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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR game bird hunting regulations that is vii. Mottled Ducks more efficient and provides hunting viii. Wood Ducks Fish and Wildlife Service season dates much earlier than was ix. Youth Hunt possible under the old process. The new x. Mallard Management Units 50 CFR Part 20 xi. Other process makes planning easier for the 2. Sea Ducks [Docket No. FWS–HQ–MB–2017–0028; States and all parties interested in 3. Mergansers FF09M21200–178–FXMB1231099BPP0] migratory bird hunting. Beginning in the 4. Canada Geese summer of 2015, with the development A. Special Early Seasons RIN 1018–BB73 of the 2016–17 hunting seasons, we B. Regular Seasons C. Special Late Seasons Migratory Bird Hunting; Proposed started promulgating our annual migratory game bird hunting regulations 5. White-Fronted Geese Frameworks for Migratory Bird Hunting 6. Brant Regulations using a new schedule that combines the previously used early- and late-season 7. Snow and Ross’s (Light) Geese 8. Swans AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, regulatory processes into a single 9. Sandhill Cranes Interior. process. We make decisions for harvest 10. Coots ACTION: Proposed rule; supplemental. management based on predictions 11. Moorhens and Gallinules derived from long-term biological 12. Rails SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife information and established harvest 13. Snipe Service (hereinafter Service or we) is strategies and, therefore, can establish 14. Woodcock proposing to establish the 2018–19 migratory bird hunting seasons much 15. Band-Tailed Pigeons hunting regulations for certain earlier than the system we used for 16. Doves migratory game birds. We annually many years. Under the new process, we 17. Alaska 18. Hawaii prescribe frameworks, or outer limits, develop proposed hunting season for dates and times when hunting may 19. Puerto Rico frameworks for a given year in the fall 20. Virgin Islands occur and the number of birds that may of the prior year. We then finalize those 21. Falconry be taken and possessed in hunting frameworks a few months later, thereby 22. Other seasons. These frameworks are enabling the State agencies to select and Subsequent documents will refer only necessary to allow State selections of publish their season dates in early seasons and limits and to allow to numbered items requiring attention. summer. We provided a detailed Therefore, it is important to note that we recreational harvest at levels compatible overview of the new process in the with population and habitat conditions. will omit those items requiring no August 3, 2017, Federal Register (82 FR attention, and remaining numbered DATES: You must submit comments on 36308). This proposed rule is the third items will be discontinuous and appear the proposed migratory bird hunting in a series of proposed and final rules incomplete. frameworks by March 5, 2018. for the establishment of the 2018–19 The August 3 proposed rule also ADDRESSES: Comments: You may submit hunting seasons. provided detailed information on the comments on the proposals by one of Regulations Schedule for 2018 proposed 2018–19 regulatory schedule the following methods: and announced the Service Regulations • On August 3, 2017, we published a Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// Committee (SRC) and Flyway Council proposal to amend title 50 of the Code www.regulations.gov. Follow the meetings. instructions for submitting comments of Federal Regulations (CFR) at part 20 On October 3, 2017, we published in on Docket No. FWS–HQ–MB–2017– (82 FR 36308). The proposal provided a the Federal Register (82 FR 46011) a 0028. background and overview of the second document providing • U.S. mail or hand delivery: Public migratory bird hunting regulations supplemental proposals for migratory Comments Processing, Attn: FWS–HQ– process, and addressed the bird hunting regulations. The October 3 MB–2017–0028; Division of Policy, establishment of seasons, limits, and supplement also provided detailed Performance, and Management other regulations for hunting migratory information on the 2018–19 regulatory Programs; U.S. Fish and Wildlife game birds under §§ 20.101 through schedule and re-announced the SRC and Service; MS: BPHC; 5275 Leesburg Pike; 20.107, 20.109, and 20.110 of subpart K. Flyway Council meetings. Falls Church, VA 22041–3803. Major steps in the 2018–19 regulatory On October 17–18, 2017, we held We will post all comments on http:// cycle relating to open public meetings open meetings with the Flyway Council www.regulations.gov. This generally and Federal Register notifications were Consultants, at which the participants means that we will post any personal also identified in a August 3, 2017, reviewed information on the current information you provide us (see the proposed rule. Further, we explained status of migratory game birds and Review of Public Comments and Flyway that all sections of subsequent developed recommendations for the Council Recommendations section, documents outlining hunting 2018–19 regulations for these species. below, for more information). frameworks and guidelines were This document deals specifically with FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron organized under numbered headings. proposed frameworks for the migratory W. Kokel, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Those headings are: bird hunting regulations. It will lead to Service, Department of the Interior, MS: 1. Ducks final frameworks from which States may MB, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, A. General Harvest Strategy select season dates, shooting hours, VA 22041–3803; (703) 358–1967. B. Regulatory Alternatives areas, and limits. We have considered C. Zones and Split Seasons SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: all pertinent comments received D. Special Seasons/Species Management through November 1, 2017, on the i. September Teal Seasons New Process for the Annual Migratory August 3 and October 3, 2017, proposed Game Bird Hunting Regulations ii. September Teal/Wood Duck Seasons iii. Black Ducks rulemaking documents in developing As part of DOI’s retrospective iv. Canvasbacks this document. In addition, new regulatory review, 2 years ago we v. Pintails proposals for certain regulations are developed a schedule for migratory vi. Scaup provided for public comment. The

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comment period is specified above proposals and modifications to The prescribed regulatory alternative under DATES. We will publish final previously described proposals are for the Atlantic, Mississippi, Central, regulatory frameworks for migratory discussed below. Wherever possible, and Pacific Flyways is based on the game bird hunting in the Federal they are discussed under headings status of mallard populations that Register on or around February 28, corresponding to the numbered items in contribute primarily to each Flyway. In 2018. the August 3, 2017, proposed rule. the Atlantic Flyway, we set hunting regulations based on the population Population Status and Harvest General status of mallards breeding in eastern Each year we publish various species Written Comments: A commenter North America (Federal survey strata status reports that provide detailed protested the entire migratory bird 51–54 and 56, and State surveys in New information on the status and harvest of hunting regulations process, the killing England and the mid-Atlantic region). In migratory game birds, including of all migratory birds, and status and the Central and Mississippi Flyways, we information on the methodologies and habitat data on which the migratory bird set hunting regulations based on the results. These reports are available at hunting regulations are based. status and dynamics of mid-continent the address indicated under FOR mallards. Mid-continent mallards are Service Response: Our long-term FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT or from those breeding in central North America objectives continue to include providing our website at https://www.fws.gov/ (Federal survey strata 13–18, 20–50, and opportunities to harvest portions of birds/surveys-and-data/reports-and- 75–77, and State surveys in Minnesota, certain migratory game bird populations publications/population-status.php. Wisconsin, and Michigan). In the Pacific We used the following reports: and to limit harvests to levels Flyway, we set hunting regulations Adaptive Harvest Management, 2018 compatible with each population’s based on the status and dynamics of Hunting Season (September, 2017); ability to maintain healthy, viable western mallards. Western mallards are American Woodcock Population Status, numbers. Having taken into account the those breeding in Alaska and the 2017 (August, 2017); Band-tailed Pigeon zones of temperature and the northern Yukon Territory (as based on Population Status, 2017 (August, 2017); distribution, abundance, economic Federal surveys in strata 1–12), and in Migratory Bird Hunting Activity and value, breeding habits, and times and British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Harvest During the 2015–16 and 2016– lines of flight of migratory birds, we and California (as based on Canadian 17 Hunting Seasons (August, 2017); believe that the hunting seasons Wildlife Service and State-conducted Mourning Dove Population Status, 2017 provided for herein are compatible with surveys). (August, 2017); Status and Harvests of the current status of migratory bird For the 2018–19 season, we Sandhill Cranes, Mid-continent, Rocky populations and long-term population recommend continuing to use Mountain, Lower Colorado River Valley goals. Additionally, we are obligated to, independent optimization to determine and Eastern Populations, 2017 (August, and do, give serious consideration to all the optimal regulatory choice for each 2017); and Waterfowl Population Status, information received as public mallard stock. This means that we 2017 (August, 2017). comment. While there are problems would develop regulations for eastern inherent with any type of representative mallards, mid-continent mallards, and Review of Public Comments and management of public-trust resources, western mallards independently, based Flyway Council Recommendations we believe that the Flyway-Council upon the breeding stock that contributes The preliminary proposed system of migratory bird management primarily to each Flyway. We detailed rulemaking, which appeared in the has been a longstanding example of implementation of this AHM decision August 3, 2017, Federal Register, State-Federal cooperative management framework for western and mid- opened the public comment period for since its establishment in 1952. continent mallards in the July 24, 2008, migratory game bird hunting regulations However, as always, we continue to Federal Register (73 FR 43290) and for and discussed the regulatory seek new ways to streamline and eastern mallards in the July 20, 2012, alternatives for the 2018–19 duck improve the process. Federal Register (77 FR 42920). Further hunting season. Comments and 1. Ducks documentation on how adjustments recommendations are summarized were made to these decision frameworks below and numbered in the order used A. General Harvest Strategy can be found at https://www.fws.gov/ in the August 3, 2017, proposed rule. migratorybirds/pdf/management/AHM/ Council Recommendations: The We received recommendations from SEIS&AHMReportFinal.pdf. all four Flyway Councils. Some Atlantic, Mississippi, Central, and As we stated in the October 3, 2017, recommendations supported Pacific Flyway Councils recommended proposed rule, for the 2018–19 hunting continuation of last year’s frameworks. the adoption of the ‘‘liberal’’ regulatory season, we are continuing to consider Due to the comprehensive nature of the alternative. the same regulatory alternatives as those annual review of the frameworks Service Response: We propose to used last year. The nature of the performed by the Councils, support for continue using adaptive harvest ‘‘restrictive,’’ ‘‘moderate,’’ and ‘‘liberal’’ continuation of last year’s frameworks is management (AHM) to help determine alternatives has remained essentially assumed for items for which no appropriate duck-hunting regulations unchanged since 1997, except that recommendations were received. for the 2018–19 season. AHM allows extended framework dates have been Council recommendations for changes sound resource decisions in the face of offered in the ‘‘moderate’’ and ‘‘liberal’’ in the frameworks are summarized uncertain regulatory impacts and regulatory alternatives since 2002 (67 below. We have included only the provides a mechanism for reducing that FR 47224; July 17, 2002). numbered items pertaining to issues for uncertainty over time. We use AHM to The optimal AHM strategies for mid- which we received recommendations. evaluate four alternative regulatory continent, eastern, and western mallards Consequently, the issues do not follow levels for duck hunting based on the for the 2018–19 hunting season were in successive numerical order. population status of mallards. We enact calculated using: (1) Harvest- We seek additional information and other hunting regulations for species of management objectives specific to each comments on the recommendations in special concern, such as canvasbacks, mallard stock; (2) the 2018–19 this supplemental proposed rule. New scaup, and pintails. regulatory alternatives; and (3) current

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population models and associated breeding population estimate of 7.9 both the pre-sunrise (5.0 percent) and weights. Based on ‘‘liberal’’ regulatory million blue-winged teal from the post-sunrise (6.0 percent) periods were alternatives selected for the 2017–18 traditional survey area and the criteria below the acceptable rate of 10 percent. hunting season, the 2017 Waterfowl developed for the teal season harvest Therefore, we agree with the Mississippi Breeding Population and Habitat Survey strategy. Thus, a 16-day September teal Flyway Council’s request to make the (WBPHS) results of 10.64 million mid- season in the Atlantic, Central, and September teal-only season in Kentucky continent mallards and 4.33 million Mississippi Flyways is appropriate for operational. Finally, we agree with the ponds in Prairie Canada, 0.65 million the 2018–19 season. Mississippi Flyway’s request to extend eastern mallards, and 0.98 million We agree with the Atlantic Flyway’s Tennessee’s experimental teal-only western mallards (0.44 million in request to extend Florida’s experimental season through 2018, to allow the California-Oregon and 0.54 million in teal-only season through 2018, to allow Service sufficient time to review a Alaska), the optimal regulatory choice the State sufficient time to prepare a full report recently submitted by Tennessee for all four Flyways is the ‘‘liberal’’ report on the results of its study on that contains results from a fourth alternative. Therefore, we concur with impacts to non-target species. experimental year conducted in the recommendations of the Atlantic, We also agree with the Mississippi September 2017. The Service will Mississippi, Central, and Pacific Flyway Flyway’s request that September teal examine results from all 4 years of the Councils regarding selection of the seasons in Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, study to determine whether Tennessee ‘‘liberal’’ regulatory alternative for the and Kentucky be made operational has met experimental criteria with 2018–19 season and propose to adopt beginning in 2018–19. Iowa, Michigan, regard to nontarget species attempt and the ‘‘liberal’’ regulatory alternative, as and Wisconsin submitted a report that harvest rates. described in the October 3, 2017, summarized results from their 3-year We also agree with the Central Flyway Federal Register. experimental September teal season Council’s recommendation regarding conducted during 2014–16. Results from Nebraska’s experimental September teal C. Zones and Split Seasons those studies demonstrated that season. In 2014, we allowed States in Written Comments: The Colorado nontarget species attempt rates were northern (‘‘production’’) areas of the Parks and Wildlife requested a minor below the acceptable rate of 25 percent Central and Mississippi Flyways to boundary change between the east and (range 4.6 to 6.6 percent). Although open, on an experimental basis, west zones in the Pacific Flyway portion Michigan and Wisconsin each had one September teal seasons similar to those of the State due to unintended law year in which the nontarget harvest rate offered since 1969 to southern (‘‘non- enforcement issues. The existing zones exceeded the acceptable rate of 10 production’’) States. For these split Elkhead Reservoir. percent, the harvest rate in the other 2 experimental seasons, each State Service Response: We agree. The years of the studies in each State were entered into a memorandum of change is very minor and aids in hunter well below 10 percent (range 4.0 to 6.7 agreement with the Service that compliance by placing the entire for Michigan and 0.0 for both years in specified sample sizes (i.e., observations reservoir into one zone. Wisconsin), and thus we believe that of hunter performance) and decision D. Special Seasons/Species production (‘‘northern’’) States in the criteria that would need to be met for Management Mississippi Flyway have satisfied the these experimental seasons to become experimental criteria for nontarget operational. Hunters’ rates of attempting i. September Teal Seasons species harvest rates. None of the three to shoot nontarget waterfowl species Council Recommendations: The States opened an experimental season and the harvest rate of nontarget species Atlantic Flyway Council requested that prior to sunrise; therefore, a comparison could not exceed certain levels. Florida be allowed to hold an of nontarget species attempt and harvest Nebraska collected 4 years of experimental September teal-only rates during pre- and post-sunrise information and met the sample-size season for an additional year (2018), to periods was not made. Furthermore, we requirements. The attempt rates at allow sufficient time to incorporate the concur that Iowa shall be allowed to nontarget species (pre-sunrise period: 2017 results into a final report retain the option to select either a 7.9 percent; post-sunrise period: 13.6 evaluating impacts to non-target species. September 5-day duck season or an percent; both periods combined: 12.4 The Mississippi Flyway Council operational September teal season for percent) were below our acceptable rate recommended that teal seasons in Iowa, the 2018–19 hunting season. The of 25 percent. Further, the harvest rate Michigan, Wisconsin, and Kentucky be Service previously agreed to allow Iowa of nontarget species was 3 percent, made operational beginning in 2018–19. to retain these options when the State below the acceptable rate of 10 percent. They further recommended that suspended its special September 5-day Therefore, we support granting Tennessee be granted an additional year duck season in order to conduct a 3-year operational status to September teal of experimental status for their teal experimental September teal season seasons in the northern portion of season to collect an additional year of along with other production States in Nebraska. data to support evaluations and that the Flyway. When Iowa chooses either iii. Black Ducks Iowa be allowed to retain the option to of these options for the 2018–19 season, select a September 5-day duck season or that decision will remain in effect for Council Recommendations: The an operational early teal season for the future years under current duck season Atlantic and Mississippi Flyway 2018–19 hunting seasons. Iowa’s frameworks. With regard to the results Councils recommended that the Service decision would remain in effect under from the 3-year experimental September continue to follow the International current duck season frameworks. teal-only season that follows the Black Duck AHM Strategy for the 2018– The Central Flyway Council operational September teal-wood duck 19 season. recommended that Nebraska’s season in Kentucky, the nontarget Service Response: In 2012, we experimental September teal season be species attempt rate for both the pre- adopted the International Black Duck made operational for the 2018–19 sunrise (7.7 percent) and post-sunrise AHM Strategy (77 FR 49868; August 17, hunting season. (13.4 percent) periods were below the 2012). The formal strategy is the result Service Response: For the 2018–19 acceptable rate of 25 percent. Similarly, of 14 years of technical and policy season, we will utilize the 2017 the nontarget species harvest rate for decisions developed and agreed upon

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by both Canadian and U.S. agencies and biological information available to Service Response: In 2008, we waterfowl managers. The strategy develop recommendations for annual adopted and implemented a new scaup clarifies what harvest levels each canvasback harvest regulations. The harvest strategy (73 FR 43290 on July country will manage for and reduces decision support tool uses available 24, 2008, and 73 FR 51124 on August conflicts over country-specific information (1994–2014) on canvasback 29, 2008) with initial ‘‘restrictive,’’ regulatory policies. Further, the strategy population size, growth rate, survival, ‘‘moderate,’’ and ‘‘liberal’’ regulatory allows for attainment of fundamental and harvest and a discrete logistic packages adopted for each Flyway. objectives of black duck management: growth model to derive an optimal For scaup, optimal regulatory Resource conservation; perpetuation of harvest policy with an objective of strategies for the 2018–19 season were hunting tradition; and equitable access maximum sustained yield. The decision calculated using: (1) An objective to to the black duck resource between support tool calls for a closed season achieve 95 percent of long-term Canada and the United States while when the observed population is below cumulative harvest, (2) current scaup accommodating the fundamental 460,000, a 1-bird daily bag limit when regulatory alternatives, and (3) updated sources of uncertainty, partial the observed breeding population is model parameters and weights. Based controllability and observability, between 460,000 and 480,000, and a 2- on a ‘‘moderate’’ regulatory alternative structural uncertainty, and bird daily bag limit when the observed selected in 2017, and the 2017 survey environmental variation. The population is greater than 480,000. results of 4.37 million scaup, the underlying model performance is Given that the 2017 canvasback optimal regulatory choice for the 2018– assessed annually, with a breeding population estimate was 19 season for all four Flyways is the comprehensive evaluation of the entire 733,000 birds, we support the Flyways’ ‘‘moderate’’ regulatory alternative. strategy (objectives and model set) recommendations for a 2-canvasback planned after 6 years. A copy of the daily bag limit for the 2018–19 season. 4. Canada Geese strategy is available at https:// v. Pintails A. Special Early Seasons www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/pdf/ management/AHM/BlackDuck Council Recommendations: The Council Recommendations: The InternationalHarvestStrategy.pdf. Atlantic, Mississippi, Central, and Central Flyway Council recommended For the 2018–19 season, the optimal Pacific Flyway Councils recommended changing the zone boundaries in North country-specific regulatory strategies a full season for pintails, consisting of Dakota, modifying the boundary of the were calculated using: (1) The black a 2-bird daily bag limit and a 60-day ‘‘Remainder of State’’ zone to form a duck harvest objective (98 percent of season in the Atlantic and Mississippi new zone in the western portion of the long-term cumulative harvest); (2) 2018– Flyways, a 74-day season in the Central State. 19 country-specific regulatory Flyway, and a 107-day season in the Service Response: We support the alternatives; (3) current parameter Pacific Flyway. Central Flyway Council’s estimates for mallard competition and Service Response: The current derived recommendation. The change in zone additive mortality; and (4) 2017 survey pintail harvest strategy was adopted by boundaries will allow the State to results of 0.54 million breeding black the Service and Flyway Councils in increase harvest of resident Canada ducks and 0.44 million breeding 2010 (75 FR 44856; July 29, 2010). For geese in eastern portions of the State, mallards in the core survey area. The the 2018–19 season, an optimal where goose/human conflicts need to be optimal regulatory choices for the 2018– regulatory strategy for pintails was alleviated, without negatively impacting 19 season are the ‘‘liberal’’ package in calculated with: (1) An objective of hunter opportunities in western Canada and the ‘‘moderate’’ package in maximizing long-term cumulative the United States. harvest, including a closed-season portions of the State. constraint of 1.75 million birds; (2) the B. Regular Seasons iv. Canvasbacks regulatory alternatives and associated Council Recommendations: The predicted harvest; and (3) current Council Recommendations: The Atlantic, Mississippi, Central, and population models and their relative Atlantic Flyway Council revised its Pacific Flyway Councils recommended weights. Based on a ‘‘liberal’’ regulatory North Atlantic Population (NAP) a full season for canvasbacks with a 2- alternative with a 1-bird daily bag limit Harvest Strategy by (1) eliminating the bird daily bag limit. Season lengths for the 2017–18 season, and the 2017 ‘‘very restrictive’’ regulatory option, and would be 60 days in the Atlantic and survey results of 2.89 million pintails (2) incorporating uncertainty around Mississippi Flyways, 74 days in the observed at a mean latitude of 56.7 breeding population estimates into the Central Flyway, and 107 days in the degrees, the optimal regulatory choice annual regulatory option decision. Pacific Flyway. for all four Flyways for the 2018–19 Under the revised strategy, the Council Service Response: As we discussed in hunting season is the ‘‘liberal’’ recommended adoption of the moderate the March 28, 2016, final rule (81 FR alternative with a 2-bird daily bag limit. season option, which would consist of 17302), the canvasback harvest strategy a 60-day season with a 2-bird daily bag that we had relied on until 2015 was not vi. Scaup limit, with a framework of October 1 to viable under our new regulatory process Council Recommendations: The January 31 for the high harvest NAP because it required biological Atlantic, Mississippi, Central, and areas; and a 70-day season with a 3-bird information that was not yet available at Pacific Flyway Councils recommended daily bag limit, with a framework of the time a decision on season structure use of the ‘‘moderate’’ regulation October 1 to February 15 for the low needed to be made. We do not yet have package, consisting of a 60-day season harvest NAP areas for the 2018–19 a new harvest strategy to propose for use with a 2-bird daily bag in the Atlantic season. The Council further in guiding canvasback harvest Flyway and a 3-bird daily bag in the recommended discontinuance of North management in the future. However, we Mississippi Flyway, a 74-day season Carolina’s Southern James Bay have worked with technical staff of the with a 3-bird daily bag limit in the Population (SJBP) zone. This area would four Flyway Councils to develop a Central Flyway, and an 86-day season become part of North Carolina’s Atlantic decision framework (hereafter, decision with a 3-bird daily bag limit in the Flyway Resident Population (AFRP) support tool) that relies on the best Pacific Flyway. Zone.

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The Central Flyway Council percent with the bag limit change, and seq.); downlisted to threatened status in recommended the implementation of State harvest data indicate cackling 1990 (55 FR 51106, December 12, 1990); modified Canada goose hunting zones in geese represent about 70 percent of the and removed from protection under the North Dakota and Wyoming. Wyoming Canada goose harvest in this area. Other Act in 2001 (66 FR 15643, March 20, would conduct an evaluation of the 3- subspecies of Canada geese are over the 2001). The current 3-year average way splits in two zones in accordance Council’s population objectives, have no breeding population estimate (2015–17) with established criteria. open hunting season, occur mostly for Aleutian geese is 167,451, which is The Pacific Flyway Council outside of the Northwest Zone, or have substantially above the Flyway recommended increasing the daily bag stable trends in abundance during the population objective of 60,000 geese. limit for Canada geese from 4 to 6 in the last 10 years. More specific to these The Semidi Islands population segment Northwest Permit Zone of Oregon. They other Canada goose subspecies, the is currently about 300 birds, and has further recommended reducing the size current 3-year average breeding consisted of about 100–300 birds since of Oregon’s Tillamook County population estimate (2015–17) for the 1990s. Monitoring data indicate that Management Area (i.e., reducing the Aleutian Canada geese is 167,451, these birds almost exclusively use two size of the goose hunting closure). which is substantially above the Flyway pastures/hayfields within the goose Service Response: We agree with the population objective of 60,000 geese. hunting closure area. The closure area Atlantic Flyway Council’s decision to The current 3-year average breeding includes both non-goose habitat and explicitly consider uncertainty around population estimate (2015–17) for the pastures/hayfields the Semidi Islands breeding population estimates when Pacific Population of western Canada geese do not use. The closure area has developing its annual regulatory geese is 313,200 and exceeds area- been reduced four times (2002, 2005, recommendation for NAP Canada geese, specific Flyway objectives. The hunting 2007, and 2011) since establishment to and we support the Council’s season on dusky Canada geese, a focus protection on areas Semidi Islands recommendation for a moderate season subspecies of management concern, is geese use and address depredation in 2018–19. We also agree that the SJBP currently closed in this area. The complaints resulting from increasing zone designation in North Carolina can potential for increased incidental take of abundance of several populations of be eliminated, and that incorporating dusky geese is expected to be small, and Canada and white-fronted geese in the that area into the State’s AFRP zone is monitoring programs are in place to area. This fifth reduction in the goose appropriate. The SJBP is no longer evaluate population status. Vancouver hunting closure area is expected to managed as a separate population in the Canada geese are relatively maintain the same level of protection for Mississippi Flyway, where most of these nonmigratory, occur primarily in remote Semidi Islands geese and address the birds are harvested; thus, the SJBP zone estuarine areas of southeast Alaska and increasing number of goose depredation in North Carolina is not needed for northern British Columbia (i.e., complaints in the area currently closed harvest management purposes. Northwest Permit Zone is on the to goose hunting. Reduction of the goose We support the Central Flyway periphery of the subspecies’ range), and hunting closure area could result in Council’s recommendations. The change additional harvest associated with the increased take of dusky Canada geese, a in North Dakota was previously subspecies of management concern addressed above in 4.A. Special Early bag limit increase is expected to be insignificant. For Taverner’s Canada known to winter primarily in northwest Seasons. The changes will allow the Oregon and southwest Washington. States to better satisfy hunters’ desires geese and lesser Canada geese, there are no Flyway management plans, However, the hunting season for this to hunt at certain times of the season subspecies is closed in this area, the without negatively impacting Canada population objectives, or population- specific monitoring programs because potential for increased incidental take is goose populations. Wyoming will work expected to be small, and monitoring together with the Service to conduct an these birds cannot be differentiated during surveys and breeding programs are in place to evaluate evaluation of their change to conform to population status. Service requirements. distributions are not disjunct. However, We also agree with the Pacific Flyway these subspecies are encountered during 5. White-Fronted Geese Council’s recommendation to increase general waterfowl breeding population Council Recommendations: The the daily bag limit from 4 to 6 Canada and habitat surveys across North Pacific Flyway Council recommended geese in Oregon’s Northwest Permit America. Indices from these surveys removal of the special goose season Zone. Seven subspecies of Canada geese indicate that abundance of Taverner’s outside date restriction in Washington’s occur in this area, but cackling Canada and lesser geese have been stable during Area 1. geese are the most abundant. The the last 10 (2008–17) years. Service Response: We agree with the current 3-year average predicted fall We also agree with the Pacific Flyway Pacific Flyway Council’s population estimate (2015–17) for Council’s recommendation to reduce the recommendation. Removing the cackling geese is 321,475, which is size of the Tillamook County restriction would change the hunting substantially above the Flyway Management Area (i.e., goose hunting season framework dates for white- population objective of 250,000. The closure). Oregon’s Tillamook County fronted geese from the Saturday nearest increase in bag limit is specifically Management Area was established in September 24 and the last Sunday in intended to decrease abundance of 1982 to provide protection for Aleutian February to the Saturday nearest cackling geese and address associated Canada geese, specifically those that September 24 and March 10, consistent depredation complaints, and is primarily breed on the Semidi Islands, with the general framework for the consistent with the Council’s harvest Alaska, and winter near Pacific City, Pacific Flyway. The current 3-year strategy for these birds. However, the Oregon. Aleutian Canada geese were average predicted fall population bag limit increase could result in listed as an endangered population in estimate (2015–17) for the Pacific increased harvest of the 6 other 1967 (32 FR 4001, March 11, 1967) Population of greater white-fronted subspecies of Canada geese in the area, under the Endangered Species geese is 633,399, which is substantially but is not expected to be significant. Preservation Act of 1966, which was above the Flyway population objective Canada goose harvest in the area is later superseded by the Endangered of 300,000. The Area 1 framework date expected to increase by less than 10 Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et restriction was implemented when the

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local 3-year average snow goose count be available by the expected publication geese occur in the Pacific Flyway, and was below the 70,000 bird objective of the final frameworks (late February all are above Flyway objectives based on established in Washington Department 2018). Therefore, in the September 24, the most recent breeding population of Fish and Wildlife’s management plan 2015, Federal Register (80 FR 57664), indices. The population estimate for the for Wrangel Island snow geese. The we adopted the Atlantic Flyway’s Western Arctic Population (WAP) of current 3-year average snow goose count changes to the then-current Atlantic lesser snow geese was 419,800 in 2013 (2015–17) is 83,175, and exceeds the brant hunt plan strategies. Current (most recent estimate) on Banks Island, threshold of 70,000 birds. Removing the harvest packages (strategies) for Atlantic which is above the objective of 200,000 framework date restriction for white- brant hunting seasons are now as geese. Ross’s geese were estimated at fronted geese in Washington’s Area 1 follows: 624,100 in 2016 (most recent estimate) will simplify regulations by matching • If the mid-winter waterfowl survey at Karrak Lake and are above the the general framework dates for white- (MWS) count is <100,000 Atlantic brant, objective of 100,000 geese. The current fronted geese in the Pacific Flyway. the season would be closed. 3-year average breeding population • If the MWS count is between estimate (2015–17) for Wrangel Island 6. Brant 100,000 and 115,000 brant, States could snow geese is 297,333, which is above Council Recommendations: The select a 30-day season with a 1-bird the objective of 120,000 geese. Current Atlantic Flyway Council recommended daily bag limit. evidence suggests most light geese in that the 2018–19 season for Atlantic • If the MWS count is between Washington during fall and early winter brant follow the Atlantic Flyway brant 115,000 and 130,000 brant, States could are primarily Wrangel Island snow hunt plan pending the results of the select a 30-day season with a 2-bird geese, but an influx of WAP lesser snow 2018 Atlantic Flyway mid-winter daily bag limit. and Ross’s geese may occur during late waterfowl survey. The Council also • If the MWS count is between winter as birds begin to move north recommended that if the results of the 130,000 and 150,000 brant, States could from California toward breeding areas. 2018 mid-winter survey are not select a 50-day season with a 2-bird Removing the closing framework date available, then the results of the most daily bag limit. restriction for light geese in recent mid-winter survey should be • If the MWS count is between Washington’s Area 1 will simplify used. 150,000 and 200,000 brant, States could regulations by matching the general Service Response: As we discussed select a 60-day season with a 2-bird framework dates for light geese in the March 28, 2016, final rule (81 FR daily bag limit. Pacific Flyway. 17302), the current harvest strategy used • If the MWS count is >200,000 brant, to determine the Atlantic brant season States could select a 60-day season with 9. Sandhill Cranes frameworks does not fit well within the a 3-bird daily bag limit. Council Recommendations: The new regulatory process, similar to the Under all the above open-season Central and Pacific Flyway Councils Rocky Mountain Population (RMP) alternatives, seasons would be between recommended changing the framework sandhill crane issue discussed below the Saturday nearest September 24 and season length for Rocky Mountain under 9. Sandhill Cranes. In developing January 31. Further, States could split Population (RMP) cranes from 30 the annual proposed frameworks for their seasons into 2 segments. consecutive days to 60 days that may be Atlantic brant in the past, the Atlantic When we acquire the 2018 MWS split into segments. The Pacific Flyway Flyway Council and the Service used brant count in January 2018, we will Council recommended a maximum of the number of brant counted during the select the appropriate Atlantic brant three season segments, whereas the Mid-winter Waterfowl Survey (MWS) in hunting season for 2018–19 from the Central Flyway Council the Atlantic Flyway, and took into above Atlantic brant hunt strategies and recommendation did not specify a consideration the brant population’s publish the result in the final maximum number of season segments. expected productivity that summer. The frameworks rule. The Pacific Flyway Council further MWS is conducted each January, and recommended establishment of a new expected brant productivity is based on 7. Snow and Ross’s (Light) Geese hunting unit for RMP cranes in the early-summer observations of breeding Council Recommendations: The Malad River area of Oneida County, habitat conditions and nesting effort in Pacific Flyway Council recommended, Idaho, and that allowable harvest of important brant nesting areas. Thus, the in Washington, removing the special RMP cranes be determined based on the data under consideration were available goose season outside date restriction in formula described in the Pacific and before the annual Flyway and SRC Area 1. Central Flyway Management Plan for decision-making meetings took place in Service Response: We agree with the RMP cranes. late July. Although the former regulatory Pacific Flyway Council’s Service Response: We agree with the alternatives for Atlantic brant were recommendation. Removing the Central and Pacific Flyway Council’s developed by factoring together long- restriction would change the hunting recommendation to increase the season term productivity rates (observed during season closing framework date for light length for RMP cranes from 30 to 60 November and December productivity geese from the last Sunday in February days and to allow the season to be split surveys) with estimated observed to March 10, consistent with the general into segments. However, we will restrict harvest under different framework framework for the Pacific Flyway. The the number of season segments to three, regulations, the primary decision- Area 1 framework date restriction was consistent with the Pacific Flyway making criterion for selecting the annual implemented when the local 3-year recommendation. The change in season frameworks was the MWS count. average snow goose count was below length and splits is intended to provide Under the new regulatory schedule, the 70,000 bird objective established in increased flexibility to States in neither the expected 2018 brant Washington Department of Fish and addressing crop depredation concerns production information (available Wildlife’s management plan for Wrangel and cranes staging for longer periods. summer 2018) nor the 2018 MWS count Island snow geese. The current 3-year This change is not expected to result in (conducted in January 2018) is yet average snow goose count (2015–17) is harvest of RMP cranes above allowable available. However, the 2018 MWS will 83,175, and exceeds the threshold of levels because States are allocated a be completed and winter brant data will 70,000 birds. Three populations of light maximum allowable harvest annually

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according to the harvest strategy 14. Woodcock (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, specified in the Pacific and Central In 2011, we implemented a harvest Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Flyway Council’s RMP crane strategy for woodcock (76 FR 19876, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania). management plan. However, we note April 8, 2011). The harvest strategy Service Response: We agree with the that increasing hunting opportunities provides a transparent framework for Atlantic Flyway Council’s likely will increase harvest and bring making regulatory decisions for recommendation to allow compensatory States closer to their harvest allocations. woodcock season length and bag limits days for all migratory game bird species The Service, collaboratively with the while we work to improve monitoring in States where Sunday hunting is States, will continue to monitor take and assessment protocols for this prohibited by State law. Compensatory levels to ensure that realized take species. Utilizing the criteria developed days will provide additional hunting remains within those allowed in the for the strategy, the 3-year average for opportunity for dove, woodcock, rail, Flyway Councils’ harvest strategy. the Singing Ground Survey indices and snipe, and gallinule hunters in those We also agree with the Pacific Flyway associated confidence intervals fall States, thereby assisting State agency Council’s recommendation to create a within the ‘‘moderate package’’ for both efforts to retain hunters. We expect that new hunting area for RMP cranes in the Eastern and Central Management the biological impacts of the additional Idaho to include a portion of Oneida Regions. As such, a ‘‘moderate season’’ hunting opportunity afforded by County. The new hunting area is for both management regions for the compensatory days will be minimal on consistent with the hunting area 2018–19 season is appropriate. snipe, rails, and gallinules, which are requirements in the Pacific and Central Specifics of the harvest strategy can lightly hunted in the Atlantic Flyway. Flyway Council’s RMP crane be found at https://www.fws.gov/birds/ More than 88 percent of the mourning management plan. Because this is a surveys-and-data/webless-migratory- dove harvest in the Atlantic Flyway shared population between the Pacific game-birds/american-woodcock.php. occurs during the first month of the and Central Flyways, the same season, and only 4 of the affected States 16. Doves have dove seasons; thus, adding recommendation should have come compensatory days later in the dove from the Central Flyway Council. Council Recommendations: The season in those States will not increase Although we did not receive a formal Atlantic and Mississippi Flyway the harvest significantly. Based on recommendation from them, the Central Councils recommended use of the recent (2012–2016) estimates of Flyway Council has indicated to the ‘‘standard’’ season framework woodcock harvested per day, the Service that it supports the comprising a 90-day season and 15-bird additional 7 woodcock hunting days (5 recommendation. daily bag limit for States within the Eastern Management Unit (EMU). The in New Jersey) in the affected States is Regarding the RMP crane harvest, as daily bag limit could be composed of expected to result in approximately we discussed in the March 28, 2016, mourning doves and white-winged 5,500 additional woodcock harvested, final rule (81 FR 17302), the current doves, singly or in combination. They about 9 percent of the recent annual harvest strategy used to calculate the also recommended that the closing woodcock harvest in the Atlantic allowable harvest of RMP cranes does framework date for the EMU be changed Flyway. If this additional harvest results not fit well within the new regulatory from January 15 to January 31. in measurable adverse population process, similar to the Atlantic brant The Mississippi and Central Flyway impacts, the woodcock hunting season issue discussed above under 6. Brant. Councils recommended the use of the and harvest in the Atlantic Flyway will Results of the fall abundance and ‘‘standard’’ season package of a 15-bird be adjusted in accordance with the recruitment surveys of RMP cranes, daily bag limit and a 90-day season for woodcock harvest strategy, which is which are used in the calculation of the the 2018–19 mourning dove season in based on the population status of the annual allowable harvest, will continue the States within the Central species. to be released between December 1 and Management Unit. Public Comments January 31 each year, which is after the The Pacific Flyway Council date proposed frameworks will be recommended use of the ‘‘standard’’ The Department of the Interior’s formulated in the new regulatory season framework for States in the policy is, whenever possible, to afford process. If we were to propose Western Management Unit (WMU) the public an opportunity to participate regulations at this point in time, data 2 population of mourning doves. in the rulemaking process. Accordingly, to 4 years old would be used to Service Response: Based on the we invite interested persons to submit determine the annual allowable harvest harvest strategies and current written comments, suggestions, or and State harvest allocations for RMP population status, we agree with the recommendations regarding the cranes. We agree that relying on data recommended selection of the proposed regulations. Before that is 2 to 4 years old is not ideal due ‘‘standard’’ season frameworks for doves promulgating final migratory game bird to the variability in fall abundance and in the Eastern, Central, and Western hunting regulations, we will consider all recruitment for this population, and the Management Units for the 2018–19 comments we receive. These comments, significance of these data in the annual season. and any additional information we harvest allocations. Thus, we agree that receive, may lead to final regulations the formula to determine the annual 22. Other that differ from these proposals. allowable harvest for RMP cranes Council Recommendations: The You may submit your comments and published in the March 28, 2016, final Atlantic Flyway Council recommended materials concerning this proposed rule rule should be used under the new that Atlantic Flyway States be granted by one of the methods listed in regulatory schedule. We will produce a compensatory days for webless ADDRESSES. We will not accept final estimate for the allowable harvest migratory game bird hunting beginning comments sent by email or fax. We will of RMP cranes and publish it in the final with the 2018–19 hunting season in not consider hand-delivered comments frameworks rule, allowing us to use data States where Sunday hunting for that we do not receive, or mailed that is 1 to 3 years old, as is currently migratory game birds is prohibited by a comments that are not postmarked, by practiced. State law adopted prior to 1997 the date specified in DATES.

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We will post all comments in their Dated: January 16, 2018. Flyways and Management Units entirety—including your personal Jason Larrabee, Waterfowl Flyways identifying information—on http:// Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish www.regulations.gov. Before including and Wildlife and Parks, Exercising the Atlantic Flyway: Includes your address, phone number, email Authority of the Assistant Secretary for Fish Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, address, or other personal identifying and Wildlife and Parks. Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New information in your comment, you Proposed Regulations Frameworks for Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, should be aware that your entire 2018–19 Hunting Seasons on Certain North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode comment—including your personal Migratory Game Birds Island, South Carolina, Vermont, identifying information—may be made Virginia, and West Virginia. publicly available at any time. While Pursuant to the Migratory Bird Treaty Mississippi Flyway: Includes you can ask us in your comment to Act and delegated authorities, the Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, withhold your personal identifying Department of the Interior approved the Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, information from public review, we following proposed frameworks for Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, cannot guarantee that we will be able to season lengths, shooting hours, bag and Tennessee, and Wisconsin. do so. possession limits, and outside dates Central Flyway: Includes Colorado within which States may select seasons (east of the Continental Divide), Kansas, Comments and materials we receive, for hunting migratory game birds Montana (Counties of Blaine, Carbon, as well as supporting documentation we between the dates of September 1, 2018, Fergus, Judith Basin, Stillwater, used in preparing this proposed rule, and March 10, 2019. These frameworks Sweetgrass, Wheatland, and all counties will be available for public inspection are summarized below. east thereof), Nebraska, New Mexico on http://www.regulations.gov, or by (east of the Continental Divide except appointment, during normal business General the Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation), hours, at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Service, Division of Migratory Bird Dates: All outside dates noted below are inclusive. Texas, and Wyoming (east of the Management, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Continental Divide). Church, Virginia. Shooting and Hawking (taking by Pacific Flyway: Includes Alaska, We will consider, but possibly may falconry) Hours: Unless otherwise Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, not respond in detail to, each comment. specified, from one-half hour before Oregon, Utah, Washington, and those As in the past, we will summarize all sunrise to sunset daily. portions of Colorado, Montana, New comments we receive during the Possession Limits: Unless otherwise Mexico, and Wyoming not included in comment period and respond to them specified, possession limits are three the Central Flyway. times the daily bag limit. after the closing date in the preambles Duck Management Units of any final rules. Permits: For some species of migratory birds, the Service authorizes High Plains Mallard Management Required Determinations the use of permits to regulate harvest or Unit: Roughly defined as that portion of the Central Flyway that lies west of the Based on our most current data, we monitor their take by sport hunters, or 100th meridian. See Area, Unit, and are affirming our required both. In many cases (e.g., tundra swans, Zone Descriptions, Ducks (Including determinations made in the August 3 some sandhill crane populations), the Mergansers) and Coots for specific and October 3 proposed rules; for Service determines the amount of harvest that may be taken during boundaries in each State. descriptions of our actions to ensure Columbia Basin Mallard Management compliance with the following statutes hunting seasons during its formal regulations-setting process, and the Unit: In Washington, all areas east of the and Executive Orders, see our August 3, Pacific Crest Trail and east of the Big 2017, proposed rule (82 FR 36308): States then issue permits to hunters at levels predicted to result in the amount White Salmon River in Klickitat County; • National Environmental Policy Act of take authorized by the Service. Thus, and in Oregon, the counties of Gilliam, (NEPA) Consideration; although issued by States, the permits Morrow, and Umatilla. • Endangered Species Act would not be valid unless the Service Mourning Dove Management Units Consideration; approved such take in its regulations. Eastern Management Unit: All States • Regulatory Flexibility Act; These Federally authorized, State- east of the Mississippi River, and • Small Business Regulatory issued permits are issued to individuals, Louisiana. Enforcement Fairness Act; and only the individual whose name Central Management Unit: Arkansas, and address appears on the permit at the • Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, time of issuance is authorized to take Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New • Unfunded Mandates Reform Act; migratory birds at levels specified in the Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South • Executive Orders 12630, 12866, permit, in accordance with provisions of Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. 12988, 13132, 13175, 13211, 13563, and both Federal and State regulations Western Management Unit: Arizona, 13771. governing the hunting season. The California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, permit must be carried by the permittee and Washington. List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 20 when exercising its provisions and must be presented to any law enforcement Woodcock Management Regions Exports, Hunting, Imports, Reporting officer upon request. The permit is not Eastern Management Region: and recordkeeping requirements, transferrable or assignable to another Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Transportation, Wildlife. individual, and may not be sold, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New The rules that eventually will be bartered, traded, or otherwise provided Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, promulgated for the 2018–19 hunting to another person. If the permit is North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode season are authorized under 16 U.S.C. altered or defaced in any way, the Island, South Carolina, Vermont, 703–712 and 16 U.S.C. 742 a–j. permit becomes invalid. Virginia, and West Virginia.

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Central Management Region: for youth hunters. However, youth hold up to 5 days of its regular duck Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, hunters may not be over the age of 17. hunting season in September. All ducks Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, In addition, an adult at least 18 years of that are legal during the regular duck Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, age must accompany the youth hunter season may be taken during the Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, into the field. This adult may not duck September segment of the season. The Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, hunt but may participate in other September season segment may Texas, and Wisconsin. seasons that are open on the special commence no earlier than the Saturday Other geographic descriptions are youth day. Youth hunters 16 years of nearest September 20 (September 22). contained in a later portion of this age and older must possess a Federal The daily bag and possession limits will document. Migratory Bird Hunting and be the same as those in effect during the Conservation Stamp (also known as remainder of the regular duck season. Definitions Federal Duck Stamp). Tundra swans The remainder of the regular duck For the purpose of the hunting may only be taken by participants season may not begin before October 10. regulations listed below, the collective possessing applicable tundra swan Waterfowl terms ‘‘dark’’ and ‘‘light’’ geese include permits. the following species: Atlantic Flyway Dark geese: Canada geese, white- Special September Teal Season Ducks, Mergansers, and Coots fronted geese, brant (except in Alaska, Outside Dates: Between September 1 California, Oregon, Washington, and the and September 30, an open season on Outside Dates: Between the Saturday Atlantic Flyway), and all other goose all species of teal may be selected by the nearest September 24 (September 22) species except light geese. following States in areas delineated by and the last Sunday in January (January Light geese: Snow (including blue) State regulations: 27). geese and Ross’s geese. Atlantic Flyway: Delaware, Florida, Hunting Seasons and Duck Limits: 60 Area, Zone, and Unit Descriptions: Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, days. The daily bag limit is 6 ducks, Geographic descriptions related to South Carolina, and Virginia. including no more than 4 mallards (no regulations are contained in a later Mississippi Flyway: Alabama, more than 2 of which can be females), portion of this document. Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, 2 black ducks, 2 pintails, 1 mottled Area-Specific Provisions: Frameworks Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, duck, 1 fulvous whistling duck, 3 wood for open seasons, season lengths, bag Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, ducks, 2 redheads, 2 scaup, 2 and possession limits, and other special and Wisconsin. canvasbacks, 4 scoters, 4 eiders, and 4 provisions are listed below by Flyway. Central Flyway: Colorado (part), long-tailed ducks. Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico (part), Closures: The season on harlequin Migratory Game Bird Seasons in the ducks is closed. Atlantic Flyway Oklahoma, and Texas. Hunting Seasons and Daily Bag Merganser Limits: The daily bag limit In the Atlantic Flyway States of Limits: Not to exceed 16 consecutive of mergansers is 5, only 2 of which may Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, hunting days in the Atlantic, be hooded mergansers. In States that Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Mississippi, and Central Flyways. The include mergansers in the duck bag North Carolina, and Pennsylvania, daily bag limit is 6 teal. limit, the daily limit is the same as the where Sunday hunting is prohibited duck bag limit, only 2 of which may be Statewide by State law, all Sundays are Shooting Hours hooded mergansers. closed to the take of all migratory game Atlantic Flyway: One-half hour before Coot Limits: The daily bag limit is 15 birds. sunrise to sunset, except in South coots. Carolina, where the hours are from Lake Champlain Zone, New York: The Special Youth Waterfowl Hunting Days sunrise to sunset. waterfowl seasons, limits, and shooting Outside Dates: States may select 2 Mississippi and Central Flyways: One- hours should be the same as those days per duck-hunting zone, designated half hour before sunrise to sunset, selected for the Lake Champlain Zone of as ‘‘Youth Waterfowl Hunting Days,’’ in except in the States of Arkansas, Vermont. addition to their regular duck seasons. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Connecticut River Zone, Vermont: The days must be held outside any Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and The waterfowl seasons, limits, and regular duck season on weekends, Wisconsin, where the hours are from shooting hours should be the same as holidays, or other non-school days sunrise to sunset. those selected for the Inland Zone of when youth hunters would have the New Hampshire. maximum opportunity to participate. Special September Duck Seasons Zoning and Split Seasons: Delaware, The days may be held up to 14 days Florida, Kentucky, and Tennessee: In Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North before or after any regular duck-season lieu of a special September teal season, Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, frameworks or within any split of a a 5-consecutive-day teal/wood duck Virginia, and West Virginia may split regular duck season, or within any other season may be selected in September. their seasons into three segments; open season on migratory birds. The daily bag limit may not exceed 6 Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Daily Bag Limits: The daily bag limits teal and wood ducks in the aggregate, of New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, may include ducks, geese, tundra which no more than 2 may be wood Pennsylvania, and Vermont may select swans, mergansers, coots, moorhens, ducks. In addition, a 4-consecutive-day hunting seasons by zones and may split and gallinules and would be the same teal-only season may be selected in their seasons into two segments in each as those allowed in the regular season. September either immediately before or zone. Flyway species and area restrictions immediately after the 5-consecutive-day Scoters, Eiders, and Long-Tailed Ducks would remain in effect. teal/wood duck season. The daily bag Shooting Hours: One-half hour before limit is 6 teal. The teal-only seasons in Special Sea Duck Seasons sunrise to sunset. Florida and Tennessee are experimental. Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Participation Restrictions: States may Iowa: In lieu of an experimental Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New use their established definition of age special September teal season, Iowa may Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,

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North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Canada Geese a 5-bird daily bag limit. The season may Carolina, and Virginia may select a Special Early Canada Goose Seasons be split into 3 segments. Special Sea Duck Season in designated Maine Special Sea Duck Areas. If a Special Sea A Canada goose season of up to 15 Duck Season is selected, scoters, eiders, days during September 1–15 may be A 60-day season may be held and long-tailed ducks may be taken in selected for the Eastern Unit of Statewide between October 1 and the designated Special Sea Duck Area(s) Maryland. Seasons not to exceed 30 January 31, with a 2-bird daily bag limit. days during September 1–30 may be only during the Special Sea Duck Maryland Season dates; scoters, eiders, and long- selected for Connecticut, Florida, tailed ducks may be taken outside of Georgia, New Jersey, New York (Long RP Zone: An 80-day season may be Special Sea Duck Area(s) during the Island Zone only), North Carolina, held between November 15 and March regular duck season, in accordance with Rhode Island, and South Carolina. 10, with a 5-bird daily bag limit. The the frameworks for ducks, mergansers, Seasons may not exceed 25 days during season may be split into 3 segments. and coots specified above. September 1–25 in the remainder of the AP Zone: A 50-day season may be Flyway. Areas open to the hunting of held between November 15 and Outside Dates: Between September 15 Canada geese must be described, February 5, with a 2-bird daily bag limit. and January 31. delineated, and designated as such in Massachusetts Special Sea Duck Seasons and Daily each State’s hunting regulations. Bag Limits: 60 consecutive hunting Daily Bag Limits: Not to exceed 15 NAP Zone: A 60-day season may be days, or 60 days that are concurrent Canada geese. held between October 1 and January 31, with the regular duck season, with a Shooting Hours: One-half hour before with a 2-bird daily bag limit. daily bag limit of 5, singly or in the sunrise to sunset, except that during any Additionally, a special season may be aggregate, of the listed sea duck species, special early Canada goose season, held from January 15 to February 15, including no more than 4 scoters, 4 shooting hours may extend to one-half with a 5-bird daily bag limit. eiders, and 4 long-tailed ducks. Within hour after sunset if all other waterfowl AP Zone: A 50-day season may be the special sea duck areas, during the seasons are closed in the specific held between October 10 and February regular duck season in the Atlantic applicable area. 5, with a 3-bird daily bag limit. Flyway, States may choose to allow the Regular Canada Goose Seasons New Hampshire above sea duck limits in addition to the limits applying to other ducks during Season Lengths, Outside Dates, and A 60-day season may be held the regular season. In all other areas, sea Limits: Specific regulations for Canada Statewide between October 1 and ducks may be taken only during the geese are shown below by State. These January 31 with a 2-bird daily bag limit. regular open season for ducks and are seasons may also include white-fronted New Jersey part of the regular duck season daily bag geese in an aggregate daily bag limit. AP Zone: A 50-day season may be (not to exceed 4 scoters, 4 eiders, and Unless specified otherwise, seasons may held between the fourth Saturday in 4 long-tailed ducks) and possession be split into two segments. October (October 27) and February 5, limits. Connecticut with a 3-bird daily bag limit. Special Sea Duck Areas: In all coastal North Atlantic Population (NAP) RP Zone: An 80-day season may be waters and all waters of rivers and Zone: Between October 1 and January held between the fourth Saturday in streams seaward from the first upstream 31, a 60-day season may be held with October (October 27) and February 15, bridge in Maine, New Hampshire, a 2-bird daily bag limit. with a 5-bird daily bag limit. The season Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Atlantic Population (AP) Zone: A 50- may be split into 3 segments. Connecticut, and New York; in New day season may be held between Special Late Goose Season Area: A Jersey, all coastal waters seaward from October 10 and February 5, with a 3- special season may be held in the International Regulations for bird daily bag limit. designated areas of North and South Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGS) South Zone: A special season may be New Jersey from January 15 to February Demarcation Lines shown on National held between January 15 and February 15, with a 5-bird daily bag limit. Oceanic and Atmospheric 15, with a 5-bird daily bag limit. New York Administration (NOAA) Nautical Charts Resident Population (RP) Zone: An and further described in 33 CFR 80.165, 80-day season may be held between NAP Zone: Between October 1 and 80.501, 80.502, and 80.503; in any October 1 and February 15, with a 5- January 31, a 60-day season may be waters of the Atlantic Ocean and in any bird daily bag limit. The season may be held, with a 2-bird daily bag limit in the tidal waters of any bay that are split into 3 segments. High Harvest areas; and between separated by at least 1 mile of open October 1 and February 15, a 70-day water from any shore, island, and Delaware season may be held, with a 3-bird daily emergent vegetation in South Carolina A 50-day season may be held between bag limit in the Low Harvest areas. and Georgia; and in any waters of the November 15 and February 5, with a AP Zone: A 50-day season may be Atlantic Ocean and in any tidal waters 2-bird daily bag limit. held between the fourth Saturday in of any bay that are separated by at least October (October 27), except in the Lake 800 yards of open water from any shore, Florida Champlain Area where the opening date island, and emergent vegetation in An 80-day season may be held is October 10, through February 5, with Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, between October 1 and March 10, with a 3-bird daily bag limit. and Virginia; and provided that any a 5-bird daily bag limit. The season may Western Long Island RP Zone: A 107- such areas have been described, be split into 3 segments. day season may be held between the delineated, and designated as special Saturday nearest September 24 sea duck hunting areas under the Georgia (September 22) and March 10, with an hunting regulations adopted by the An 80-day season may be held 8-bird daily bag limit. The season may respective States. between October 1 and March 10, with be split into 3 segments.

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Rest of State RP Zone: An 80-day 10, with a 5-bird daily bag limit. The Geese season may be held between the fourth season may be split into 3 segments. Season Lengths, Outside Dates, and Saturday in October (October 27) and Limits: March 10, with a 5-bird daily bag limit. West Virginia Canada Geese: States may select The season may be split into 3 An 80-day season may be held segments. seasons for Canada geese not to exceed between October 1 and March 10, with 107 days with a 5-bird daily bag limit North Carolina a 5-bird daily bag limit. The season may during September 1–30, and a 3-bird RP Zone: An 80-day season may be be split into 3 segments in each zone. daily bag limit for the remainder of the held between October 1 and March 10, Light Geese season. Seasons may be held between with a 5-bird daily bag limit. The season September 1 and February 15, and may may be split into 3 segments. Season Lengths, Outside Dates, and be split into 4 segments. Northeast Hunt Unit: A 14-day season Limits: States may select a 107-day White-fronted Geese and Brant: may be held between the Saturday prior season between October 1 and March Arkansas, Illinois, Louisiana, Kentucky, to December 25 (December 22) and 10, with a 25-bird daily bag limit and no Missouri, Mississippi, and Tennessee January 31, with a 1-bird daily bag limit. possession limit. States may split their may select a season for white-fronted seasons into three segments. geese not to exceed 74 days with 3 geese Pennsylvania daily, or 88 days with 2 geese daily, or SJBP Zone: A 78-day season may be Brant 107 days with 1 goose daily between held between the first Saturday in September 1 and February 15; Alabama, October (October 6) and February 15, Season Lengths, Outside Dates, and Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, with a 3-bird daily bag limit. Limits: States may select a season Ohio, and Wisconsin may select a RP Zone: An 80-day season may be between the Saturday nearest September season for white-fronted geese not to held between the fourth Saturday in 24 (September 22) and January 31. exceed 107 days with 5 geese daily, in October (October 27) and March 10, States may split their seasons into two aggregate with dark geese between with a 5-bird daily bag limit. The season segments. The season length and daily September 1 and February 15. States may be split into 3 segments. bag limit will be based on the upcoming may select a season for brant not to AP Zone: A 50-day season may be Mid-Winter Survey results and the exceed 70 days with 2 brant daily, or held between the fourth Saturday in Atlantic brant hunt plan. 107 days with 1 brant daily with outside October (October 27) and February 5, Mississippi Flyway dates the same as for Canada geese; with a 3-bird daily bag limit. alternately, States may include brant in Rhode Island Ducks, Mergansers, and Coots an aggregate goose bag limit with either Canada geese, white-fronted geese, or A 60-day season may be held between Outside Dates: Between the Saturday dark geese. October 1 and January 31, with a 2-bird nearest September 24 (September 22) Light Geese: States may select seasons daily bag limit. A special late season and the last Sunday in January (January for light geese not to exceed 107 days, may be held in designated areas from 27). with 20 geese daily between September January 15 to February 15, with a 5-bird Hunting Seasons and Duck Limits: 1 and February 15. There is no daily bag limit. The season may not exceed 60 days, possession limit for light geese. South Carolina with a daily bag limit of 6 ducks, Shooting Hours: One-half hour before including no more than 4 mallards (no sunrise to sunset, except that during In designated areas, an 80-day season September 1–15 shooting hours may may be held between October 1 and more than 2 of which may be females), extend to one-half hour after sunset for March 10, with a 5-bird daily bag limit. 1 mottled duck, 2 black ducks, 2 Canada geese if all other waterfowl and The season may be split into 3 pintails, 3 wood ducks, 2 canvasbacks, crane seasons are closed in the specific segments. 3 scaup, and 2 redheads. Merganser Limits: The daily bag limit applicable area. Split Seasons: Seasons for geese may Vermont is 5, only 2 of which may be hooded be split into four segments unless Lake Champlain Zone and Interior mergansers. In States that include otherwise indicated. Zone: A 50-day season may be held mergansers in the duck bag limit, the between October 10 and February 5, daily limit is the same as the duck bag Central Flyway with a 3-bird daily bag limit. limit, only 2 of which may be hooded Ducks, Mergansers, and Coots Connecticut River Zone: A 60-day mergansers. season may be held between October 1 Outside Dates: Between the Saturday and January 31, with a 2-bird daily bag Coot Limits: The daily bag limit is 15 nearest September 24 (September 22) limit. coots. and the last Sunday in January (January Zoning and Split Seasons: Illinois, 27). Virginia Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, SJBP Zone: A 40-day season may be Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Hunting Seasons held between November 15 and January Tennessee, and Wisconsin may select High Plains Mallard Management 14, with a 3-bird daily bag limit. hunting seasons by zones. Unit (roughly defined as that portion of Additionally, a special late season may the Central Flyway that lies west of the In Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, be held between January 15 and 100th meridian): 97 days. The last 23 Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, February 15, with a 5-bird daily bag days must run consecutively and may Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and limit. start no earlier than the Saturday nearest Wisconsin, the season may be split into AP Zone: A 50-day season may be December 10 (December 8). held between November 15 and two segments in each zone. Remainder of the Central Flyway: 74 February 5, with a 2-bird daily bag limit. In Alabama, Arkansas, and days. RP Zone: An 80-day season may be Mississippi, the season may be split into Duck Limits: The daily bag limit is 6 held between November 15 and March three segments. ducks, with species and sex restrictions

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as follows: 5 mallards (no more than 2 are closed in the specific applicable split according to applicable zones and of which may be females), 3 scaup, 2 area. split duck hunting configurations redheads, 3 wood ducks, 2 pintails, and approved for each State. Regular Goose Seasons 2 canvasbacks. In Texas, the daily bag Coot, Common Moorhen, and Purple limit on mottled ducks is 1, except that Split Seasons: Seasons for geese may Gallinule Limits: The daily bag limit of no mottled ducks may be taken during be split into three segments. Three-way coots, common moorhens, and purple the first 5 days of the season. In addition split seasons for Canada geese require gallinules is 25, singly or in the to the daily limits listed above, the Central Flyway Council and U.S. Fish aggregate. States of Montana, North Dakota, South and Wildlife Service approval, and a Zoning and Split Seasons: Arizona, Dakota, and Wyoming, in lieu of 3-year evaluation by each participating California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, selecting an experimental September State. Oregon, Utah, Washington, and teal season, may include an additional Outside Dates: For dark geese, seasons Wyoming may select hunting seasons by daily bag and possession limit of 2 and may be selected between the outside zones and may split their seasons into 6 blue-winged teal, respectively, during dates of the Saturday nearest September two segments. the first 16 days of the regular duck 24 (September 22) and the Sunday Montana and New Mexico may split season in each respective duck hunting nearest February 15 (February 17). For their seasons into three segments. zone. These extra limits are in addition light geese, outside dates for seasons Colorado River Zone, California: to the regular duck bag and possession may be selected between the Saturday Seasons and limits should be the same limits. nearest September 24 (September 22) as seasons and limits selected in the and March 10. In the Rainwater Basin Merganser Limits: The daily bag limit adjacent portion of Arizona (South Light Goose Area (East and West) of is 5 mergansers, only 2 of which may be Zone). Nebraska, temporal and spatial hooded mergansers. In States that restrictions that are consistent with the Geese include mergansers in the duck daily late-winter snow goose hunting strategy bag limit, the daily limit may be the Special Early Canada Goose Seasons cooperatively developed by the Central same as the duck bag limit, only two of A Canada goose season of up to 15 Flyway Council and the Service are which may be hooded mergansers. days during September 1–20 may be required. Coot Limits: The daily bag limit is 15 selected. The daily bag limit may not coots. Season Lengths and Limits exceed 5 Canada geese, except in Pacific Zoning and Split Seasons: Colorado, Light Geese: States may select a light County, Washington, where the daily Kansas (Low Plains portion), Montana, goose season not to exceed 107 days. bag limit may not exceed 15 Canada Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma (Low The daily bag limit for light geese is 50 geese. Areas open to hunting of Canada Plains portion), South Dakota (Low with no possession limit. geese in each State must be described, Plains portion), Texas (Low Plains Dark Geese: In Kansas, Nebraska, delineated, and designated as such in portion), and Wyoming may select North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, each State’s hunting regulations. hunting seasons by zones. and the Eastern Goose Zone of Texas, Regular Goose Seasons In Colorado, Kansas, Montana, New States may select a season for Canada Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South geese (or any other dark goose species Season Lengths, Outside Dates, and Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming, the except white-fronted geese) not to Limits regular season may be split into two exceed 107 days with a daily bag limit Canada Geese and Brant: Except as segments. of 8. For white-fronted geese, these subsequently noted, 107-day seasons Geese States may select either a season of 74 may be selected with outside dates days with a bag limit of 3, or an 88-day between the Saturday nearest September Special Early Canada Goose Seasons: season with a bag limit of 2, or a season 24 (September 22) and the last Sunday In Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South of 107 days with a bag limit of 1. in January (January 27). In Arizona, Dakota, and Texas, Canada goose In Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New seasons of up to 30 days during and Wyoming, States may select seasons Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, the daily September 1–30 may be selected. In not to exceed 107 days. The daily bag bag limit is 4 Canada geese and brant in Colorado, New Mexico, Montana, and limit for dark geese is 5 in the aggregate. the aggregate. In California, Oregon, and Wyoming, Canada goose seasons of up In the Western Goose Zone of Texas, Washington, the daily bag limit is 4 to 15 days during September 1–15 may the season may not exceed 95 days. The Canada geese. For brant, Oregon and be selected. In North Dakota, Canada daily bag limit for Canada geese (or any Washington may select a 16-day season goose seasons of up to 22 days during other dark goose species except white- and California a 37-day season. Days September 1–22 may be selected. The fronted geese) is 5. The daily bag limit must be consecutive. Washington and daily bag limit may not exceed 5 Canada for white-fronted geese is 2. California may select hunting seasons geese, except in Kansas, Nebraska, and Pacific Flyway for up to two zones. The daily bag limit Oklahoma, where the daily bag limit is 2 brant and is in addition to other may not exceed 8 Canada geese and in Ducks, Mergansers, and Coots goose limits. In Oregon and California, North Dakota and South Dakota, where Outside Dates: Between the Saturday the brant season must end no later than the daily bag limit may not exceed 15 nearest September 24 (September 22) December 15. Canada geese. Areas open to the hunting and the last Sunday in January (January White-fronted Geese: Except as of Canada geese must be described, 27). subsequently noted, 107-day seasons delineated, and designated as such in Hunting Seasons and Duck and may be selected with outside dates each State’s hunting regulations. Merganser Limits: 107 days. The daily between the Saturday nearest September Shooting Hours: One-half hour before bag limit is 7 ducks and mergansers, 24 (September 22) and March 10. The sunrise to sunset, except that during including no more than 2 female daily bag limit is 10. September 1–15 shooting hours may mallards, 2 pintails, 2 canvasbacks, 3 Light Geese: Except as subsequently extend to one-half hour after sunset if scaup, and 2 redheads. For scaup, the noted, 107-day seasons may be selected all other waterfowl and crane seasons season length is 86 days, which may be with outside dates between the Saturday

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nearest September 24 (September 22) Permit Zones trumpeter swans in the harvest, and March 10. The daily bag limit is 20. whichever occurs earliest. Split Seasons: Unless otherwise In Oregon and Washington permit In addition, the States of Utah and specified, seasons for geese may be split zones, the hunting season is closed on Nevada must implement a harvest- into up to 3 segments. Three-way split dusky Canada geese. A dusky Canada monitoring program to measure the seasons for Canada geese and white- goose is any dark-breasted Canada goose species composition of the swan fronted geese require Pacific Flyway (Munsell 10 YR color value five or less) harvest. The harvest-monitoring Council and U.S. Fish and Wildlife with a bill length between 40 and 50 program must require that all harvested Service approval and a 3-year millimeters. Hunting of geese will only swans or their species-determinant parts evaluation by each participating State. be by hunters possessing a State-issued be examined by either State or Federal California: The daily bag limit for permit authorizing them to do so. biologists for the purpose of species Canada geese is 10. Shooting hours for geese may begin no classification. The States should use Balance of State Zone: A Canada earlier than sunrise. Regular Canada appropriate measures to maximize goose season may be selected with goose seasons in the permit zones of hunter compliance in providing bagged outside dates between the Saturday Oregon and Washington remain subject swans for examination. Further, the nearest September 24 (September 22) to the Memorandum of Understanding States of Montana, Nevada, and Utah and March 10. In the Sacramento Valley entered into with the Service regarding must achieve at least an 80-percent Special Management Area, the season monitoring the impacts of take during hunter compliance rate, or subsequent on white-fronted geese must end on or the regular Canada goose season on the permits will be reduced by 10 percent. before December 28, and the daily bag dusky Canada goose population. All three States must provide to the limit is 3 white-fronted geese. In the Swans Service by June 30, 2019, a report North Coast Special Management Area, detailing harvest, hunter participation, hunting days that occur after the last In portions of the Pacific Flyway reporting compliance, and monitoring of Sunday in January (January 27) should (Montana, Nevada, and Utah), an open swan populations in the designated be concurrent with Oregon’s South season for taking a limited number of hunt areas. Coast Zone. swans may be selected. Permits will be Oregon: The daily bag limit for light issued by the State and will authorize Tundra Swans geese is 6 on or before the last Sunday each permittee to take no more than 1 In portions of the Atlantic Flyway in January (January 27). swan per season with each permit. (North Carolina and Virginia) and the Harney and Lake County Zone: For Nevada may issue up to 2 permits per Central Flyway (North Dakota, South Lake County only, the daily white- hunter. Montana and Utah may issue Dakota [east of the Missouri River], and fronted goose bag limit is 1. only 1 permit per hunter. Each State’s that portion of Montana in the Central Northwest Permit Zone: A Canada season may open no earlier than the Flyway), an open season for taking a goose season may be selected with Saturday nearest October 1 (September limited number of tundra swans may be outside dates between the Saturday 29). These seasons are also subject to the selected. Permits will be issued by the nearest September 24 (September 22) following conditions: States that authorize the take of no more and March 10. Goose seasons may be Montana: No more than 500 permits than 1 tundra swan per permit. A split into 3 segments. The daily bag may be issued. The season must end no second permit may be issued to hunters limits of Canada geese and light geese later than December 1. The State must from unused permits remaining after the are 6 each. In the Tillamook County implement a harvest-monitoring first drawing. The States must obtain Management Area, the hunting season is program to measure the species harvest and hunter participation data. closed on geese. composition of the swan harvest and These seasons are also subject to the South Coast Zone: A Canada goose should use appropriate measures to following conditions: season may be selected with outside maximize hunter compliance in In the Atlantic Flyway dates between the Saturday nearest reporting bill measurement and color September 24 (September 22) and information. —The season may be 90 days, between March 10. The daily bag limit of Canada October 1 and January 31. Utah: No more than 2,000 permits geese is 6. Hunting days that occur after —In North Carolina, no more than 6,250 may be issued. During the swan season, the last Sunday in January (January 27) permits may be issued. no more than 10 trumpeter swans may should be concurrent with California’s —In Virginia, no more than 750 permits be taken. The season must end no later North Coast Special Management Area. may be issued. than the second Sunday in December Goose seasons may be split into 3 (December 9) or upon attainment of 10 In the Central Flyway segments. Utah: A Canada goose and brant trumpeter swans in the harvest, —The season may be 107 days, between season may be selected in the Wasatch whichever occurs earliest. The Utah the Saturday nearest October 1 Front Zone with outside dates between season remains subject to the terms of (September 29) and January 31. the Saturday nearest September 24 the Memorandum of Agreement entered —In the Central Flyway portion of (September 22) and the first Sunday in into with the Service in August 2003, Montana, no more than 625 permits February (February 3). regarding harvest monitoring, season may be issued. Washington: The daily bag limit for closure procedures, and education —In North Dakota, no more than 2,500 light geese is 6. requirements to minimize the take of permits may be issued. Areas 2A and 2B (Southwest Permit trumpeter swans during the swan —In South Dakota, no more than 1,875 Zone): A Canada goose season may be season. permits may be issued. selected with outside dates between the Nevada: No more than 650 permits Sandhill Cranes Saturday nearest September 24 may be issued. During the swan season, (September 22) and March 10. Goose no more than 5 trumpeter swans may be Regular Seasons in the Mississippi seasons may be split into 3 segments. taken. The season must end no later Flyway Area 4: Goose seasons may be split than the Sunday following January 1 Outside Dates: Between September 1 into 3 segments. (January 6) or upon attainment of 5 and February 28 in Minnesota, and

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between September 1 and January 31 in Permits: Participants must have a Flyways and the Pacific Flyway Kentucky and Tennessee. valid permit, issued by the appropriate portions of Colorado, Montana, New Hunting Seasons: A season not to State, in their possession while hunting. Mexico, and Wyoming, 25 rails, singly exceed 37 consecutive days may be Other Provisions: Numbers of permits, or in the aggregate of the two species. selected in the designated portion of open areas, season dates, protection The season is closed in the remainder of northwestern Minnesota (Northwest plans for other species, and other the Pacific Flyway. Goose Zone), and a season not to exceed provisions of seasons must be consistent Snipe 60 consecutive days in Kentucky and with the management plan and Tennessee. approved by the Central and Pacific Outside Dates: Between September 1 Daily Bag Limit: 1 sandhill crane in Flyway Councils, with the following and February 28, except in Connecticut, Minnesota, 2 sandhill cranes in exceptions: Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Kentucky, and 3 sandhill cranes in A. In Utah, 100 percent of the harvest Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Tennessee. In Kentucky and Tennessee, will be assigned to the RMP quota; Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, the seasonal bag limit is 3 sandhill B. In Arizona, monitoring the racial Vermont, and Virginia, where the cranes. composition of the harvest must be season must end no later than January conducted at 3-year intervals; 31. Permits: Each person participating in C. In Idaho, 100 percent of the harvest Hunting Seasons and Daily Bag the regular sandhill crane seasons must will be assigned to the RMP quota; and have a valid Federal or State sandhill D. In New Mexico, the season in the Limits: Seasons may not exceed 107 crane hunting permit. Estancia Valley is experimental, with a days and may be split into two Other Provisions: The number of requirement to monitor the level and segments. The daily bag limit is 8 snipe. permits (where applicable), open areas, racial composition of the harvest; Zoning: Seasons may be selected by season dates, protection plans for other greater sandhill cranes in the harvest zones established for duck hunting. species, and other provisions of seasons will be assigned to the RMP quota. American Woodcock must be consistent with the management plans and approved by the Common Moorhens and Purple Outside Dates: States in the Eastern Mississippi Flyway Council. Gallinules Management Region may select hunting Outside Dates: Between September 1 seasons between October 1 and January Regular Seasons in the Central Flyway and the last Sunday in January (January 31. States in the Central Management Outside Dates: Between September 1 27) in the Atlantic, Mississippi, and Region may select hunting seasons and February 28. Central Flyways. States in the Pacific between the Saturday nearest September Hunting Seasons: Seasons not to Flyway have been allowed to select 22 (September 22) and January 31. exceed 37 consecutive days may be their hunting seasons between the Hunting Seasons and Daily Bag selected in designated portions of Texas outside dates for the season on ducks, Limits: Seasons may not exceed 45 days (Area 2). Seasons not to exceed 58 mergansers, and coots; therefore, in the Eastern and Central Regions. The consecutive days may be selected in frameworks for common moorhens and daily bag limit is 3. Seasons may be split designated portions of the following purple gallinules are included with the into two segments. States: Colorado, Kansas, Montana, duck, merganser, and coot frameworks. Zoning: New Jersey may select North Dakota, South Dakota, and Hunting Seasons and Daily Bag seasons in each of two zones. The Wyoming. Seasons not to exceed 93 Limits: Seasons may not exceed 70 days season in each zone may not exceed 36 consecutive days may be selected in in the Atlantic, Mississippi, and Central days. designated portions of the following Flyways. Seasons may be split into 2 States: New Mexico, Oklahoma, and segments. The daily bag limit is 15 Band-Tailed Pigeons Texas. common moorhens and purple Pacific Coast States (California, Oregon, Daily Bag Limits: 3 sandhill cranes, gallinules, singly or in the aggregate of Washington, and Nevada) except 2 sandhill cranes in designated the two species. portions of North Dakota (Area 2) and Zoning: Seasons may be selected by Outside Dates: Between September 15 Texas (Area 2). zones established for duck hunting. and January 1. Permits: Each person participating in Rails Hunting Seasons and Daily Bag the regular sandhill crane season must Limits: Not more than 9 consecutive Outside Dates: States included herein have a valid Federal or State sandhill days, with a daily bag limit of 2. may select seasons between September crane hunting permit. Zoning: California may select hunting 1 and the last Sunday in January seasons not to exceed 9 consecutive Special Seasons in the Central and (January 27) on clapper, king, sora, and days in each of two zones. The season Pacific Flyways Virginia rails. in the North Zone must close by October Hunting Seasons: Seasons may not 3. Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, exceed 70 days, and may be split into New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming may 2 segments. Four-Corners States (Arizona, Colorado, select seasons for hunting sandhill New Mexico, and Utah) cranes within the range of the Rocky Daily Bag Limits Mountain Population (RMP) subject to Clapper and King Rails: In Outside Dates: Between September 1 the following conditions: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New and November 30. Outside Dates: Between September 1 Jersey, and Rhode Island, 10, singly or Hunting Seasons and Daily Bag and January 31. in the aggregate of the two species. In Limits: Not more than 14 consecutive Hunting Seasons: The season in any Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, days, with a daily bag limit of 2. State or zone may not exceed 60 days, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Zoning: New Mexico may select and may be split into no more than 3 Carolina, Texas, and Virginia, 15, singly hunting seasons not to exceed 14 segments. or in the aggregate of the two species. consecutive days in each of two zones. Bag limits: Not to exceed 3 daily and Sora and Virginia Rails: In the The season in the South Zone may not 9 per season. Atlantic, Mississippi, and Central open until October 1.

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Doves Special White-Winged Dove Area in Light Geese: The daily bag limit is 6. Texas Canada Geese: The daily bag limit is Outside Dates: Between September 1 In addition, Texas may select a 4 with the following exceptions: and January 31 in the Eastern A. In Units 5 and 6, the taking of hunting season of not more than 4 days Management Unit, and between Canada geese is permitted from for the Special White-winged Dove Area September 1 and January 15 in the September 28 through December 16. of the South Zone between September 1 Central and Western Management Units, B. On Middleton Island in Unit 6, a and September 19. The daily bag limit except as otherwise provided, States special, permit-only Canada goose may not exceed 15 white-winged, may select hunting seasons and daily season may be offered. A mandatory mourning, and white-tipped doves in bag limits as follows: goose identification class is required. the aggregate, of which no more than 2 Hunters must check in and check out. Eastern Management Unit may be mourning doves and no more The bag limit is 1 daily and 1 in than 2 may be white-tipped doves. Hunting Seasons and Daily Bag possession. The season will close if Limits: Not more than 90 days, with a Western Management Unit incidental harvest includes 5 dusky daily bag limit of 15 mourning and Hunting Seasons and Daily Bag Limits Canada geese. A dusky Canada goose is white-winged doves in the aggregate. any dark-breasted Canada goose Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Zoning and Split Seasons: States may (Munsell 10 YR color value five or less) Washington: Not more than 60 days, select hunting seasons in each of two with a bill length between 40 and 50 which may be split between two zones. The season within each zone may millimeters. periods. The daily bag limit is 15 be split into not more than three C. In Units 9, 10, 17, and 18, the daily mourning and white-winged doves in periods. Regulations for bag and bag limit is 6 Canada geese. the aggregate. possession limits, season length, and White-fronted Geese: The daily bag Arizona and California: Not more shooting hours must be uniform within limit is 4 with the following exceptions: than 60 days, which may be split specific hunting zones. A. In Units 9, 10, and 17, the daily bag between two periods, September 1–15 limit is 6 white-fronted geese. Central Management Unit and November 1–January 15. In B. In Unit 18, the daily bag limit is 10 For All States Except Texas Arizona, during the first segment of the white-fronted geese. season, the daily bag limit is 15 Emperor Geese: Open seasons for Hunting Seasons and Daily Bag mourning and white-winged doves in emperor geese may be selected subject Limits: Not more than 90 days, with a the aggregate, of which no more than 10 to the following conditions: daily bag limit of 15 mourning and could be white-winged doves. During A. All seasons are by permit only. white-winged doves in the aggregate. the remainder of the season, the daily B. No more than 1 emperor goose may Zoning and Split Seasons: States may bag limit is 15 mourning doves. In be authorized per permit. select hunting seasons in each of two California, the daily bag limit is 15 C. Total harvest may not exceed 1,000 zones. The season within each zone may mourning and white-winged doves in emperor geese. D. In State Game Management Unit be split into not more than three the aggregate, of which no more than 10 18, the Kodiak Island Road Area is periods. could be white-winged doves. closed to hunting. The Kodiak Island Texas Alaska Road Area consists of all lands and Outside Dates: Between September 1 water (including exposed tidelands) east Hunting Seasons and Daily Bag and January 26. of a line extending from Crag Point in Limits: Not more than 90 days, with a Hunting Seasons: Alaska may select the north to the west end of Saltery daily bag limit of 15 mourning, white- 107 consecutive days for waterfowl, Cove in the south and all lands and winged, and white-tipped doves in the sandhill cranes, and common snipe in water south of a line extending from aggregate, of which no more than 2 may each of 5 zones. The season may be split Termination Point along the north side be white-tipped doves. without penalty in the Kodiak Zone. of Cascade Lake extending to Anton Zoning and Split Seasons: Texas may The seasons in each zone must be Larsen Bay. Marine waters adjacent to select hunting seasons for each of three concurrent. the closed area are closed to harvest zones subject to the following Closures: The hunting season is within 500 feet from the water’s edge. conditions: closed on spectacled eiders and Steller’s The offshore islands are open to harvest, A. The hunting season may be split eiders. for example: Woody, Long, Gull, and into not more than two periods, except Daily Bag and Possession Limits Puffin islands. in that portion of Texas in which the Brant: The daily bag limit is 3. special white-winged dove season is Ducks: Except as noted, a basic daily Snipe: The daily bag limit is 8. allowed, where a limited take of bag limit of 7 ducks. Daily bag limits in Sandhill Cranes: The daily bag limit mourning and white-tipped doves may the North Zone are 10, and in the Gulf is 2 in the Southeast, Gulf Coast, also occur during that special season Coast Zone, they are 8. The basic limits Kodiak, and Aleutian Zones, and Unit (see Special White-winged Dove Area in may include no more than 2 17 in the North Zone. In the remainder Texas). canvasbacks daily and may not include of the North Zone (outside Unit 17), the sea ducks. daily bag limit is 3. B. A season may be selected for the In addition to the basic duck limits, Tundra Swans: Open seasons for North and Central Zones between Alaska may select sea duck limits of 10 tundra swans may be selected subject to September 1 and January 25; and for the daily, singly or in the aggregate, the following conditions: South Zone between September 14 and including no more than 6 each of either A. All seasons are by permit only. January 25. harlequin or long-tailed ducks. Sea B. All season framework dates are C. Except as noted above, regulations ducks include scoters, common and September 1–October 31. for bag and possession limits, season king eiders, harlequin ducks, long-tailed C. In Unit 17, no more than 200 length, and shooting hours must be ducks, and common and red-breasted permits may be issued during this uniform within each hunting zone. mergansers. operational season. No more than 3

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tundra swans may be authorized per Daily Bag Limits may be divided into a maximum of 3 permit, with no more than 1 permit Ducks: Not to exceed 6. segments. issued per hunter per season. Common Moorhens: Not to exceed 6. Framework Dates: Seasons must fall D. In Unit 18, no more than 500 Common Snipe: Not to exceed 8. between September 1 and March 10. permits may be issued during the Closed Seasons: The season is closed Daily Bag Limits: Falconry daily bag operational season. No more than 3 on the ruddy duck, white-cheeked limits for all permitted migratory game tundra swans may be authorized per pintail, West Indian whistling duck, birds must not exceed 3 birds, singly or permit. No more than 1 permit may be fulvous whistling duck, and masked in the aggregate, during extended issued per hunter per season. duck, which are protected by the falconry seasons, any special or E. In Unit 22, no more than 300 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The experimental seasons, and regular permits may be issued during the season also is closed on the purple hunting seasons in all States, including operational season. No more than 3 gallinule, American coot, and Caribbean those that do not select an extended tundra swans may be authorized per coot. falconry season. permit. No more than 1 permit may be Closed Areas: There is no open season Regular Seasons: General hunting issued per hunter per season. on ducks, common moorhens, and F. In Unit 23, no more than 300 regulations, including seasons and common snipe in the Municipality of hunting hours, apply to falconry in each permits may be issued during the Culebra and on Desecheo Island. operational season. No more than 3 State listed in 50 CFR 21.29. Regular tundra swans may be authorized per Virgin Islands season bag limits do not apply to falconry. The falconry bag limit is not in permit. No more than 1 permit may be Doves and Pigeons issued per hunter per season. addition to gun limits. Outside Dates: Between September 1 Hawaii and January 15. Area, Unit, and Zone Descriptions Outside Dates: Between October 1 and Hunting Seasons: Not more than 60 Ducks (Including Mergansers) and Coots days for Zenaida doves. January 31. Atlantic Flyway Hunting Seasons: Not more than 65 Daily Bag and Possession Limits: Not days (75 under the alternative) for to exceed 10 Zenaida doves. Connecticut Closed Seasons: No open season is mourning doves. North Zone: That portion of the State Bag Limits: Not to exceed 15 (12 prescribed for ground or quail doves or north of I–95. under the alternative) mourning doves. pigeons. Closed Areas: There is no open season South Zone: Remainder of the State. Note: Mourning doves may be taken in for migratory game birds on Ruth Cay Hawaii in accordance with shooting hours Maine and other regulations set by the State of (just south of St. Croix). Hawaii, and subject to the applicable Local Names for Certain Birds: North Zone: That portion north of the provisions of 50 CFR part 20. Zenaida dove, also known as mountain line extending east along Maine State dove; bridled quail-dove, also known as Highway 110 from the New Hampshire- Puerto Rico Barbary dove or partridge; common Maine State line to the intersection of ground-dove, also known as stone dove, Doves and Pigeons Maine State Highway 11 in Newfield; tobacco dove, rola, or tortolita; scaly- then north and east along Route 11 to Outside Dates: Between September 1 naped pigeon, also known as red-necked the intersection of U.S. Route 202 in and January 15. or scaled pigeon. Auburn; then north and east on Route Hunting Seasons: Not more than 60 Ducks 202 to the intersection of I–95 in days. Augusta; then north and east along I–95 Daily Bag and Possession Limits: Not Outside Dates: Between December 1 to Route 15 in Bangor; then east along to exceed 20 Zenaida, mourning, and and January 31. Route 15 to Route 9; then east along white-winged doves in the aggregate, of Hunting Seasons: Not more than 55 Route 9 to Stony Brook in Baileyville; which not more than 10 may be Zenaida consecutive days. then east along Stony Brook to the U.S. doves and 3 may be mourning doves. Daily Bag Limits: Not to exceed 6. border. Not to exceed 5 scaly-naped pigeons. Closed Seasons: The season is closed Coastal Zone: That portion south of a Closed Seasons: The season is closed on the ruddy duck, white-cheeked line extending east from the Maine-New on the white-crowned pigeon and the pintail, West Indian whistling duck, Brunswick border in Calais at the Route plain pigeon, which are protected by the fulvous whistling duck, and masked 1 Bridge; then south along Route 1 to Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. duck. the Maine-New Hampshire border in Closed Areas: There is no open season Special Falconry Regulations Kittery. on doves or pigeons in the following areas: Municipality of Culebra, Falconry is a permitted means of South Zone: Remainder of the State. Desecheo Island, Mona Island, El Verde taking migratory game birds in any State Maryland Closure Area, and Cidra Municipality meeting Federal falconry standards in and adjacent areas. 50 CFR 21.29. These States may select Special Teal Season Area: Calvert, an extended season for taking migratory Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Harford, Ducks, Coots, Moorhens, Gallinules, and game birds in accordance with the Kent, Queen Anne’s, St. Mary’s, Snipe following: Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and Outside Dates: Between October 1 and Extended Seasons: For all hunting Worcester Counties; that part of Anne January 31. methods combined, the combined Arundel County east of Interstate 895, Hunting Seasons: Not more than 55 length of the extended season, regular Interstate 97, and Route 3; that part of days may be selected for hunting ducks, season, and any special or experimental Prince George’s County east of Route 3 common moorhens, and common snipe. seasons must not exceed 107 days for and Route 301; and that part of Charles The season may be split into two any species or group of species in a County east of Route 301 to the Virginia segments. geographical area. Each extended season State Line.

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Massachusetts Coastal Zone: That portion of the Ontario east along the north shore of the Western Zone: That portion of the State east of a line beginning at the Salmon River to I–81, south along I–81 State west of a line extending south Maine-New Hampshire border in to NY 31, east along NY 31 to NY 13, from the Vermont State line on I–91 to Rollinsford, then extending to Rte. 4 north along NY 13 to NY 49, east along MA 9, west on MA 9 to MA 10, south west to the city of Dover, south to the NY 49 to NY 365, east along NY 365 to on MA 10 to U.S. 202, south on U.S. 202 intersection of Rte. 108, south along Rte. NY 28, east along NY 28 to NY 29, east along NY 29 to NY 22, north along NY to the Connecticut State line. 108 through Madbury, Durham, and Central Zone: That portion of the Newmarket to the junction of Rte. 85 in 22 to Washington County Route 153, east along CR 153 to the New York- State east of the Berkshire Zone and Newfields, south to Rte. 101 in Exeter, Vermont boundary, exclusive of the west of a line extending south from the east to Interstate 95 (New Hampshire Lake Champlain Zone. New Hampshire State line on I–95 to Turnpike) in Hampton, and south to the Massachusetts border. Southeastern Zone: The remaining U.S. 1, south on U.S. 1 to I–93, south on portion of New York. I–93 to MA 3, south on MA 3 to U.S. New Jersey Pennsylvania 6, west on U.S. 6 to MA 28, west on MA Coastal Zone: That portion of the 28 to I–195, west to the Rhode Island State seaward of a line beginning at the Lake Erie Zone: The Lake Erie waters State line; except the waters, and the New York State line in Raritan Bay and of Pennsylvania and a shoreline margin lands 150 yards inland from the high- extending west along the New York along Lake Erie from New York on the water mark, of the Assonet River State line to NJ 440 at Perth Amboy; east to Ohio on the west extending 150 upstream to the MA 24 bridge, and the west on NJ 440 to the Garden State yards inland, but including all of Taunton River upstream to the Center Parkway; south on the Garden State Presque Isle Peninsula. St.-Elm St. bridge shall be in the Coastal Parkway to NJ 109; south on NJ 109 to Northwest Zone: The area bounded on Zone. Cape May County Route 633 (Lafayette the north by the Lake Erie Zone and Coastal Zone: That portion of Street); south on Lafayette Street to including all of Erie and Crawford Massachusetts east and south of the Jackson Street; south on Jackson Street Counties and those portions of Mercer Central Zone. to the shoreline at Cape May; west along and Venango Counties north of I–80. New Hampshire the shoreline of Cape May beach to North Zone: That portion of the State COLREGS Demarcation Line 80.503 at east of the Northwest Zone and north of Northern Zone: That portion of the a line extending east on I–80 to U.S. State east and north of the Inland Zone Cape May Point; south along COLREGS Demarcation Line 80.503 to the 220, Route 220 to I–180, I–180 to I–80, beginning at the Jct. of Rte. 10 and Rte. and I–80 to the Delaware River. 25–A in Orford, east on Rte. 25–A to Delaware State line in Delaware Bay. North Zone: That portion of the State South Zone: The remaining portion of Rte. 25 in Wentworth, southeast on Rte. west of the Coastal Zone and north of Pennsylvania. 25 to Exit 26 of Rte. I–93 in Plymouth, a line extending west from the Garden south on Rte. I–93 to Rte. 3 at Exit 24 Vermont State Parkway on NJ 70 to the New of Rte. I–93 in Ashland, northeast on Lake Champlain Zone: The U.S. Jersey Turnpike, north on the turnpike Rte. 3 to Rte. 113 in Holderness, north portion of Lake Champlain and that area to U.S. 206, north on U.S. 206 to U.S. on Rte. 113 to Rte. 113–A in Sandwich, north and west of the line extending 1 at Trenton, west on U.S. 1 to the north on Rte. 113–A to Rte. 113 in from the New York border along U.S. 4 Pennsylvania State line in the Delaware Tamworth, east on Rte. 113 to Rte. 16 to VT 22A at Fair Haven; VT 22A to U.S. River. 7 at Vergennes; U.S. 7 to VT 78 at in Chocorua, north on Rte. 16 to Rte. South Zone: That portion of the State Swanton; VT 78 to VT 36; VT 36 to 302 in Conway, east on Rte. 302 to the not within the North Zone or the Coastal Maquam Bay on Lake Champlain; along Maine-New Hampshire border. Zone. Inland Zone: That portion of the State and around the shoreline of Maquam south and west of the Northern Zone, New York Bay and Hog Island to VT 78 at the West west of the Coastal Zone, and includes Lake Champlain Zone: That area east Swanton Bridge; VT 78 to VT 2 in the area of Vermont and New and north of a continuous line Alburg; VT 2 to the Richelieu River in Hampshire as described for hunting extending along U.S. 11 from the New Alburg; along the east shore of the reciprocity. A person holding a New York-Canada International boundary Richelieu River to the Canadian border. Hampshire hunting license that allows south to NY 9B, south along NY 9B to Interior Zone: That portion of the taking of migratory waterfowl or a U.S. 9, south along U.S. 9 to NY 22 Vermont east of the Lake Champlain person holding a Vermont resident south of Keesville; south along NY 22 to Zone and west of a line extending from hunting license that allows the taking of the west shore of South Bay, along and the Massachusetts border at Interstate migratory waterfowl may take migratory around the shoreline of South Bay to NY 91; north along Interstate 91 to U.S. 2; waterfowl and coots from the following 22 on the east shore of South Bay; east along U.S. 2 to VT 102; north along designated area of the Inland Zone: The southeast along NY 22 to U.S. 4, VT 102 to VT 253; north along VT 253 State of Vermont east of Rte. I–91 at the northeast along U.S. 4 to the Vermont to the Canadian border. Massachusetts border, north on Rte. I– State line. Connecticut River Zone: The 91 to Rte. 2, north on Rte. 2 to Rte. 102, Long Island Zone: That area remaining portion of Vermont east of north on Rte. 102 to Rte. 253, and north consisting of Nassau County, Suffolk the Interior Zone. on Rte. 253 to the border with Canada County, that area of Westchester County Mississippi Flyway and the area of New Hampshire west of southeast of I–95, and their tidal waters. Rte. 63 at the Massachusetts border, Western Zone: That area west of a line Illinois north on Rte. 63 to Rte. 12, north on Rte. extending from Lake Ontario east along North Zone: That portion of the State 12 to Rte. 12–A, north on Rte. 12–A to the north shore of the Salmon River to north of a line extending west from the Rte 10, north on Rte. 10 to Rte. 135, I–81, and south along I–81 to the Indiana border along Peotone–Beecher north on Rte. 135 to Rte. 3, north on Rte. Pennsylvania State line. Road to Illinois Route 50, south along 3 to the intersection with the Northeastern Zone: That area north of Illinois Route 50 to Wilmington-Peotone Connecticut River. a continuous line extending from Lake Road, west along Wilmington-Peotone

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Road to Illinois Route 53, north along State Road 5; and east along State Road Michigan Illinois Route 53 to New River Road, 124 to the Ohio border. North Zone: The Upper Peninsula. northwest along New River Road to Central Zone: That part of Indiana Middle Zone: That portion of the Interstate Highway 55, south along I–55 south of the North Zone boundary and Lower Peninsula north of a line to Pine Bluff-Lorenzo Road, west along north of the South Zone boundary. beginning at the Wisconsin State line in South Zone: That part of Indiana Pine Bluff-Lorenzo Road to Illinois Lake Michigan due west of the mouth of south of a line extending east from the Route 47, north along Illinois Route 47 Stony Creek in Oceana County; then due Illinois border along I–70; east along to I–80, west along I–80 to I–39, south east to, and easterly and southerly along National Ave.; east along U.S. 150; along I–39 to Illinois Route 18, west the south shore of Stony Creek to Scenic south along U.S. 41; east along State along Illinois Route 18 to Illinois Route Drive, easterly and southerly along Road 58; south along State Road 37 to 29, south along Illinois Route 29 to Scenic Drive to Stony Lake Road, Bedford; and east along U.S. 50 to the Illinois Route 17, west along Illinois easterly along Stony Lake and Garfield Ohio border. Route 17 to the Mississippi River, and Roads to Michigan Highway 20, east due south across the Mississippi River Iowa along Michigan 20 to U.S. Highway 10 to the Iowa border. Business Route (BR) in the city of Central Zone: That portion of the North Zone: That portion of Iowa north of a line beginning on the South Midland, easterly along U.S. 10 BR to State south of the North Duck Zone line U.S. 10, easterly along U.S. 10 to to a line extending west from the Dakota-Iowa border at Interstate 29, southeast along Interstate 29 to State Interstate Highway 75/U.S. Highway 23, Indiana border along I–70 to Illinois northerly along I–75/U.S. 23 to the U.S. Route 4, south along Illinois Route 4 to Highway 175, east along State Highway 175 to State Highway 37, southeast 23 exit at Standish, easterly along U.S. Illinois Route 161, west along Illinois 23 to the centerline of the Au Gres Route 161 to Illinois Route 158, south along State Highway 37 to State Highway 183, northeast along State River, then southerly along the and west along Illinois Route 158 to centerline of the Au Gres River to Illinois Route 159, south along Illinois Highway 183 to State Highway 141, east along State Highway 141 to U.S. Saginaw Bay, then on a line directly east Route 159 to Illinois Route 3, south 10 miles into Saginaw Bay, and from along Illinois Route 3 to St. Leo’s Road, Highway 30, and along U.S. Highway 30 to the Illinois border. that point on a line directly northeast to south along St. Leo’s Road to Modoc the Canadian border. Road, west along Modoc Road to Modoc Missouri River Zone: That portion of Iowa west of a line beginning on the South Zone: The remainder of Ferry Road, southwest along Modoc Michigan. Ferry Road to Levee Road, southeast South Dakota-Iowa border at Interstate along Levee Road to County Route 12 29, southeast along Interstate 29 to State Minnesota (Modoc Ferry entrance Road), south Highway 175, and west along State Highway 175 to the Iowa-Nebraska North Duck Zone: That portion of the along County Route 12 to the Modoc State north of a line extending east from Ferry route and southwest on the Modoc border. South Zone: The remainder of Iowa. the North Dakota State line along State Ferry route across the Mississippi River Highway 210 to State Highway 23 and to the Missouri border. Kentucky east to State Highway 39 and east to the South Zone: That portion of the State West Zone: All counties west of and Wisconsin State line at the Oliver south and east of a line extending west including Butler, Daviess, Ohio, Bridge. from the Indiana border along Interstate Simpson, and Warren Counties. South Duck Zone: The portion of the 70, south along U.S. Highway 45, to East Zone: The remainder of State south of a line extending east from Illinois Route 13, west along Illinois Kentucky. the South Dakota State line along U.S. Route 13 to Greenbriar Road, north on Highway 212 to Interstate 494 and east Greenbriar Road to Sycamore Road, Louisiana to Interstate 94 and east to the west on Sycamore Road to N. Reed East Zone: That area of the State Wisconsin State line. Station Road, south on N. Reed Station between the Mississippi State line and Central Duck Zone: The remainder of Road to Illinois Route 13, west along a line going south on Hwy 79 from the the State. Illinois Route 13 to Illinois Route 127, Arkansas border to Homer, then south Missouri south along Illinois Route 127 to State on Hwy 9 to Arcadia, then south on Forest Road (1025 N), west along State Hwy 147 to Hodge, then south on Hwy North Zone: That portion of Missouri Forest Road to Illinois Route 3, north 167 to Turkey Creek, then south on Hwy north of a line running west from the along Illinois Route 3 to the south bank 13 to Eunice, then west on Hwy 190 to Illinois border at Lock and Dam 25; west of the Big Muddy River, west along the Kinder, then south on Hwy 165 to Iowa, on Lincoln County Hwy. N to Mo. Hwy. south bank of the Big Muddy River to then west on I–10 to its junction with 79; south on Mo. Hwy. 79 to Mo. Hwy. the Mississippi River, west across the Hwy 14 at Lake Charles, then south and 47; west on Mo. Hwy. 47 to I–70; west Mississippi River to the Missouri east on Hwy 14 to its junction with Hwy on I–70 to the Kansas border. border. 90 in New Iberia, then east on Hwy 90 Middle Zone: The remainder of South Central Zone: The remainder of to the Mississippi State line. Missouri not included in other zones. the State between the south border of West Zone: That area between the South Zone: That portion of Missouri the Central Zone and the North border Texas State line and a line going east on south of a line running west from the of the South Zone. I–10 from the Texas border to Hwy 165 Illinois border on Mo. Hwy. 74 to Mo. at Iowa, then north on Hwy 165 to Hwy. 25; south on Mo. Hwy. 25 to U.S. Indiana Kinder, then east on Hwy 190 to Eunice, Hwy. 62; west on U.S. Hwy. 62 to Mo. North Zone: That part of Indiana then north on Hwy 13 to Turkey Creek, Hwy. 53; north on Mo. Hwy. 53 to Mo. north of a line extending east from the then north on Hwy 167 to Hodge, then Hwy. 51; north on Mo. Hwy. 51 to U.S. Illinois border along State Road 18 to north on Hwy 147 to Arcadia, then Hwy. 60; west on U.S. Hwy. 60 to Mo. U.S. 31; north along U.S. 31 to U.S. 24; north on Hwy 9 to Homer, then north Hwy. 21; north on Mo. Hwy. 21 to Mo. east along U.S. 24 to Huntington; on Hwy 79 to the Arkansas border. Hwy. 72; west on Mo. Hwy. 72 to Mo. southeast along U.S. 224; south along Coastal Zone: Remainder of the State. Hwy. 32; west on Mo. Hwy. 32 to U.S.

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Hwy. 65; north on U.S. Hwy. 65 to U.S. 39, then east along SR 39 to the Federal highway U.S.–36, then east on Hwy. 54; west on U.S. Hwy. 54 to U.S. Pennsylvania State line. Federal highway U.S.–36 to its junction Hwy. 71; south on U.S. Hwy. 71 to South Zone: The remainder of Ohio with State highway K–199, then south Jasper County Hwy. M (Base Line not included in the Lake Erie Marsh on State highway K–199 to its junction Blvd.); west on Jasper County Hwy. M Zone or the North Zone. with Republic County 30th Road, then (Base Line Blvd.) to CRD 40 (Base Line Tennessee south on Republic County 30th Road to Blvd.); west on CRD 40 (Base Line its junction with State highway K–148, Blvd.) to the Kansas border. Reelfoot Zone: All or portions of Lake then east on State highway K–148 to its and Obion Counties. junction with Republic County 50th Ohio Remainder of State: That portion of Road, then south on Republic County Lake Erie Marsh Zone: Includes all Tennessee outside of the Reelfoot Zone. 50th Road to its junction with Cloud land and water within the boundaries of Wisconsin County 40th Road, then south on Cloud the area bordered by a line beginning at County 40th Road to its junction with the intersection of Interstate 75 at the North Zone: That portion of the State Ohio-Michigan State line and north of a line extending east from the State highway K–9, then west on State continuing south to Interstate 280, then Minnesota State line along U.S. highway K–9 to its junction with south on I–280 to the Ohio Turnpike Highway 10 into Portage County to Federal highway U.S.–24, then west on (I–80/I–90), then east on the Ohio County Highway HH, east on County Federal highway U.S.–24 to its junction Turnpike to the Erie-Lorain County line, Highway HH to State Highway 66 and with Federal highway U.S.–181, then then north to Lake Erie, then following then east on State Highway 66 to U.S. south on Federal highway U.S.–181 to the Lake Erie shoreline at a distance of Highway 10, continuing east on U.S. its junction with State highway K–18, 200 yards offshore, then following the Highway 10 to U.S. Highway 41, then then west on State highway K–18 to its shoreline west toward and around the north on U.S. Highway 41 to the junction with Federal highway U.S.– northern tip of Cedar Point Amusement Michigan State line. 281, then south on Federal highway Park, then continuing from the Mississippi River Zone: That area U.S.–281 to its junction with State westernmost point of Cedar Point encompassed by a line beginning at the highway K–4, then east on State toward the southernmost tip of the sand intersection of the Burlington Northern highway K–4 to its junction with bar at the mouth of Sandusky Bay and & Santa Fe Railway and the Illinois interstate highway I–135, then south on out into Lake Erie at a distance of 200 State line in Grant County and interstate highway I–135 to its junction yards offshore continuing parallel to the extending northerly along the with State highway K–61, then Lake Erie shoreline north and west Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway southwest on State highway K–61 to its toward the northernmost tip of Cedar to the city limit of Prescott in Pierce junction with McPherson County 14th Point National Wildlife Refuge, then County, then west along the Prescott Avenue, then south on McPherson following a direct line toward the city limit to the Minnesota State line. County 14th Avenue to its junction with southernmost tip of Wood Tick South Zone: The remainder of McPherson County Arapaho Rd, then Peninsula in Michigan to a point that Wisconsin. west on McPherson County Arapaho Rd intersects the Ohio-Michigan State line, Central Flyway to its junction with State highway K–61, then following the State line back to the then southwest on State highway K–61 point of the beginning. Colorado (Central Flyway Portion) to its junction with State highway K–96, North Zone: That portion of the State, Special Teal Season Area: Lake and then northwest on State highway K–96 excluding the Lake Erie Marsh Zone, Chaffee Counties and that portion of the to its junction with Federal highway north of a line extending east from the State east of Interstate Highway 25. U.S.–56, then southwest on Federal Indiana State line along U.S. Highway Northeast Zone: All areas east of highway U.S.–56 to its junction with (U.S.) 33 to State Route (SR) 127, then Interstate 25 and north of Interstate 70. State highway K–19, then east on State south along SR 127 to SR 703, then Southeast Zone: All areas east of highway K–19 to its junction with south along SR 703 and including all Interstate 25 and south of Interstate 70, Federal highway U.S.–281, then south lands within the Mercer Wildlife Area and all of El Paso, Pueblo, Huerfano, to SR 219, then east along SR 219 to SR on Federal highway U.S.–281 to its and Las Animas Counties. junction with Federal highway U.S.–54, 364, then north along SR 364 and Mountain/Foothills Zone: All areas then west on Federal highway U.S.–54 including all lands within the St. Mary’s west of Interstate 25 and east of the to its junction with Federal highway Fish Hatchery to SR 703, then east along Continental Divide, except El Paso, U.S.–183, then north on Federal SR 703 to SR 66, then north along SR Pueblo, Huerfano, and Las Animas 66 to U.S. 33, then east along U.S. 33 to Counties. highway U.S.–183 to its junction with SR 385, then east along SR 385 to SR Federal highway U.S.–56, then 117, then south along SR 117 to SR 273, Kansas southwest on Federal highway U.S.–56 then east along SR 273 to SR 31, then High Plains Zone: That portion of the to its junction with North Main Street in south along SR 31 to SR 739, then east State west of U.S. 283. Spearville, then south on North Main along SR 739 to SR 4, then north along Low Plains Early Zone: That part of Street to Davis Street, then east on Davis SR 4 to SR 95, then east along SR 95 to Kansas bounded by a line from the Street to Ford County Road 126 (South SR 13, then southeast along SR 13 to SR Federal highway U.S.–283 and State Stafford Street), then south on Ford 3, then northeast along SR 3 to SR 60, highway U.S.–96 junction, then east on County Road 126 to Garnett Road, then then north along SR 60 to U.S. 30, then Federal highway U.S.–96 to its junction east on Garnett Road to Ford County east along U.S. 30 to SR 3, then south with Federal highway U.S.–183, then Road 126, then south on Ford County along SR 3 to SR 226, then south along north on Federal highway U.S.–183 to Road 126 to Ford Spearville Road, then SR 226 to SR 514, then southwest along its junction with Federal highway U.S.– west on Ford Spearville Road to its SR 514 to SR 754, then south along SR 24, then east on Federal highway U.S.– junction with Federal highway U.S.– 754 to SR 39/60, then east along SR 39/ 24 to its junction with Federal highway 400, then northwest on Federal highway 60 to SR 241, then north along SR 241 U.S.–281, then north on Federal U.S.–400 to its junction with Federal to U.S. 30, then east along U.S. 30 to SR highway U.S.–281 to its junction with highway U.S.–283, and then north on

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Federal highway U.S.–283 to its on Federal highway U.S.–281 to its Hwy. 91; southwest on NE Hwy. 91 to junction with Federal highway U.S.–96. junction with State highway K–18, then NE Hwy. 2; southeast on NE Hwy. 2 to Low Plains Late Zone: That part of east on State highway K–18 to its NE Hwy. 92; west on NE Hwy. 92 to NE Kansas bounded by a line from the junction with Federal highway U.S.– Hwy. 40; south on NE Hwy. 40 to NE Federal highway U.S.–283 and Federal 181, then north on Federal highway Hwy. 47; south on NE Hwy. 47 to NE highway U.S.–96 junction, then north U.S.–181 to its junction with Federal Hwy. 23; east on NE Hwy. 23 to U.S. on Federal highway U.S.–283 to the highway U.S.–24, then east on Federal Hwy. 283; and south on U.S. Hwy. 283 Kansas-Nebraska State line, then east highway U.S.–24 to its junction with to the Kansas-Nebraska border. along the Kansas-Nebraska State line to State highway K–9, then east on State Zone 1: Area bounded by designated its junction with the Kansas-Missouri highway K–9 to its junction with Cloud Federal and State highways and State line, then southeast along the County 40th Road, then north on Cloud political boundaries beginning at the Kansas-Missouri State line to its County 40th Road to its junction with South Dakota-Nebraska border west of junction with State highway K–68, then Republic County 50th Road, then north NE Hwy. 26E Spur and north of NE west on State highway K–68 to its on Republic County 50th Road to its Hwy. 12; those portions of Dixon, Cedar, junction with interstate highway I–35, junction with State highway K–148, and Knox Counties north of NE Hwy. then southwest on interstate highway then west on State highway K–148 to its 12; that portion of Keya Paha County I–35 to its junction with Butler County junction with Republic County 30th east of U.S. Hwy. 183; and all of Boyd County. Both banks of the Niobrara NE 150th Street, then west on Butler Road, then north on Republic County River in Keya Paha and Boyd counties County NE 150th Street to its junction 30th Road to its junction with State east of U.S. Hwy. 183 shall be included with Federal highway U.S.–77, then highway K–199, then north on State highway K–199 to its junction with in Zone 1. south on Federal highway U.S.–77 to its Zone 2: The area south of Zone 1 and junction with the Kansas-Oklahoma federal highway U.S.–36, then west on Federal highway U.S.–36 to its junction north of Zone 3. State line, then west along the Kansas- Zone 3: Area bounded by designated Oklahoma State line to its junction with with Federal highway U.S.–281, then south on Federal highway U.S.–281 to Federal and State highways, County Federal highway U.S.–283, then north Roads, and political boundaries on Federal highway U.S.–283 to its its junction with Federal highway U.S.– 24, then west on Federal highway U.S.– beginning at the Wyoming-Nebraska junction with Federal highway U.S.– border at the intersection of the 400, then east on Federal highway U.S.– 24 to its junction with Federal highway U.S.–183, then south on Federal Interstate Canal; east along northern 400 to its junction with Ford Spearville borders of Scotts Bluff and Morrill Road, then east on Ford Spearville Road highway U.S.–183 to its junction with Federal highway U.S.–96, and then west Counties to Broadwater Road; south to to Ford County Road 126 (South Morrill County Rd 94; east to County Rd Stafford Street), then north on Ford on Federal highway U.S.–96 to its junction with Federal highway U.S.– 135; south to County Rd 88; southeast County Road 126 to Garnett Road, then to County Rd 151; south to County Rd west on Garnett Road to Ford County 283. Southeast Zone: That part of Kansas 80; east to County Rd 161; south to Road 126, then north on Ford County bounded by a line from the Missouri- County Rd 76; east to County Rd 165; Road 126 to Davis Street, then west on Kansas State line west on K–68 to its south to County Rd 167; south to U.S. Davis Street to North Main Street, then junction with I–35, then southwest on Hwy 26; east to County Rd 171; north north on North Main Street to its I–35 to its junction with Butler County, to County Rd 68; east to County Rd 183; junction with Federal highway U.S.–56, NE 150th Street, then west on NE 150th south to County Rd 64; east to County then east on Federal highway U.S.–56 to Street to its junction with Federal Rd 189; north to County Rd 70; east to its junction with Federal highway U.S.– highway U.S.–77, then south on Federal County Rd 201; south to County Rd 183, then south on Federal highway highway U.S.–77 to the Oklahoma- 60A; east to County Rd 203; south to U.S.–183 to its junction with Federal Kansas State line, then east along the County Rd 52; east to Keith County highway U.S.–54, then east on Federal Kansas-Oklahoma State line to its Line; east along the northern boundaries highway U.S.–54 to its junction with junction with the Kansas-Missouri State of Keith and Lincoln Counties to NE Federal highway U.S.–281, then north line, then north along the Kansas- Hwy 97; south to U.S. Hwy 83; south to on Federal highway U.S.–281 to its Missouri State line to its junction with E Hall School Rd; east to N Airport junction with State highway K–19, then State highway K–68. Road; south to U.S. Hwy 30; east to NE west on State highway K–19 to its Hwy 47; north to Dawson County Rd junction with Federal highway U.S.–56, Montana (Central Flyway Portion) 769; east to County Rd 423; south to then east on Federal highway U.S.–56 to Zone 1: The Counties of Blaine, County Rd 766; east to County Rd 428; its junction with State highway K–96, Carter, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, Fergus, south to County Rd 763; east to NE Hwy then southeast on State highway K–96 Garfield, Golden Valley, Judith Basin, 21 (Adams Street); south to County Rd to its junction with State highway K–61, McCone, Musselshell, Petroleum, 761; east to the Dawson County Canal; then northeast on State highway K–61 to Phillips, Powder River, Richland, south and east along the Dawson County its junction with McPherson County Roosevelt, Sheridan, Stillwater, Sweet Canal to County Rd 444; south to U.S. Arapaho Road, then east on McPherson Grass, Valley, Wheatland, and Wibaux. Hwy 30; east to U.S. Hwy 183; north to County Arapaho Road to its junction Zone 2: The Counties of Big Horn, Buffalo County Rd 100; east to 46th with McPherson County 14th Avenue, Carbon, Custer, Prairie, Rosebud, Avenue; north to NE Hwy 40; south and then north on McPherson County 14th Treasure, and Yellowstone. east to NE Hwy 10; north to Buffalo Avenue to its junction with State County Rd 220 and Hall County Husker highway K–61, then east on State Nebraska Hwy; east to Hall County Rd 70; north highway K–61 to its junction with High Plains: That portion of Nebraska to NE Hwy 2; east to U.S. Hwy 281; interstate highway I–135, then north on lying west of a line beginning at the north to Chapman Rd; east to 7th Rd; interstate highway I–135 to its junction South Dakota-Nebraska border on U.S. south to U.S. Hwy 30; east to Merrick with State highway K–4, then west on Hwy. 183; south on U.S. Hwy. 183 to County Rd 13; north to County Rd O; State highway K–4 to its junction with U.S. Hwy. 20; west on U.S. Hwy. 20 to east to NE Hwy 14; north to NE Hwy 52; Federal highway U.S.–281, then north NE Hwy. 7; south on NE Hwy. 7 to NE west and north to NE Hwy 91; west to

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U.S. Hwy 281; south to NE Hwy 22; to Lochland Rd; west to Holstein U.S. 18 to SD 47, south on SD 47 to the west to NE Hwy 11; northwest to NE Avenue; south to U.S. Hwy 34; west to Nebraska State line. Hwy 91; west to U.S. Hwy 183; south to NE Hwy 10; north to Kearney County Rd North Zone: That portion of Round Valley Rd; west to Sargent River R and Phelps County Rd 742; west to northeastern South Dakota east of the Rd; west to Drive 443; north to Sargent U.S. Hwy 283; south to U.S. Hwy 34; High Plains Unit and north of a line Rd; west to NE Hwy S21A; west to NE east to U.S. Hwy 136; east to U.S. Hwy extending east along U.S. 212 to the Hwy 2; west and north to NE Hwy 91; 183; north to NE Hwy 4; east to NE Hwy Minnesota State line. north and east to North Loup Spur Rd; 10; south to U.S. Hwy 136; east to NE South Zone: That portion of Gregory north to North Loup River Rd; east to Hwy 14; south to NE Hwy 8; east to U.S. County east of SD 47 and south of SD Pleasant Valley/Worth Rd; east to Loup Hwy 81; north to NE Hwy 4; east to NE 44; Charles Mix County south of SD 44 County Line; north to Loup-Brown Hwy 15; south to U.S. Hwy 136; east to to the Douglas County line; south on SD County line; east along northern Jefferson County Rd 578 Avenue; south 50 to Geddes; east on the Geddes boundaries of Loup and Garfield to PWF Rd; east to NE Hwy 103; south Highway to U.S. 281; south on U.S. 281 Counties to Cedar River Rd; south to NE to NE Hwy 8; east to U.S. Hwy 75. and U.S. 18 to SD 50; south and east on Hwy 70; east to U.S. Hwy 281; north to New Mexico (Central Flyway Portion) SD 50 to the Bon Homme County line; NE Hwy 70; east to NE Hwy 14; south the Counties of Bon Homme, Yankton, to NE Hwy 39; southeast to NE Hwy 22; North Zone: That portion of the State and Clay south of SD 50; and Union east to U.S. Hwy 81; southeast to U.S. north of I–40 and U.S. 54. County south and west of SD 50 and I– Hwy 30; east to U.S. Hwy 75; north to South Zone: The remainder of New 29. Mexico. the Washington County line; east to the Middle Zone: The remainder of South Iowa-Nebraska border; south to the North Dakota Dakota. Missouri-Nebraska border; south to Kansas-Nebraska border; west along High Plains Unit: That portion of the Texas Kansas-Nebraska border to Colorado- State south and west of a line beginning at the junction of U.S. Hwy 83 and the High Plains Zone: That portion of the Nebraska border; north and west to State west of a line extending south Wyoming-Nebraska border; north to South Dakota State line, then north along U.S. Hwy 83 and I–94 to ND Hwy from the Oklahoma State line along U.S. intersection of Interstate Canal; and 183 to Vernon, south along U.S. 283 to excluding that area in Zone 4. 41, then north on ND Hwy 41 to ND Hwy 53, then west on ND Hwy 53 to Albany, south along TX 6 to TX 351 to Zone 4: Area encompassed by U.S. Hwy 83, then north on U.S. Hwy Abilene, south along U.S. 277 to Del designated Federal and State highways 83 to U.S. Hwy 2, then west on U.S. Rio, then south along the Del Rio and County Roads beginning at the Hwy 2 to the Williams County line, then International Toll Bridge access road to intersection of NE Hwy 8 and U.S. Hwy north and west along the Williams and the Mexico border. 75; north to U.S. Hwy 136; east to the Divide County lines to the Canadian Low Plains North Zone: That portion intersection of U.S. Hwy 136 and the border. of northeastern Texas east of the High Steamboat Trace (Trace); north along the Low Plains Unit: The remainder of Plains Zone and north of a line Trace to the intersection with Federal North Dakota. beginning at the International Toll Levee R–562; north along Federal Levee Bridge south of Del Rio, then extending R–562 to the intersection with Nemaha Oklahoma east on U.S. 90 to San Antonio, then County Rd 643A; south to the Trace; High Plains Zone: The Counties of continuing east on I–10 to the Louisiana north along the Trace/Burlington Beaver, Cimarron, and Texas. State line at Orange, Texas. Northern Railroad right-of-way to NE Low Plains Zone 1: That portion of the Low Plains South Zone: The Hwy 2; west to U.S. Hwy 75; north to State east of the High Plains Zone and remainder of Texas. NE Hwy 2; west to NE Hwy 50; north north of a line extending east from the Wyoming (Central Flyway portion) to U.S. Hwy 34; west to NE Hwy 63; Texas State line along OK 33 to OK 47, north to NE Hwy 66; north and west to east along OK 47 to U.S. 183, south Zone C1: Big Horn, Converse, Goshen, U.S. Hwy 77; north to NE Hwy 92; west along U.S. 183 to I–40, east along I–40 Hot Springs, Natrona, Park, Platte, and to NE Hwy Spur 12F; south to Butler to U.S. 177, north along U.S. 177 to OK Washakie Counties; and Fremont County Rd 30; east to County Rd X; 33, east along OK 33 to OK 18, north County excluding the portions west or south to County Rd 27; west to County along OK 18 to OK 51, west along OK south of the Continental Divide. Rd W; south to County Rd 26; east to 51 to I–35, north along I–35 to U.S. 412, Zone C2: Campbell, Crook, Johnson, County Rd X; south to County Rd 21 west along U.S. 412 to OK 132, then Niobrara, Sheridan, and Weston (Seward County Line); west to NE Hwy north along OK 132 to the Kansas State Counties. 15; north to County Rd 34; west to line. Zone C3: Albany and Laramie County Rd H; south to NE Hwy 92; west Low Plains Zone 2: The remainder of Counties; and that portion of Carbon to U.S. Hwy 81; south to NE Hwy 66; Oklahoma. County east of the Continental Divide. west to Polk County Rd C; north to NE Hwy 92; west to U.S. Hwy 30; west to South Dakota Pacific Flyway Merrick County Rd 17; south to High Plains Zone: That portion of the Arizona Hordlake Road; southeast to Prairie State west of a line beginning at the Island Road; southeast to Hamilton North Dakota State line and extending North Zone: Game Management Units County Rd T; south to NE Hwy 66; west south along U.S. 83 to U.S. 14, east on 1–5, those portions of Game to NE Hwy 14; south to County Rd 22; U.S. 14 to Blunt, south on the Blunt- Management Units 6 and 8 within west to County Rd M; south to County Canning Rd to SD 34, east and south on Coconino County, and Game Rd 21; west to County Rd K; south to SD 34 to SD 50 at Lee’s Corner, south Management Units 7, 9, and 12A. U.S. Hwy 34; west to NE Hwy 2; south on SD 50 to I–90, east on I–90 to SD 50, South Zone: Those portions of Game to U.S. Hwy I–80; west to Gunbarrel Rd south on SD 50 to SD 44, west on SD Management Units 6 and 8 in Yavapai (Hall/Hamilton county line); south to 44 across the Platte-Winner bridge to SD County, and Game Management Units Giltner Rd; west to U.S. Hwy 281; south 47, south on SD 47 to U.S. 18, east on 10 and 12B–45.

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California a line beginning at the mouth of the Zone 3: Ada, Adams, Benewah, Northeastern Zone: That portion of Santa Maria River at the Pacific Ocean; Blaine, Boise, Bonner, Boundary, California lying east and north of a line east along the Santa Maria River to Camas, Canyon, Cassia, Clearwater, beginning at the intersection of where it crosses Highway 101–166 near Custer, Elmore, Franklin, Gem, Gooding, Interstate 5 with the California-Oregon the City of Santa Maria; north on Idaho, Jerome, Kootenai, Latah, Lemhi, line; south along Interstate 5 to its Highway 101–166; east on Highway 166 Lewis, Lincoln, Minidoka, Nez Perce, junction with Walters Lane south of the to the junction with Highway 99; south Oneida, Owyhee, Payette, Shoshone, town of Yreka; west along Walters Lane on Highway 99 to the junction of Twin Falls, and Washington Counties; to its junction with Easy Street; south Interstate 5; south on Interstate 5 to the and Power County west of State along Easy Street to the junction with crest of the Tehachapi Mountains at Highway 37 and State Highway 39. Old Highway 99; south along Old Tejon Pass; east and north along the Zone 4: Valley County. crest of the Tehachapi Mountains to Highway 99 to the point of intersection Nevada with Interstate 5 north of the town of where it intersects Highway 178 at Northeast Zone: Elko and White Pine Weed; south along Interstate 5 to its Walker Pass; east on Highway 178 to the Counties. junction with Highway 89; east and junction of Highway 395 at the town of Northwest Zone: Carson City, south along Highway 89 to Main Street Inyokern; south on Highway 395 to the Churchill, Douglas, Esmeralda, Eureka, Greenville; north and east to its junction junction of Highway 58; east on Humboldt, Lander, Lyon, Mineral, Nye, with North Valley Road; south to its Highway 58 to the junction of Interstate 15; east on Interstate 15 to the junction Pershing, Storey, and Washoe Counties. junction of Diamond Mountain Road; South Zone: Clark and Lincoln north and east to its junction with North with Highway 127; north on Highway 127 to the point of intersection with the Counties. Arm Road; south and west to the Moapa Valley Special Management junction of North Valley Road; south to California–Nevada State line. Southern San Joaquin Valley Zone: Area: That portion of Clark County the junction with Arlington Road (A22); All of Kings and Tulare Counties and including the Moapa Valley to the west to the junction of Highway 89; that portion of Kern County north of the confluence of the Muddy and Virgin south and west to the junction of Southern Zone. Rivers. Highway 70; east on Highway 70 to Balance of State Zone: The remainder Oregon Highway 395; south and east on of California not included in the Highway 395 to the point of intersection Northeastern, Colorado River, Southern, Zone 1: Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, with the California-Nevada State line; and the Southern San Joaquin Valley Columbia, Coos, Curry, Douglas, north along the California–Nevada State Zones. Gilliam, Hood River, Jackson, Josephine, line to the junction of the California- Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Morrow, Nevada-Oregon State lines; west along Colorado (Pacific Flyway Portion) Multnomah, Polk, Sherman, Tillamook, the California-Oregon State line to the Eastern Zone: Routt, Grand, Summit, Umatilla, Wasco, Washington, and point of origin. Eagle, and Pitkin Counties, those Yamhill, Counties. Colorado River Zone: Those portions portions of Saguache, San Juan, Zone 2: The remainder of Oregon not of San Bernardino, Riverside, and Hinsdale, and Mineral Counties west of included in Zone 1. Imperial Counties east of a line from the the Continental Divide, that portion of Utah intersection of Highway 95 with the Gunnison County outside the North California-Nevada state line; south on Fork of the Gunnison River Valley Zone 1: Box Elder, Cache, Daggett, Highway 95 through the junction with (Game Management Units 521, 53, and Davis, Duchesne, Morgan, Rich, Salt Highway 40; south on Highway 95 to 63), and that portion of Moffat County Lake, Summit, Uintah, Utah, Wasatch, Vidal Junction; south through the town east of the northern intersection of and Weber Counties, and that part of of Rice to the San Bernardino-Riverside Moffat County Road 29 with the Moffat- Toole County north of I–80. County line on a road known as Routt County line south along Moffat Zone 2: The remainder of Utah not ‘‘Aqueduct Road’’ also known as County Road 29 to the intersection of included in Zone 1. Highway 62 in San Bernardino County; Moffat County Road 29 and the Moffat- Washington southwest on Highway 62 to Desert Routt County line (Elkhead Reservoir Center Rice Road; south on Desert State Park). East Zone: All areas east of the Pacific Center Rice Road/Highway 177 to the Western Zone: The remainder of the Crest Trail and east of the Big White town of Desert Center; east 31 miles on Pacific Flyway portion of Colorado not Salmon River in Klickitat County. Interstate 10 to its intersection with included in the Eastern Zone. West Zone: The remainder of Wiley Well Road; south on Wiley Well Washington not included in the East Road to Wiley Well; southeast on Idaho Zone. Milpitas Wash Road to the Blythe, Zone 1: All lands and waters within Wyoming (Pacific Flyway Portion) Brawley, Davis Lake intersections; south the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, on Blythe Ogilby Road also known as including private in-holdings; Bannock Snake River Zone: Beginning at the County Highway 34 to its intersection County; Bingham County except that south boundary of Yellowstone National with Ogilby Road; south on Ogilby Road portion within the Blackfoot Reservoir Park and the Continental Divide; south to its intersection with Interstate 8; east drainage; Caribou County within the along the Continental Divide to Union seven miles on Interstate 8 to its Fort Hall Indian Reservation; and Power Pass and the Union Pass Road (U.S.F.S. intersection with the Andrade- County east of State Highway 37 and Road 600); west and south along the Algodones Road/Highway 186; south on State Highway 39. Union Pass Road to U.S.F.S. Road 605; Highway 186 to its intersection with the Zone 2: Bear Lake, Bonneville, Butte, south along U.S.F.S. Road 605 to the U.S. Mexico border at Los Algodones, Clark, Fremont, Jefferson, Madison, and Bridger-Teton National Forest boundary; Mexico. Teton Counties; Bingham County within along the national forest boundary to the Southern Zone: That portion of the Blackfoot Reservoir drainage; and Idaho State line; north along the Idaho southern California (but excluding the Caribou County except within the Fort State line to the south boundary of Colorado River zone) south and east of Hall Indian Reservation. Yellowstone National Park; east along

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the Yellowstone National Park boundary west of Route 3 and Route 301; that then south along Route 9 to Route 625 to the Continental Divide. portion of Charles County west of Route (Sea Isle City Boulevard); then east Balance of State Zone: The remainder 301 to the Virginia State line; and that along Route 625 to the Atlantic Ocean; of the Pacific Flyway portion of portion of Carroll County west of Route then north to the beginning point. Wyoming not included in the Snake 31 to the intersection of Route 97, and New York River Zone. west of Route 97 to the Pennsylvania line. Lake Champlain Goose Area: The Geese AP Zone: Remainder of the State. same as the Lake Champlain Waterfowl Atlantic Flyway Hunting Zone, which is that area of New Massachusetts York State lying east and north of a Connecticut NAP Zone: Central and Coastal Zones continuous line extending along Route Early Canada Goose Seasons (see duck zones). 11 from the New York-Canada South Zone: Same as for ducks. AP Zone: The Western Zone (see duck International boundary south to Route North Zone: Same as for ducks. zones). 9B, south along Route 9B to Route 9, Special Late Season Area: The Central south along Route 9 to Route 22 south Regular Seasons Zone and that portion of the Coastal of Keeseville, south along Route 22 to AP Unit: Litchfield County and the Zone (see duck zones) that lies north of the west shore of South Bay along and portion of Hartford County west of a the Cape Cod Canal, north to the New around the shoreline of South Bay to line beginning at the Massachusetts Hampshire line. Route 22 on the east shore of South Bay, southeast along Route 22 to Route 4, border in Suffield and extending south New Hampshire along Route 159 to its intersection with northeast along Route 4 to the New Route 91 in Hartford, and then Same zones as for ducks. York-Vermont boundary. extending south along Route 91 to its New Jersey Northeast Goose Area: The same as intersection with the Hartford- the Northeastern Waterfowl Hunting AP Zone: North and South Zones (see Zone, which is that area of New York Middlesex County line. duck zones). Atlantic Flyway Resident Population State lying north of a continuous line RP Zone: The Coastal Zone (see duck extending from Lake Ontario east along (AFRP) Unit: Starting at the intersection zones). of I–95 and the Quinnipiac River, north the north shore of the Salmon River to Special Late Season Area: In northern Interstate 81, south along Interstate on the Quinnipiac River to its New Jersey, that portion of the State intersection with I–91, north on I–91 to Route 81 to Route 31, east along Route within a continuous line that runs east 31 to Route 13, north along Route 13 to I–691, west on I–691 to the Hartford along the New York State boundary line County line, and encompassing the rest Route 49, east along Route 49 to Route to the Hudson River; then south along 365, east along Route 365 to Route 28, of New Haven County and Fairfield the New York State boundary to its County in its entirety. east along Route 28 to Route 29, east intersection with Route 440 at Perth along Route 29 to Route 22 at NAP H–Unit: All of the rest of the Amboy; then west on Route 440 to its State not included in the AP or AFRP Greenwich Junction, north along Route intersection with Route 287; then west 22 to Washington County Route 153, descriptions above. along Route 287 to its intersection with South Zone: Same as for ducks. east along CR 153 to the New York- Route 206 in Bedminster (Exit 18); then Vermont boundary, exclusive of the Maine north along Route 206 to its intersection Lake Champlain Zone. Same zones as for ducks. with Route 94: Then west along Route East Central Goose Area: That area of 94 to the toll bridge in Columbia; then New York State lying inside of a Maryland north along the Pennsylvania State continuous line extending from Early Canada Goose Seasons boundary in the Delaware River to the Interstate Route 81 in Cicero, east along Eastern Unit: Calvert, Caroline, Cecil, beginning point. In southern New Route 31 to Route 13, north along Route Dorchester, Harford, Kent, Queen Jersey, that portion of the State within 13 to Route 49, east along Route 49 to Anne’s, St. Mary’s, Somerset, Talbot, a continuous line that runs west from Route 365, east along Route 365 to Wicomico, and Worcester Counties; and the Atlantic Ocean at Ship Bottom along Route 28, east along Route 28 to Route that part of Anne Arundel County east Route 72 to Route 70; then west along 29, east along Route 29 to Route 147 at of Interstate 895, Interstate 97, and Route 70 to Route 206; then south along Kimball Corners, south along Route 147 Route 3; that part of Prince George’s Route 206 to Route 536; then west along to Schenectady County Route 40 (West County east of Route 3 and Route 301; Route 536 to Route 322; then west along Glenville Road), west along Route 40 to and that part of Charles County east of Route 322 to Route 55; then south along Touareuna Road, south along Touareuna Route 301 to the Virginia State line. Route 55 to Route 553 (Buck Road); then Road to Schenectady County Route 59, Western Unit: Allegany, Baltimore, south along Route 553 to Route 40; then south along Route 59 to State Route 5, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, Howard, east along Route 40 to route 55; then east along Route 5 to the Lock 9 bridge, Montgomery, and Washington Counties south along Route 55 to Route 552 southwest along the Lock 9 bridge to and that part of Anne Arundel County (Sherman Avenue); then west along Route 5S, southeast along Route 5S to west of Interstate 895, Interstate 97, and Route 552 to Carmel Road; then south Schenectady County Route 58, Route 3; that part of Prince George’s along Carmel Road to Route 49; then southwest along Route 58 to the NYS County west of Route 3 and Route 301; east along Route 49 to Route 555; then Thruway, south along the Thruway to and that part of Charles County west of south along Route 555 to Route 553; Route 7, southwest along Route 7 to Route 301 to the Virginia State line. then east along Route 553 to Route 649; Schenectady County Route 103, south then north along Route 649 to Route along Route 103 to Route 406, east along Regular Seasons 670; then east along Route 670 to Route Route 406 to Schenectady County Route Resident Population (RP) Zone: 47; then north along Route 47 to Route 99 (Windy Hill Road), south along Route Allegany, Frederick, Garrett, 548; then east along Route 548 to Route 99 to Dunnsville Road, south along Montgomery, and Washington Counties; 49; then east along Route 49 to Route 50; Dunnsville Road to Route 397, that portion of Prince George’s County then south along Route 50 to Route 9; southwest along Route 397 to Route 146

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at Altamont, west along Route 146 to along Route 14 to Route 224 at Montour boundary, southeast along the New Albany County Route 252, northwest Falls, east along Route 224 to Route 228 York-Pennsylvania boundary to the New along Route 252 to Schenectady County in Odessa, north along Route 228 to York-New Jersey boundary, southeast Route 131, north along Route 131 to Route 79 in Mecklenburg, east along along the New York-New Jersey Route 7, west along Route 7 to Route 10 Route 79 to Route 366 in Ithaca, boundary to Route 210 near Greenwood at Richmondville, south on Route 10 to northeast along Route 366 to Route 13, Lake, northeast along Route 210 to Route 23 at Stamford, west along Route northeast along Route 13 to Interstate Orange County Route 5, northeast along 23 to Route 7 in Oneonta, southwest Route 81 in Cortland, north along Route Orange County Route 5 to Route 105 in along Route 7 to Route 79 to Interstate 81 to the north shore of the Salmon the Village of Monroe, east and north Route 88 near Harpursville, west along River to shore of Lake Ontario, along Route 105 to Route 32, northeast Route 88 to Interstate Route 81, north extending generally northwest in a along Route 32 to Orange County Route along Route 81 to the point of straight line to the nearest point of the 107 (Quaker Avenue), east along Route beginning. international boundary with Canada, 107 to Route 9W, north along Route 9W West Central Goose Area: That area of south and west along the international to the south bank of Moodna Creek, New York State lying within a boundary to the point of beginning. southeast along the south bank of continuous line beginning at the point Hudson Valley Goose Area: That area Moodna Creek to the New Windsor- where the northerly extension of Route of New York State lying within a Cornwall town boundary, northeast 269 (County Line Road on the Niagara- continuous line extending from Route 4 along the New Windsor-Cornwall town Orleans County boundary) meets the at the New York-Vermont boundary, boundary to the Orange-Dutchess International boundary with Canada, west and south along Route 4 to Route County boundary (middle of the Hudson south to the shore of Lake Ontario at the 149 at Fort Ann, west on Route 149 to River), north along the county boundary eastern boundary of Golden Hill State Route 9, south along Route 9 to to Interstate Route 84, east along Route Park, south along the extension of Route Interstate Route 87 (at Exit 20 in Glens 84 to the Dutchess-Putnam County 269 and Route 269 to Route 104 at Falls), south along Route 87 to Route 29, boundary, east along the county boundary to the New York-Connecticut Jeddo, west along Route 104 to Niagara west along Route 29 to Route 147 at boundary, north along the New York- County Route 271, south along Route Kimball Corners, south along Route 147 Connecticut boundary to the New York- 271 to Route 31E at Middleport, south to Schenectady County Route 40 (West Massachusetts boundary, north along along Route 31E to Route 31, west along Glenville Road), west along Route 40 to the New York-Massachusetts boundary Route 31 to Griswold Street, south along Touareuna Road, south along Touareuna to the New York-Vermont boundary, Griswold Street to Ditch Road, south Road to Schenectady County Route 59, north to the point of beginning. along Ditch Road to Foot Road, south south along Route 59 to State Route 5, Eastern Long Island Goose Area (NAP along Foot Road to the north bank of east along Route 5 to the Lock 9 bridge, High Harvest Area): That area of Suffolk Tonawanda Creek, west along the north southwest along the Lock 9 bridge to County lying east of a continuous line bank of Tonawanda Creek to Route 93, Route 5S, southeast along Route 5S to extending due south from the New south along Route 93 to Route 5, east Schenectady County Route 58, York-Connecticut boundary to the along Route 5 to Crittenden-Murrays southwest along Route 58 to the NYS northernmost end of Roanoke Avenue in Corners Road, south on Crittenden- Thruway, south along the Thruway to the Town of Riverhead; then south on Murrays Corners Road to the NYS Route 7, southwest along Route 7 to Roanoke Avenue (which becomes Thruway, east along the Thruway 90 to Schenectady County Route 103, south County Route 73) to State Route 25; then Route 98 (at Thruway Exit 48) in along Route 103 to Route 406, east along west on Route 25 to Peconic Avenue; Batavia, south along Route 98 to Route Route 406 to Schenectady County Route then south on Peconic Avenue to 20, east along Route 20 to Route 19 in 99 (Windy Hill Road), south along Route County Route (CR) 104 (Riverleigh Pavilion Center, south along Route 19 to 99 to Dunnsville Road, south along Avenue); then south on CR 104 to CR 31 Route 63, southeast along Route 63 to Dunnsville Road to Route 397, (Old Riverhead Road); then south on CR Route 246, south along Route 246 to southwest along Route 397 to Route 146 31 to Oak Street; then south on Oak Route 39 in Perry, northeast along Route at Altamont, southeast along Route 146 Street to Potunk Lane; then west on 39 to Route 20A, northeast along Route to Main Street in Altamont, west along Stevens Lane; then south on Jessup 20A to Route 20, east along Route 20 to Main Street to Route 156, southeast Avenue (in Westhampton Beach) to Route 364 (near Canandaigua), south along Route 156 to Albany County Dune Road (CR 89); then due south to and east along Route 364 to Yates Route 307, southeast along Route 307 to international waters. County Route 18 (Italy Valley Road), Route 85A, southwest along Route 85A Western Long Island Goose Area (RP southwest along Route 18 to Yates to Route 85, south along Route 85 to Area): That area of Westchester County County Route 34, east along Route 34 to Route 443, southeast along Route 443 to and its tidal waters southeast of Yates County Route 32, south along Albany County Route 301 at Clarksville, Interstate Route 95 and that area of Route 32 to Steuben County Route 122, southeast along Route 301 to Route 32, Nassau and Suffolk Counties lying west south along Route 122 to Route 53, south along Route 32 to Route 23 at of a continuous line extending due south along Route 53 to Steuben County Cairo, west along Route 23 to Joseph south from the New York-Connecticut Route 74, east along Route 74 to Route Chadderdon Road, southeast along boundary to the northernmost end of 54A (near Pulteney), south along Route Joseph Chadderdon Road to Hearts Sound Road (just east of Wading River 54A to Steuben County Route 87, east Content Road (Greene County Route 31), Marsh); then south on Sound Road to along Route 87 to Steuben County Route southeast along Route 31 to Route 32, North Country Road; then west on North 96, east along Route 96 to Steuben south along Route 32 to Greene County Country Road to Randall Road; then County Route 114, east along Route 114 Route 23A, east along Route 23A to south on Randall Road to Route 25A, to Schuyler County Route 23, east and Interstate Route 87 (the NYS Thruway), then west on Route 25A to the Sunken southeast along Route 23 to Schuyler south along Route 87 to Route 28 (Exit Meadow State Parkway; then south on County Route 28, southeast along Route 19) near Kingston, northwest on Route the Sunken Meadow Parkway to the 28 to Route 409 at Watkins Glen, south 28 to Route 209, southwest on Route Sagtikos State Parkway; then south on along Route 409 to Route 14, south 209 to the New York-Pennsylvania the Sagtikos Parkway to the Robert

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Moses State Parkway; then south on the delineating the channel of the Santee Route 159 to Illinois Route 3, south Robert Moses Parkway to its River. along Illinois Route 3 to St. Leo’s Road, southernmost end; then due south to West of U.S. 301: That portion of south along St. Leo’s road to Modoc international waters. Clarendon County bounded on the Road, west along Modoc Road to Modoc Central Long Island Goose Area (NAP North by S–14–26 extending southward Ferry Road, southwest along Modoc Low Harvest Area): That area of Suffolk to that portion of Orangeburg County Ferry Road to Levee Road, southeast County lying between the Western and bordered by Hwy 6. along Levee Road to County Route 12 Eastern Long Island Goose Areas, as (Modoc Ferry entrance Road), south Vermont defined above. along County Route 12 to the Modoc South Goose Area: The remainder of Same zones as for ducks. Ferry route and southwest on the Modoc New York State, excluding New York Virginia Ferry route across the Mississippi River City. to the Missouri border. AP Zone: The area east and south of South September Canada Goose Zone: North Carolina the following line—the Stafford County That portion of the State south and east Northeast Hunt Unit: Includes the line from the Potomac River west to of a line extending west from the following counties or portions of Interstate 95 at Fredericksburg, then Indiana border along Interstate 70, south counties: Bertie (that portion north and south along Interstate 95 to Petersburg, along U.S. Highway 45, to Illinois Route east of a line formed by NC 45 at the then Route 460 (SE) to City of Suffolk, 13, west along Illinois Route 13 to Washington County line to U.S. 17 in then south along Route 32 to the North Greenbriar Road, north on Greenbriar Midway, U.S. 17 in Midway to U.S. 13 Carolina line. Road to Sycamore Road, west on in Windsor, U.S. 13 in Windsor to the SJBP Zone: The area to the west of the Sycamore Road to N. Reed Station Road, Hertford Co. line), Camden, Chowan, AP Zone boundary and east of the south on N. Reed Station Road to Currituck, Dare, Hyde, Pasquotank, following line: The ‘‘Blue Ridge’’ Illinois Route 13, west along Illinois Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington. (mountain spine) at the West Virginia- Route 13 to Illinois Route 127, south RP Hunt Zone: Remainder of the Virginia Border (Loudoun County- along Illinois Route 127 to State Forest State. Clarke County line) south to Interstate Road (1025 N), west along State Forest 64 (the Blue Ridge line follows county Road to Illinois Route 3, north along Pennsylvania borders along the western edge of Illinois Route 3 to the south bank of the Resident Canada Goose Zone: All of Loudoun-Fauquier-Rappahannock- Big Muddy River, west along the south Pennsylvania except for SJBP Zone and Madison-Greene-Albemarle and into bank of the Big Muddy River to the the area east of route SR 97 from the Nelson Counties), then east along Mississippi River, west across the Maryland State Line to the intersection Interstate Rt. 64 to Route 15, then south Mississippi River to the Missouri of SR 194, east of SR 194 to intersection along Rt. 15 to the North Carolina line. border. of U.S. Route 30, south of U.S. Route 30 RP Zone: The remainder of the State South Central September Canada to SR 441, east of SR 441 to SR 743, east west of the SJBP Zone. Goose Zone: The remainder of the State of SR 743 to intersection of I–81, east of between the south border of the Central I–81 to intersection of I–80, and south Mississippi Flyway September Canada Goose Zone and the of I–80 to the New Jersey State line. Arkansas North border of the South September Canada Goose Zone. SJBP Zone: The area north of I–80 and Northwest Zone: Baxter, Benton, west of I–79 including in the city of Erie Boone, Carroll, Conway, Crawford, Regular Seasons west of Bay Front Parkway to and Faulkner, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, North Zone: That portion of the State including the Lake Erie Duck zone (Lake Madison, Marion, Newton, Perry, Pope, Erie, Presque Isle, and the area within north of a line extending west from the Pulaski, Searcy, Sebastian, Scott, Van Indiana border along Interstate 80 to 150 yards of the Lake Erie Shoreline). Buren, Washington, and Yell Counties. AP Zone: The area east of route SR 97 I–39, south along I–39 to Illinois Route from Maryland State Line to the Illinois 18, west along Illinois Route 18 to Illinois Route 29, south along Illinois intersection of SR 194, east of SR 194 to Early Canada Goose Seasons intersection of U.S. Route 30, south of Route 29 to Illinois Route 17, west along U.S. Route 30 to SR 441, east of SR 441 North September Canada Goose Zone: Illinois Route 17 to the Mississippi to SR 743, east of SR 743 to intersection That portion of the State north of a line River, and due south across the of I–81, east of I–81 to intersection of extending west from the Indiana border Mississippi River to the Iowa border. I–80, south of I–80 to New Jersey State along Interstate 80 to I–39, south along Central Zone: That portion of the line. I–39 to Illinois Route 18, west along State south of the North Goose Zone line Illinois Route 18 to Illinois Route 29, to a line extending west from the Rhode Island south along Illinois Route 29 to Illinois Indiana border along I–70 to Illinois Special Area for Canada Geese: Kent Route 17, west along Illinois Route 17 Route 4, south along Illinois Route 4 to and Providence Counties and portions to the Mississippi River, and due south Illinois Route 161, west along Illinois of the towns of Exeter and North across the Mississippi River to the Iowa Route 161 to Illinois Route 158, south Kingston within Washington County border. and west along Illinois Route 158 to (see State regulations for detailed Central September Canada Goose Illinois Route 159, south along Illinois descriptions). Zone: That portion of the State south of Route 159 to Illinois Route 3, south the North September Canada Goose along Illinois Route 3 to St. Leo’s Road, South Carolina Zone line to a line extending west from south along St. Leo’s road to Modoc Canada Goose Area: Statewide except the Indiana border along I–70 to Illinois Road, west along Modoc Road to Modoc for the following area: Route 4, south along Illinois Route 4 to Ferry Road, southwest along Modoc East of U.S. 301: That portion of Illinois Route 161, west along Illinois Ferry Road to Levee Road, southeast Clarendon County bounded to the North Route 161 to Illinois Route 158, south along Levee Road to County Route 12 by S–14–25, to the East by Hwy 260, and west along Illinois Route 158 to (Modoc Ferry entrance Road), south and to the South by the markers Illinois Route 159, south along Illinois along County Route 12 to the Modoc

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Ferry route and southwest on the Modoc Northeast 80th Street; then south along and the portion of Kentucky west of Ferry route across the Mississippi River Northeast 80th Street to Southeast 6th U.S. 60 from the Henderson-Union to the Missouri border. Avenue; then west along Southeast 6th County line to U.S. 641; U.S. 641 to South Zone: Same zone as for ducks. Avenue to Highway 65; then south and Interstate 24; Interstate 24 to the South Central Zone: Same zone as for west along Highway 65 to Highway 69 Purchase Parkway; and the Purchase ducks. in Warren County; then south along Parkway. Highway 69 to County Road G24; then Remainder of State: The remainder of Indiana west along County Road G24 to Kentucky outside the Northeast and Same zones as for ducks. Highway 28; then southwest along Western Goose Zones. Highway 28 to 43rd Avenue; then north Iowa Louisiana along 43rd Avenue to Ford Street; then Early Canada Goose Seasons west along Ford Street to Filmore Street; North Zone: That portion of the State north of the line from the Texas border Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Goose Zone: then west along Filmore Street to 10th at Hwy 190/12 east to Hwy 49, then Includes portions of Linn and Johnson Avenue; then south along 10th Avenue south on Hwy 49 to I–10, then east on Counties bounded as follows: Beginning to 155th Street in Madison County; then I–10 to I–12, then east on I–12 to I–10, at the intersection of the west border of west along 155th Street to Cumming then east on I–10 to the Mississippi Linn County and Linn County Road Road; then north along Cumming Road to Badger Creek Avenue; then north State line. E2W; then south and east along County South Zone: Remainder of the State. Road E2W to Highway 920; then north along Badger Creek Avenue to County along Highway 920 to County Road E16; Road F90 in Dallas County; then east Michigan along County Road F90 to County Road then east along County Road E16 to North Zone: Same as North duck County Road W58; then south along R22; then north along County Road R22 to Highway 44; then east along Highway zone. County Road W58 to County Road E34; Middle Zone: Same as Middle duck then east along County Road E34 to 44 to County Road R30; then north along County Road R30 to County Road zone. Highway 13; then south along Highway South Zone: Same as South duck F31; then east along County Road F31 13 to Highway 30; then east along zone. Highway 30 to Highway 1; then south to Highway 17; then north along Allegan County GMU: That area along Highway 1 to Morse Road in Highway 17 to Highway 415 in Polk encompassed by a line beginning at the Johnson County; then east along Morse County; then east along Highway 415 to junction of 136th Avenue and Interstate Road to Wapsi Avenue; then south Northwest 158th Avenue; then east Highway 196 in Lake Town Township along Wapsi Avenue to Lower West along Northwest 158th Avenue to the and extending easterly along 136th Branch Road; then west along Lower point of beginning. Avenue to Michigan Highway 40, Cedar Falls/Waterloo Goose Zone: West Branch Road to Taft Avenue; then southerly along Michigan 40 through Includes those portions of Black Hawk south along Taft Avenue to County Road the city of Allegan to 108th Avenue in County bounded as follows: Beginning F62; then west along County Road F62 Trowbridge Township, westerly along at the intersection of County Roads C66 to Kansas Avenue; then north along 108th Avenue to 46th Street, northerly and V49 in Black Hawk County, then Kansas Avenue to Black Diamond Road; along 46th Street to 109th Avenue, south along County Road V49 to County then west on Black Diamond Road to westerly along 109th Avenue to I–196 in Road D38, then west along County Road Jasper Avenue; then north along Jasper Casco Township, then northerly along D38 to State Highway 21, then south Avenue to Rohert Road; then west along I–196 to the point of beginning. along State Highway 21 to County Road Rohert Road to Ivy Avenue; then north Muskegon Wastewater GMU: That D35, then west along County Road D35 along Ivy Avenue to 340th Street; then portion of Muskegon County within the to Grundy Road, then north along west along 340th Street to Half Moon boundaries of the Muskegon County Grundy Road to County Road D19, then Avenue; then north along Half Moon wastewater system, east of the west along County Road D19 to Butler Avenue to Highway 6; then west along Muskegon State Game Area, in sections Road, then north along Butler Road to Highway 6 to Echo Avenue; then north 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30, and 32, County Road C57, then north and east along Echo Avenue to 250th Street; then T10N R14W, and sections 1, 2, 10, 11, along County Road C57 to U.S. Highway east on 250th Street to Green Castle 12, 13, 14, 24, and 25, T10N R15W, as 63, then south along U.S. Highway 63 to Avenue; then north along Green Castle posted. County Road C66, then east along Avenue to County Road F12; then west County Road C66 to the point of Minnesota along County Road F12 to County Road beginning. W30; then north along County Road Same zones as for ducks. W30 to Highway 151; then north along Regular Seasons Missouri the Linn-Benton County line to the Same zones as for ducks. Same zones as for ducks. point of beginning. Des Moines Goose Zone: Includes Kentucky Ohio those portions of Polk, Warren, Northeast Goose Zone: Bath, Menifee, Same zones as for ducks. Madison, and Dallas Counties bounded Morgan (except the portion that lies as follows: Beginning at the intersection within the Paintsville Lake Wildlife Tennessee of Northwest 158th Avenue and County Management Area) and Rowan Counties Northwest Goose Zone: Lake, Obion, Road R38 in Polk County; then south except that no goose hunting is Weakley, and Dyer Counties, excluding along R38 to Northwest 142nd Avenue; permitted on public land (U.S. Forest that portion south of State Highway 104; then east along Northwest 142nd Service) and water within the block of and Gibson County, excluding that Avenue to Northeast 126th Avenue; land lying inside the boundaries of Hwy portion south of State Highway 104 and then east along Northeast 126th Avenue 801, Hwy 1274, Hwy 36, Hwy 211, Hwy west of U.S. Highways 45 and 45W. to Northeast 46th Street; then south 60, and Hwy 826. Remainder of State: That portion of along Northeast 46th Street to Highway Western Goose Zone: The Western Tennessee outside of the Northwest 931; then east along Highway 931 to Goose Zone includes Henderson County Goose Zone.

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Wisconsin Montana (Central Flyway Portion) Hwy. 92 and NE Hwy. 15, south along Early Canada Goose Seasons Zone 1: Same as Zone 1 for ducks and NE Hwy. 15 to NE Hwy. 4, west along coots. NE Hwy. 4 to U.S. Hwy. 34, west along Early-Season Subzone A: That portion Zone 2: Same as Zone 2 for ducks and U.S. Hwy. 34 to U.S. Hwy. 283, north of the State encompassed by a line coots. along U.S. Hwy. 283 to U.S. Hwy. 30, beginning at the intersection of U.S. east along U.S. Hwy. 30 to NE Hwy. 92, Highway 141 and the Michigan border Nebraska east along NE Hwy. 92 to the beginning. near Niagara, then south along U.S. 141 Dark Geese Remainder of State: The remainder of to State Highway 22, west and Nebraska. Niobrara Unit: That area contained southwest along State 22 to U.S. 45, within and bounded by the intersection New Mexico (Central Flyway Portion) south along U.S. 45 to State 22, west of the South Dakota State line and the and south along State 22 to State 110, Dark Geese eastern Cherry County line, south along south along State 110 to U.S. 10, south the Cherry County line to the Niobrara Middle Rio Grande Valley Unit: along U.S. 10 to State 49, south along River, east to the Norden Road, south on Sierra, Socorro, and Valencia Counties. State 49 to State 23, west along State 23 the Norden Road to U.S. Hwy 20, east Remainder: The remainder of the to State 73, south along State 73 to State along U.S. Hwy 20 to NE Hwy 14, north Central Flyway portion of New Mexico. 60, west along State 60 to State 23, along NE Hwy 14 to NE Hwy 59 and south along State 23 to State 11, east North Dakota County Road 872, west along County along State 11 to State 78, then south Missouri River Canada Goose Zone: Road 872 to the Knox County Line, along State 78 to the Illinois border. The area within and bounded by a line north along the Knox County Line to the starting where ND Hwy 6 crosses the Early-Season Subzone B: The South Dakota State line. Where the South Dakota border; then north on ND remainder of the State. Niobrara River forms the boundary, both Hwy 6 to I–94; then west on I–94 to ND banks of the river are included in the Regular Seasons Hwy 49; then north on ND Hwy 49 to Niobrara Unit. ND Hwy 200; then west on ND Hwy Same zones as for ducks but in East Unit: That area north and east of 200; then north on ND Hwy 8 to the addition: U.S. 81 at the Kansas-Nebraska State Mercer/McLean County line; then east line, north to NE Hwy 91, east to U.S. Horicon Zone: That portion of the following the county line until it turns 275, south to U.S. 77, south to NE 91, State encompassed by a boundary south toward Garrison Dam; then east east to U.S. 30, east to Nebraska-Iowa beginning at the intersection of State 23 along a line (including Mallard Island) and State 73 and moves south along State line. Platte River Unit: That area north and of Lake Sakakawea to U.S. Hwy 83; then State 73 until the intersection of State south on U.S. Hwy 83 to ND Hwy 200; 73 and State 60, then moves east along west of U.S. 81 at the Kansas-Nebraska State line, north to NE Hwy 91, west then east on ND Hwy 200 to ND Hwy State 60 until the intersection of State 41; then south on ND Hwy 41 to U.S. 60 and State 83, and then moves north along NE 91 to NE 11, north to the Holt County line, west along the northern Hwy 83; then south on U.S. Hwy 83 to along State 83 until the intersection of I–94; then east on I–94 to U.S. Hwy 83; State 83 and State 33 at which point it border of Garfield, Loup, Blaine and Thomas Counties to the Hooker County then south on U.S. Hwy 83 to the South moves east until the intersection of State Dakota border; then west along the 33 and U.S. 45, then moves north along line, south along the Thomas-Hooker County lines to the McPherson County South Dakota border to ND Hwy 6. U.S. 45 until the intersection of U.S. 45 Western North Dakota Canada Goose line, east along the south border of and State 23, at which point it moves Zone: Same as the High Plains Unit for Thomas County to the western line of west along State 23 until the ducks, mergansers and coots, excluding Custer County, south along the Custer- intersection of State 23 and State 73. the Missouri River Canada Goose Zone. Logan County line to NE 92, west to Rest of State: Remainder of North Central Flyway U.S. 83, north to NE 92, west to NE 61, Dakota. Colorado (Central Flyway Portion) south along NE 61 to NE 92, west along NE 92 to U.S. Hwy 26, south along U.S. South Dakota Northern Front Range Area: All areas Hwy 26 to Keith County Line, south Early Canada Goose Seasons in Boulder, Larimer, and Weld Counties along Keith County Line to the Colorado from the Continental Divide east along State line. Special Early Canada Goose Unit: The the Wyoming border to U.S. 85, south Panhandle Unit: That area north and Counties of Campbell, Marshall, on U.S. 85 to the Adams County line, west of Keith-Deuel County Line at the Roberts, Day, Clark, Codington, Grant, and all lands in Adams, Arapahoe, Nebraska-Colorado State line, north Hamlin, Deuel, Walworth; that portion Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver, along the Keith County Line to U.S. of Perkins County west of State Douglas, Gilpin, and Jefferson Counties. Hwy 26, west to NE Hwy 92, east to NE Highway 75 and south of State Highway North Park Area: Jackson County. Hwy 61, north along NE Hwy 61 to NE 20; that portion of Dewey County north of Bureau of Indian Affairs Road 8, South Park and San Luis Valley Area: Hwy 2, west along NE 2 to the corner Bureau of Indian Affairs Road 9, and the All of Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, formed by Garden-Grant-Sheridan section of U.S. Highway 212 east of the Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Lake, Park, Counties, west along the north border of Bureau of Indian Affairs Road 8 Rio Grande, and Teller Counties, and Garden, Morrill, and Scotts Bluff junction; that portion of Potter County those portions of Saguache, Mineral and Counties to the intersection of the east of U.S. Highway 83; that portion of Hinsdale Counties east of the Interstate Canal, west to the Wyoming Sully County east of U.S. Highway 83; Continental Divide. State line. North-Central Unit: The remainder of portions of Hyde, Buffalo, Brule, and Remainder: Remainder of the Central the State. Charles Mix counties north and east of Flyway portion of Colorado. a line beginning at the Hughes-Hyde Eastern Colorado Late Light Goose Light Geese County line on State Highway 34, east Area: That portion of the State east of Rainwater Basin Light Goose Area: to Lees Boulevard, southeast to State Interstate Highway 25. The area bounded by the junction of NE Highway 34, east 7 miles to 350th

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Avenue, south to Interstate 90 on 350th Southeast Goose Zone: That portion intersection of Highway 95 with the Avenue, south and east on State of Texas lying east and south of a line California-Nevada State line; south on Highway 50 to Geddes, east on 285th beginning at the International Toll Highway 95 through the junction with Street to U.S. Highway 281, and north Bridge at Laredo, then continuing north Highway 40; south on Highway 95 to on U.S. Highway 281 to the Charles following I–35 to the juncture with I–10 Vidal Junction; south through the town Mix-Douglas County boundary; that in San Antonio, then easterly along of Rice to the San Bernardino-Riverside portion of Bon Homme County north of I–10 to the Texas-Louisiana border. County line on a road known as State Highway 50; those portions of West Goose Zone: The remainder of ‘‘Aqueduct Road’’ also known as Yankton and Clay Counties north of a the State. Highway 62 in San Bernardino County; line beginning at the junction of State southwest on Highway 62 to Desert Highway 50 and 306th Street/County Wyoming (Central Flyway Portion) Center Rice Road; south on Desert Highway 585 in Bon Homme County, Dark Geese Center Rice Road/Highway 177 to the east to U.S. Highway 81, then north on Zone G1: Big Horn, Converse, Hot town of Desert Center; east 31 miles on U.S. Highway 81 to 303rd Street, then Springs, Natrona, Park, and Washakie Interstate 10 to its intersection with east on 303rd Street to 444th Avenue, Counties. Wiley Well Road; south on Wiley Well then south on 444th Avenue to 305th Zone G1A: Goshen and Platte Road to Wiley Well; southeast on Street, then east on 305th Street/Bluff Counties. Milpitas Wash Road to the Blythe, Road to State Highway 19, then south to Zone G2: Campbell, Crook, Johnson, Brawley, Davis Lake intersections; south State Highway 50 and east to the Clay/ Niobrara, Sheridan, and Weston on Blythe Ogilby Road also known as Union County Line; McPherson, Counties. County Highway 34 to its intersection Edmunds, Kingsbury, Brookings, Lake, Zone G3: Albany and Laramie with Ogilby Road; south on Ogilby Road Moody, Miner, Faulk, Hand, Jerauld, Counties; and that portion of Carbon to its intersection with Interstate 8; east Douglas, Hutchinson, Turner, Aurora, County east of the Continental Divide. seven miles on Interstate 8 to its Beadle, Davison, Hanson, Sanborn, Zone G4: Fremont County excluding intersection with the Andrade- Spink, Brown, Harding, Butte, Meade, those portions south or west of the Algodones Road/Highway 186; south on Oglala Lakota (formerly Shannon), Continental Divide. Highway 186 to its intersection with the Jackson, Mellette, Todd, Jones, Haakon, U.S. Mexico border at Los Algodones, Corson, Ziebach, and McCook Counties; Pacific Flyway Mexico. and those portions of Minnehaha and Arizona Southern Zone: That portion of Lincoln counties outside of an area southern California (but excluding the bounded by a line beginning at the Same zones as for ducks. Colorado River zone) south and east of junction of the South Dakota-Minnesota California a line beginning at the mouth of the State line and Minnehaha County Santa Maria River at the Pacific Ocean; Northeastern Zone: That portion of Highway 122 (254th Street) west to its east along the Santa Maria River to California lying east and north of a line junction with Minnehaha County where it crosses Highway 101–166 near beginning at the intersection of Highway 149 (464th Avenue), south on the City of Santa Maria; north on Interstate 5 with the California-Oregon Minnehaha County Highway 149 (464th Highway 101–166; east on Highway 166 line; south along Interstate 5 to its Avenue) to Hartford, then south on to the junction with Highway 99; south junction with Walters Lane south of the Minnehaha County Highway 151 (463rd on Highway 99 to the junction of town of Yreka; west along Walters Lane Avenue) to State Highway 42, east on Interstate 5; south on Interstate 5 to the to its junction with Easy Street; south State Highway 42 to State Highway 17, crest of the Tehachapi Mountains at along Easy Street to the junction with south on State Highway 17 to its Tejon Pass; east and north along the Old Highway 99; south along Old junction with Lincoln County Highway crest of the Tehachapi Mountains to Highway 99 to the point of intersection 116 (Klondike Road), and east on where it intersects Highway 178 at with Interstate 5 north of the town of Lincoln County Highway 116 (Klondike Walker Pass; east on Highway 178 to the Weed; south along Interstate 5 to its Road) to the South Dakota-Iowa State junction of Highway 395 at the town of junction with Highway 89; east and line, then north along the South Dakota- Inyokern; south on Highway 395 to the south along Highway 89 to main street Iowa and South Dakota-Minnesota junction of Highway 58; east on Greenville; north and east to its junction border to the junction of the South Highway 58 to the junction of Interstate with North Valley Road; south to its Dakota-Minnesota State line and 15; east on Interstate 15 to the junction junction of Diamond Mountain Road; Minnehaha County Highway 122 (254th with Highway 127; north on Highway north and east to its junction with North Street). 127 to the point of intersection with the Arm Road; south and west to the California-Nevada State line. Regular Seasons junction of North Valley Road; south to Imperial County Special Management Unit 1: Same as that for the September the junction with Arlington Road (A22); Area: The area bounded by a line Canada goose season. west to the junction of Highway 89; beginning at Highway 86 and the Navy Unit 2: Remainder of South Dakota. south and west to the junction of Test Base Road; south on Highway 86 to Unit 3: Bennett County. Highway 70; east on Highway 70 to the town of Westmoreland; continue Highway 395; south and east on through the town of Westmoreland to Texas Highway 395 to the point of intersection Route S26; east on Route S26 to Northeast Goose Zone: That portion of with the California-Nevada State line; Highway 115; north on Highway 115 to Texas lying east and north of a line north along the California-Nevada State Weist Road; north on Weist Road to beginning at the Texas-Oklahoma border line to the junction of the California- Flowing Wells Road; northeast on at U.S. 81, then continuing south to Nevada-Oregon State lines west along Flowing Wells Road to the Coachella Bowie and then southeasterly along U.S. the California-Oregon State line to the Canal; northwest on the Coachella Canal 81 and U.S. 287 to I–35W and point of origin. to Drop 18; a straight line from Drop 18 I–35 to the juncture with I–10 in San Colorado River Zone: Those portions to Frink Road; south on Frink Road to Antonio, then east on I–10 to the Texas- of San Bernardino, Riverside, and Highway 111; north on Highway 111 to Louisiana border. 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Niland Marina Road to the old Imperial County east of State Highway 37 and South Zone: The Pacific Flyway County boat ramp and the water line of State Highway 39. portion of New Mexico located south of the Salton Sea; from the water line of Zone 2: Bear Lake, Bonneville, Butte, I–40. the Salton Sea, a straight line across the Clark, Fremont, Jefferson, Madison, and Oregon Salton Sea to the Salinity Control Teton Counties; Bingham County within Research Facility and the Navy Test the Blackfoot Reservoir drainage; and Northwest Permit Zone: Benton, Base Road; southwest on the Navy Test Caribou County except within the Fort Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Lane, Base Road to the point of beginning. Hall Indian Reservation. Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Balance of State Zone: The remainder Zone 3: Adams, Benewah, Blaine, Polk, Tillamook, Washington, and of California not included in the Bonner, Boundary, Camas, Clearwater, Yamhill Counties. Northeastern, Colorado River, and Custer, Franklin, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lower Columbia/N. Willamette Valley Southern Zones. Lemhi, Lewis, Nez Perce, Oneida, and Management Area: Those portions of North Coast Special Management Shoshone Counties; and Power County Clatsop, Columbia, Multnomah, and Area: Del Norte and Humboldt west of State Highway 37 and State Washington Counties within the Counties. Highway 39. Northwest Special Permit Zone. Sacramento Valley Special Zone 4: Ada, Boise, Canyon, Cassia, Tillamook County Management Area: Management Area: That area bounded Elmore, Gem, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, That portion of Tillamook County by a line beginning at Willows south on Minidoka, Owyhee, Payette, Twin Falls, beginning at the point where Old Woods I–5 to Hahn Road; easterly on Hahn and Washington Counties. Road crosses the south shores of Horn Creek, north on Old Woods Road to Road and the Grimes-Arbuckle Road to Zone 5: Valley County. Grimes; northerly on CA 45 to the Sand Lake Road at Woods, north on junction with CA 162; northerly on CA Light Geese Sand Lake Road to the intersection with ∼ 45/162 to Glenn; and westerly on CA Zone 1: All lands and waters within McPhillips Drive, due west ( 200 yards) 162 to the point of beginning in the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, from the intersection to the Pacific Willows. including private in-holdings; Bannock coastline, south along the Pacific County; Bingham County east of the coastline to a point due west of the Colorado (Pacific Flyway Portion) western end of Pacific Avenue in Pacific west bank of the Snake River, west of ∼ Same zones as for ducks. the McTucker boat ramp access road, City, east from this point ( 250 yards) to Pacific Avenue, east on Pacific Avenue Idaho and east of the American Falls Reservoir bluff, except that portion within the to Brooten Road, south and then east on Canada Geese and Brant Blackfoot Reservoir drainage; Caribou Brooten Road to Highway 101, north on Highway 101 to Resort Drive, north on Zone 1: All lands and waters within County within the Fort Hall Indian Resort Drive to a point due west of the the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, Reservation; and Power County below south shores of Horn Creek at its including private in-holdings; Bannock the American Falls Reservoir bluff, and confluence with the Nestucca River, due County; Bingham County, except that within the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. east (∼80 yards) across the Nestucca portion within the Blackfoot Reservoir Zone 2: Franklin and Oneida River to the south shores of Horn Creek, drainage; Caribou County within the Counties; Bingham County west of the east along the south shores of Horn Fort Hall Indian Reservation; and Power west bank of the Snake River, east of the McTucker boat ramp access road, and Creek to the point of beginning. County east of State Highway 37 and Southwest Zone: Those portions of west of the American Falls Reservoir State Highway 39. Douglas, Coos, and Curry Counties east bluff; Power County, except below the Zone 2: Bonneville, Butte, Clark, of Highway 101, and Josephine and American Falls Reservoir bluff and Fremont, Jefferson, Madison, and Teton Jackson Counties. Counties. those lands and waters within the Fort South Coast Zone: Those portions of Zone 3: Ada, Adams, Benewah, Hall Indian Reservation. Douglas, Coos, and Curry Counties west Blaine, Boise, Bonner, Boundary, Zone 3: Ada, Boise, Canyon, Cassia, of Highway 101. Camas, Canyon, Cassia, Clearwater, Elmore, Gem, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Eastern Zone: Baker, Crook, Custer, Elmore, Franklin, Gem, Gooding, Minidoka, Owyhee, Payette, Twin Falls, Deschutes, Gilliam, Grant, Hood River, Idaho, Jerome, Kootenai, Latah, Lemhi, and Washington Counties. Jefferson, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Lewis, Lincoln, Minidoka, Nez Perce, Zone 4: Adams, Benewah, Blaine, Union, Wallowa, Wasco, and Wheeler Oneida, Owyhee, Payette, Shoshone, Bonner, Boundary, Camas, Clearwater, Counties. Twin Falls, and Washington Counties; Custer, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lemhi, Klamath County Zone: Klamath and Power County west of State Lewis, Nez Perce, and Shoshone County. Highway 37 and State Highway 39. Counties. Harney and Lake County Zone: Zone 4: Bear Lake County; Bingham Zone 5: Bear Lake, Bonneville, Butte, Harney and Lake Counties. County within the Blackfoot Reservoir Clark, Fremont, Jefferson, Madison, and Malheur County Zone: Malheur drainage; and Caribou County, except Teton Counties; Bingham County within County. that portion within the Fort Hall Indian the Blackfoot Reservoir drainage; and Reservation. Caribou County except within the Fort Utah Zone 5: Valley County. Hall Indian Reservation. East Box Elder County Zone: Zone 6: Valley County. Boundary begins at the intersection of White-Fronted Geese the eastern boundary of Public Shooting Zone 1: All lands and waters within Nevada Grounds Waterfowl Management Area the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, Same zones as for ducks. and SR–83 (Promontory Road); east including private in-holdings; Bannock along SR–83 to I–15; south on I–15 to County; Bingham County except that New Mexico (Pacific Flyway Portion) the Perry access road; southwest along portion within the Blackfoot Reservoir North Zone: The Pacific Flyway this road to the Bear River Bird Refuge drainage; Caribou County within the portion of New Mexico located north of boundary; west, north, and then east Fort Hall Indian Reservation; and Power I–40. along the refuge boundary until it

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intersects the Public Shooting Grounds Brant Florida Waterfowl Management Area boundary; Pacific Flyway Northwest Zone: The Counties of Bay, east and north along the Public Shooting Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, California Grounds Waterfowl Management Area Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Liberty, boundary to SR–83. Northern Zone: Del Norte, Humboldt, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, Wasatch Front Zone: Boundary begins and Mendocino Counties. Washington, Leon (except that portion at the Weber–Box Elder County line at Balance of State Zone: The remainder north of U.S. 27 and east of State Road I–15; east along Weber County line to 155), Jefferson (south of U.S. 27, west of U.S.–89; south on U.S.–89 to I–84; east of the State not included in the Northern Zone. State Road 59 and north of U.S. 98), and and south on I–84 to I–80; south on Wakulla (except that portion south of I–80 to U.S.–189; south and west on Washington U.S. 98 and east of the St. Marks River). U.S.–189 to the Utah County line; South Zone: Remainder of State. southeast and then west along this line Puget Sound Zone: Clallam, Skagit, to the Tooele County line; north along and Whatcom Counties. Louisiana the Tooele County line to I–80; east on Coastal Zone: Pacific County. North Zone: That portion of the State I–80 to Exit 99; north from Exit 99 along Swans north of a line extending east from the a direct line to the southern tip of Texas border along State Highway 12 to Promontory Point and Promontory Central Flyway U.S. Highway 190, east along U.S. 190 Road; east and north along this road to South Dakota: Aurora, Beadle, to Interstate Highway 12, east along the causeway separating Bear River Bay Brookings, Brown, Brule, Buffalo, Interstate Highway 12 to Interstate from Ogden Bay; east on this causeway Campbell, Clark, Codington, Davison, Highway 10, then east along Interstate to the southwest corner of Great Salt Day, Deuel, Edmunds, Faulk, Grant, Highway 10 to the Mississippi border. Lake Mineral Corporations (GSLMC) South Zone: The remainder of the Hamlin, Hand, Hanson, Hughes, Hyde, west impoundment; north and east State. Jerauld, Kingsbury, Lake, Marshall, along GSLMC’s west impoundment to McCook, McPherson, Miner, Mississippi the northwest corner of the Minnehaha, Moody, Potter, Roberts, impoundment; north from this point North Zone: That portion of the State Sanborn, Spink, Sully, and Walworth along a direct line to the southern north and west of a line extending west Counties. boundary of Bear River Migratory Bird from the Alabama State line along U.S. Refuge; east along this southern Pacific Flyway Highway 84 to its junction with State Highway 35, then south along State boundary to the Perry access road; Montana (Pacific Flyway Portion) northeast along this road to I–15; south Highway 35 to the Louisiana State line. along I–15 to the Weber-Box Elder Open Area: Cascade, Chouteau, Hill, South Zone: The remainder of County line. Liberty, and Toole Counties and those Mississippi. Southern Zone: boundary includes portions of Pondera and Teton Counties Texas Beaver, Carbon, Emery, Garfield, Grand, lying east of U.S. 287–89. North Zone: That portion of the State Iron, Juab, Kane, Millard, Piute, San Nevada Juan, Sanpete, Sevier, Wayne, and north of a line beginning at the Washington Counties, and that part of Open Area: Churchill, Lyon, and International Bridge south of Fort Tooele County south of I–80. Pershing Counties. Hancock; north along FM 1088 to TX 20; west along TX 20 to TX 148; north along Northern Zone: The remainder of Utah TX 148 to I–10 at Fort Hancock; east Utah not included in the East Box Elder along I–10 to I–20; northeast along I–20 Open Area: Those portions of Box County, Wasatch Front, and Southern to I–30 at Fort Worth; northeast along Elder, Weber, Davis, Salt Lake, and Zones. I–30 to the Texas-Arkansas State line. Toole Counties lying west of I–15, north Central Zone: That portion of the Washington of I–80, and south of a line beginning State lying between the North and South from the Forest Street exit to the Bear Area 1: Skagit, Island, and Snohomish Zones. River National Wildlife Refuge Counties. South Zone: That portion of the State boundary; then north and west along the Area 2A (Southwest Permit Zone): south and west of a line beginning at the Bear River National Wildlife Refuge Clark, Cowlitz, and Wahkiakum International Bridge south of Del Rio, boundary to the farthest west boundary Counties, and that portion of Grays proceeding east on U.S. 90 to State Loop of the Refuge; then west along a line to Harbor County east of Highway 101. 1604 west of San Antonio; then south, Promontory Road; then north on Area 2B (Southwest Permit Zone): east, and north along Loop 1604 to I–10 Promontory Road to the intersection of Pacific County and that portion of Grays east of San Antonio; then east on I–10 SR 83; then north on SR 83 to I–84; then Harbor County west of Highway 101. to Orange, Texas. north and west on I–84 to State Hwy 30; Area 3: All areas west of the Pacific Special White-winged Dove Area in then west on State Hwy 30 to the Crest Trail and west of the Big White the South Zone: Same as the South Nevada-Utah State line; then south on Salmon River that are not included in Zone. the Nevada-Utah State line to I–80. Areas 1, 2A, and 2B. Band-Tailed Pigeons Area 4: Adams, Benton, Chelan, Doves California Douglas, Franklin, Grant, Kittitas, Alabama Lincoln, Okanogan, Spokane, and Walla North Zone: Alpine, Butte, Del Norte, Walla Counties. South Zone: Baldwin, Barbour, Glenn, Humboldt, Lassen, Mendocino, Area 5: All areas east of the Pacific Coffee, Covington, Dale, Escambia, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Crest Trail and east of the Big White Geneva, Henry, Houston, and Mobile Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties. Salmon River that are not included in Counties. South Zone: The remainder of the Area 4. North Zone: Remainder of the State. State not included in the North Zone.

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New Mexico Montana Childress, then east along U.S. Highway 62 to the Texas-Oklahoma State line. North Zone: North of a line following Regular Season Open Area: The Zone B: That portion of Texas lying U.S. 60 from the Arizona State line east Central Flyway portion of the State to I–25 at Socorro and then south along within boundaries beginning at the except for that area south and west of junction of U.S. Highway 81 and the I–25 from Socorro to the Texas State Interstate 90, which is closed to sandhill line. Texas-Oklahoma State line, then crane hunting. southeast along U.S. Highway 81 to its South Zone: The remainder of the Special Season Open Area: Carbon State not included in the North Zone. junction with U.S. Highway 287 in County. Montague County, then southeast along Washington New Mexico U.S. Highway 287 to its junction with Interstate Highway 35W in Fort Worth, Western Washington: The State of Regular-Season Open Area: Chaves, Washington excluding those portions then southwest along Interstate Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Lea, Quay, and Highway 35 to its junction with lying east of the Pacific Crest Trail and Roosevelt Counties. east of the Big White Salmon River in Interstate Highway 10 in San Antonio, Klickitat County. Special Season Open Areas then northwest along Interstate Highway 10 to its junction with U.S. Highway 83 Woodcock Middle Rio Grande Valley Area: The in the town of Junction, then north Central Flyway portion of New Mexico New Jersey along U.S. Highway 83 to its junction in Socorro and Valencia Counties. with U.S. Highway 62, 16 miles north of North Zone: That portion of the State Estancia Valley Area: Those portions Childress, then east along U.S. Highway north of NJ 70. of Santa Fe, Torrance, and Bernallilo 62 to the Texas-Oklahoma State line, South Zone: The remainder of the Counties within an area bounded on the State. then south along the Texas-Oklahoma west by New Mexico Highway 55 State line to the south bank of the Red Sandhill Cranes beginning at Mountainair north to NM River, then eastward along the 337, north to NM 14, north to I–25; on Mississippi Flyway vegetation line on the south bank of the the north by I–25 east to U.S. 285; on Red River to U.S. Highway 81. Minnesota the east by U.S. 285 south to U.S. 60; Zone C: The remainder of the State, Northwest Zone: That portion of the and on the south by U.S. 60 from U.S. except for the closed areas. State encompassed by a line extending 285 west to NM 55 in Mountainair. Closed areas: east from the North Dakota border along Southwest Zone: Area bounded on the A. That portion of the State lying east U.S. Highway 2 to State Trunk Highway south by the New Mexico-Mexico and north of a line beginning at the (STH) 32, north along STH 32 to STH border; on the west by the New Mexico- junction of U.S. Highway 81 and the 92, east along STH 92 to County State Arizona border north to Interstate 10; on Texas-Oklahoma State line, then Aid Highway (CSAH) 2 in Polk County, the north by Interstate 10 east to U.S. southeast along U.S. Highway 81 to its north along CSAH 2 to CSAH 27 in 180, north to NM 26, east to NM 27, junction with U.S. Highway 287 in Pennington County, north along CSAH north to NM 152, and east to Interstate Montague County, then southeast along 27 to STH 1, east along STH 1 to CSAH 25; on the east by Interstate 25 south to U.S. Highway 287 to its junction with 28 in Pennington County, north along Interstate 10, west to the Luna County I–35W in Fort Worth, then southwest CSAH 28 to CSAH 54 in Marshall line, and south to the New Mexico- along I–35 to its junction with U.S. County, north along CSAH 54 to CSAH Mexico border. Highway 290 East in Austin, then east along U.S. Highway 290 to its junction 9 in Roseau County, north along CSAH North Dakota 9 to STH 11, west along STH 11 to STH with Interstate Loop 610 in Harris 310, and north along STH 310 to the Area 1: That portion of the State west County, then south and east along Manitoba border. of U.S. 281. Interstate Loop 610 to its junction with Area 2: That portion of the State east Interstate Highway 45 in Houston, then Tennessee of U.S. 281. south on Interstate Highway 45 to State Southeast Crane Zone: That portion of Highway 342, then to the shore of the Oklahoma the State south of Interstate 40 and east Gulf of Mexico, and then north and east of State Highway 56. Open Area: That portion of the State along the shore of the Gulf of Mexico to Remainder of State: That portion of west of I–35. the Texas-Louisiana State line. Tennessee outside of the Southeast B. That portion of the State lying South Dakota Crane Zone. within the boundaries of a line Open Area: That portion of the State beginning at the Kleberg-Nueces County Central Flyway west of U.S. 281. line and the shore of the Gulf of Mexico, Colorado then west along the County line to Park Texas Open Area: The Central Flyway Road 22 in Nueces County, then north portion of the State except the San Luis Zone A: That portion of Texas lying and west along Park Road 22 to its Valley (Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, west of a line beginning at the junction with State Highway 358 in Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, and international toll bridge at Laredo, then Corpus Christi, then west and north Saguache Counties east of the northeast along U.S. Highway 81 to its along State Highway 358 to its junction Continental Divide) and North Park junction with Interstate Highway 35 in with State Highway 286, then north (Jackson County). Laredo, then north along Interstate along State Highway 286 to its junction Highway 35 to its junction with with Interstate Highway 37, then east Kansas Interstate Highway 10 in San Antonio, along Interstate Highway 37 to its Open Area: That portion of the State then northwest along Interstate Highway junction with U.S. Highway 181, then west of a line beginning at the 10 to its junction with U.S. Highway 83 north and west along U.S. Highway 181 Oklahoma border, north on I–35 to at Junction, then north along U.S. to its junction with U.S. Highway 77 in Wichita, north on I–135 to Salina, and Highway 83 to its junction with U.S. Sinton, then north and east along U.S. north on U.S. 81 to the Nebraska border. Highway 62, 16 miles north of Highway 77 to its junction with U.S.

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Highway 87 in Victoria, then south and boundary to U.S. Hwy 70; southeast on its junction with State Route 141, then east along U.S. Highway 87 to its U.S. Hwy 70 to U.S. Hwy 191; south on north along said route to its junction junction with State Highway 35 at Port U.S. Hwy 191 to I–10; easterly on I–10 with State Route 200, the point of Lavaca, then north and east along State to the New Mexico State line. beginning. Highway 35 to the south end of the Zone 3 (Dillon/Twin Bridges/Cardwell Idaho Lavaca Bay Causeway, then south and Areas): Beaverhead, Gallatin, Jefferson, east along the shore of Lavaca Bay to its Area 1: All of Bear Lake County and and Madison Counties. junction with the Port Lavaca Ship all of Caribou County except that Zone 4 (Broadwater County): Channel, then south and east along the portion lying within the Grays Lake Broadwater County. Basin. Lavaca Bay Ship Channel to the Gulf of Utah Mexico, and then south and west along Area 2: All of Teton County except the shore of the Gulf of Mexico to the that portion lying west of State Highway Cache County: Cache County. Kleberg-Nueces County line. 33 and south of Packsaddle Road (West East Box Elder County: That portion 400 North) and north of the North of Box Elder County beginning on the Wyoming Cedron Road (West 600 South) and east Utah-Idaho State line at the Box Elder- Regular Season Open Area: Campbell, of the west bank of the Teton River. Cache County line; west on the State Converse, Crook, Goshen, Laramie, Area 3: All of Fremont County except line to the Pocatello Valley County Niobrara, Platte, and Weston Counties. the Chester Wetlands Wildlife Road; south on the Pocatello Valley Special Season Open Areas Management Area. County Road to I–15; southeast on I–15 Riverton-Boysen Unit: Portions of Area 4: All of Jefferson County. to SR–83; south on SR–83 to Lamp Fremont County. Area 5: All of Bannock County east of Junction; west and south on the Park and Big Horn County Unit: All Interstate-15 and south of U.S. Highway Promontory Point County Road to the of Big Horn, Hot Springs, Park, and 30; and all of Franklin County. tip of Promontory Point; south from Area 6: That portion of Oneida Washakie Counties. Promontory Point to the Box Elder- County within the boundary beginning Johnson, Natrona, and Sheridan Weber County line; east on the Box at the intersection of the Idaho-Utah County Unit: All of Johnson, Natrona, Elder-Weber County line to the Box border and Old Highway 191, then and Sheridan Counties. Elder-Cache County line; north on the north along Old Highway 191 to 1500 S, Box Elder-Cache County line to the Pacific Flyway then west on 1500 S to Highway 38, Utah-Idaho State line. Arizona then west on Highway 38 to 5400 W, Rich County: Rich County. then south on 5400 W to Pocatello Uintah County: Uintah County. Zone 1: Beginning at the junction of Valley Road, then west and south on Wyoming the New Mexico State line and U.S. Pocatello Valley Road to 10000 W, then Hwy 80; south along the State line to the south on 10000 W to the Idaho-Utah Area 1 (Bear River): All of the Bear U.S.-Mexico border; west along the border, then east along the Idaho-Utah River and Ham’s Fork River drainages in border to the San Pedro River; north border to the beginning point. Lincoln County. along the San Pedro River to the Area 2 (Salt River Area): All of the junction with Arizona Hwy 77; Montana Salt River drainage in Lincoln County northerly along Arizona Hwy 77 to the Zone 1 (Warm Springs Portion of Deer south of the McCoy Creek Road. Gila River; northeast along the Gila Lodge County): Those portions of Deer Area 3 (Eden Valley Area): All lands River to the San Carlos Indian Lodge County lying within the within the Bureau of Reclamation’s Reservation boundary; south then east following described boundary: Eden Project in Sweetwater County. and north along the reservation Beginning at the intersection of I–90 and Area 5 (Uintah County Area): Uinta boundary to U.S. Hwy 70; southeast on Highway 273, then westerly along County. U.S. Hwy 70 to U.S. Hwy 191; south on Highway 273 to the junction of Highway All Migratory Game Birds in Alaska U.S. Hwy 191 to the 352 exit on I–10; 1, then southeast along said highway to east on I–10 to Bowie-Apache Pass Highway 275 at Opportunity, then east North Zone: State Game Management Road; southerly on the Bowie-Apache along said highway to East Side County Units 11–13 and 17–26. Gulf Coast Zone: State Game Pass Road to Arizona Hwy 186; road, then north along said road to Management Units 5–7, 9, 14–16, and southeasterly on Arizona Hwy 186 to Perkins Lake, then west on said lane to 10 (Unimak Island only). Arizona Hwy 181; south on Arizona I–90, then north on said interstate to the Southeast Zone: State Game Hwy 181 to the West Turkey Creek- junction of Highway 273, the point of Management Units 1–4. Kuykendall cutoff road; southerly on the beginning. Except for sections 13 and Pribilof and Aleutian Islands Zone: Kuykendall cutoff road to Rucker 24, T5N, R10W; and Warm Springs State Game Management Unit 10 (except Canyon Road; easterly on Rucker Pond number 3. Unimak Island). Canyon Road to the Tex Canyon Road; Zone 2 (Ovando-Helmville Area): That Kodiak Zone: State Game southerly on Tex Canyon Road to U.S. portion of the Pacific Flyway, located in Management Unit 8. Hwy 80; northeast on U.S. Hwy 80 to Powell County lying within the the New Mexico State line. following described boundary: All Migratory Game Birds in the Virgin Zone 2: Beginning at I–10 and the Beginning at the junction of State Islands New Mexico State line; north along the Routes 141 and 200, then west along Ruth Cay Closure Area: The island of State line to Arizona Hwy 78; southwest Route 200 to its intersection with the Ruth Cay, just south of St. Croix. on Arizona Hwy 78 to U.S. Hwy 191; Blackfoot River at Russell Gates Fishing northwest on U.S. Hwy 191 to Clifton; Access Site (Powell-Missoula County All Migratory Game Birds in Puerto westerly on the Lower Eagle Creek Road line), then southeast along said river to Rico (Pump Station Road) to Eagle Creek; its intersection with the Ovando- Municipality of Culebra Closure Area: northerly along Eagle Creek to the San Helmville Road (County Road 104) at All of the municipality of Culebra. Carlos Indian Reservation boundary; Cedar Meadows Fishing Access Site, Desecheo Island Closure Area: All of southerly and west along the reservation then south and east along said road to Desecheo Island.

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Mona Island Closure Area: All of juncture of Routes 186 and 956 south to the west edge, north to Highway 156, Mona Island. Km 6 on Route 186; (4) all lands within east on Highway 156 to Highway 1, El Verde Closure Area: Those areas of Km 14 and Km 6 on the west and the south on Highway 1 to Highway 765, the municipalities of Rio Grande and Caribbean National Forest Boundary on south on Highway 765 to Highway 763, Loiza delineated as follows: (1) All the east; and (5) all lands within the south on Highway 763 to the Rio lands between Routes 956 on the west Caribbean National Forest Boundary Guavate, west along Rio Guavate to and 186 on the east, from Route 3 on the whether private or public. Highway 1, southwest on Highway 1 to north to the juncture of Routes 956 and Cidra Municipality and adjacent Highway 14, west on Highway 14 to 186 (Km 13.2) in the south; (2) all lands areas: All of Cidra Municipality and Highway 729, north on Highway 729 to between Routes 186 and 966 from the portions of Aguas Buenas, Caguas, Cidra Municipality boundary to the juncture of 186 and 966 on the north, to Cayey, and Comerio Municipalities as the Caribbean National Forest Boundary encompassed within the following point of the beginning. on the south; (3) all lands lying west of boundary: beginning on Highway 172 as [FR Doc. 2018–02112 Filed 2–1–18; 8:45 am] Route 186 for 1 kilometer from the it leaves the municipality of Cidra on BILLING CODE 4333–15–P

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