NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ISSUES PROPOSED RULE: ALASKA; HUNTING AND TRAPPING IN NATIONAL PRESERVES; EXTENSION OF COMMENT PERIOD

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- National Park Service has issued a proposed rule called: Alaska; Hunting and Trapping in National Preserves; Extension of Comment Period.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on April 10 by Kevin Lilly, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Exercising the Delegated Authority of the Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks.

Summary: The National Park Service is extending the public comment period on our recently published proposed rule to improve guidance for unit managers and the public and to restore opportunities for protected activities by returning to the Alaska-specific regulations that were in effect for over three decades, prior to a series of ame...