002.01.20 Ark. Code R. § 060 - 20.19 Vehicle Restrictions on WMAs
A. It is unlawful on a WMA to operate any
motorized vehicle including an electric or motorized bicycle: off any open
access road and parking area; behind any gated, cabled or earthen barrier;
where no road exists; on any trail, levee, or dam; on any food plot, wildlife
opening, or fire lane; on any road that has been disked, seeded, or otherwise
developed for wildlife; or in a direction of travel contrary to posted
signs.
B. It is unlawful for any
person on a WMA to use an ATV, dune buggy or amphibious vehicle.
EXCEPTIONS:
A. In compliance with Code 20.12.
B. Participants in the Freddie Black Choctaw
Island WMA Deer Research Area East Unit Special Mobility-Impaired deer permit
hunt.
C. Motorized vehicles, except
for ATVs on main access roads, may not be used on Big Timber Upland
WDA.
D. ATVs are allowed on open
roads and trails on Casey Jones, Gum Flats, Howard County, Lafayette County,
Lake Greeson, Poison Springs (motorized vehicles are not allowed on boundary
lines that have been cleared by the Arkansas Forestry Commission) and Provo
WMAs by hunters to access hunting locations and/or camping sites during open
hunting seasons only.
E. Motorized
vehicles and ATVs are allowed on Caney Creek, Cedar Mountain, Muddy Creek and
Winona WMAs, except on a road, temporary trailway or other area posted as
closed by an earthen mound, gate, sign or other object. SPECIAL NOTE: Same as
USDA Forest Service forest-wide regulations - Ouachita National
Forest.
F. ATVs are allowed on
open, maintained roads on Cherokee and Jim Kress WMAs by hunters in possession
of a valid leased-land permit for the purposes of ingress and egress to hunting
locations and/or camping sites only.
G. On Ozark National Forest, Ouachita
National Forest, White Rock, Piney Creeks, Mount Magazine, Sylamore and St.
Francis National Forest WMAs, all vehicles and off highway vehicles (OHVs) are
subject to the USDA Forest Service OHV policy on roads and trails as published
in 36 CFR 261. Refer to annual travel management map for designated uses on
roads and trails.
H. Participants
in approved reserved/permitted organized events on the Camp Robinson SUA and
persons training waterfowl retrievers in Public Use compartment 5 in compliance
with posted signs.
I. Holders of
AGFC Mobility Impaired Access (MIA) cards may operate ATVs only on designated
mobility impaired access areas on Moro Big Pine Natural Area. ATVs must remain
on road on the Moro Big Pine MIA old abandoned railroad trams north and south
rights-of-way. ATVs on the Moro Big Pine MIA roads # TAR 15, 16 and 34 must be
100 feet and no more than 300 feet from the centerline of the road.
J. ATVs are allowed on designated open,
maintained roads on Big Timber WMA by hunters to access hunting locations
and/or camping sites during open hunting seasons. Open roads are designated on
the WMA map and/or by signs. Use of ATVs on rights-of-way is strictly
prohibited unless designated open.
K. Holders of AGFC Mobility-Impaired Access
(MIA) may operate ATVs only on designated mobility impaired access areas on
Jack Mountain WMA. ATVs on designated MIA areas must be 100 feet and no more
than 300 feet from the centerline of the road. Only 1 hunting stand or blind
per MIA card holder allowed.
L.
ATVs are allowed on designated open, maintained roads on Jack Mountain WMA from
September1 - December 31 and 7 days prior to opening of turkey season through
the end of turkey season. Use of ATVs on right-of-ways is strictly prohibited
unless designated as an open road. M. A Class 1 electric bicycle (as defined
under Code 01.00-C, ELECTRIC BICYCLE) may be used on trails and areas where
regular bicycles are allowed.
PENALTY: Class 1
Notes
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