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    Special Areas -- Information and Maps


    Areas Closed to Hunting

    Name (click for more info) Unit(s) Restrictions Link to Map
    Hyder Salmon River Closed Area 01A Closed to the taking of bears
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Ketchikan Road System Closed Area 01A Closed to the taking of big game
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Anan Creek Closed Area 01B Closed to the taking of black bears and brown bears
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Auke Lake Closed Area 01C Closed to the taking of waterfowl
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Juneau Road System Closed Area 01C Closed to the taking of big game: Glacier Highway from Mile 0 to Mile 24 at Peterson Creek, Douglas Highway from the Douglas city limits to Milepost 7 on the North Douglas Highway, Mendenhall Loop Road, and Thane Road
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Mendenhall Lake Closed Area 01C Closed to hunting
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Mt. Bullard Closed Area 01C Closed to the taking of mountain goat
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Mt. Juneau Closed Area 01C Closed to the taking of mountain goat
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Lutak Road Closed Area 01D Closed to the taking of big game
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Blind Slough Closed Area 03 Closed to hunting
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Mitkof Highway Closed Area 03 Closed to the taking of big game, except wolves
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Petersburg Creek Closed Area 03 Closed to the taking of black bears
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Wrangell Road System Closed Area 03 Closed to the taking of big game;
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Bear Cove Closed Area (Baronof Island) 04 Closed to the taking of brown bears
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Mitchell Bay Closed Area 04 Closed to the taking of brown bears
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Port Althorp Closed Area 04 Closed to the taking of brown bears
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Salt Lake Closed Area 04 Closed to the taking of bears
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Seymour Canal Closed Area 04 Closed to the taking of bears
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Sitka Road System Closed Area 04 Closed to the taking of big game
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Cooper Landing Closed Area 07 Closed to the taking of Dall sheep and mountain goat
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Portage Glacier Closed Area 07 Closed to hunting; however, migratory birds and small game may be hunted with shotguns after September 1
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Resurrection Creek Closed Area 07 Closed to the taking of moose
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Russian River Closed Area 07 Closed to hunting during June and July
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Seward Closed Area 07 Closed to the taking of big game, except black bear
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Additional McNeil River Area Closures 09 Closed to brown bear hunting
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    McNeil River State Game Sanctuary Closed Area 09 Closed to hunting
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Sheep Mountain Closed Area 13A Closed to the taking of mountain goat and Dall sheep
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Paxson Closed Area 13B Closed to the taking of big game
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Kenai Moose Research Center Closed Area 15A Closed to hunting
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Moose River Closed Area 15A Closed to the taking of waterfowl
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Walrus Islands State Game Refuge Closed Area 17 Closed to hunting; however, hunting may occur on Round Island and its adjacent waters from September 20 - October 20
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Unit 17(B), Nonresident Closed Area 17B Closed to taking of caribou by nonresidents
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Lower Kuskokwim Closed Area 18 Closed to moose hunting
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Unit 19 Nonresident Closed Area 19A, 19B Closed to the taking of caribou and moose by nonresidents
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Birch Lake Closed Area 20 Closed to the taking of big game
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Harding Lake Closed Area 20 Closed to the taking of big game
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Lost Lake Closed Area 20 Closed to the taking of big game with firearms and crossbows
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Nenana Canyon Closed Area 20A, 20C Closed to the taking of wolves
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Stampede Closed Area (Savage River) 20C Closed to the taking of wolves
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)
    Prudhoe Bay Closed Area 26 Closed to the taking of big game
    GIF (<1 MB)
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    PDF (Avg. 3MB)

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