002.01.22 Ark. Code R. § 072 - 20.19 - Vehicle Restrictions on WMAs
Code Book
The regulations in this Code Book are hereby adopted by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission under authority of Amendment 35 to the Constitution of the State of Arkansas. All laws, rules, regulations, or orders in conflict with the regulations in this Code Book are hereby repealed by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission.
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 Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) 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 OHVs on main access roads, may not be used on Big Timber Upland
WDA.
D. OHVs 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 OHVs 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. OHVs 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 OHVs only on designated
mobility impaired access areas on Moro Big Pine Natural Area. OHVs must remain
on road on the Moro Big Pine MIA old abandoned railroad trams north and south
rights-of-way. OHVs 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. OHVs 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 OHVs on rights-of-way is strictly
prohibited unless designated open.
K. Holders of AGFC Mobility-Impaired Access
(MIA) may operate OHVs only on designated mobility impaired access areas on
Jack Mountain WMA. OHVs 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.
OHVs are allowed on designated open, maintained roads on Jack Mountain WMA from
September 1 - December 31 and 7 days prior to opening of turkey season through
the end of turkey season. Use of OHVs 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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