Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.22-072 - 20.19 - Vehicle Restrictions on WMAs

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
Code Book
The regulations in this Code Book are hereby adopted by
				the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission under authority of Amendment 35 to
				the Constitution of the State of Arkansas. All laws, rules, regulations, or
				orders in conflict with the regulations in this Code Book are hereby repealed
				by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission.
20.19
Vehicle Restrictions On
			 WMAs
A. It is unlawful on a WMA to
			 operate any motorized vehicle including an electric or motorized bicycle: off
			 any open access road and parking area; behind any gated, cabled or earthen
			 barrier; where no road exists; on any trail, levee, or dam; on any food plot,
			 wildlife opening, or fire lane; on any road that has been disked, seeded, or
			 otherwise developed for wildlife; or in a direction of travel contrary to
			 posted signs.
B. It is unlawful for
			 any person on a WMA to use an Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) or amphibious
			 vehicle.
EXCEPTIONS:
A. In compliance with Code 20.12.
B. Participants in the Freddie Black Choctaw
			 Island WMA Deer Research Area East Unit Special Mobility-Impaired deer permit
			 hunt.
C. Motorized vehicles, except
			 for OHVs on main access roads, may not be used on Big Timber Upland
			 WDA.
D. OHVs are allowed on open
			 roads and trails on Casey Jones, Gum Flats, Howard County, Lafayette County,
			 Lake Greeson, Poison Springs (motorized vehicles are not allowed on boundary
			 lines that have been cleared by the Arkansas Forestry Commission) and Provo
			 WMAs by hunters to access hunting locations and/or camping sites during open
			 hunting seasons only.
E. Motorized
			 vehicles and OHVs are allowed on Caney Creek, Cedar Mountain, Muddy Creek and
			 Winona WMAs, except on a road, temporary trailway or other area posted as
			 closed by an earthen mound, gate, sign or other object. SPECIAL NOTE: Same as
			 USDA Forest Service forest-wide regulations - Ouachita National
			 Forest.
F. OHVs are allowed on
			 open, maintained roads on Cherokee and Jim Kress WMAs by hunters in possession
			 of a valid leased-land permit for the purposes of ingress and egress to hunting
			 locations and/or camping sites only.
G. On Ozark National Forest, Ouachita
			 National Forest, White Rock, Piney Creeks, Mount Magazine, Sylamore and St.
			 Francis National Forest WMAs, all vehicles and off highway vehicles (OHVs) are
			 subject to the USDA Forest Service OHV policy on roads and trails as published
			 in 36 CFR 261. Refer to annual travel management map for designated uses on
			 roads and trails.
H. Participants
			 in approved reserved/permitted organized events on the Camp Robinson SUA and
			 persons training waterfowl retrievers in Public Use compartment 5 in compliance
			 with posted signs.
I. Holders of
			 AGFC Mobility Impaired Access (MIA) cards may operate OHVs only on designated
			 mobility impaired access areas on Moro Big Pine Natural Area. OHVs must remain
			 on road on the Moro Big Pine MIA old abandoned railroad trams north and south
			 rights-of-way. OHVs on the Moro Big Pine MIA roads # TAR 15, 16 and 34 must be
			 100 feet and no more than 300 feet from the centerline of the road.
J. OHVs are allowed on designated open,
			 maintained roads on Big Timber WMA by hunters to access hunting locations
			 and/or camping sites during open hunting seasons. Open roads are designated on
			 the WMA map and/or by signs. Use of OHVs on rights-of-way is strictly
			 prohibited unless designated open.
K. Holders of AGFC Mobility-Impaired Access
			 (MIA) may operate OHVs only on designated mobility impaired access areas on
			 Jack Mountain WMA. OHVs on designated MIA areas must be 100 feet and no more
			 than 300 feet from the centerline of the road. Only 1 hunting stand or blind
			 per MIA card holder allowed.
L.
			 OHVs are allowed on designated open, maintained roads on Jack Mountain WMA from
			 September 1 - December 31 and 7 days prior to opening of turkey season through
			 the end of turkey season. Use of OHVs on right-of-ways is strictly prohibited
			 unless designated as an open road.
M. A Class 1 electric bicycle (as defined
			 under Code 01.00-C, ELECTRIC BICYCLE) may be used on trails and areas where
			 regular bicycles are allowed.
PENALTY:
Class 1