Zasoby i środowisko · 15.11.1994

Alaska; Hunting and Trapping Regulations

This proposed rule will establish a National Park Service (NPS) prohibition of hunting on the same day in which the hunter has flown in an aircraft, and will clarify the existing NPS prohibition of using firearms and other weapons to take free ranging wildlife under a trapping license on lands under the jurisdiction of the NPS in the State of Alaska. While clarifying the NPS firearm prohibition for trapping, this rule will expressly recognize as an exception, the common trapping practice of using a firearm to dispatch wildlife that is already caught in a trap. Aircraft use for access purposes is not affected by this rule. The NPS has concluded that activities such as those allowed under State authorizations for same-day-airborne taking of wildlife conflict with NPS management mandates and policies, and invite abuse and violations of the Federal Airborne Hunting Act and exacerbate enforcement problems with that Act. This proposed rule is intended to establish clearly the NPS position regarding any potentially applicable conflicting State authorizations. The intended effect of the proposed rule is to reduce the incidence of aircraft harassment of wildlife and to reduce the potential