Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Rule 002.00.05-007 - Flood Prone Regions Code; Captive-Reared Mallard Code Revisions

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
05.06
FLOOD
		  PRONE REGIONS
FLOOD PRONE REGION A
- Beginning at the junction of
			 Hwy 1 and U.S. Hwy 63; south on Hwy 1 to Hwy 64; west on U.S. Hwy 64 to U.S.
			 Hwy 49; north on U.S. Hwy 49 to Hwy 42; west on Hwy 42 to Hwy 37; north on Hwy
			 37 to Hwy 14; east on Hwy 14 to Hwy 37; north on Hwy 37 to Hwy 18; west on Hwy
			 18 to Hwy 384; east on Hwy 384 to U.S. Hwy 67; north on U.S. Hwy 67 to the Hwy
			 230; east on Hwy 230 to Hwy 91; south on Hwy 91 to Hwy 18; south on Hwy 18 to
			 Hwy 226; east on Hwy 226 to U.S. Hwy 49; north on U.S. Hwy 49 to U.S. Hwy 63;
			 south on U.S. Hwy 63 Hwy 1.
Conditions for Closing
: Flood Prone Region A will be
			 closed to all deer hunting when the Cache River gauge at Patterson reaches 11
			 feet. This restriction shall be lifted when the Cache River gauge at Patterson
			 falls to or below 10 feet. Current gauge readings and flood prone region
			 closures can be obtained by calling AGFC toll free and by accessing the AGFC
			 website @
www.agfc.com
.
FLOOD PRONE REGION B
- Beginning at the junction of
			 Hwy 17 and U.S. Hwy 67; south on U.S. Hwy 67 to Hwy 36; east on Hwy 36 to Hwy
			 323; south on Hwy 323 to Hwy 11; south on Hwy 11 to Hwy 38; east on Hwy 38 to
			 Hwy 33; north on Hwy 33 to Hwy 17; north on Hwy 17 to U.S. Hwy 67.
Conditions for Closing
: Flood Prone Region B will be
			 closed to all deer hunting when the White River gauge at Augusta reaches 28
			 feet. This restriction will be lifted when the White River gauge at Augusta
			 falls below 26.5 feet. Current gauge readings and flood prone region closures
			 can be obtained by calling AGFC toll free and by accessing the AGFC website @
			 agfc.com.
FLOOD PRONE REGION C
- Beginning at the junction of
			 U.S. Hwy 49 and Hwy 38; west on Hwy 38 to Hwy 33; north on Hwy 33 to U.S. Hwy
			 64; west on U.S. Hwy 64 to Hwy 33; north on Hwy 33 to Hwy 17; north on Hwy 17
			 to U.S. Hwy 67; north on U.S. Hwy 67 to Hwy 384; east on Hwy 384 to Hwy 18;
			 east on Hwy 18 to Hwy 37; south on Hwy 37 to Hwy 14; west on Hwy 14 to Hwy 37;
			 south on Hwy 37 to Hwy 42; east on Hwy 42 to U.S. Hwy 49; south on U.S. Hwy 49
			 to Hwy 38.
Conditions for Closing
: Flood Prone Regions C will
			 be closed to all deer hunting when the Cache River gauge at Patterson reaches
			 10 feet. This restriction shall be lifted when the Cache River Gauge at
			 Patterson falls to or below 8.5 feet. Current gauge readings and flood prone
			 region closures can be obtained by calling AGFC toll free and by accessing the
			 AGFC website @
www.agfc.com
.
FLOOD PRONE REGION D
- Beginning at the junction of
			 Hwy 11 and Hwy 38; east on Hwy 38 to U.S. Hwy 49; south on U.S. Hwy 49 to U.S.
			 Hwy 70; west on U.S. Hwy 70 to Hwy 302; west on Hwy 302 to U.S. Hwy 79; south
			 on U.S. Hwy 79 to Hwy 33; north on Hwy 33 to U.S. Hwy 70; west on U.S. Hwy 70
			 to Hwy 11; north on Hwy 11 to Hwy 38.
Conditions for Closing
: Flood Prone Region D will be
			 closed to all deer hunting when the White River gauge at Clarendon reaches 25
			 feet. This restriction will be lifted when the White River Gauge at Clarendon
			 falls to or below 24 feet. Current gauge readings and flood prone region
			 closures can be obtained by calling AGFC toll free and by accessing the AGFC
			 website @ agfc.com.
FLOOD PRONE REGION E
- Beginning at the junction of
			 Hwy 1 and Hwy 153; north on Hwy 153 to Hwy 33; north on Hwy 33 to U.S. Hwy 79;
			 north on U. S. Hwy 79 to Hwy 86; south on Hwy 86 to Hwy 17; south on Hwy 17 to
			 Hwy 1; north on Hwy 1 to Hwy 316; east on Hwy 316 to Hwy 318; east on Hwy 318
			 to Hwy 20; east on Hwy 20 to Hwy 44; south on Hwy 44 to Phillips County Road
			 533; west on Phillips County Road 533 to Phillips County Road 529; north on
			 Phillips County Road 529 to Phillips County Road 514; west on Phillips County
			 Road 514 to the White River Levee; south on the White River Levee to the pipe
			 line right of way; west on the pipe line right of way to Ethel County Road;
			 west on Ethel County Road to Hwy 17; north on Hwy 17 to Hwy 1; west on Hwy 1 to
			 Hwy 153.
Conditions for Closing
: Flood Prone Region E will be
			 closed to all deer hunting when the White River gauge at St. Charles reaches 23
			 feet. This restriction will be lifted when the White River gauge at St. Charles
			 falls to or below 21.5 feet. Current gauge readings and flood prone region
			 closures can be obtained by calling AGFC toll free and by accessing the AGFC
			 website @
www.agfc.com
.
FLOOD PRONE REGION F
- Beginning at the junction of
			 Hwy 44 and Tichnor Blacktop County Road at Tichnor; west on Hwy 44 to the right
			 of way on the north/south power line; north then northwest on the power line
			 right of way to Arkansas Hwy 17; north on Hwy 17 to Hwy 152; east on Hwy 152 to
			 the pipe line right of way; northeast on the pipe line right of way to Hwy 17;
			 north on Hwy 17 to Ethel; east on Ethel County Road to the pipe line right of
			 way; east on the pipe line right of way to the White River Levee; north on the
			 White River Levee to Phillips County Road 514; east on Phillips County Road 514
			 to Phillips County Road 529; south on Phillips County Road 529 to Phillips
			 County Road 533; east on Phillips County Road 533 to Hwy 44; south on Hwy 44 to
			 Hwy 85 at Crumrod; south on Hwy 85 to County Road 76; northeast on County Road
			 76 to the Mississippi River levee; southeast on the Mississippi River levee to
			 the west line of Section 31, T7S, R2E; then south on the west line of Section
			 31, T7S, R2E to the west line of Section 6, T8S, R2E; south on the west line of
			 Section 6, T8S, R2E to the
Arkansas-Mississippi State line
; south
			 on
Arkansas-Mississippi State line
to the mouth of the White
			 River; upstream on the main channel of the White River to the White River Cut
			 Off; southwest on the White River Cut Off to the Arkansas River; upstream on
			 the main channel of the Arkansas River to the west line of Section 29, T8S,
			 R2W; north on the west line of Section 29, T8S, R2W to West Medina Lane County
			 Road; southeast on West Medina Lane County Road to Nady County Road; northeast
			 on Nady County Road to Tichnor Blacktop Road; north on Tichnor Blacktop Road to
			 Hwy 44.
Conditions for Closing
: Flood Prone Region F will be
			 closed to all deer hunting when the gauge at Lock and Dam #1 on the Arkansas
			 River has reached 144.5 feet MSL. . This restriction will be lifted when the
			 gauge at Lock and Dam #1 on the Arkansas River falls to or below 141 feet MSL.
			 . Current gauge readings and flood prone region closures can be obtained by
			 calling AGFC toll free and by accessing the AGFC website @
www.agfc.com
.
FLOOD PRONE REGION G - Beginning at the main channel of the
			 Mississippi River at the Helena Bridge and U.S. Hwy 49; north on U.S. Hwy 49 to
			 Hwy 20; west on Hwy 20 to Hwy 44; west on Hwy 44 to Hwy 85; south on Hwy 85 to
			 County Road 76; northeast on County Road 76 to the Mississippi River Levee;
			 southeast on the Mississippi River Levee to the west line of Section 31,T7S,
			 R2E; south on the west line of Section 31, T7S, R2E to the west line of Section
			 6, T8S, R2E; south on the west line of Section 6, T8S, R2E to the
			 Arkansas-Mississippi State line; north on the Arkansas-Mississippi State line
			 to the Mississippi River bridge at Helena on U.S. Hwy49.
Conditions for Closing: Flood Prone Region G will close to
			 all deer hunting when the Mississippi River gauge at Helena reaches 44 feet.
			 This restriction shall be lifted when the Mississippi River gauge at Helena
			 falls to or below 42 feet. Current gauge readings and flood prone region
			 closures can be obtained by calling AGFC toll free and by accessing the AGFC
			 website @ agfc.com.
FLOOD PRONE REGION H - Beginning at the junction of Hwy 44
			 and Tichnor Blacktop Road at Tichnor; south on Tichnor Blacktop Road to Nady
			 County Road; southwest on Nady County Road to west Medina Lane County Road;
			 northwest on west Medina Lane County Road to the west line of Section 29, T8S,
			 R2W; south on the west line of Section 29, T8S, R2W to the main channel of the
			 Arkansas River; downstream (southeast) on the main channel of the Arkansas
			 River to the White River Cut Off; northeast on the White River Cut Off to the
			 main channel of the White River; downstream (southeast) on the main channel of
			 the White River to the Arkansas-Mississippi State line; southwest on the
			 Arkansas-Mississippi State line to the Mississippi Old River Chute on the north
			 end of Ashbrook Island; southwest on the Mississippi Old River Chute to the
			 transfer canal for the Connelly Bayou Pumping Plant; southwest on the transfer
			 canal to the Connelly
Bayou Pumping Plant and Connelly Bayou;
			 southwest on Connelly Bayou to the junction of Hwy 144; west on Hwy 144 to Hwy
			 257; north on Hwy 257 to U.S. Hwy 65; north on U.S. Hwy 65 to Hwy 1 at McGehee;
			 north on Hwy 1 to the junction of U.S. Hwy 165; north on U.S. Hwy 165 to Hwy
			 44; west on Hwy 44 to the junction of Hwy 44 and Tichnor Blacktop
			 Road.
Conditions for Closing
:
Flood Prone Region H
			 will close to all deer hunting when the Mississippi River gauge at Arkansas
			 City reaches 37 feet. This restriction shall be lifted when the Mississippi
			 River gauge at Arkansas City falls to or below 35 feet. Current gauge readings
			 and flood prone region closures can be obtained by calling AGFC toll free and
			 by accessing the AGFC website @ agfc.com.
FLOOD PRONE REGION I - Beginning at the Arkansas-Louisiana
			 State line and U.S. Hwy 65; north on U.S. Hwy 65 to Hwy 257; south on Hwy 257
			 to Hwy 144; east on Hwy 144 to Connelly Bayou; northeast on Connelly Bayou to
			 the Connelly Bayou Pumping Plant and the pumping plant transfer canal;
			 northeast on the transfer canal to the Mississippi Old River Chute; northeast
			 up the Mississippi Old River Chute to the Arkansas-Mississippi State line;
			 southwest along the Arkansas-Mississippi State line to the Arkansas-Louisiana
			 State line; west along the Arkansas-Louisiana State line to its intersection
			 with U.S. Hwy 65 on the Arkansas-Louisiana State line.
Conditions for Closing
:
Flood Prone Region I
			 will close to all deer hunting when the Mississippi River gauge at Greenville
			 reaches 48 feet. This restriction shall be lifted when the Mississippi River
			 gauge at Greenville falls to or below 46 feet. Current gauge readings and flood
			 prone region closures can be obtained by calling AGFC toll free and by
			 accessing the AGFC website @ agfc.com.
18.21
HUNTING RESTRICTED DURING
		  FLOODING WITHIN FLOOD
PRONE REGIONS
. It shall be unlawful
		  to take or attempt to take deer within the Flood Prone Regions in compliance
		  with Code 05.06.
PENALTY
: $500.00 to $1,000.00.
Flood Prone Regions F - I Maps
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09.08
WATERFOWL RETRIEVING DOG
		  RESTRICTIONS. It shall be
unlawful to use live captive-reared
		  mallards for the purpose of
certifying or training waterfowl
		  retrievers.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1)
Captive-reared mallards, possessed
		  in compliance with Commission Code Section
		  15.00, may only be taken by the
		  use of shotgun with live ammunition during sanctioned American Kennel Club
		  (AKC), National Field Retriever Association (NFRA), North American Hunting
		  Retriever Association (NAHRA), or Hunting Retrievers Club (HRC) retrieving dog
		  field trials by first obtaining a Shoot-to-Kill Retrieving Dog Training Permit
		  from the Commission and complying with the terms of the
		  permit.
(2)
Captive-reared mallards, possessed in compliance with Commission Code Section
		  15.00, may only be taken by the
		  use of shotgun with live ammunition while training waterfowl retrievers by
		  first obtaining a Shoot-to-Kill Retrieving Dog Training Permit from the
		  Commission and complying with the terms of the permit.
(3)
When occurring on a
		  Commission-permitted Game Bird Shooting Resort in compliance with Commission
		  Code Section
		  15.00 governing the shooting of
		  captive-reared mallards.
PENATLY: $250.00 to $1,000.00
In addition, non-compliance with terms of issued permit
			 shall result in the revocation of permit privileges for one (1)
			 year.