Recent Board Actions - How do they affect you?

Detailed information including maps on some of the actions taken by the Federal Subsistence Board at their April 2026 wildlife regulatory meeting.

View analyses and Board actions from the April 21-24, 2026 Federal Subsistence Board wildlife regulatory meeting here.

Map: Federal Public Lands Closed to Hunting by Non-Federally Qualified Users

WP26-03 Unit 2 Deer: Adopted as modified by the Southeast AK RAC by the Board at their April 2026 regulatory meeting. This closes deer hunting to non-federally qualified users in all of Unit 2 from July 24–August 15 and reduces the harvest limit for non-federally qualified users to one buck.

WP26-31 Unit 13 Moose: Adopted by the Board at their April 2026 regulatory meeting. This closes BLM lands in Unit 13, which total about 6% of the hunt area, to moose hunting by non-federally qualified users. 

WP26-32 Unit 8 Brown Bear C&T: Adopted by the Board at their April 2026 regulatory meeting with Board modification to add all residents of the Kodiak Island road system, east of the line from Crag Point south to the westernmost point of Saltery Cove, including Anton Larsen Bay but not including residents of Kodiak Station Census Designated Place (CDP) to the customary and traditional use determination for brown bear in Unit 8.

WP26-75 Unit 25D remainder Moose: Adopted as modified by OSM by the Board at their April 2026 regulatory meeting. This closes moose hunting by non-federally qualified users from Sep. 10-20 within the targeted closure area of Unit 25D remainder, consisting of a 10-mile corridor (5 miles either side) along the Yukon River and 5-mile corridors (2.5 miles either side) along Birch Creek (including Upper and Lower Mouths), the Sheenjek River to river mile 60, the Porcupine River, Black River, and Chandalar River.) 

WP26-76 Units 20E and 25C Sheep: Adopted as modified by the Eastern Interior RAC by the Board in April 2026. This action closes all federal public lands within the Glacier Mountain CUA and Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve to sheep hunting by all users for the 2026 and 2027 regulatory years. 

 

Are there other Board actions you want to know more about?

Contact us if you'd like to see more on this page: subsistence@ios.doi.gov or by phone: (907) 786-3888 or (800) 478-1456 

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