lands situated in Alaska which are Federal lands, except--
        (1) land selections of the State of Alaska which have been 
    tentatively approved or validly selected under the Alaska Statehood Act 
    and lands which have been confirmed to, validly selected by, or granted 
    to the Territory of Alaska or the State under any other provision of 
    Federal Law;
        (2) land selections of a Native Corporation made under the Alaska 
    Native Claims Settlement Act which have not been conveyed to a Native 
    Corporation, unless any such selection is determined to be invalid or 
    is relinquished; and
        (3) lands referred to in Section 19(b) of the Alaska Native Claims 
    Settlement Act.''
    
    Public Review Process--Public Meetings and Analysis of Comments
    
        Following publication of the proposed rule on May 9, 1995 (60 FR 
    24601), public meetings were held in Seldovia, Port Graham, Hope, 
    Cooper Landing, Soldotna, Homer, Ninilchik, and Anchorage. The 
    Southcentral Regional Council met in a public session on July 12, 1995, 
    to review the proposed rule and public comments and to develop a final 
    recommendation to the Board. The Board also met in a public session on 
    July 13, 1995, to review the comments and reach a final decision on the 
    proposed rule. During the 60-day comment period and in the months 
    preceding it, the Board received 183 written comments, numerous phone 
    calls, and one petition, in addition to oral testimony presented at the 
    various meetings which were attended by over 500 people. The comments 
    and testimony were overwhelmingly opposed to the proposed rule and the 
    rural designations on the Kenai Peninsula. Following is an analysis of 
    public comments:
        A number of commentors indicated that their community's proposed 
    customary and traditional use determinations were in error, 
    particularly for some communities in Unit 15. As discussed above, the 
    Regional Council and Board have reexamined those determinations. The 
    final rule reflects revised customary and traditional use 
    determinations that comport with the best information available 
    relative to customary and traditional uses.
        Some commentors felt that the moose season is being set too early 
    in the year. The weather is too warm and the meat will spoil before it 
    can be taken care of. This concern is not without merit, but the State 
    has used early seasons on a regular basis and, if harvested wildlife 
    are dressed immediately and kept cool, the meat can be prevented from 
    spoiling. A later season would expose rutting bulls to possible 
    overharvest and the meat of bulls in rut is not as palatable.
        Two commentors suggested eliminating hunting seasons and initiating 
    a family harvest quota. If seasons were eliminated, hunting during the 
    summer could significantly increase the harvest of prime breeding 
    animals because of incomplete antler development; hunting during the 
    spring could put unwanted stress on the pregnant cows, possibly 
    reducing the calving rate. Existing regulations do allow the Board to 
    establish a family quota, community harvest system, or other 
    alternative harvest systems consistent with historic harvest patterns. 
    A family quota system was not part of the recommendation before the 
    Board in the current rulemaking. However, a proposal requesting this 
    type of system could be submitted this fall for Board consideration in 
    the next regulatory cycle.
        Some commentors believed that the antler restrictions are not a 
    customary and traditional harvest practice and are a restriction on the 
    subsistence user. The Board recognizes that harvesting animals based on 
    antler restrictions is not a customary or traditional practice. 
    However, antler restrictions have been demonstrably effective in 
    improving the health of the Kenai Peninsula moose population, which 
    suffered from very low bull:cow ratios as recently as 1986. 
    
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    These antler restrictions protect the continued opportunity for the 
    satisfaction of subsistence needs over the long term and provide more 
    meat for the subsistence user.
        Some commentors believed that ANILCA requires that Federal lands be 
    closed to harvest by non-subsistence users before any restriction, such 
    as the antler restriction, is imposed on subsistence hunters. The Board 
    recognizes the responsibility to provide a meaningful priority for 
    subsistence uses over non-subsistence uses on the Federal public lands, 
    and that non-subsistence uses must be reduced or proscribed before 
    subsistence uses are limited. The Board determined that after a decade 
    and a half with no subsistence seasons, the Federal subsistence moose 
    season for Unit 15(B) and 15(C) on the Kenai Peninsula represents a 
    major advance in providing for subsistence uses. The subsistence moose 
    season adopted by the Board implements a subsistence priority in that 
    during the first ten days of the season, subsistence users exercise an 
    exclusive harvest opportunity on Federal public lands. This will result 
    in a significant reallocation of harvest toward subsistence users. Non-
    Federally qualified subsistence users are restricted to entering 
    Federal lands to hunt moose ten days later under the State season 
    starting on August 20. The Federal and State seasons both end of 
    September 20, and both include the antler restriction, which is at the 
    center of management efforts to conserve a healthy moose population on 
    the Kenai Peninsula.
        Many commentors believed that the rural priority unfairly 
    discriminates against non-rural residents. Sections 801(5), 802(1), and 
    803 of ANILCA confine the eligibility for qualifying for a subsistence 
    priority to rural Alaska residents. The Board is obligated to implement 
    the rural priority as mandated by Congress in ANILCA.
        A large number of commentors believe that the communities of Hope, 
    Cooper Landing, Ninilchik, and other areas on the Peninsula with the 
    exception of Port Graham, Nanwalek, and possibly Seldovia are non-
    rural. The issue of whether or not a community is rural or nonrural for 
    the purposes of Title VIII is beyond the scope of this rulemaking. The 
    Board will, however, in the future, reexamine these communities to 
    determine if their status should be changed. That effort will be widely 
    publicized and comments solicited from the public.
        Two commentors indicated that they believed an economic analysis 
    should be completed for this rule. The economic impacts of this rule 
    are minimal, because there is no closure of Federal public lands to 
    non-Federally qualified users. Should it be necessary to close the 
    Federal lands to non-Federally qualified users, a more detailed 
    examination of the economic impacts will be completed.
        A number of commentors were concerned about non-residents and part-
    time summer residents, as well as new residents hunting under the 
    Federal Subsistence Management regulations. Federal regulations 
    prohibit anyone except Federally-qualified subsistence users from 
    hunting under the Federal Subsistence Management regulations. The 
    regulations define resident as ``any person who has his or her primary, 
    permanent home within Alaska and whenever absent . . . has the 
    intention of returning to it.'' These regulations automatically 
    disqualify nonresidents and part-time residents. They do provide the 
    opportunity for new residents moving permanently into a rural community 
    to adopt the practices of that community, including the subsistence 
    taking of fish and wildlife resources.
        A few commentors felt that non-rural residents were discriminated 
    against because they had no representation on the Southcentral Regional 
    Council. The only requirement for membership on the Regional Council is 
    residency within the region. Applications are solicited annually with 
    the most qualified individuals, based on their knowledge of subsistence 
    uses and needs and their knowledge of other uses of fish and wildlife 
    resources, being recommended to the Secretaries for appointment. 
    Members of the Regional Councils represent their entire region. 
    Currently two members of the Southcentral Regional Council are from the 
    Kenai Peninsula.
        A few individuals stated that there was inadequate opportunity for 
    public input. Recognizing the level of public concern and the 
    importance of this issue, the Board set a comment period that exceeded 
    60 days and held public hearings in 7 communities on the Kenai 
    Peninsula plus Anchorage. The hearings were held during the day and in 
    the evening, during the week and on the weekend to provide ample 
    opportunity for public comment.
        Some commentors felt that the proposed regulations ignore the 
    purposes for which the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge was established 
    and that subsistence is not consistent with those purposes. The 
    purposes of the refuge as stated in Section 303 of ANILCA and the 
    Section 804 subsistence priority are not mutually exclusive. 
    Implementation of the subsistence priority does not prevent the Fish 
    and Wildlife Service from fulfilling its responsibility to manage the 
    Kenai Refuge according to the Section 303 purposes.
        Many commentors indicated that the Federal government should not be 
    involved in management of fish and wildlife resources in Alaska. The 
    Secretaries and the Board agree that it is preferable for the State of 
    Alaska to manage the subsistence taking and use of fish and wildlife. 
    However, until such time as the State comes into compliance with Title 
    VIII, the Federal government must provide implementation of Title VIII 
    as directed by Congress.
    
    Conformance with Statutory and Regulatory Authorities
    National Environmental Policy Act Compliance
    
        A Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that described four 
    alternatives for developing a Federal Subsistence Management Program 
    was distributed for public comment on October 7, 1991. That document 
    described the major issues associated with Federal subsistence 
    management as identified through public meetings, written comments and 
    staff analysis and examined the environmental consequences of the four 
    alternatives. Proposed regulations (Subparts A, B, and C) that would 
    implement the preferred alternative were included in the DEIS as an 
    appendix. The DEIS and the proposed administrative regulations 
    presented a framework for an annual regulatory cycle regarding 
    subsistence hunting and fishing regulations (Subpart D). The Final 
    Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) was published on February 28, 
    1992.
        Based on the public comment received, the analysis contained in the 
    FEIS, and the recommendations of the Federal Subsistence Board and the 
    Department of the Interior's Subsistence Policy Group, it was the 
    decision of the Secretary of the Interior, with the concurrence of the 
    Secretary of Agriculture, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture-
    Forest Service, to implement a modified Alternative IV as identified in 
    the DEIS and FEIS (Record of Decision on Subsistence Management for 
    Federal Public Lands in Alaska (ROD), signed April 6, 1992). The DEIS 
    and the selected alternative in the FEIS defined the administrative 
    framework of an annual regulatory cycle for subsistence hunting and 
    fishing regulations. The final rule for Subsistence Management 
    Regulation for Public Lands in Alaska, Subparts A, B, and C (57 FR 
    22940-
    
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    22964) implements the Federal Subsistence Management Program and 
    includes a framework for an annual cycle for subsistence hunting and 
    fishing regulations.
    
    Compliance with Section 810 of ANILCA
    
        The intent of all Federal subsistence regulations is to accord 
    subsistence uses of fish and wildlife on public lands a priority over 
    the taking of fish and wildlife on such lands for other purposes, 
    unless restriction is necessary to conserve healthy fish and wildlife 
    populations. A Section 810 analysis was completed as part of the FEIS 
    process. The final Section 810 analysis determination appears in the 
    April 6, 1992, ROD which found that the Federal Subsistence Management 
    Program, under a modified Alternative IV with an annual process for 
    setting hunting and fishing regulations, had no significant possibility 
    of a significant restriction of subsistence uses.
    
    Paperwork Reduction Act
    
        These rules contain information collection requirements subject to 
    Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval under 44 U.S.C. 3501-
    3520. They apply to the use of public lands in Alaska. The information 
    collection requirements described above are approved by the OMB under 
    44 U.S.C. 3501 and have been assigned clearance number 1018-0075.
        Public reporting burden for the permit(s) required by this document 
    is estimated to average .1382 hours per response, including time for 
    reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing 
    and reviewing the form. Direct comments on the burden estimate or any 
    other aspect of this form to: Information Collection Officer, U.S. Fish 
    and Wildlife Service, 1849 C Street, NW, MS 224 ARLSQ, Washington, DC 
    20240; and the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction 
    Project (1018-0075), Washington, DC 20503. Additional information 
    collection requirements may be imposed if Local Advisory Committees 
    subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act are established under 
    Subpart B. Such requirements will be submitted to OMB for approval 
    prior to their implementation.
        This rule was not subject to OMB review under Executive Order 
    12866.
    Economic Effects
        The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 
    requires preparation of flexibility analyses for rules that will have a 
    significant effect on a substantial number of small entities, which 
    includes small businesses, organizations or governmental jurisdictions. 
    The Departments have determined that this rulemaking will not have a 
    significant economic effect on a substantial number of small entities 
    within the meaning of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
        This rulemaking will impose no significant costs on small entities; 
    the exact number of businesses and the amount of trade that will result 
    from this Federal land-related activity is unknown. The aggregate 
    effect is an insignificant positive economic effect on a number of 
    small entities. The number of small entities affected is unknown; but, 
    the fact that the positive effects will be seasonal in nature and will, 
    in most cases, merely continue preexisting uses of public lands 
    indicates that they will not be significant.
        These regulations do not meet the threshold criteria of 
    ``Federalism Effects'' as set forth in Executive Order 12612. Title 
    VIII of ANILCA requires the Secretaries to administer a subsistence 
    preference on public lands. The scope of this program is limited by 
    definition to certain public lands. Likewise, these regulations have no 
    significant takings implication relating to any property rights as 
    outlined by Executive Order 12630.
    Drafting Information
         These regulations were drafted by William Knauer under the 
    guidance of Richard S. Pospahala, of the Office of Subsistence 
    Management, Alaska Regional Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
    Anchorage, Alaska. Additional guidance was provided by Thomas H. Boyd, 
    Alaska State Office, Bureau of Land Management; Sandy Rabinowitch, 
    Alaska Regional Office, National Park Service; John Borbridge, Alaska 
    Area Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs; and Ken Thompson, USDA-Forest 
    Service.
    
    List of Subjects
    
    36 CFR Part 242
        Administrative practice and procedure, Alaska, Fish, National 
    Forests, Public Lands, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 
    Wildlife.
    
    50 CFR Part 100
    
        Administrative practice and procedure, Alaska, Fish, Public Lands, 
    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Wildlife.
    
        For the reasons set out in the preamble, Title 36, Part 242, and 
    Title 50, Part 100, of the Code of Federal Regulations, are amended as 
    set forth below.
    
    PART ____--SUBSISTENCE MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS FOR PUBLIC LANDS IN 
    ALASKA
    
        1. The authority citation for both 36 CFR Part 242 and 50 CFR Part 
    100 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3, 472, 551, 668dd, 3101-3126; 18 U.S.C. 
    3551-3586; 43 U.S.C. 1733.
    
        2. Section ____.24(a)(1) is amended in the table under ``Area,'' 
    ``Species,'' and ``Determination'' by removing the entry for ``Unit 15 
    (A) and (B),'' and two entries for ``Unit 15(C)'' for ``Moose'' and 
    adding the following new entries in their place to read as follows:
    
    
    Sec. ____.24  Customary and traditional use determinations.
    
        (a) * * *
        (1) * * *
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Area                 Species                Determination      
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                            
    *                  *                  *                  *              
                      *                  *                  *               
    Unit 15(A)...........  Moose................  No subsistence.           
    Unit 15 (B) and (C)..  Moose................  Residents of Ninilchik,   
                                                   Seldovia, Nanwalek, and  
                                                   Port Graham.             
                                                                            
    *                  *                  *                  *              
                      *                  *                  *               
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    * * * * *
        3. Section ____.25(k)(15)(iii)(D) is amended in the table under 
    ``Hunting'' by adding an entry for ``Moose'' after the entry for 
    ``Black Bear'' to read as follows:
    
    
    Sec. ____.25  Subsistence taking of wildlife.
    
    * * * * *
        (k) * * *
    
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        (15) * * *
        (iii) * * *
        (D) * * *
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    Harvest limits                         Open season      
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    HUNTING:                                                                
                                                                            
    *                  *                  *                  *              
                      *                  *                  *               
    Moose:                                                                  
        Unit 15 (B) and (C)--1 antlered bull with   Aug.10-Sept. 20.        
         spike-fork or 50-inch antlers or with 3                            
         or more brow tines on either antler, by                            
         Federal registration permit only.                                  
        Remainder of Unit 15......................  No open season.         
                                                                            
    *                  *                  *                  *              
                      *                  *                  *               
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    * * * * *
        Dated: July 27, 1995.
    Richard S. Pospahala,
    Acting Chair, Federal Subsistence Board.
        Dated: July 28, 1995.
    Robert W. Williams,
    Regional Forester, USDA--Forest Service.
    [FR Doc. 95-19483 Filed 8-8-95; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 3410-11-M; 4310-55-M
    
    

Document Information

Effective Date:
8/10/1995
Published:
08/09/1995
Department:
Fish and Wildlife Service
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Final rule.
Document Number:
95-19483
Dates:
The amendments to Sec. ____.24 are effective August 10, 1995. The amendments to Sec. ____.25 are effective August 10, 1995, through June 30, 1996.
Pages:
40461-40465 (5 pages)
RINs:
1018-AC82
PDF File:
95-19483.pdf
CFR: (2)
36 CFR 242
50 CFR 100