Division of Wildlife Conservation
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Management Areas

Name (click for more info)	Unit(s)	Restrictions	Link to Map
Douglas Island Management Area	01C	Hunting and trapping of wolves is prohibited until the department estimates that the preseason wolf population is seven or more wolves. No more than 30% of the preseason wolf population may be harvested per regulatory year	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Petersburg Management Area	03	Open to hunting by bow and arrow only	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Tok Management Area	12, 13C, 20D	Open to sheep hunting by permit only	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Birchwood Management Area	14	Closed to hunting, except that (i) small game may be taken by air rifle with rifled barrel, shotgun and bow and arrow only, north and west of the Alaska Railroad; (ii) moose hunting is allowed by drawing permit, by bow and arrow only; (iii) deleterious exotic wildlife may be taken by air rifle with rifled barrel, bow and arrow (with blunts or other special small-game points), and falconry only	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Fort Richardson Military Reservation	14	Open to the taking of big game by permit only; the department will set conditions under 5 AAC 92.050	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Palmer-Wasilla Management Area	14A	Closed to hunting except that (i) big game may be taken by blackpowder firearm, shotguns with slugs, and bow and arrow only; (ii) small game and fur animals may be taken by blackpowder firearm, shotgun, air rifle, falconry, or bow and arrow only; (iii) waterfowl on Finger Lake may be taken by falconry, and bow and flu-flu arrow only	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Anchorage Management Area	14C	Closed to hunting, except that (i) moose hunting is allowed by permit only; (ii) small game and waterfowl may be taken by falconry, except that waterfowl may not be taken in the Ship Creek drainage west of Post Road; (iii) deleterious exotic wildlife may be taken by air rifle with rifled barrel, bow and arrow (with blunts or other special small-game points), and falconry only	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Chugach State Park Management Area	14C	Open to hunting under regulations governing Unit 14(C), except as follows: (i) black bear hunting is open from the day after Labor Day through May 31 for 1 bear only; (ii) no hunting is allowed for brown bear, squirrel, wolf, wolverine, coyote and unclassified game; (iii) small game hunting is prohibited in the Tokle Creek drainage (Arctic Valley Ski Area)	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Eagle River Management Area	14C	Closed to hunting, except, (i) sheep hunting by permit; (ii) black bear hunting by permit; before hunting black bear, a person wishing to hunt must complete a hunter safety course for which a certification of completion is issued; (iii) small game may be taken by archery or muzzleloader by permit; (iv) deleterious exotic wildlife may be taken by air rifle with rifled barrel, bow and arrow (with blunts or other special small-game points), and falconry only; (v) goat hunting by permit	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Eklutna Lake Management Area	14C	Closed to hunting, except that (i) small game may be taken by bow and arrow only, from the day after Labor Day through April 30; (ii) moose hunting is allowed by permit with bow and arrow only; (iii) black bear may be taken by bow and arrow only, from the day after Labor Day to May 20, for one bear only; (iv) sheep may be taken by permit, and by bow and arrow only, from the day after Labor Day through October 31	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Skilak Loop Wildlife Management Area	15A	Closed to hunting and trapping, except that moose may be taken by permit only and small game may be taken by bow and arrow only from October 1 through March 1 and standard .22 caliber rimfire firearm and shotgun only, in that portion of the area west of a line from the access road from the Sterling Highway to Kelley Lake, the Seven Lakes Trail, and the access road from Engineer Lake to Skilak Lake Road, and north of Skilak Lake Road, during each Saturday and Sunday from November 1 through December 31 and the Friday following Thanksgiving day, by youth hunters 16 years old or younger accompanied by a licensed hunter 18 years old or older who has successfully completed a certified hunter education course if the youth has not successfully completed a certified hunter education course; in addition, a firearm may not be discharged within one-quarter mile of any campground.	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Lime Village Management Area	19A	Open to caribou hunting from July 1 through June 30	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Upper Hoholitna Management Area	19B	All hunters in the area passing a check station established by the department must stop at that check station; a moose or caribou taken in the area by a hunter accessing the area by aircraft must be transported out of the area by aircraft.	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Minto Flats Management Area	20	Open to moose hunting except that aircraft and airboats may not be used for moose hunting or to transport moose, moose hunters, or moose hunting equipment within the Minto Flats Management Area	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area	20, 24, 25, 26	Closed to the taking of big game; the remainder of the Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area is closed to hunting; however, big game, small game, and fur animals may be taken in the area by bow and arrow only; no motorized vehicle may be used to transport hunters, hunting gear, or parts of game, except licensed highway vehicles may be used on the following designated roads (1) Dalton Highway, (2) Bettles Winter Trail during periods when the Bureau of Land Management and the City of Bettles announce that the trail is open for winter travel, (3) Galbraith Lake Road from the Dalton Highway to the BLM campground at Galbraith Lake, including the gravel pit access road when the gate is open, (4) Toolik Lake Road, excluding the driveway to the Toolik Lake Research Facility, (5) the Sagavanirktok River access road two miles north of Pump Station 2, and (6) any constructed roadway or gravel pit within one-quarter mile of the Dalton Highway; aircraft and boats may be used; a snowmachine may be used to cross the management area from land outside the management area to access land on the other side of the management area; any hunter traveling on the Dalton Highway must stop at any check station operated by the department within the Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Ferry Trail Management Area	20A	Caribou hunting by permit only	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Healy-Lignite Management Area	20A	Open to hunting by bow and arrow only;	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Fairbanks Management Area	20B	Open to moose hunting by bow and arrow only	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Bison Range Youth Hunt Management Area	20D	Open to moose hunting by drawing permit only	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)
Delta Junction Management Area	20D	Open to moose hunting by drawing permit only	GIF (<1 MB) OR PDF (Avg. 3MB)

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