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PUBLIC ALERTED TO G&F HABITAT AREA CLOSURES
WGFD, Contact: Jeff Obrecht
11/29/02
CHEYENNE -- Big game seasons are nearly over and many Wyoming Game and Fish Department habitat areas that provide big game winter range will be closed.
According to G&F Habitat Supervisor Gary Butler, seasonal closures minimize stress-causing disturbance to wintering deer, elk and other wildlife. The closures also reduce the human and recreational impacts to the forage, which supports wintering wildlife.
This era of high elk populations and long seasons has 12 of the 26 major habitat areas in elk hunt areas whose seasons extend beyond the habitat area closure. “Elk hunters can use the habitat areas during the elk season after the habitat closure date,” Butler says. “Special circumstances could arise, though, so elk hunters should check with the closest G&F regional office prior to hunting on a ‘closed’ habitat area.”
HABITAT AREA/NEAREST TOWN/CLOSURE DATES
Camp Creek/Jackson/Nov. 16 through Apr. 30
Horse Creek/Jackson/Nov. 16 through Apr. 30
South Park/Jackson/Nov. 16 through Apr. 30
(Closed Jan. 1-Apr. 30; Limited vehicle access May 1-Nov. 15; No vehicle access Nov. 16-Dec. 31)
Grey’s River/Alpine/Nov. 1 through Apr. 30
Half Moon/Pinedale/Nov. 1 through Apr. 30
Soda Lake/Pinedale/Nov. 16 through Apr. 30
Inberg/Roy (East Fork)/Dubois/Dec. 16 through May 15
Whiskey Basin/Dubois/Dec. 1 through Apr. 30
(Year-round foot access; Trail Lake Road open to vehicles)
Spence/Moriarity/Dubois/Dec. 16 through May 15
(East Fork county road open year-round; access to East Fork of Wind River open per regulations)
Sunlight/Cody/Dec. 16 through Apr. 30
Sunshine/Meeteetse/Dec. 1 through May 31
(Open to foot or horseback access only)
Renner/Hyattville/Dec. 1 through May 31
(Lower portion remains open to public year-round)
Billy Miles/Carter Access/Ten Sleep/Jan. 1 through Aug. 31
Medicine Lodge/Hyattville/Dec. 1 through June 30
(Medicine Lodge Creek open to foot access for fishing)
Ed O. Taylor/Kaycee/Nov. 16 through Apr. 30
Bud Love/Buffalo/Nov. 16 through May 14
Amsden Creek/Sheridan/Nov. 16 through Apr. 30
Kerns/Sheridan/Nov. 16 through May 31
Pennock Mountain/Saratoga/Dec. 1 through Apr. 30
Morgan Creek/Rawlins/Nov. 1 through Apr. 30
Wick/Arlington/Nov. 16 through May 31
Red Rim/Grizzly/Rawlins/Not yet established
Forbes/Sheep Mountain/Albany/Jan. 1 through June 30
Laramie Peak/Wheatland/Dec. 1 through Apr. 30
(Only Hay Canyon, Tony Ridge and Duck Creek Canyon areas)
Mexican Creek/Lander/Jan. 1 through Aug. 31
Red Canyon/Lander/Dec. 1 through Apr. 30
WHMAs open year-round include:
HABITAT AREA/NEAREST TOWN
Ocean Lake/Riverton
Sand Mesa/Shoshoni
Chain Lakes/Wamsutter
Grayrocks/Wheatland
Rawhide/Lingle
Springer/Bump Sullivan/Yoder
Table Mountain/Torringto
WGFD, Contact: Jeff Obrecht
11/29/02
CHEYENNE -- Big game seasons are nearly over and many Wyoming Game and Fish Department habitat areas that provide big game winter range will be closed.
According to G&F Habitat Supervisor Gary Butler, seasonal closures minimize stress-causing disturbance to wintering deer, elk and other wildlife. The closures also reduce the human and recreational impacts to the forage, which supports wintering wildlife.
This era of high elk populations and long seasons has 12 of the 26 major habitat areas in elk hunt areas whose seasons extend beyond the habitat area closure. “Elk hunters can use the habitat areas during the elk season after the habitat closure date,” Butler says. “Special circumstances could arise, though, so elk hunters should check with the closest G&F regional office prior to hunting on a ‘closed’ habitat area.”
HABITAT AREA/NEAREST TOWN/CLOSURE DATES
Camp Creek/Jackson/Nov. 16 through Apr. 30
Horse Creek/Jackson/Nov. 16 through Apr. 30
South Park/Jackson/Nov. 16 through Apr. 30
(Closed Jan. 1-Apr. 30; Limited vehicle access May 1-Nov. 15; No vehicle access Nov. 16-Dec. 31)
Grey’s River/Alpine/Nov. 1 through Apr. 30
Half Moon/Pinedale/Nov. 1 through Apr. 30
Soda Lake/Pinedale/Nov. 16 through Apr. 30
Inberg/Roy (East Fork)/Dubois/Dec. 16 through May 15
Whiskey Basin/Dubois/Dec. 1 through Apr. 30
(Year-round foot access; Trail Lake Road open to vehicles)
Spence/Moriarity/Dubois/Dec. 16 through May 15
(East Fork county road open year-round; access to East Fork of Wind River open per regulations)
Sunlight/Cody/Dec. 16 through Apr. 30
Sunshine/Meeteetse/Dec. 1 through May 31
(Open to foot or horseback access only)
Renner/Hyattville/Dec. 1 through May 31
(Lower portion remains open to public year-round)
Billy Miles/Carter Access/Ten Sleep/Jan. 1 through Aug. 31
Medicine Lodge/Hyattville/Dec. 1 through June 30
(Medicine Lodge Creek open to foot access for fishing)
Ed O. Taylor/Kaycee/Nov. 16 through Apr. 30
Bud Love/Buffalo/Nov. 16 through May 14
Amsden Creek/Sheridan/Nov. 16 through Apr. 30
Kerns/Sheridan/Nov. 16 through May 31
Pennock Mountain/Saratoga/Dec. 1 through Apr. 30
Morgan Creek/Rawlins/Nov. 1 through Apr. 30
Wick/Arlington/Nov. 16 through May 31
Red Rim/Grizzly/Rawlins/Not yet established
Forbes/Sheep Mountain/Albany/Jan. 1 through June 30
Laramie Peak/Wheatland/Dec. 1 through Apr. 30
(Only Hay Canyon, Tony Ridge and Duck Creek Canyon areas)
Mexican Creek/Lander/Jan. 1 through Aug. 31
Red Canyon/Lander/Dec. 1 through Apr. 30
WHMAs open year-round include:
HABITAT AREA/NEAREST TOWN
Ocean Lake/Riverton
Sand Mesa/Shoshoni
Chain Lakes/Wamsutter
Grayrocks/Wheatland
Rawhide/Lingle
Springer/Bump Sullivan/Yoder
Table Mountain/Torringto
