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Controlled Use Areas

Name (click for more info)	Unit(s)	Restrictions	Link to Map
Northeast Chichagof Controlled Use Area	04	Closed to the use of any motorized land vehicle for brown bear hunting, including the transportation of brown bear hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of brown bears, except as provided under terms of a registration hunt permit	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Unit 6B	06B	Closed to the use of any motorized vehicle for moose hunting until after 3:00 a.m. on the day following the day which any motorized vehicle is used for transportation, from September 5 through October 31; however, this provision does not prohibit motorized access via, or transportation of game on, the Copper River Highway, Carbon Mountain Road, and the Clear Creek boat launch	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Izembek Controlled Use Area	09	Closed to the use of any motorized vehicle, except outboard motor-powered boats, for hunting, including the transportation of hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of game	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Naknek Controlled Use Area	09C	Closed to the use of any motorized vehicle except an aircraft, boat, or snowmachine for hunting, including the transportation of hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of game, from August 1 through November 30; however, this provision does not apply to a motorized vehicle on the Naknek-King Salmon, Lake Camp, and Rapids Camp roads, and on the Pike Ridge and King Salmon Creek trails, and on frozen surfaces of the Naknek River and Big Creek	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Clearwater Creek Controlled Use Area	13B	Closed to the use of any motorized vehicle for hunting, including the transportation of hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of game, except for brown/grizzly bears, wolves, and small game from March 15 through April 30; however, this provision does not prohibit motorized access, or transportation of game, on the Denali Highway	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Sourdough Controlled Use Area	13B	Closed to the use of any motorized vehicle for hunting, including the transportation of hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of game; however, this provision does not prohibit motorized access, or transportation of game, on the Richardson Highway, Sourdough and Haggard Creeks, Middle Fork and Haggard Creek trails, or other trails designated by the department	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Delta Controlled Use Area	13B, 20A, 20D	Closed to the use of any motorized vehicle or pack animal for big game hunting, including the transportation of big game hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of big game from August 5 through August 25; however, this provision does not prohibit motorized access, or transportation of game, on the Richardson Highway, or the use of aircraft to and from the Charlie Boyd airstrip (63° 29' 30N. lat., 144° 50' 45"W. long.) along the Johnson River"	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Tonsina Controlled Use Area	13D	Closed to the use of any motorized vehicle or pack animal for hunting, including the transportation of hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of game, from July 26 through September 30	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Kenai Controlled Use Area	15A	Closed to use of aircraft for hunting moose, including the transportation of a moose hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of moose; however, this provision does not apply after 12:01 a.m., September 11, and does not apply to the transportation of a moose hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of moose by aircraft to or from a publicly owned airport	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Lower Kenai Controlled Use Area	15C	(ii) Closed to the use of any motorized vehicle except an aircraft or boat for moose hunting, including the transportation of moose hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of moose from September 11 through September 14 and September 17 through September 20; however, this provision does not apply to the use of a motorized vehicle on a highway maintained by the state or borough or on the gravel portions of Oilwell and Brody Roads; (iii) during the periods specified in (ii) of this subparagraph, a hunter who travels by motorized vehicle on the Unit 15(C) highway system and then leaves and travels off that highway system in that motorized vehicle may not hunt moose, including transporting moose hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of moose, or in any other manner initiate or participate in moose hunting activities, until after the hunter returns the motorized vehicle to the Unit 15(C) highway system; upon returning the motorized vehicle to that highway system, the hunter may initiate or participate in legal moose hunting activities so long as the hunter leaves the motorized vehicle on the Unit 15(C) highway system	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Upper Mulchatna Controlled Use Area	17B	Closed to the use of any motorized vehicle for hunting big game, including the transportation of big game hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of big game from August 1 through November 1, except that the use of an aircraft or a boat is not prohibited, and a motorized vehicle in a legally permitted hunting camp is not prohibited	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Kalskag Controlled Use Area	18	Closed to the use of aircraft for hunting big game, including the transportation of big game hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of big game; however, this provision does not apply to the transportation of big game hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of big game by aircraft between publicly owned airports	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Holitna-Hoholitna Controlled Use Area	19	Closed to the use of any boat equipped with an inboard or outboard motor with an aggregate horsepower in excess of the manufacturer's rating of 40 horsepower for hunting big game, including the transportation of big game hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of big game, from August 1 through November 1	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Upper Kuskokwim Controlled Use Area	19D	(ii) Closed to the use of aircraft for hunting moose, including the transportation of moose hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of moose; however, this provision does not apply to the transportation of moose hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of moose by aircraft between publicly owned airports; (iii) after March 31, 2008, the area consists of that portion of Unit 19(D) upstream from the mouth of Big River, including the drainages of the Big River, Middle Fork, South Fork, East Fork, and Tonzona River, and bounded by a line following the west bank of the Swift Fork (McKinley Fork) of the Kuskokwim River to 152° 50' W. long., then north to the boundary of Denali National Preserve, then following the western boundary of Denali National Preserve north to its intersection with the Minchumina-Telida winter trail, then west to the crest of Telida Mountain, then north along the crest of Munsatli Ridge to an elevation of 1,610 feet, then northwest to Dyckman Mountain and following the crest of the divide between the Kuskokwim River and the Nowitna drainage, and the divide between the Kuskokwim River and the Nixon Fork River to Loaf benchmark on Halfway Mountain, then south to the west side of Big River drainage, the point of beginning	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Wood River Controlled Use Area	20A	Closed to the use of any motorized vehicle, except aircraft, for big game hunting, including the transportation of big game hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of big game from August 1 through September 30	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Yanert Controlled Use Area	20A	Closed to the use of any motorized vehicle, except aircraft, for big game hunting, including the transportation of big game hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of big game; however, this provision does not prohibit motorized access, or transportation of game, on the Parks Highway	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Macomb Plateau Controlled Use Area	20D	Closed to the use of any motorized vehicle for hunting, including the transportation of hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of game, from August 10 through September 30, except for a floatplane on Fish Lake and motorized vehicles, including aircraft, to, from, and on the Dry Creek Airstrip at mile 1379 of the Alaska Highway	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Glacier Mountain Controlled Use Area	20E	Closed to the use of any motorized vehicle for hunting, including the transportation of hunters, their hunting gear, and/or parts of game, from August 5 through September 20; however, this does not prohibit motorized access via, or transportation of game on, the Taylor Highway or any airport	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Ladue River Controlled Use Area	20E	Closed to the use of any motorized land vehicle for hunting, including the transportation of hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of game, from September 1 through September 30; however, this provision does not prohibit motorized access, or transportation of game, on the Nine Mile and Liberty Creek trails, the Alaska-Canada border, the Boundary Cutoff of the Taylor Highway, or other trails designated by the department	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Paradise Controlled Use Area	21	Closed to the use of aircraft for hunting moose, including the transportation of moose hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of moose; however, this provision does not apply to the transportation of moose hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of moose by aircraft between publicly owned airports	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Koyukuk Controlled Use Area	21, 24	(ii) Closed to the use of aircraft for hunting moose, including the transportation of moose hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of moose; however, this provision does not apply to the transportation of moose hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of moose by aircraft between publicly owned airports; (iii) all hunters on the Koyukuk River passing the department's check station at Ella's Cabin (15 miles upstream from the Yukon on the Koyukuk River) are required to stop at the check station and report to department personnel; (iv) the meat of the hindquarters, forequarters, and ribs of any moose taken in the area must remain on the bone until the moose has been transported out of the area	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Noatak Controlled Use Area	23	Closed from August 25 through September 15 to the use of aircraft in any manner for big game hunting, including the transportation of big game hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of big game; however, this provision does not apply to the transportation of big game hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of big game to and between public airports	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Kanuti Controlled Use Area	24	Closed to the use of aircraft for hunting moose, including the transportation of moose hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of moose; however, this provision does not apply to the transportation of moose hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of moose by aircraft between publicly owned airports	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Anaktuvuk Controlled Use Area	26	Closed to the use of aircraft for hunting caribou, including the transportation of caribou hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of caribou from August 15 through October 15; however, this provision does not apply to the transportation of caribou hunters, their hunting, gear, or parts of caribou by aircraft between publicly owned airports	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Unit 26(A) Controlled Use Area	26A	Closed to the use of aircraft for hunting moose, including the transportation of moose hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of moose from August 1 through September 14 and from January 1 through March 31; however, this provision does not apply to the transportation of moose hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of moose by aircraft between publicly owned airports	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)

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